Social Skills Contracts in Leeds

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 143 182 266
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 30.75% 22.78% 20.00%
As % of the General category 54.37% 43.75% 32.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 101 159
10th Percentile £238 £250 £272
25th Percentile £313 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £584
90th Percentile £593 £606 £678
West Yorkshire median daily rate £438 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -10.71% -6.67% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 3
10th Percentile £49.24 £13.89 £27.79
25th Percentile £62.34 £14.06 £43.62
Median hourly rate £90.42 £14.63 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +518.22% -79.11% +154.55%
75th Percentile £97.60 £15.19 -
90th Percentile £98.17 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £65.71 £14.63 £17.48
% change year-on-year +349.28% -16.33% -22.47%

All General Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 263 416 811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 56.56% 52.07% 60.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 245 599
10th Percentile £240 £264 £363
25th Percentile £340 £406 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £631
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £463 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -5.61% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 34 6
10th Percentile £31.59 £11.87 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.76 £12.15 £13.31
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.53 £17.62
Median % change year-on-year +227.21% -28.89% -21.59%
75th Percentile £96.64 £15.19 £57.00
90th Percentile £97.79 - £70.00
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.82 £13.50 £17.24
% change year-on-year +83.85% -21.69% -7.81%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Leeds

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Leeds.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Leeds

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Leeds over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Leeds

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Leeds.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Leeds

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Leeds

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Leeds over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Leeds

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (8.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (3.50%) Confluence
2 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.70%) Apache
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 22 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.40%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.70%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (16.08%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (14.69%) Entra ID
3 13 (9.09%) Azure
4 8 (5.59%) AWS
5 7 (4.90%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.80%) GCP
8 3 (2.10%) Google Compute Engine
9 2 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.40%) Lucidchart
9 2 (1.40%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (1.40%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.70%) Apigee
10 1 (0.70%) Asana
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.70%) Figma
10 1 (0.70%) npm
10 1 (0.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.39%) DNS
2 4 (2.80%) VPN
3 2 (1.40%) IMAP
3 2 (1.40%) Network Security
3 2 (1.40%) POP3
3 2 (1.40%) SMTP
4 1 (0.70%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.09%) Oracle Database
2 7 (4.90%) Power BI
3 4 (2.80%) Tableau
4 3 (2.10%) BigQuery
4 3 (2.10%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.10%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.10%) Power Query
5 1 (0.70%) Big Data
5 1 (0.70%) DB2
5 1 (0.70%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 12 (8.39%) JIRA
2 4 (2.80%) Cypress.io
2 4 (2.80%) Postman
2 4 (2.80%) Selenium
2 4 (2.80%) SoapUI
3 2 (1.40%) Git
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.70%) Babel
4 1 (0.70%) webpack
General
1 22 (15.38%) Finance
1 22 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 21 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (11.89%) Public Sector
4 16 (11.19%) Retail
5 9 (6.29%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.80%) Law
7 4 (2.80%) Legal
7 4 (2.80%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.40%) Banking
8 2 (1.40%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.70%) Games
9 1 (0.70%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 18 (12.59%) Analyst
1 18 (12.59%) Support Manager
2 12 (8.39%) 1st Line Support
2 12 (8.39%) Architect
2 12 (8.39%) IT Support
2 12 (8.39%) Project Manager
3 9 (6.29%) Developer
3 9 (6.29%) IT Manager
3 9 (6.29%) Lead
4 8 (5.59%) 1st Line Support Manager
4 8 (5.59%) Engineering Specialist
4 8 (5.59%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 8 (5.59%) IT Support Manager
4 8 (5.59%) Senior
4 8 (5.59%) Support Engineer
5 7 (4.90%) Business Analyst
6 6 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (3.50%) Software Engineer
7 5 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (3.50%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.80%) Akka
2 3 (2.10%) Play Framework
2 3 (2.10%) React
3 2 (1.40%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.40%) CSS
3 2 (1.40%) HTML
3 2 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (1.40%) Node.js
3 2 (1.40%) OAuth
3 2 (1.40%) SAML
4 1 (0.70%) .NET
4 1 (0.70%) Ajax
4 1 (0.70%) Django
4 1 (0.70%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.70%) FHIR
4 1 (0.70%) JSON
4 1 (0.70%) JWT
4 1 (0.70%) LDAP
4 1 (0.70%) OpenID
4 1 (0.70%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.79%) iPhone
1 14 (9.79%) Smartphone
2 13 (9.09%) Linux Command Line
3 12 (8.39%) NHS
4 5 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (3.50%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 4 (2.80%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.10%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.40%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.40%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.70%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.70%) EPoS
8 1 (0.70%) IBM Mainframe
8 1 (0.70%) PACS
8 1 (0.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.29%) Linux
1 19 (13.29%) Windows
2 18 (12.59%) Mac OS
3 13 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.40%) Unix
4 2 (1.40%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.70%) Android
5 1 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.70%) HPUX
5 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.70%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (37.76%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (34.97%) Agile
3 34 (23.78%) Customer Service
4 30 (20.98%) ITIL
5 28 (19.58%) ITSM
6 24 (16.78%) Stakeholder Management
7 23 (16.08%) Project Management
8 22 (15.38%) Service Management
9 17 (11.89%) Incident Management
10 16 (11.19%) Microservices
11 15 (10.49%) Change Management
12 14 (9.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (9.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 13 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
13 13 (9.09%) Security Management
14 12 (8.39%) Decision-Making
14 12 (8.39%) Roadmaps
14 12 (8.39%) SOA
15 11 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
15 11 (7.69%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 21 (14.69%) SQL
2 14 (9.79%) PL/SQL
3 13 (9.09%) Bash
3 13 (9.09%) Perl
3 13 (9.09%) PowerShell
4 10 (6.99%) Python
5 7 (4.90%) Scala
6 3 (2.10%) COBOL
6 3 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (2.10%) VBA
7 2 (1.40%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.40%) C#
7 2 (1.40%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.70%) R
8 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (14.69%) Security Cleared
2 17 (11.89%) Degree
3 16 (11.19%) SC Cleared
4 13 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.50%) ACSP
5 5 (3.50%) ACTC
6 4 (2.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (2.10%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.40%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.40%) PMP
9 1 (0.70%) CBAP
9 1 (0.70%) CISSP
9 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.99%) Accessibility
2 8 (5.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.20%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.20%) PMO
4 4 (2.80%) QA
5 3 (2.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (2.10%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.40%) GDPR
7 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.70%) DICOM
7 1 (0.70%) HL7
7 1 (0.70%) NIST
System Software
1 43 (30.07%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (12.59%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.50%) Terraform
4 4 (2.80%) Kibana
5 2 (1.40%) HP Data Protector
5 2 (1.40%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.70%) SCCM
6 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (24.48%) Microsoft
2 29 (20.28%) ServiceNow
3 19 (13.29%) Apple
4 16 (11.19%) Oracle
5 13 (9.09%) Cisco
6 5 (3.50%) SAP
7 4 (2.80%) Citrix
7 4 (2.80%) Google
8 3 (2.10%) Databricks
9 2 (1.40%) Dell
9 2 (1.40%) IBM
9 2 (1.40%) Perforce
9 2 (1.40%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.40%) Splunk
9 2 (1.40%) Veritas
10 1 (0.70%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.70%) Brio
10 1 (0.70%) MobileIron
10 1 (0.70%) Sun
10 1 (0.70%) Unisys