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 in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 4 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 282 287 387
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 19.30% 16.36% 14.76%
As % of the General category 40.93% 32.80% 31.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 200 296
10th Percentile £175 £218 £293
25th Percentile £350 £393 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.63% +3.68% +4.86%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £638
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 10
10th Percentile £12.24 £15.59 -
25th Percentile £13.31 £17.70 £14.25
Median hourly rate £14.27 £26.00 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year -45.13% +76.27% -10.61%
75th Percentile £35.00 £38.75 £19.69
90th Percentile £60.00 £68.80 £21.25
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £23.15 £23.06
% change year-on-year -30.63% +0.41% +9.79%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 689 875 1,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 47.16% 49.89% 46.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 627 906
10th Percentile £300 £311 £263
25th Percentile £381 £401 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £592 £590
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 33 35
10th Percentile £12.27 £14.87 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.85 £15.25
Median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £34.50 £26.00 £32.25
90th Percentile £59.75 £38.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £21.47 £23.15 £23.22
% change year-on-year -7.28% -0.31% +13.28%

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 15 June 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 15 June 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 15 June 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
Salford -2 6 £350 -39.13% 21
Bolton -1 5 £525 +162.50% 19
Stockport +1 3 - - 26
Cheadle +1 1 - - 9
Sale - 1 £145 - 3
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £150 - 2
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 18 (6.38%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.42%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.42%) Confluence
2 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.35%) LiveLink
Applications
1 22 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.13%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.35%) Revit
Business Applications
1 9 (3.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.77%) SAP EWM
3 4 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.71%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.35%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.35%) Primavera
5 1 (0.35%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.35%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.35%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 41 (14.54%) Azure
2 32 (11.35%) AWS
3 19 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (5.32%) GCP
5 14 (4.96%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.48%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.48%) Serverless
8 6 (2.13%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.77%) SaaS
9 5 (1.77%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.42%) GitHub
10 4 (1.42%) Google Analytics
10 4 (1.42%) IaaS
11 3 (1.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.06%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.06%) Amazon ELB
11 3 (1.06%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.61%) LAN
1 13 (4.61%) WAN
2 11 (3.90%) VPN
3 9 (3.19%) ATM
3 9 (3.19%) Firewall
4 8 (2.84%) OSPF
4 8 (2.84%) Wireless
5 7 (2.48%) Ethernet
5 7 (2.48%) Wireless Security
6 6 (2.13%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.77%) DNS
8 4 (1.42%) HTTP
9 3 (1.06%) Internet
9 3 (1.06%) VLAN
9 3 (1.06%) VoIP
9 3 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.71%) IPsec
10 2 (0.71%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.71%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (3.19%) Power BI
3 8 (2.84%) BigQuery
4 7 (2.48%) MySQL
5 6 (2.13%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.77%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.77%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.77%) Tableau
7 4 (1.42%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.42%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.06%) Big Data
8 3 (1.06%) Data Hub
8 3 (1.06%) DB2
8 3 (1.06%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.06%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.06%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.06%) SAP BW
8 3 (1.06%) SAP Data Services
9 2 (0.71%) HBase
Development Applications
1 12 (4.26%) JIRA
2 8 (2.84%) Git
3 5 (1.77%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.77%) Selenium
4 4 (1.42%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.06%) LSMW
5 3 (1.06%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.71%) Appium
6 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.71%) Gatling
6 2 (0.71%) GitLab
6 2 (0.71%) JMeter
6 2 (0.71%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
General
1 51 (18.09%) Finance
2 41 (14.54%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (6.03%) Public Sector
4 15 (5.32%) Retail
5 13 (4.61%) Banking
6 12 (4.26%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.90%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.19%) Legal
9 8 (2.84%) Marketing
10 7 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Back Office
12 3 (1.06%) Law
12 3 (1.06%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.71%) Military
13 2 (0.71%) Publishing
14 1 (0.35%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 46 (16.31%) Analyst
2 27 (9.57%) Service Desk Agent
3 23 (8.16%) Senior
4 21 (7.45%) Architect
5 19 (6.74%) Project Manager
6 18 (6.38%) Lead
7 16 (5.67%) Consultant
7 16 (5.67%) Developer
7 16 (5.67%) Network Engineer
8 14 (4.96%) Data Analyst
9 12 (4.26%) IT Technician
10 10 (3.55%) Administrator
11 9 (3.19%) Business Analyst
11 9 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (2.84%) Support Engineer
13 7 (2.48%) Data Engineer
13 7 (2.48%) IT Support
14 6 (2.13%) HR Manager
14 6 (2.13%) Implementation Manager
14 6 (2.13%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.13%) React
2 5 (1.77%) Kafka
3 4 (1.42%) Middleware
3 4 (1.42%) RESTful
3 4 (1.42%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.42%) Web Services
4 3 (1.06%) .NET
4 3 (1.06%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.06%) BAPI
4 3 (1.06%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (1.06%) Node.js
4 3 (1.06%) Spring
5 2 (0.71%) ActiveMQ
5 2 (0.71%) AWS CDK
5 2 (0.71%) LDAP
5 2 (0.71%) OAuth
5 2 (0.71%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.71%) OpenID
5 2 (0.71%) pytest
5 2 (0.71%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.96%) Driving Licence
2 13 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.55%) EPoS
4 9 (3.19%) Smartphone
5 8 (2.84%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.77%) NHS
6 5 (1.77%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.06%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.06%) Clustering
8 3 (1.06%) CMDB
8 3 (1.06%) Data Fabric
9 2 (0.71%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.71%) Life Science
9 2 (0.71%) PMI
9 2 (0.71%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (8.51%) Windows
2 16 (5.67%) Linux
3 9 (3.19%) Windows 10
4 7 (2.48%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.77%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.42%) Unix
6 4 (1.42%) zOS
7 3 (1.06%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.71%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.35%) Android
9 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.35%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (31.56%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (17.02%) Agile
3 42 (14.89%) Customer Service
4 34 (12.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 30 (10.64%) Project Management
6 23 (8.16%) DevOps
7 22 (7.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (6.03%) ETL
9 16 (5.67%) Analytics
9 16 (5.67%) Data Modelling
10 15 (5.32%) Data Analysis
11 14 (4.96%) Migration
11 14 (4.96%) Scrum
11 14 (4.96%) Waterfall
12 13 (4.61%) Data Governance
12 13 (4.61%) Decision-Making
12 13 (4.61%) ITIL
13 11 (3.90%) E-Commerce
13 11 (3.90%) Incident Response
14 10 (3.55%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 26 (9.22%) SQL
2 22 (7.80%) Python
3 18 (6.38%) Java
4 9 (3.19%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.77%) Scala
6 4 (1.42%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.42%) PHP
7 3 (1.06%) Bash
7 3 (1.06%) C#
7 3 (1.06%) Go
7 3 (1.06%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.71%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.71%) C
8 2 (0.71%) Groovy
8 2 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.71%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.35%) Bicep
9 1 (0.35%) Perl
9 1 (0.35%) X++
Qualifications
1 25 (8.87%) Degree
1 25 (8.87%) Security Cleared
2 19 (6.74%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.03%) CCNA
3 17 (6.03%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (2.48%) CCNP
5 6 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.77%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.42%) PMP
8 3 (1.06%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.71%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.71%) CISM
9 2 (0.71%) CISSP
9 2 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.71%) MCSE
9 2 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.71%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.35%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (11.70%) SLA
2 24 (8.51%) Data Quality
3 16 (5.67%) QA
4 8 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.77%) GDPR
6 3 (1.06%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.06%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.71%) NIST
7 2 (0.71%) PMO
8 1 (0.35%) GxP
8 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (6.74%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.55%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.06%) Docker
5 2 (0.71%) NFS
6 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.48%) Terraform
3 6 (2.13%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.77%) Ansible
4 5 (1.77%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.06%) Autotask
5 3 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (1.06%) HP Fortify
5 3 (1.06%) SCCM
6 2 (0.71%) Nagios
6 2 (0.71%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.35%) Grafana
7 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 40 (14.18%) Microsoft
2 28 (9.93%) SAP
3 14 (4.96%) VMware
4 11 (3.90%) Cisco
5 7 (2.48%) Google
6 6 (2.13%) Facebook
6 6 (2.13%) Oracle
6 6 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.13%) Splunk
7 5 (1.77%) Informatica
7 5 (1.77%) Sage
8 4 (1.42%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.42%) Databricks
8 4 (1.42%) F5
9 3 (1.06%) Apple
9 3 (1.06%) Datto
9 3 (1.06%) Instagram
9 3 (1.06%) Siemens
9 3 (1.06%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.71%) CheckPoint