Social Skills Contracts in Luton

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Luton. 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 3 1 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +3
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 45 66 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 45.92% 43.42% 23.21%
As % of the General category 50.00% 50.38% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 34 18
10th Percentile £268 £334 £240
25th Percentile £500 £500 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +13.51% -6.64%
75th Percentile £700 £584 £520
90th Percentile - £625 £529
Bedfordshire median daily rate £650 £525 £375
% change year-on-year +23.81% +40.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 0
10th Percentile £61.98 £15.50 -
25th Percentile £64.38 £18.00 -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £21.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +260.47% - -
75th Percentile £88.00 £21.75 -
90th Percentile £89.35 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £21.50 -
% change year-on-year +202.33% - -

All General Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 90 131 80
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 91.84% 86.18% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 82 57
10th Percentile - £351 £293
25th Percentile £500 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% +5.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £697 £596 £600
90th Percentile £700 £745 £636
Bedfordshire median daily rate £580 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +10.48% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 20 3
10th Percentile £20.26 - £59.00
25th Percentile £60.38 £15.39 £70.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £16.90 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +314.32% -81.23% +56.52%
75th Percentile £85.25 £21.75 -
90th Percentile £88.00 £23.95 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £60.00 £21.50 £90.00
% change year-on-year +179.07% -76.11% +56.52%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Luton

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Luton

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Luton

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Luton

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Luton

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Luton

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton 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 (22.22%) Confluence
1 10 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 21 (46.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (22.22%) Teamcenter
3 4 (8.89%) SAP ERP
4 1 (2.22%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.44%) Azure
1 2 (4.44%) Entra ID
1 2 (4.44%) GitHub
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.22%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.67%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 4 (8.89%) LoadRunner
1 4 (8.89%) NeoLoad
2 2 (4.44%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.44%) JIRA
2 2 (4.44%) JMeter
General
1 16 (35.56%) Finance
2 15 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 10 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (8.89%) Electronics
5 3 (6.67%) Games
6 2 (4.44%) Aerospace
6 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.22%) Aviation
7 1 (2.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (24.44%) Lead
2 9 (20.00%) Consultant
2 9 (20.00%) Functional Consultant
2 9 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
3 7 (15.56%) Senior
4 6 (13.33%) Principal Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
5 5 (11.11%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 5 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
5 5 (11.11%) Senior Functional Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Test Leader
7 3 (6.67%) Analyst
7 3 (6.67%) Analytics Consultant
7 3 (6.67%) Cloud Consultant
7 3 (6.67%) Lead Consultant
7 3 (6.67%) Security Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Associate Director
8 2 (4.44%) Deskside Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Senior SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 15 (33.33%) Life Science
2 10 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (13.33%) Management Information System
4 4 (8.89%) FMCG
5 3 (6.67%) Algorithms
5 3 (6.67%) FPGA
5 3 (6.67%) PCIe
5 3 (6.67%) Verilog
6 2 (4.44%) Driving Licence
6 2 (4.44%) EPoS
7 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Windows
1 2 (4.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (37.78%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (28.89%) Data Management
4 12 (26.67%) Procure-to-Pay
4 12 (26.67%) Record to Report
5 11 (24.44%) Business Transformation
6 10 (22.22%) PDM
6 10 (22.22%) Validation
7 9 (20.00%) Cryptography
7 9 (20.00%) ERP
8 8 (17.78%) Analytics
8 8 (17.78%) Verification and Validation
9 7 (15.56%) Migration
10 6 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (13.33%) Document Management
10 6 (13.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 6 (13.33%) Systems Engineering
11 5 (11.11%) Agile
12 4 (8.89%) Machine Learning
12 4 (8.89%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.33%) MATLAB
2 3 (6.67%) SystemVerilog
2 3 (6.67%) Tcl
3 1 (2.22%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (28.89%) SC Cleared
1 13 (28.89%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.67%) Degree
2 3 (6.67%) HNC
2 3 (6.67%) HND
3 1 (2.22%) CCA
3 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) Data Quality
1 3 (6.67%) DO-254
2 2 (4.44%) GxP
2 2 (4.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.22%) JSP 440
3 1 (2.22%) NCSC
3 1 (2.22%) NIST
3 1 (2.22%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.22%) PMO
3 1 (2.22%) QA
System Software
1 4 (8.89%) Firmware
2 2 (4.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (51.11%) SAP
2 5 (11.11%) Ariba
3 3 (6.67%) Actel
3 3 (6.67%) Altera
3 3 (6.67%) Intel
3 3 (6.67%) Microsemi
3 3 (6.67%) Xilinx
4 1 (2.22%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.22%) Salesforce