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 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Social Skills 192 140 216
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 32.71% 18.92% 19.91%
As % of the General category 56.30% 41.30% 32.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 80 130
10th Percentile £235 £261 £303
25th Percentile £375 £422 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.32% +7.90%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £623
90th Percentile £600 £650 £639
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £533
% change year-on-year - -6.10% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 0
10th Percentile £25.10 £13.87 -
25th Percentile £25.25 £14.06 -
Median hourly rate £26.00 £14.63 -
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% - -
75th Percentile £62.53 £15.34 -
90th Percentile £84.14 £17.16 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £77.50 £14.63 £13.16
% change year-on-year +429.91% +11.13% -38.07%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 341 339 655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 58.09% 45.81% 60.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 198 445
10th Percentile £238 £363 £350
25th Percentile £375 £450 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £650
90th Percentile £638 £650 £741
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 30 11
10th Percentile £25.15 - £12.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £12.15 £14.25
Median hourly rate £29.56 £14.63 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +102.09% -23.03% -5.00%
75th Percentile £50.48 £18.02 £21.16
90th Percentile £79.33 £40.00 £21.31
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.57 £14.63 £17.82
% change year-on-year +61.16% -17.93% -4.71%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Leeds over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Leeds

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Leeds

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Leeds over the 6 months to 25 August 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 10 (5.21%) Confluence
2 8 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (2.08%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.56%) CMS
5 2 (1.04%) Apache
5 2 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.52%) Drupal
6 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.52%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 28 (14.58%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.04%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.52%) InVision
5 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.52%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.52%) Magento
2 1 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.52%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 34 (17.71%) Entra ID
2 27 (14.06%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (11.46%) Azure
4 14 (7.29%) AWS
5 13 (6.77%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.65%) GCP
7 6 (3.13%) GitHub
8 5 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.60%) Serverless
9 4 (2.08%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.08%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.56%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.56%) Smartsheet
11 2 (1.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.17%) DNS
1 8 (4.17%) VPN
2 2 (1.04%) Firewall
2 2 (1.04%) Network Security
3 1 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.52%) SCCP
3 1 (0.52%) SSL
3 1 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.21%) Power BI
2 8 (4.17%) Oracle Database
3 7 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (3.13%) Tableau
5 5 (2.60%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (2.60%) Data Lake
5 5 (2.60%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.60%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.08%) Delta Lake
6 4 (2.08%) Power Query
7 3 (1.56%) Big Data
7 3 (1.56%) DataStage
7 3 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.04%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.04%) MySQL
8 2 (1.04%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.52%) DB2
9 1 (0.52%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (6.77%) JIRA
2 9 (4.69%) Git
3 5 (2.60%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.56%) GitLab
4 3 (1.56%) Selenium
5 2 (1.04%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.04%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.04%) JMeter
5 2 (1.04%) JUnit
5 2 (1.04%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.04%) Postman
5 2 (1.04%) REST Assured
5 2 (1.04%) TestNG
6 1 (0.52%) Gradle
6 1 (0.52%) Log4j
6 1 (0.52%) Maven
6 1 (0.52%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.52%) TestRail
6 1 (0.52%) Zephyr
General
1 34 (17.71%) Finance
2 30 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (14.58%) Retail
4 25 (13.02%) Public Sector
5 22 (11.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.17%) Legal
7 7 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.13%) Banking
8 6 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.08%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.56%) Law
10 3 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.04%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.04%) Games
11 2 (1.04%) Health Technology
11 2 (1.04%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.04%) Marketing
11 2 (1.04%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.52%) Billing
Job Titles
1 32 (16.67%) Analyst
2 31 (16.15%) Support Manager
3 19 (9.90%) IT Manager
3 19 (9.90%) IT Support
4 16 (8.33%) 1st Line Support
5 15 (7.81%) Business Analyst
6 14 (7.29%) Lead
7 13 (6.77%) Architect
7 13 (6.77%) IT Support Manager
8 12 (6.25%) 1st Line Support Manager
8 12 (6.25%) Project Manager
9 10 (5.21%) Senior
10 9 (4.69%) Developer
11 8 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
12 7 (3.65%) Data Analyst
12 7 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (3.65%) Support Engineer
13 6 (3.13%) Consultant
13 6 (3.13%) Software Engineer
13 6 (3.13%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.65%) .NET
2 5 (2.60%) PySpark
2 5 (2.60%) React
3 4 (2.08%) AngularJS
3 4 (2.08%) Playwright
4 2 (1.04%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.04%) Blazor
4 2 (1.04%) CSS
4 2 (1.04%) HTML
4 2 (1.04%) Node.js
4 2 (1.04%) REST
5 1 (0.52%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.52%) Android Jetpack
5 1 (0.52%) Dagger
5 1 (0.52%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.52%) FHIR
5 1 (0.52%) JDBC
5 1 (0.52%) Jetpack Compose
5 1 (0.52%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.52%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.42%) iPhone
2 19 (9.90%) Smartphone
3 9 (4.69%) Cloud Native
3 9 (4.69%) NHS
3 9 (4.69%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (2.60%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.08%) EPoS
6 4 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.56%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.56%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.56%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.56%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.04%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.52%) Acoustics
9 1 (0.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 32 (16.67%) Mac OS
2 19 (9.90%) Windows
3 13 (6.77%) Linux
4 10 (5.21%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.04%) Android
6 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.52%) HPUX
6 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.52%) Solaris
6 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (32.29%) Agile
2 45 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (23.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (22.40%) Customer Service
4 37 (19.27%) ITIL
5 36 (18.75%) ITSM
6 28 (14.58%) Service Management
7 21 (10.94%) Incident Management
8 20 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (10.42%) Service Delivery
9 19 (9.90%) Mobile Device Management
9 19 (9.90%) Scrum
9 19 (9.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 17 (8.85%) Roadmaps
11 15 (7.81%) CI/CD
12 13 (6.77%) Decision-Making
12 13 (6.77%) DevOps
12 13 (6.77%) Migration
12 13 (6.77%) Project Management
13 12 (6.25%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.02%) SQL
2 10 (5.21%) Bash
2 10 (5.21%) PL/SQL
3 9 (4.69%) Perl
3 9 (4.69%) PowerShell
3 9 (4.69%) Python
4 7 (3.65%) C#
5 6 (3.13%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.60%) Java
7 4 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.56%) COBOL
8 3 (1.56%) Scala
9 2 (1.04%) Bicep
9 2 (1.04%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.52%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.52%) C++
10 1 (0.52%) FoxPro (VFP)
10 1 (0.52%) Go
10 1 (0.52%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.52%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (9.38%) Degree
2 16 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 14 (7.29%) ACSP
3 14 (7.29%) ACTC
4 13 (6.77%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.04%) CISSP
8 2 (1.04%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.04%) PMP
8 2 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.52%) ACCA
9 1 (0.52%) CIMA
9 1 (0.52%) CISA
9 1 (0.52%) CISM
9 1 (0.52%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.17%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.13%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.60%) PMO
4 5 (2.60%) QA
5 3 (1.56%) GDPR
5 3 (1.56%) NCSC
5 3 (1.56%) WCAG
6 2 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.04%) NIST
7 1 (0.52%) COSHH
7 1 (0.52%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 52 (27.08%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.13%) Docker
3 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 32 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
2 8 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (3.13%) Terraform
4 4 (2.08%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.56%) SCCM
6 2 (1.04%) HP Data Protector
6 2 (1.04%) NetBackup
6 2 (1.04%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.52%) Ansible
7 1 (0.52%) Grafana
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (29.69%) Microsoft
2 46 (23.96%) ServiceNow
3 33 (17.19%) Apple
4 14 (7.29%) Oracle
5 10 (5.21%) Cisco
6 7 (3.65%) Citrix
7 6 (3.13%) Brio
8 5 (2.60%) Databricks
8 5 (2.60%) SAP
9 4 (2.08%) Google
9 4 (2.08%) IBM
10 3 (1.56%) Informatica
10 3 (1.56%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.56%) Talend
11 2 (1.04%) Adobe
11 2 (1.04%) Dell
11 2 (1.04%) Perforce
11 2 (1.04%) Splunk
11 2 (1.04%) Veritas
11 2 (1.04%) Workday