Social Skills Contracts in Macclesfield

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Macclesfield. 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 4 4 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 16 37 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Macclesfield 32.65% 36.63% 30.43%
As % of the General category 34.78% 39.36% 37.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 24 10
10th Percentile £465 £205 £424
25th Percentile - £463 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -15.29%
75th Percentile £663 £550 £469
90th Percentile £700 - £489
Cheshire median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +10.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £17.72 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.95 £17.72 £27.50
% change year-on-year +85.95% -35.56% +30.95%

All General Skills
Macclesfield

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 Macclesfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 46 94 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield 93.88% 93.07% 80.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 63 24
10th Percentile £450 £405 £276
25th Percentile £500 £463 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +13.33% +21.62%
75th Percentile £595 £550 £488
90th Percentile £700 £585 £535
Cheshire median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - £16.67 £14.30
25th Percentile - £17.02 £14.38
Median hourly rate - £17.72 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year - +16.20% -73.48%
75th Percentile - - £16.38
90th Percentile - £17.75 £16.60
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.50 £24.58 £30.54
% change year-on-year +32.22% -19.52% +45.43%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Macclesfield

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Macclesfield

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Macclesfield

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Macclesfield

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Macclesfield

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Macclesfield 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:

Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (43.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (12.50%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (6.25%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 13 (81.25%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
3 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 2 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Lead
2 3 (18.75%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Business Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Business IT Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Consultant
2 3 (18.75%) IT Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) IT Business Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Associate Director
3 2 (12.50%) SAP Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) SAP Business Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) .NET Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Angular Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Developer
4 1 (6.25%) C# Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Data Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Supply Chain Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
1 1 (6.25%) CSS
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
1 1 (6.25%) REST
1 1 (6.25%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Data Migration
1 5 (31.25%) Migration
1 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) Agile
2 4 (25.00%) Compliance Management
3 3 (18.75%) Business Transformation
3 3 (18.75%) Data Design
3 3 (18.75%) Demand Forecasting
3 3 (18.75%) ETL
3 3 (18.75%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (18.75%) Information Architecture
3 3 (18.75%) Project Management
3 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (18.75%) User Stories
4 2 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (12.50%) Data Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Supply Chain Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) C#
1 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) SAP
2 3 (18.75%) Ariba
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft