Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Horsham

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West Sussex > Horsham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Horsham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 4 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 20 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Horsham 20.41% 16.67% 6.67%
As % of the General category 37.74% 50.00% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £317 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £250 £500
Median % change year-on-year +96.80% -50.00% -41.18%
75th Percentile £500 - -
90th Percentile £518 - -
West Sussex median daily rate £469 £363 £475
% change year-on-year +29.38% -23.68% +14.73%

All General Skills
Horsham

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 Horsham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 53 2 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Horsham 54.08% 33.33% 53.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 7
10th Percentile £308 - £391
25th Percentile £348 - £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £250 £550
Median % change year-on-year +98.40% -54.55% +21.21%
75th Percentile £603 - £775
90th Percentile £727 - -
West Sussex median daily rate £470 £439 £475
% change year-on-year +7.12% -7.63% +2.70%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Horsham

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Horsham

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Horsham

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

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

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Horsham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Horsham over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Horsham

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Horsham

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

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

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Horsham 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 5 (25.00%) Confluence
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Infor SunSystems
1 1 (5.00%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) AWS
2 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Flink
2 1 (5.00%) Ataccama
2 1 (5.00%) Metadata
2 1 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) JIRA
2 4 (20.00%) ERwin
3 1 (5.00%) TestRail
General
1 10 (50.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Billing
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Architect
1 4 (20.00%) Data Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Test Manager
4 1 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 1 (5.00%) Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Data Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Support
4 1 (5.00%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (5.00%) IT Technician
4 1 (5.00%) Payroll Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Manager
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Test Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Support Technician
4 1 (5.00%) UAT Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (5.00%) Reference Data
1 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Windows
2 5 (25.00%) Unix
2 5 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 5 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 5 (25.00%) Project Management
4 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (20.00%) Architectural Design
5 4 (20.00%) Business Analysis
5 4 (20.00%) Business Case
5 4 (20.00%) Business Process Improvement
5 4 (20.00%) Change Management
5 4 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 4 (20.00%) Dependency Management
5 4 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
5 4 (20.00%) IT Governance
5 4 (20.00%) Process Improvement
5 4 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (20.00%) User Stories
6 3 (15.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Databricks
1 2 (10.00%) Guidewire
1 2 (10.00%) HP
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.00%) Tagetik