Social Skills Contracts in Milton Keynes

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Milton Keynes. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 51 70 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 30.54% 17.59% 17.91%
As % of the General category 43.97% 32.41% 29.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 53 117
10th Percentile £185 £214 £246
25th Percentile £375 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £560 £530 £580
90th Percentile £600 £590 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £13.85 - £9.91
25th Percentile - - £10.52
Median hourly rate £15.12 £62.50 £11.79
Median % change year-on-year -75.81% +430.34% -4.26%
75th Percentile £20.50 - £12.80
90th Percentile £50.20 - £13.26
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.20 £12.50 £11.79
% change year-on-year +13.60% +6.07% -5.72%

All General Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 116 216 443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 69.46% 54.27% 60.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 151 355
10th Percentile £268 £220 £218
25th Percentile £400 £351 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £473 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% +2.16% -0.32%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £650 £743 £663
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £496 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +7.30% -2.63% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 2
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.71 £9.91
25th Percentile £15.12 £18.00 £10.52
Median hourly rate £15.50 £23.22 £11.79
Median % change year-on-year -33.23% +96.99% -5.72%
75th Percentile £37.13 £27.00 £12.80
90th Percentile £60.25 £30.00 £13.26
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.20 £25.00 £13.57
% change year-on-year -43.20% +84.23% +4.38%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Milton Keynes

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Milton Keynes

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 1 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Milton Keynes

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Milton Keynes

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 1 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Milton Keynes

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 3 (5.88%) BizTalk Server
1 3 (5.88%) Confluence
1 3 (5.88%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.96%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.96%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Avolution ABACUS
2 2 (3.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle ASCP
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (1.96%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.96%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.96%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.96%) SAP PM
3 1 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (21.57%) Azure
2 8 (15.69%) AWS
3 4 (7.84%) SaaS
4 3 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (5.88%) GCP
4 3 (5.88%) GitHub
5 2 (3.92%) Figma
6 1 (1.96%) IaaS
6 1 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.96%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.88%) HTTP
2 2 (3.92%) SD-WAN
2 2 (3.92%) WAN
3 1 (1.96%) BGP
3 1 (1.96%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (1.96%) DNS
3 1 (1.96%) Firewall
3 1 (1.96%) FTP
3 1 (1.96%) LAN
3 1 (1.96%) MPLS
3 1 (1.96%) NGFW
3 1 (1.96%) OSPF
3 1 (1.96%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.96%) VLAN
3 1 (1.96%) VPN
3 1 (1.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.80%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.84%) Big Data
3 3 (5.88%) MongoDB
3 3 (5.88%) MS Access
3 3 (5.88%) MySQL
3 3 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.92%) BigQuery
4 2 (3.92%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (3.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Git
1 3 (5.88%) GitLab
2 2 (3.92%) Browser DevTools
2 2 (3.92%) ERwin
2 2 (3.92%) JIRA
2 2 (3.92%) PowerDesigner
2 2 (3.92%) UI Automator
General
1 10 (19.61%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (15.69%) Finance
3 4 (7.84%) Financial Institution
3 4 (7.84%) General Ledger
3 4 (7.84%) Retail
4 3 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Marketing
5 2 (3.92%) Automotive
5 2 (3.92%) Banking
6 1 (1.96%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (1.96%) Law
6 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (19.61%) Analyst
2 9 (17.65%) Lead
3 8 (15.69%) Developer
4 5 (9.80%) Architect
5 4 (7.84%) Senior
5 4 (7.84%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (7.84%) Test Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Python Developer
6 3 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Senior Test Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Team Leader
7 2 (3.92%) 1st Line Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Floorwalker
7 2 (3.92%) Salesforce Architect
7 2 (3.92%) Salesforce Solution Architect
7 2 (3.92%) UI Developer
7 2 (3.92%) UI/UX Developer
7 2 (3.92%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) .NET
2 3 (5.88%) Django
2 3 (5.88%) FastAPI
2 3 (5.88%) Flask
2 3 (5.88%) JSON
2 3 (5.88%) Middleware
2 3 (5.88%) React
2 3 (5.88%) RESTful
2 3 (5.88%) Web Services
2 3 (5.88%) XML
3 2 (3.92%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.92%) Ajax
3 2 (3.92%) AngularJS
3 2 (3.92%) CSS
3 2 (3.92%) HTML
3 2 (3.92%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (3.92%) Semantic HTML
3 2 (3.92%) VML
3 2 (3.92%) Vue
4 1 (1.96%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.84%) EPoS
2 3 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (5.88%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.92%) CSOC
3 2 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.92%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.92%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.96%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.96%) PKI
4 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (23.53%) Windows
2 4 (7.84%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.88%) Unix
4 1 (1.96%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (49.02%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (19.61%) Microservices
3 9 (17.65%) Migration
4 7 (13.73%) Agile
4 7 (13.73%) Logistics
4 7 (13.73%) Roadmaps
4 7 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (11.76%) Integration Testing
5 6 (11.76%) Service Delivery
5 6 (11.76%) System Integration Testing
5 6 (11.76%) Waterfall
6 5 (9.80%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (9.80%) Inventory Management
6 5 (9.80%) Mentoring
6 5 (9.80%) Strategic Roadmap
6 5 (9.80%) TOGAF
7 4 (7.84%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (7.84%) Software Testing
7 4 (7.84%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.73%) SQL
2 5 (9.80%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.88%) C#
3 3 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.88%) Python
4 1 (1.96%) ActionScript
4 1 (1.96%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (1.96%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) Security Cleared
2 8 (15.69%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) Degree
5 1 (1.96%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.96%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.96%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.84%) QA
2 3 (5.88%) SLA
3 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.92%) WCAG
4 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.96%) NCSC
4 1 (1.96%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Citrix Hypervisor
1 1 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.96%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.84%) Citrix
2 4 (7.84%) Salesforce
3 3 (5.88%) Dynatrace
3 3 (5.88%) IBM
3 3 (5.88%) Oracle
3 3 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.92%) Cisco
4 2 (3.92%) SAP
4 2 (3.92%) Sparx
4 2 (3.92%) Splunk
4 2 (3.92%) VMware
5 1 (1.96%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.96%) Palo Alto