Social Skills Contracts in Newport

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South Wales > Newport

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Newport. 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 2 1 18
Rank change year-on-year -1 +17 -13
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 23 40 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport 41.07% 43.48% 8.33%
As % of the General category 57.50% 64.52% 18.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 9
10th Percentile £161 £112 £241
25th Percentile £254 £216 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £351 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -37.56% +2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £522 £625 -
90th Percentile £809 - -
South Wales median daily rate £374 £412 £390
% change year-on-year -9.28% +5.64% -12.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 0
10th Percentile £19.09 - -
25th Percentile £20.12 £11.00 -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £22.68 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% - -
75th Percentile £41.25 £85.00 -
90th Percentile - £86.80 -
South Wales median hourly rate £20.24 £17.59 £10.92
% change year-on-year +15.04% +61.08% -47.37%

All General Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 40 62 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 71.43% 67.39% 44.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 27 41
10th Percentile £160 £136 £313
25th Percentile £285 £195 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -25.95% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £445 £625 £631
90th Percentile £678 £658 £688
South Wales median daily rate £365 £450 £463
% change year-on-year -18.89% -2.70% -4.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 1
10th Percentile £20.12 £11.67 -
25th Percentile £20.31 £21.25 £44.82
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.18 £48.13
Median % change year-on-year +9.21% -47.68% +92.52%
75th Percentile £43.13 £85.00 £51.45
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.00 £23.93 £10.92
% change year-on-year -12.24% +119.14% -49.50%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Newport

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Newport

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Newport

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Newport

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Newport

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Newport

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Newport

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport 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 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) Azure
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (13.04%) AWS
4 2 (8.70%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.35%) IaaS
5 1 (4.35%) PaaS
5 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) Firewall
2 4 (17.39%) Network Security
2 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
2 4 (17.39%) Wireless
3 3 (13.04%) BGP
3 3 (13.04%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (13.04%) IPsec
3 3 (13.04%) OSPF
4 1 (4.35%) 802.11
4 1 (4.35%) ATM
4 1 (4.35%) HSRP
4 1 (4.35%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Publishing
4 1 (4.35%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 4 (17.39%) 2nd Line Support
1 4 (17.39%) Network Engineer
1 4 (17.39%) Support Specialist
2 2 (8.70%) IT Engineer
2 2 (8.70%) Research Scientist
2 2 (8.70%) Security Researcher
2 2 (8.70%) Senior
3 1 (4.35%) Architect
3 1 (4.35%) ATM Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Coordinator
3 1 (4.35%) Data Scientist
3 1 (4.35%) Field Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) IT Support
3 1 (4.35%) Lead
3 1 (4.35%) SAP Architect
3 1 (4.35%) SAP Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.35%) Senior Architect
3 1 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) 802.1X
1 1 (4.35%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Data Centre
1 5 (21.74%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (8.70%) Cyberattack
3 1 (4.35%) EPoS
3 1 (4.35%) Linked Data
3 1 (4.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Computer Science
2 9 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (26.09%) Customer Service
4 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (21.74%) ITIL
5 4 (17.39%) Application Packaging
5 4 (17.39%) Data Collection
5 4 (17.39%) Incident Management
5 4 (17.39%) Network Design
6 3 (13.04%) Agile
6 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
6 3 (13.04%) Statistics
7 2 (8.70%) Analytics
7 2 (8.70%) Behavioural Analytics
7 2 (8.70%) Cloud Security
7 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (8.70%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (8.70%) Performance Metrics
7 2 (8.70%) Psychology
7 2 (8.70%) Qualitative Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) Degree
2 6 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (26.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
2 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
3 5 (21.74%) A+ Certification
3 5 (21.74%) Master's Degree
3 5 (21.74%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (17.39%) CCNP
4 4 (17.39%) PhD
5 2 (8.70%) CCNA
6 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
6 1 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 5 (21.74%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Jamf Pro
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (13.04%) Cacti
3 1 (4.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Cisco
2 5 (21.74%) ServiceNow
3 3 (13.04%) SolarWinds
3 3 (13.04%) VMware
4 1 (4.35%) SAP