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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 41 66 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 41.41% 44.00% 24.04%
As % of the General category 46.59% 51.56% 33.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 35 17
10th Percentile £202 £345 £240
25th Percentile £500 £500 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £700 £593 £520
90th Percentile - £640 £532
Bedfordshire median daily rate £600 £525 £375
% change year-on-year +14.29% +40.00% -11.76%
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 88 128 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 88.89% 85.33% 71.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 79 53
10th Percentile - £363 £285
25th Percentile £500 £466 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% +7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £659 £600 £600
90th Percentile £745 £750 £626
Bedfordshire median daily rate £580 £525 £488
% change year-on-year +10.48% +7.69% -0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 20 2
10th Percentile £24.23 - -
25th Percentile £60.56 £15.39 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £16.90 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +329.12% -81.23% +67.44%
75th Percentile £83.88 £21.75 -
90th Percentile £88.00 £23.95 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £60.75 £21.50 £90.00
% change year-on-year +182.56% -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 20 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 20 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 (24.39%) Confluence
1 10 (24.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 18 (43.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (24.39%) Teamcenter
3 4 (9.76%) SAP ERP
4 1 (2.44%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.88%) Azure
1 2 (4.88%) Entra ID
1 2 (4.88%) GitHub
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.44%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.32%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) LoadRunner
1 4 (9.76%) NeoLoad
2 2 (4.88%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.88%) JIRA
2 2 (4.88%) JMeter
General
1 12 (29.27%) Finance
1 12 (29.27%) Pharmaceutical
2 10 (24.39%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Electronics
4 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Games
5 2 (4.88%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.44%) Aviation
6 1 (2.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Lead
1 9 (21.95%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (14.63%) Principal Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Senior
4 4 (9.76%) Consultant
4 4 (9.76%) Functional Consultant
4 4 (9.76%) Test Leader
5 3 (7.32%) Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (7.32%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 3 (7.32%) Security Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Senior Consultant
5 3 (7.32%) Senior Functional Consultant
6 2 (4.88%) Analytics Consultant
6 2 (4.88%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Cloud Consultant
6 2 (4.88%) FPGA Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Programme Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Senior SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (24.39%) Life Science
1 10 (24.39%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (14.63%) Management Information System
3 4 (9.76%) FMCG
4 3 (7.32%) Algorithms
4 3 (7.32%) FPGA
4 3 (7.32%) PCIe
4 3 (7.32%) Verilog
5 2 (4.88%) Driving Licence
5 2 (4.88%) EPoS
6 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Windows
1 2 (4.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (43.90%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (34.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (31.71%) Data Management
4 10 (24.39%) PDM
4 10 (24.39%) Validation
5 9 (21.95%) Cryptography
5 9 (21.95%) ERP
6 8 (19.51%) Verification and Validation
7 7 (17.07%) Migration
7 7 (17.07%) Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (17.07%) Record to Report
8 6 (14.63%) Analytics
8 6 (14.63%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (14.63%) Business Transformation
8 6 (14.63%) Document Management
8 6 (14.63%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 6 (14.63%) Systems Engineering
9 5 (12.20%) Agile
10 4 (9.76%) Security Management
10 4 (9.76%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) MATLAB
2 3 (7.32%) SystemVerilog
2 3 (7.32%) Tcl
3 1 (2.44%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) SC Cleared
1 13 (31.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.32%) Degree
2 3 (7.32%) HNC
2 3 (7.32%) HND
3 1 (2.44%) CCA
3 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
1 3 (7.32%) DO-254
2 2 (4.88%) GxP
2 2 (4.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.44%) JSP 440
3 1 (2.44%) NCSC
3 1 (2.44%) NIST
3 1 (2.44%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.44%) PMO
3 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Firmware
2 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (46.34%) SAP
2 5 (12.20%) Ariba
3 3 (7.32%) Actel
3 3 (7.32%) Altera
3 3 (7.32%) Intel
3 3 (7.32%) Microsemi
3 3 (7.32%) Xilinx
4 1 (2.44%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.44%) Salesforce