Social Skills Contract Job Trends in High Wycombe

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Buckinghamshire > High Wycombe

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in High Wycombe. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +5
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 4 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in High Wycombe 20.00% 25.00% 26.67%
As % of the General category 50.00% 60.00% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - £288 -
25th Percentile £425 £325 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £400 £170
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +135.29% -41.38%
75th Percentile £563 £475 -
90th Percentile £608 £513 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £484 £525 £460
% change year-on-year -7.81% +14.14% -5.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate - - £12.50
75th Percentile - - £12.75
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £35.75 £12.83
% change year-on-year -48.76% +178.75% -14.50%

All General Skills
High Wycombe

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 High Wycombe.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 8 5 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in High Wycombe 40.00% 41.67% 73.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile - £288 £206
25th Percentile £425 £325 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £475 £440
90th Percentile £598 £513 £494
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £518 £475
% change year-on-year -8.21% +8.95% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £12.25
25th Percentile £25.04 - £12.39
Median hourly rate £25.08 £14.42 £20.16
Median % change year-on-year +73.89% -28.47% -
75th Percentile £25.11 - £28.75
90th Percentile - - £29.38
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £29.61 £19.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year +55.84% -20.83% +41.18%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in High Wycombe

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in High Wycombe

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in High Wycombe

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in High Wycombe citing Social Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in High Wycombe citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in High Wycombe

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in High Wycombe over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in High Wycombe

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in High Wycombe

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in High Wycombe citing Social Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in High Wycombe citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in High Wycombe 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) iSCSI
1 1 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Hudson
General
1 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) IT Trainer
1 2 (50.00%) Trainer
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) IFS Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Supply Chain Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) Korn
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Dell
1 1 (25.00%) IFS
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat