Social Skills Contracts in Manchester

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 4 5
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 279 286 381
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 19.23% 15.78% 14.64%
As % of the General category 40.43% 31.85% 32.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 190 299
10th Percentile £210 £297 £273
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £597 £560
90th Percentile £656 £650 £638
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 8 13
10th Percentile £12.30 £16.59 -
25th Percentile £13.31 £23.93 £14.25
Median hourly rate £14.69 £31.75 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.75% +111.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £41.56 £45.56 £19.06
90th Percentile £59.75 £70.20 £20.80
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £27.50 £23.03
% change year-on-year -41.60% +19.42% -1.89%

All General Skills
Manchester

Social Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 690 898 1,173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 47.55% 49.56% 45.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 449 630 893
10th Percentile £306 £304 £263
25th Percentile £388 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 34 36
10th Percentile £12.27 £15.99 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.31 £17.07 £15.19
Median hourly rate £23.80 £20.35 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +16.94% +5.73% -17.15%
75th Percentile £34.50 £33.39 £30.88
90th Percentile £59.75 £38.75 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £26.60 £23.78
% change year-on-year -33.38% +11.87% +5.68%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Manchester

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Manchester

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Manchester

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Manchester

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Manchester

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton +1 7 £503 +48.89% 22
Salford -1 6 £255 -57.50% 17
Stockport +1 3 - - 26
Cheadle +1 1 - - 9
Sale - 1 £145 - 3
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £150 - 3
Social Skills
North West

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 8 (2.87%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.43%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.43%) Confluence
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.36%) LiveLink
Applications
1 23 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.51%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.36%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.36%) Revit
Business Applications
1 9 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.79%) SAP EWM
3 4 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.72%) Primavera
4 2 (0.72%) ResourceLink
4 2 (0.72%) SAP PS
4 2 (0.72%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.36%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.36%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.36%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 44 (15.77%) Azure
2 43 (15.41%) AWS
3 14 (5.02%) GCP
3 14 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.94%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (2.51%) SaaS
7 6 (2.15%) Amazon S3
7 6 (2.15%) Serverless
8 5 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (1.79%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.79%) GitHub
8 5 (1.79%) IaaS
8 5 (1.79%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.43%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (1.43%) Google Analytics
10 3 (1.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.08%) Amazon ELB
10 3 (1.08%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.02%) WAN
2 13 (4.66%) LAN
3 11 (3.94%) VPN
4 9 (3.23%) ATM
4 9 (3.23%) Firewall
5 8 (2.87%) OSPF
5 8 (2.87%) Wireless
6 7 (2.51%) Ethernet
6 7 (2.51%) Wireless Security
7 4 (1.43%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.08%) 3G
8 3 (1.08%) 4G
8 3 (1.08%) 5G
8 3 (1.08%) DNS
8 3 (1.08%) HTTP
8 3 (1.08%) VLAN
8 3 (1.08%) VoIP
8 3 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.72%) DHCP
9 2 (0.72%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.66%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.87%) Power BI
3 7 (2.51%) BigQuery
3 7 (2.51%) MySQL
4 6 (2.15%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.79%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.43%) Hadoop
6 4 (1.43%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.43%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.43%) Tableau
7 3 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.08%) Big Data
7 3 (1.08%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.08%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.08%) SAP BW
7 3 (1.08%) SAP Data Services
8 2 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.72%) DB2
8 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.72%) HBase
Development Applications
1 13 (4.66%) JIRA
2 8 (2.87%) Git
3 6 (2.15%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.79%) Cucumber
4 5 (1.79%) Selenium
5 3 (1.08%) Burp Suite
5 3 (1.08%) Gatling
5 3 (1.08%) LSMW
5 3 (1.08%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.72%) Appium
6 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.72%) GitLab
6 2 (0.72%) JMeter
6 2 (0.72%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.36%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 52 (18.64%) Finance
2 41 (14.70%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (6.09%) Telecoms
4 16 (5.73%) Public Sector
4 16 (5.73%) Retail
5 12 (4.30%) Banking
6 8 (2.87%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.15%) Legal
9 5 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.79%) Law
10 4 (1.43%) Marketing
10 4 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.08%) Back Office
11 3 (1.08%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Advertising
13 1 (0.36%) French Language
13 1 (0.36%) German Language
Job Titles
1 46 (16.49%) Analyst
2 27 (9.68%) Service Desk Agent
3 21 (7.53%) Senior
4 20 (7.17%) Project Manager
5 18 (6.45%) Network Engineer
6 17 (6.09%) Developer
7 16 (5.73%) Architect
8 13 (4.66%) Business Analyst
8 13 (4.66%) Data Analyst
8 13 (4.66%) Lead
9 11 (3.94%) Consultant
9 11 (3.94%) IT Technician
10 10 (3.58%) Administrator
11 9 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.51%) Data Engineer
12 7 (2.51%) Support Engineer
13 6 (2.15%) HR Manager
13 6 (2.15%) IT Support
13 6 (2.15%) Technical Analyst
14 5 (1.79%) Project Implementation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.15%) React
1 6 (2.15%) RESTful
1 6 (2.15%) Web Services
2 5 (1.79%) Kafka
3 4 (1.43%) .NET
3 4 (1.43%) Node.js
3 4 (1.43%) OAuth
3 4 (1.43%) OAuth2
3 4 (1.43%) OpenID
3 4 (1.43%) SailPoint
4 3 (1.08%) BAPI
4 3 (1.08%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (1.08%) Middleware
4 3 (1.08%) Spring
5 2 (0.72%) ActiveMQ
5 2 (0.72%) AWS CDK
5 2 (0.72%) pytest
5 2 (0.72%) SOAP
5 2 (0.72%) WebdriverIO
6 1 (0.36%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.66%) Driving Licence
2 10 (3.58%) EPoS
2 10 (3.58%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.23%) Smartphone
4 6 (2.15%) NHS
5 5 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.43%) Clustering
6 4 (1.43%) CMDB
6 4 (1.43%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.08%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.08%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.72%) Data Fabric
8 2 (0.72%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.72%) Life Science
8 2 (0.72%) Tandem
8 2 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.68%) Windows
2 20 (7.17%) Linux
3 9 (3.23%) Windows 10
3 9 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (1.79%) Unix
6 4 (1.43%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.08%) Kali Linux
7 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.08%) zOS
8 2 (0.72%) Android
8 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.72%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.72%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.36%) Debian
9 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (30.11%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (18.28%) Agile
3 45 (16.13%) Customer Service
4 32 (11.47%) Project Management
5 31 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (7.53%) DevOps
7 20 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (6.81%) ITIL
9 17 (6.09%) Data Modelling
9 17 (6.09%) ETL
9 17 (6.09%) Scrum
10 16 (5.73%) Analytics
10 16 (5.73%) Migration
11 15 (5.38%) Decision-Making
12 11 (3.94%) Business Intelligence
12 11 (3.94%) Data Governance
12 11 (3.94%) Data Migration
12 11 (3.94%) Infrastructure as Code
13 10 (3.58%) Service Management
13 10 (3.58%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.60%) Python
1 24 (8.60%) SQL
2 17 (6.09%) Java
3 7 (2.51%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.15%) Scala
4 6 (2.15%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.79%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.43%) PHP
7 3 (1.08%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.08%) Bash
7 3 (1.08%) C#
7 3 (1.08%) Go
8 2 (0.72%) C
8 2 (0.72%) Groovy
8 2 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.36%) Perl
9 1 (0.36%) X++
Qualifications
1 32 (11.47%) Security Cleared
2 25 (8.96%) SC Cleared
3 24 (8.60%) Degree
4 15 (5.38%) CCNA
4 15 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.51%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (2.15%) CCNP
7 5 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.43%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.08%) OSCP
9 3 (1.08%) PMP
10 2 (0.72%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.72%) CISM
10 2 (0.72%) CISSP
10 2 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.72%) MCSE
10 2 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.36%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (12.54%) SLA
2 24 (8.60%) Data Quality
3 15 (5.38%) QA
4 6 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.43%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.43%) GDPR
5 4 (1.43%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.08%) ISO 22301
6 3 (1.08%) PMO
7 2 (0.72%) NIST
8 1 (0.36%) GxP
8 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 18 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.58%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.08%) Docker
5 2 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.36%) NFS
6 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.36%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (3.23%) Terraform
2 8 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.79%) Ansible
3 5 (1.79%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.43%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.08%) Autotask
5 3 (1.08%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (1.08%) HP Fortify
5 3 (1.08%) SCCM
6 1 (0.36%) Grafana
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.36%) Nagios
6 1 (0.36%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.36%) VxRail
6 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (15.77%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.17%) SAP
3 14 (5.02%) VMware
4 9 (3.23%) Cisco
5 7 (2.51%) Google
6 6 (2.15%) Facebook
6 6 (2.15%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.15%) Splunk
7 5 (1.79%) Informatica
7 5 (1.79%) Oracle
7 5 (1.79%) Sage
8 4 (1.43%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.08%) Apple
9 3 (1.08%) Databricks
9 3 (1.08%) Datto
9 3 (1.08%) F5
9 3 (1.08%) Instagram
9 3 (1.08%) Siemens
10 2 (0.72%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.72%) Juniper