Social Skills Contracts in Hertfordshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 104 249 195
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 32.60% 29.68% 24.41%
As % of the General category 53.61% 47.79% 43.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 76 106
10th Percentile £342 £172 £205
25th Percentile £399 £263 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £435
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -13.79% +2.35%
75th Percentile £600 £491 £597
90th Percentile £665 £681 £681
East of England median daily rate £479 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +6.53% +5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 98 32
10th Percentile £17.07 £37.91 £42.30
25th Percentile £31.64 - £49.00
Median hourly rate £61.00 £38.12 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +60.02% -37.76% +70.14%
75th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.21 £65.00 £68.48
East of England median hourly rate £31.64 £21.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year +47.16% +48.28% +7.41%

All General Skills
Hertfordshire

Social Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 194 521 450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 60.82% 62.10% 56.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 145 224
10th Percentile £348 £200 £218
25th Percentile £431 £331 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £413 £523
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -21.05% +16.11%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £675
90th Percentile £675 £700 £810
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £479
% change year-on-year +5.26% -0.78% +6.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 242 96
10th Percentile £17.45 - £40.74
25th Percentile £36.48 £38.12 £53.42
Median hourly rate £62.50 £45.78 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.53% -23.70% +22.45%
75th Percentile £73.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £31.21 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -18.13% +81.52% +44.83%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Hertfordshire

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Hertfordshire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Hertfordshire

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Hertfordshire

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Hertfordshire

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stevenage -2 45 £575 +80.39% 59
Hatfield 0 22 £561 +111.71% 23
Welwyn Garden City +1 11 £400 -27.36% 14
Letchworth - 6 £425 - 7
Watford -4 5 £250 -35.48% 58
Hemel Hempstead +2 3 £463 -22.92% 35
Rickmansworth +1 2 £175 -50.00% 3
Hertford - 1 £400 - 7
Hoddesdon - 1 - -
Social Skills
East of England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.85%) Confluence
1 4 (3.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.92%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.96%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.96%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (13.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.77%) Windchill
3 4 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.92%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.96%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.96%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.96%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Primavera
2 1 (0.96%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.96%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.69%) Entra ID
2 7 (6.73%) Azure
3 6 (5.77%) SaaS
4 4 (3.85%) AWS
4 4 (3.85%) Google Workspace
4 4 (3.85%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.92%) Cohesity
5 2 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.96%) Figma
6 1 (0.96%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.54%) Network Security
2 10 (9.62%) DNS
2 10 (9.62%) SMTP
3 9 (8.65%) FTP
3 9 (8.65%) HTTP
3 9 (8.65%) SSL
4 6 (5.77%) Firewall
5 4 (3.85%) Ethernet
5 4 (3.85%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.92%) SAN
6 2 (1.92%) Skype
7 1 (0.96%) 5G
7 1 (0.96%) BGP-4
7 1 (0.96%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.96%) IMAP
7 1 (0.96%) Junos
7 1 (0.96%) OSPF
7 1 (0.96%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.96%) VSAN
7 1 (0.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.81%) Tableau
2 4 (3.85%) Power BI
3 3 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.96%) DB2
4 1 (0.96%) GIS
4 1 (0.96%) Metadata
4 1 (0.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.77%) JIRA
2 5 (4.81%) Eclipse
2 5 (4.81%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.96%) GitLab
3 1 (0.96%) MagicDraw
3 1 (0.96%) MSI
3 1 (0.96%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 30 (28.85%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (7.69%) Finance
3 7 (6.73%) Retail
4 6 (5.77%) Aerospace
4 6 (5.77%) Law
4 6 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (3.85%) Electronics
5 4 (3.85%) Military
6 3 (2.88%) Aviation
6 3 (2.88%) Marketing
7 2 (1.92%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.96%) Automotive
8 1 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.96%) Legal
8 1 (0.96%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (20.19%) Analyst
2 15 (14.42%) Architect
3 9 (8.65%) SOC Analyst
4 8 (7.69%) Lead
4 8 (7.69%) Senior
5 6 (5.77%) Configuration Engineer
5 6 (5.77%) Network Architect
5 6 (5.77%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (4.81%) Network Infrastructure Architect
7 4 (3.85%) 1st Line Support
7 4 (3.85%) C# Software Engineer
7 4 (3.85%) Functional Architect
7 4 (3.85%) Infrastructure Architect
7 4 (3.85%) Oracle Architect
7 4 (3.85%) Project Manager
7 4 (3.85%) Senior Configuration Engineer
7 4 (3.85%) Software Engineer
8 3 (2.88%) Data Analyst
8 3 (2.88%) Support Engineer
8 3 (2.88%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.65%) LDAP
2 5 (4.81%) CSS
2 5 (4.81%) Node.js
3 4 (3.85%) Web Services
4 1 (0.96%) .NET
4 1 (0.96%) HTML
4 1 (0.96%) RESTful
4 1 (0.96%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.65%) Analytical Mindset
1 9 (8.65%) Cyber Threat
1 9 (8.65%) Cyberattack
1 9 (8.65%) Management Information System
1 9 (8.65%) Security Operations Centre
1 9 (8.65%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (5.77%) CSOC
3 5 (4.81%) Operational Technology
4 4 (3.85%) iPad
4 4 (3.85%) iPhone
5 3 (2.88%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.88%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.92%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (1.92%) Blackberry
6 2 (1.92%) FMCG
6 2 (1.92%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.92%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.92%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.96%) PKI
7 1 (0.96%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 20 (19.23%) Windows
2 11 (10.58%) Linux
3 9 (8.65%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.92%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.96%) Unix
5 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (28.85%) Agile
2 26 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (14.42%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (12.50%) Analytics
6 12 (11.54%) Customer Requirements
6 12 (11.54%) Project Management
7 11 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (10.58%) Threat Detection
7 11 (10.58%) Visualisation
8 10 (9.62%) SIEM
8 10 (9.62%) Validation
9 9 (8.65%) Coaching
9 9 (8.65%) Information Security
9 9 (8.65%) Network Packet Capture
9 9 (8.65%) PLM
9 9 (8.65%) PRINCE2
9 9 (8.65%) Security Operations
10 8 (7.69%) Data Visualisation
10 8 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.65%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.81%) C#
2 5 (4.81%) C++
2 5 (4.81%) JavaScript
2 5 (4.81%) SQL
3 3 (2.88%) VBA
4 1 (0.96%) Python
4 1 (0.96%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 45 (43.27%) Security Cleared
2 42 (40.38%) SC Cleared
3 11 (10.58%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.85%) Oracle Certification
5 3 (2.88%) CISSP
5 3 (2.88%) Degree
6 2 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.92%) GCIA
6 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.96%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.96%) CCNP
7 1 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.96%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.96%) JNCIE
7 1 (0.96%) JNCIP
7 1 (0.96%) JNCIS
7 1 (0.96%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.69%) QA
2 6 (5.77%) Data Quality
3 5 (4.81%) GxP
4 2 (1.92%) DO-160
4 2 (1.92%) DO-254
4 2 (1.92%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (8.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (6.73%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (1.92%) Ansible
2 2 (1.92%) WSUS
3 1 (0.96%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.96%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.96%) PTC Integrity
3 1 (0.96%) SCCM
3 1 (0.96%) SCOM
Vendors
1 28 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 8 (7.69%) Samsung
4 7 (6.73%) Apple
4 7 (6.73%) SOTI
5 6 (5.77%) SAP
6 4 (3.85%) Google
6 4 (3.85%) MobileIron
6 4 (3.85%) Nexthink
6 4 (3.85%) Oracle
7 3 (2.88%) Twitter
7 3 (2.88%) VMware
8 2 (1.92%) Computacenter
8 2 (1.92%) HP
8 2 (1.92%) NetApp
9 1 (0.96%) Cisco
9 1 (0.96%) Juniper
9 1 (0.96%) Micro Focus
9 1 (0.96%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.96%) Salesforce