Social Skills Contract Job Trends 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 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 11 25 17
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 24.44% 31.25% 20.24%
As % of the General category 47.83% 46.30% 34.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 9
10th Percentile £283 £251 £140
25th Percentile £413 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -23.81% +13.51%
75th Percentile £556 - £650
90th Percentile £594 £646 -
South Wales median daily rate £375 £400 £350
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 2
10th Percentile £78.50 - £24.86
25th Percentile £80.00 £20.12 £30.13
Median hourly rate £85.00 £24.25 £39.59
Median % change year-on-year +250.52% -38.75% +96.77%
75th Percentile £86.25 £47.81 £48.38
90th Percentile £87.00 £53.88 £53.25
South Wales median hourly rate £21.42 £20.62 £33.00
% change year-on-year +3.89% -37.52% +65.37%

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 23 54 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 51.11% 67.50% 59.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 24 30
10th Percentile £400 £196 £178
25th Percentile £406 £356 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £625
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -36.00% +21.07%
75th Percentile £575 £422 £669
90th Percentile £594 £609 £765
South Wales median daily rate £375 £388 £425
% change year-on-year -3.23% -8.82% -8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 24 11
10th Percentile £49.00 £15.20 £13.33
25th Percentile £77.50 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £85.00 £21.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +295.35% -42.67% +85.28%
75th Percentile £87.50 £31.88 £55.25
90th Percentile £89.00 £50.00 -
South Wales median hourly rate £18.69 £22.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -15.07% -32.31% +61.53%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Newport

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Newport

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Newport over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Newport

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (18.18%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Figma
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) IaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) LAN
1 1 (9.09%) VSAN
1 1 (9.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) MariaDB
1 1 (9.09%) Metadata
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Database
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Aerospace
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Financial Institution
3 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Security Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Designer
3 2 (18.18%) UX Designer
4 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Business IT Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support
4 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) ModSecurity
2 1 (9.09%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (9.09%) Reference Data
3 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (9.09%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
2 1 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
3 3 (27.27%) Information Assurance
3 3 (27.27%) Information Security
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) SABSA
3 3 (27.27%) Security Architecture
3 3 (27.27%) Security Management
3 3 (27.27%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (27.27%) TOGAF
4 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (18.18%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (18.18%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 2 (18.18%) User Experience
4 2 (18.18%) User Research
4 2 (18.18%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (18.18%) UX Design
4 2 (18.18%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) Bash
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) CISM
2 3 (27.27%) CISSP
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (27.27%) Def Stans
2 3 (27.27%) JSP 440
2 3 (27.27%) NCSC
2 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 3 (27.27%) NIST 800
3 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
3 1 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Check_MK
1 1 (9.09%) Nessus
1 1 (9.09%) vCenter Server
1 1 (9.09%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Adobe
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) VMware
2 1 (9.09%) Apple
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
2 1 (9.09%) Red Hat
2 1 (9.09%) Splunk
2 1 (9.09%) Tenable