Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Hook

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Hampshire > Hook

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Hook. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 4 3 9
As % of all contract jobs in Hook 66.67% 30.00% 36.00%
As % of the General category 80.00% 75.00% 64.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile - - £596
25th Percentile £500 - £703
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £913
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -45.21% +73.81%
75th Percentile £709 - £1,128
90th Percentile £816 - £1,239
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £500 £575
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £28.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year -26.04% -2.61% +40.45%

All General Skills
Hook

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 Hook.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5 4 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hook 83.33% 40.00% 56.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile £448 £439 £596
25th Percentile - £478 £703
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £913
Median % change year-on-year - -45.21% +69.77%
75th Percentile £650 - £1,128
90th Percentile £793 - £1,239
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £508 £550
% change year-on-year -1.48% -7.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate - - £56.40
75th Percentile - - £78.00
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -40.83% -36.36% +82.82%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Hook

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Hook

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Hook

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hook citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Hook

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Hook over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Hook

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Hook

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hook citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hook 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%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Junos
1 1 (25.00%) NX-OS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) PMO Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Project Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Project Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) Change Management
1 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (25.00%) Document Management
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (25.00%) ITSM
1 1 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) P3O
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
1 1 (25.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Broadcom
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds