Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Heywood

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Manchester > Heywood

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Heywood. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Heywood 75.00% - -
As % of the General category 75.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £323 - -
25th Percentile £338 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%

All General Skills
Heywood

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 general skills in Heywood.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Heywood 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £323 - -
25th Percentile £338 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.21 - -
Manchester median hourly rate £40.53 £20.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year +102.64% -25.93% +52.46%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Heywood

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Heywood.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Heywood

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Heywood by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 3 (100.00%) CAD
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow