Social Skills Contracts in Leiston

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Suffolk > Leiston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Leiston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 6 1
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Social Skills 7 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leiston 63.64% 13.04% 100.00%
As % of the General category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £203 £176 -
25th Percentile £206 £178 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £183 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.55% - -
75th Percentile £229 £190 -
90th Percentile £234 £193 -
Suffolk median daily rate £225 £413 £450
% change year-on-year -45.45% -8.33% -3.23%

All General Skills
Leiston

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 Leiston.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 7 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leiston 63.64% 13.04% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £203 £176 -
25th Percentile £206 £178 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £183 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.55% - -
75th Percentile £229 £190 -
90th Percentile £234 £193 -
Suffolk median daily rate £350 £400 £650
% change year-on-year -12.50% -38.46% +8.33%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Leiston

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Leiston

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Leiston

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

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

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leiston 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 5 (71.43%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Desktop Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Desktop Support
1 6 (85.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) iPad
1 4 (57.14%) iPhone
1 4 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows 10
3 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) Antivirus Management
2 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL
3 4 (57.14%) Inventory Management
3 4 (57.14%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (57.14%) Time Management
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Business Case
4 1 (14.29%) Business Process Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Conflict Management
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Process Management
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Scorecard
4 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) McAfee