Social Skills Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 6 3 20
Rank change year-on-year -3 +17 -6
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 36 35 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 16.14% 16.67% 10.40%
As % of the General category 27.91% 31.82% 22.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 22 24
10th Percentile £204 £428 £265
25th Percentile £359 £472 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £533 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +6.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £559 £600 £588
90th Percentile £625 £649 £643
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £440 £533 £475
% change year-on-year -17.37% +12.11% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £18.48 £12.58 -
25th Percentile £24.06 £14.94 -
Median hourly rate £34.25 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +95.71% - -
75th Percentile £43.56 £19.81 -
90th Percentile £48.63 £21.73 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £14.07 £17.50 -
% change year-on-year -19.60% - -

All General Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 129 110 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 57.85% 52.38% 47.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 65 125
10th Percentile £263 £372 £311
25th Percentile £357 £425 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £525 £565
Median % change year-on-year -15.71% -7.08% +13.00%
75th Percentile £527 £600 £675
90th Percentile £601 £690 £757
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £523 £565
% change year-on-year -13.88% -7.52% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 16 0
10th Percentile £18.48 £16.25 -
25th Percentile £24.06 £19.56 -
Median hourly rate £34.25 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.89% - -
75th Percentile £43.56 £51.56 -
90th Percentile £48.63 £68.75 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £14.07 £17.50 -
% change year-on-year -19.60% - -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Newcastle upon Tyne

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Newcastle upon Tyne

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Newcastle upon Tyne

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Newcastle upon Tyne

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Newcastle upon Tyne

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 2 (5.56%) Confluence
2 1 (2.78%) CMS
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (5.56%) Chatbot
4 1 (2.78%) MadCap Flare
4 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.78%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.56%) AWS
3 1 (2.78%) Amazon EMR
3 1 (2.78%) Amazon S3
3 1 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (2.78%) Azure
3 1 (2.78%) dbt
3 1 (2.78%) Figma
3 1 (2.78%) GitHub
3 1 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (2.78%) Power Automate
3 1 (2.78%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.78%) Serverless
3 1 (2.78%) Snowflake
3 1 (2.78%) Stitch
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (2.78%) VPN
2 1 (2.78%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) Power BI
2 2 (5.56%) Big Data
2 2 (5.56%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.78%) Metadata
3 1 (2.78%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (2.78%) Power Query
3 1 (2.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) ERwin
1 2 (5.56%) JIRA
1 2 (5.56%) PowerDesigner
2 1 (2.78%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.78%) Git
2 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.78%) JUnit
2 1 (2.78%) LabVIEW
2 1 (2.78%) REST Assured
2 1 (2.78%) Selenium
General
1 12 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 6 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (8.33%) Marketing
5 2 (5.56%) Brand Awareness
5 2 (5.56%) Legal
5 2 (5.56%) Military
5 2 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (5.56%) Retail
6 1 (2.78%) Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Finance
6 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (13.89%) Lead
2 4 (11.11%) Developer
2 4 (11.11%) Senior
3 3 (8.33%) Deployment Engineer
3 3 (8.33%) Scala Developer
3 3 (8.33%) Test Leader
4 2 (5.56%) Architect
4 2 (5.56%) Data Modeller
4 2 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Designer
4 2 (5.56%) Marketing Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Product Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Support Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) Analyst
5 1 (2.78%) Data Architect
5 1 (2.78%) Desktop Support
5 1 (2.78%) Programme Manager
5 1 (2.78%) Project Manager
5 1 (2.78%) Software Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) Akka
1 3 (8.33%) Node.js
2 2 (5.56%) Play Framework
3 1 (2.78%) Kafka
3 1 (2.78%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.56%) Blog
2 2 (5.56%) Digital Media
2 2 (5.56%) Digital Signage
2 2 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (5.56%) Social Media
2 2 (5.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.78%) FPGA
3 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.78%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.78%) PMI
3 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Windows
2 1 (2.78%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (30.56%) Agile
3 8 (22.22%) Decision-Making
3 8 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (19.44%) Roadmaps
5 6 (16.67%) CI/CD
5 6 (16.67%) Visualisation
6 5 (13.89%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (11.11%) Data Modelling
7 4 (11.11%) Data Protection
7 4 (11.11%) Market Research
7 4 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 4 (11.11%) Software Delivery
7 4 (11.11%) Test Strategy
8 3 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (8.33%) Code Quality
8 3 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (8.33%) Project Management
8 3 (8.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) SQL
2 4 (11.11%) Java
3 3 (8.33%) JavaScript
3 3 (8.33%) Scala
3 3 (8.33%) TypeScript
4 2 (5.56%) Python
5 1 (2.78%) C
5 1 (2.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 9 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (2.78%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.78%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.78%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.78%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.78%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.78%) Docker
1 1 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.78%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (13.89%) Terraform
2 4 (11.11%) Ansible
3 3 (8.33%) Kibana
3 3 (8.33%) Packer
4 2 (5.56%) SCCM
5 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (2.78%) VxRail
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.56%) Facebook
3 1 (2.78%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.78%) Bomgar
3 1 (2.78%) Databricks
3 1 (2.78%) Dell
3 1 (2.78%) Sage
3 1 (2.78%) VMware