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 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 127 190 168
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 29.95% 27.03% 22.73%
As % of the General category 54.27% 44.19% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 48 85
10th Percentile £149 £162 £204
25th Percentile £400 £263 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £363 £500
Median % change year-on-year +37.93% -27.50% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £475 £606
90th Percentile £680 £633 £703
East of England median daily rate £475 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +8.57% -2.78% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 94 31
10th Percentile £16.74 £18.51 £21.25
25th Percentile £17.86 - £49.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £38.12 £57.13
Median % change year-on-year +18.05% -33.27% +17.18%
75th Percentile £65.19 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.25 - £68.75
East of England median hourly rate £25.24 £38.12 £14.50
% change year-on-year -33.80% +162.90% -

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 234 430 384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 55.19% 61.17% 51.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 94 201
10th Percentile £199 £193 £259
25th Percentile £406 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.63% -27.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £675
90th Percentile £684 £625 £800
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 223 80
10th Percentile £16.95 £31.00 £20.50
25th Percentile £23.98 £38.12 £49.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -28.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year -6.25% +125.73% -9.13%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 0 65 £500 +47.60% 53
Hatfield 0 31 £500 +173.22% 37
Welwyn Garden City 0 11 £575 +43.75% 10
Hemel Hempstead 0 4 £506 -15.63% 29
Watford -6 4 £550 +83.33% 36
Letchworth - 2 £338 - 4
Rickmansworth - 1 - - 3
Hoddesdon - 1 - - 1
Ware - 1 - - 2
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 2 (1.57%) Confluence
1 2 (1.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.79%) IBM Domino
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.79%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (14.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.94%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (3.94%) Windchill
3 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.79%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.79%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.79%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.79%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Primavera
2 1 (0.79%) Maximo
2 1 (0.79%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.30%) Entra ID
2 7 (5.51%) Power Platform
3 6 (4.72%) npm
4 5 (3.94%) Azure
4 5 (3.94%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.57%) SaaS
6 1 (0.79%) AWS
6 1 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.79%) Cohesity
6 1 (0.79%) Figma
6 1 (0.79%) IaaS
6 1 (0.79%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.79%) PaaS
6 1 (0.79%) SAP Fieldglass
6 1 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.02%) DNS
2 13 (10.24%) Ethernet
2 13 (10.24%) FTP
2 13 (10.24%) HTTP
2 13 (10.24%) Network Security
2 13 (10.24%) SMTP
2 13 (10.24%) SSL
2 13 (10.24%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.15%) Firewall
4 1 (0.79%) 5G
4 1 (0.79%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (0.79%) SAN
4 1 (0.79%) Skype
4 1 (0.79%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.51%) Power BI
2 1 (0.79%) Big Data
2 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.79%) GIS
2 1 (0.79%) Metadata
2 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (15.75%) Visual Studio
2 14 (11.02%) Eclipse
3 10 (7.87%) JIRA
4 7 (5.51%) GitLab
5 6 (4.72%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.79%) MSI
6 1 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
General
1 35 (27.56%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (12.60%) Presentation Skills
3 13 (10.24%) Military
4 12 (9.45%) Finance
5 7 (5.51%) Law
5 7 (5.51%) Retail
6 5 (3.94%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.15%) Aviation
7 4 (3.15%) Legal
8 3 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.57%) Automotive
9 2 (1.57%) French Language
9 2 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.57%) Marketing
9 2 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.79%) German Language
10 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.79%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.79%) Publishing
10 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (18.11%) Analyst
2 17 (13.39%) Software Engineer
3 14 (11.02%) C# Software Engineer
4 13 (10.24%) SOC Analyst
5 10 (7.87%) C++ Software Engineer
6 7 (5.51%) Senior
7 5 (3.94%) Architect
7 5 (3.94%) Configuration Engineer
7 5 (3.94%) Consultant
8 4 (3.15%) 1st Line Support
8 4 (3.15%) Administrator
8 4 (3.15%) Developer
8 4 (3.15%) IT Manager
8 4 (3.15%) Project Controller
8 4 (3.15%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.15%) Support Officer
9 3 (2.36%) Full-Stack Developer
9 3 (2.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 3 (2.36%) Lead
9 3 (2.36%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (15.75%) Node.js
2 13 (10.24%) LDAP
2 13 (10.24%) Web Services
3 7 (5.51%) .NET
3 7 (5.51%) CSS
3 7 (5.51%) HTML
4 6 (4.72%) .NET Framework
4 6 (4.72%) AngularJS
4 6 (4.72%) React
4 6 (4.72%) Svelte
4 6 (4.72%) Vue
5 1 (0.79%) J2EE
5 1 (0.79%) SGML
5 1 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.24%) Analytical Mindset
1 13 (10.24%) Cyber Threat
1 13 (10.24%) Cyberattack
1 13 (10.24%) Management Information System
1 13 (10.24%) Security Operations Centre
2 11 (8.66%) CSOC
3 7 (5.51%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.72%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.72%) Data Structures
4 6 (4.72%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (3.94%) iPad
5 5 (3.94%) iPhone
5 5 (3.94%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.36%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.79%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.79%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.79%) Motion Graphics
7 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.79%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 33 (25.98%) Windows
2 26 (20.47%) Linux
3 8 (6.30%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.57%) VMS
4 2 (1.57%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (33.07%) Agile
2 30 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (15.75%) Validation
4 18 (14.17%) CI/CD
4 18 (14.17%) TDD
5 17 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (12.60%) Analytics
6 16 (12.60%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (12.60%) Threat Detection
6 16 (12.60%) Visualisation
7 15 (11.81%) Customer Requirements
7 15 (11.81%) Software Engineering
8 14 (11.02%) Incident Response
8 14 (11.02%) SIEM
8 14 (11.02%) Synthetic Environment
8 14 (11.02%) Verification and Validation
9 13 (10.24%) Digital Twin
9 13 (10.24%) Network Packet Capture
9 13 (10.24%) Security Operations
10 12 (9.45%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.75%) C#
1 20 (15.75%) C++
1 20 (15.75%) JavaScript
2 16 (12.60%) PowerShell
3 9 (7.09%) Python
4 6 (4.72%) TypeScript
5 5 (3.94%) SQL
6 2 (1.57%) R
7 1 (0.79%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 53 (41.73%) Security Cleared
2 47 (37.01%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.02%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.94%) Degree
6 3 (2.36%) PMP
7 2 (1.57%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.57%) CISSP
7 2 (1.57%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.57%) GCIA
7 2 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.79%) HNC
8 1 (0.79%) HND
8 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.79%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.87%) QA
2 9 (7.09%) SLA
3 6 (4.72%) GxP
4 4 (3.15%) PMO
5 3 (2.36%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.79%) GDPR
6 1 (0.79%) GMP
6 1 (0.79%) P3O
System Software
1 9 (7.09%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.30%) Docker
3 1 (0.79%) Lustre
3 1 (0.79%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (6.30%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.51%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.36%) Ansible
4 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.57%) WSUS
5 1 (0.79%) Packer
5 1 (0.79%) SCCM
5 1 (0.79%) SCOM
Vendors
1 41 (32.28%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.81%) ServiceNow
3 13 (10.24%) SAP
4 8 (6.30%) Samsung
5 7 (5.51%) Apple
5 7 (5.51%) SOTI
6 5 (3.94%) Google
6 5 (3.94%) MobileIron
6 5 (3.94%) Nexthink
7 4 (3.15%) Twitter
8 3 (2.36%) Oracle
8 3 (2.36%) Sun
9 2 (1.57%) Computacenter
9 2 (1.57%) HP
9 2 (1.57%) LabWare
9 2 (1.57%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.57%) VMware
10 1 (0.79%) Databricks
10 1 (0.79%) Snow
10 1 (0.79%) Tagetik