Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Lincoln

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Lincolnshire > Lincoln

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Lincoln. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 6 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Lincoln 17.39% 7.14% 9.38%
As % of the General category 66.67% 7.69% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £386 - £171
25th Percentile £459 £153 £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £155 £325
Median % change year-on-year +224.19% -52.31% +138.59%
75th Percentile £524 £158 £356
90th Percentile £555 - £368
Lincolnshire median daily rate £503 £300 £306
% change year-on-year +67.50% -2.04% +6.52%

All General Skills
Lincoln

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 Lincoln.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6 13 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincoln 26.09% 92.86% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 6
10th Percentile £386 £182 £174
25th Percentile £459 £226 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £318 £338
Median % change year-on-year +58.27% -5.93% +7.14%
75th Percentile £524 £495 £413
90th Percentile £555 £693 £495
Lincolnshire median daily rate £475 £385 £425
% change year-on-year +23.38% -9.41% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £26.53 £41.64 -
25th Percentile £28.60 £42.98 -
Median hourly rate £32.06 £48.56 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.99% - -
75th Percentile £35.51 £51.91 -
90th Percentile £37.58 - -
Lincolnshire median hourly rate £25.15 £40.59 £19.23
% change year-on-year -38.04% +111.10% -1.35%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincoln

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Lincoln

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Lincoln

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

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

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Lincoln

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Lincoln over the 6 months to 7 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Lincoln

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Lincoln

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

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

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincoln 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Functions
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (50.00%) Serverless
3 1 (25.00%) Azure AKS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (25.00%) Big Data
1 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (25.00%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Integration Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
1 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Express.js
1 1 (25.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (25.00%) Node.js
1 1 (25.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Data Fabric
1 1 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Log Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Micro Frontends
2 1 (25.00%) Microservices
2 1 (25.00%) Presales
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (25.00%) X++
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks