Social Skills Contracts in the Midlands

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Social Skills 832 588 594
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.78% 21.86% 19.91%
As % of the General category 52.49% 39.44% 39.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 386 395
10th Percentile £177 £185 £199
25th Percentile £322 £308 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 47 29
10th Percentile £15.23 £12.75 £13.99
25th Percentile £16.17 £14.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £24.34 £16.63 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.36% -16.85% +15.94%
75th Percentile £38.52 £21.13 £42.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £40.75 £88.75
England median hourly rate £21.53 £23.60 £20.00
% change year-on-year -8.78% +18.00% +5.26%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,585 1,491 1,499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.45% 55.43% 50.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,023 988 1,030
10th Percentile £219 £229 £250
25th Percentile £357 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £540 £620 £624
90th Percentile £638 £725 £725
England median daily rate £508 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.58% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 104 73
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.83 £13.34
25th Percentile £18.22 £14.70 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £19.59 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.38% -27.44% +44.97%
75th Percentile £35.29 £33.93 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.91 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.74
% change year-on-year -34.02% +37.42% +13.22%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Social Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Social Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands 0 618 £475 +5.56% 723
East Midlands 0 208 £372 -7.13% 451
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 41 (4.93%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.52%) Confluence
3 13 (1.56%) Apache
4 12 (1.44%) Oracle Workflow
5 10 (1.20%) WebLogic
6 9 (1.08%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 7 (0.84%) nginx
8 6 (0.72%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.48%) SAS
11 3 (0.36%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.36%) CMS
11 3 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.24%) IBM Notes
12 2 (0.24%) NetWeaver
12 2 (0.24%) PowerFactory
12 2 (0.24%) SAP EP
13 1 (0.12%) CICS
13 1 (0.12%) JBoss
Applications
1 48 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.08%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.84%) Maya
6 7 (0.84%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 6 (0.72%) Adobe Captivate
8 5 (0.60%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.60%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.24%) Simulink
11 1 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.12%) Blender
11 1 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
11 1 (0.12%) InDesign
11 1 (0.12%) Trello
11 1 (0.12%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 14 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.96%) SAP HR
3 7 (0.84%) Oracle HRMS
4 6 (0.72%) SAP PM
5 5 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.48%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.36%) Maximo
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle iProcurement
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.36%) Primavera
7 3 (0.36%) SAP PSCD
7 3 (0.36%) Sprinklr
8 2 (0.24%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 127 (15.26%) Azure
2 78 (9.38%) AWS
3 62 (7.45%) Power Platform
4 58 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (4.21%) GCP
6 24 (2.88%) PowerApps
7 23 (2.76%) SaaS
8 19 (2.28%) Entra ID
9 15 (1.80%) GitHub
10 14 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (1.68%) Power Automate
11 12 (1.44%) Amazon S3
11 12 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (1.44%) Serverless
12 11 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (1.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (1.08%) Amazon ECS
14 9 (1.08%) Snowflake
14 9 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 39 (4.69%) Firewall
2 21 (2.52%) Network Security
3 17 (2.04%) DNS
4 14 (1.68%) FTP
5 12 (1.44%) SMTP
5 12 (1.44%) VPN
6 11 (1.32%) BGP
6 11 (1.32%) VLAN
7 10 (1.20%) HTTP
7 10 (1.20%) SSH
8 9 (1.08%) Internet
8 9 (1.08%) SSL
8 9 (1.08%) WAN
8 9 (1.08%) Wireshark
9 8 (0.96%) IPsec
9 8 (0.96%) OSPF
10 7 (0.84%) IMAP
10 7 (0.84%) LAN
10 7 (0.84%) OpenLDAP
10 7 (0.84%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.05%) Power BI
2 18 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (1.80%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.56%) Tableau
6 11 (1.32%) NoSQL
7 10 (1.20%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (0.84%) Big Data
9 6 (0.72%) Hadoop
9 6 (0.72%) Metadata
10 5 (0.60%) MySQL
10 5 (0.60%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.60%) SAP BW
10 5 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.48%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.48%) GIS
11 4 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 52 (6.25%) JIRA
2 22 (2.64%) Git
3 19 (2.28%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.68%) GitLab
5 7 (0.84%) Postman
5 7 (0.84%) Vagrant
6 6 (0.72%) Selenium
7 5 (0.60%) PVCS
8 3 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.24%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.24%) GDB
9 2 (0.24%) Gradle
9 2 (0.24%) Grunt
9 2 (0.24%) gulp
9 2 (0.24%) JMeter
9 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.24%) TestNG
9 2 (0.24%) Travis CI
9 2 (0.24%) webpack
9 2 (0.24%) Xcode
General
1 191 (22.96%) Analytical Skills
2 145 (17.43%) Finance
3 58 (6.97%) Organisational Skills
4 49 (5.89%) Public Sector
5 46 (5.53%) Presentation Skills
6 32 (3.85%) Banking
7 30 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
8 28 (3.37%) Automotive
8 28 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (3.00%) Legal
9 25 (3.00%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (2.04%) Law
11 17 (2.04%) Retail
12 15 (1.80%) Marketing
12 15 (1.80%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.20%) Games
14 8 (0.96%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.72%) Local Government
16 4 (0.48%) Billing
Job Titles
1 134 (16.11%) Analyst
2 63 (7.57%) Architect
3 56 (6.73%) Project Manager
4 52 (6.25%) Lead
5 51 (6.13%) Developer
6 34 (4.09%) Business Analyst
7 31 (3.73%) Consultant
8 28 (3.37%) Senior
9 24 (2.88%) IT Support
9 24 (2.88%) Support Engineer
10 20 (2.40%) Administrator
11 19 (2.28%) Data Analyst
12 16 (1.92%) Platform Engineer
13 15 (1.80%) Deployment Engineer
13 15 (1.80%) Support Officer
13 15 (1.80%) Windows Engineer
14 14 (1.68%) 1st Line Support
14 14 (1.68%) Security Analyst
14 14 (1.68%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (1.68%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.76%) HTML
2 22 (2.64%) LDAP
3 20 (2.40%) .NET
4 19 (2.28%) CSS
5 17 (2.04%) REST
6 16 (1.92%) RESTful
7 14 (1.68%) Spring
8 12 (1.44%) Django
9 10 (1.20%) GraphQL
9 10 (1.20%) OAuth
10 9 (1.08%) SAML
10 9 (1.08%) SAP Fiori
10 9 (1.08%) XML
11 8 (0.96%) Hibernate
11 8 (0.96%) OpenID
12 7 (0.84%) Kafka
12 7 (0.84%) React
13 6 (0.72%) SAPUI5
13 6 (0.72%) Spring Boot
13 6 (0.72%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.53%) Onboarding
2 34 (4.09%) Product Ownership
3 27 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (2.88%) SCADA
5 22 (2.64%) Operational Technology
6 20 (2.40%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
8 17 (2.04%) Data Centre
9 16 (1.92%) Security Posture
10 15 (1.80%) Driving Licence
11 13 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.44%) Replication
13 11 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.20%) Cloud Native
14 10 (1.20%) Data Structures
15 9 (1.08%) PKI
16 8 (0.96%) Animation
16 8 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
16 8 (0.96%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 110 (13.22%) Windows
2 46 (5.53%) Linux
3 22 (2.64%) Windows 10
4 19 (2.28%) Unix
5 14 (1.68%) Android
6 13 (1.56%) Windows Server
7 9 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.96%) Amazon Linux
8 8 (0.96%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.96%) VMS
9 6 (0.72%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.72%) Check Point GAiA
9 6 (0.72%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.36%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.36%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.24%) AIX
12 2 (0.24%) Solaris
12 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (34.50%) Problem-Solving
2 148 (17.79%) Agile
3 130 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 89 (10.70%) Project Management
5 77 (9.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 73 (8.77%) ITIL
7 70 (8.41%) Business Intelligence
8 65 (7.81%) Decision-Making
8 65 (7.81%) Migration
9 63 (7.57%) Analytics
9 63 (7.57%) DevOps
10 62 (7.45%) Computer Science
10 62 (7.45%) Project Delivery
11 61 (7.33%) Customer Service
12 60 (7.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 58 (6.97%) Cybersecurity
13 58 (6.97%) Process Improvement
14 57 (6.85%) Change Management
14 57 (6.85%) CI/CD
15 49 (5.89%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 126 (15.14%) SQL
2 64 (7.69%) Python
3 40 (4.81%) Java
4 33 (3.97%) PowerShell
5 29 (3.49%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.92%) C#
7 9 (1.08%) ABAP
8 8 (0.96%) C++
8 8 (0.96%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.84%) Groovy
10 6 (0.72%) Bash
11 5 (0.60%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.60%) R
12 4 (0.48%) Scala
13 3 (0.36%) Perl
13 3 (0.36%) Ruby
13 3 (0.36%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.36%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 129 (15.50%) Security Cleared
2 128 (15.38%) Degree
3 103 (12.38%) SC Cleared
4 40 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.16%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.68%) CISSP
7 13 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.20%) PMP
9 9 (1.08%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 9 (1.08%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.96%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.96%) CCNA
11 6 (0.72%) CCNP
11 6 (0.72%) CCSE
11 6 (0.72%) CISM
11 6 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (0.72%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.05%) QA
2 34 (4.09%) GDPR
3 32 (3.85%) SLA
4 31 (3.73%) PMO
5 30 (3.61%) Data Quality
6 19 (2.28%) NIST
7 17 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.20%) GRC
9 9 (1.08%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.84%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.84%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.36%) FIPS 140-2
12 3 (0.36%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.24%) ISO 26262
13 2 (0.24%) MiFID
13 2 (0.24%) PERC
13 2 (0.24%) PSD2
System Software
1 51 (6.13%) Active Directory
2 36 (4.33%) Docker
3 21 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.44%) Dovecot
4 12 (1.44%) Postfix
5 7 (0.84%) BitLocker
5 7 (0.84%) DFS Replication
5 7 (0.84%) Squid
6 6 (0.72%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.60%) Firmware
7 5 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.60%) vSphere
8 2 (0.24%) HDFS
9 1 (0.12%) IAG
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 28 (3.37%) Terraform
3 18 (2.16%) Ansible
4 17 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (2.04%) SCCM
5 11 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.20%) Grafana
7 9 (1.08%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.96%) Tivoli Identity Manager
9 7 (0.84%) Nessus
9 7 (0.84%) Proxmox
10 6 (0.72%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.60%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.36%) Opsview
13 2 (0.24%) AirWatch
13 2 (0.24%) Hadoop YARN
13 2 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.24%) Kibana
13 2 (0.24%) Oozie
13 2 (0.24%) QRadar
Vendors
1 162 (19.47%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.61%) SAP
3 54 (6.49%) Oracle
4 34 (4.09%) Cisco
5 31 (3.73%) VMware
6 21 (2.52%) Splunk
7 18 (2.16%) Adobe
7 18 (2.16%) ServiceNow
8 17 (2.04%) Broadcom
8 17 (2.04%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.92%) CyberArk
10 13 (1.56%) IBM
11 12 (1.44%) Google
12 11 (1.32%) Databricks
12 11 (1.32%) Juniper
13 10 (1.20%) AppDynamics
13 10 (1.20%) Dynatrace
13 10 (1.20%) Fortinet
14 9 (1.08%) F5
15 8 (0.96%) BeyondTrust