Social Skills Contracts in Leicester

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Leicester. 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 4 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 29 21 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 37.66% 18.58% 17.86%
As % of the General category 60.42% 46.67% 39.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 19 13
10th Percentile £228 £148 £275
25th Percentile £250 £258 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £418 £470
Median % change year-on-year -34.21% -11.06% +4.44%
75th Percentile £366 £511 £563
90th Percentile £488 £688 £650
Leicestershire median daily rate £250 £267 £463
% change year-on-year -6.37% -42.27% +12.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £16.22
25th Percentile £21.25 £26.25 £18.05
Median hourly rate £22.50 £27.50 £21.41
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +28.44% -54.12%
75th Percentile £23.75 £28.75 £35.00
90th Percentile - - £55.25
Leicestershire median hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £21.41
% change year-on-year -8.16% +14.43% -54.12%

All General Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 48 45 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 62.34% 39.82% 45.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 33 42
10th Percentile £250 £211 £292
25th Percentile £256 £315 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £419 £420
Median % change year-on-year +13.37% -0.24% -6.67%
75th Percentile £547 £575 £474
90th Percentile £671 £645 £608
Leicestershire median daily rate £330 £318 £420
% change year-on-year +3.94% -24.40% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £13.20 £16.22
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.38 £18.05
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.50 £21.41
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -4.25% -50.59%
75th Percentile £23.75 £25.38 £35.00
90th Percentile - £27.40 £55.25
Leicestershire median hourly rate £22.50 £21.50 £21.41
% change year-on-year +4.65% +0.42% -38.83%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Leicester

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Leicester

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicester

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Leicester

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Leicester

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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 1 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (3.45%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.45%) Confluence
1 1 (3.45%) Luigi
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.34%) GCP
3 2 (6.90%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) Anthos
4 1 (3.45%) Azure
4 1 (3.45%) dbt
4 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.45%) Pulumi
4 1 (3.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) LAN
1 3 (10.34%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) BigQuery
2 1 (3.45%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (3.45%) Big Data
2 1 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.45%) Hadoop
2 1 (3.45%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) Power Query
2 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.45%) Tableau
General
1 8 (27.59%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Advertising
3 1 (3.45%) Automotive
3 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Finance
3 1 (3.45%) Marketing
3 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (10.34%) Field Support Technician
1 3 (10.34%) IT Support
1 3 (10.34%) IT Support Technician
1 3 (10.34%) IT Technician
1 3 (10.34%) Project Manager
1 3 (10.34%) Support Technician
2 2 (6.90%) Consultant
2 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (6.90%) Security Consultant
2 2 (6.90%) Senior
2 2 (6.90%) Site Manager
3 1 (3.45%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (3.45%) Business Developer
3 1 (3.45%) Data Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) Data Science Manager
3 1 (3.45%) Developer
3 1 (3.45%) GCP Architect
3 1 (3.45%) Lead
3 1 (3.45%) Senior Data Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Smartphone
2 3 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Android
2 1 (3.45%) VMS
2 1 (3.45%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Computer Science
2 7 (24.14%) Customer Service
3 5 (17.24%) Agile
4 4 (13.79%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (13.79%) Operations Management
4 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement
4 4 (13.79%) Project Management
5 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
5 3 (10.34%) Roadmaps
5 3 (10.34%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (6.90%) Data Modelling
6 2 (6.90%) DevOps
6 2 (6.90%) ETL
6 2 (6.90%) Incident Response
6 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.90%) Project Delivery
6 2 (6.90%) Risk Management
6 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (3.45%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) Python
2 1 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (3.45%) R
2 1 (3.45%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (48.28%) Degree
2 8 (27.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (10.34%) CCENT
3 3 (10.34%) CCNA
3 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (10.34%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (6.90%) CISM
4 2 (6.90%) CISSP
4 2 (6.90%) CRISC
5 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) GRC
1 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.90%) NEBOSH
1 2 (6.90%) NIST
2 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) BitLocker
2 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) Apple
3 2 (6.90%) Google