Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Huddersfield

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West Yorkshire > Huddersfield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Huddersfield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 1 3 8
As % of all contract jobs in Huddersfield 5.26% 50.00% 47.06%
As % of the General category 16.67% 60.00% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £158 - £123
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 - £250
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.57%
75th Percentile £173 - £422
90th Percentile - - £484
West Yorkshire median daily rate £460 £413 £475
% change year-on-year +11.52% -13.16% -8.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £15.00
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £16.13 £38.75 £14.63
% change year-on-year -58.39% +164.96% -17.47%

All General Skills
Huddersfield

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 Huddersfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Huddersfield 31.58% 83.33% 52.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £254 - -
25th Percentile £398 - £123
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.14%
75th Percentile £625 - £388
90th Percentile - - £470
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £485
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.22% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
Median hourly rate - £22.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.12 £27.50 £14.63
% change year-on-year -37.75% +88.03% -31.98%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Huddersfield

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Huddersfield

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Huddersfield

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

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

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Huddersfield

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

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

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Huddersfield 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory