Social Skills Contracts in the North East

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in the North East. 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 10
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 -3
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 69 65 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 21.56% 19.23% 15.13%
As % of the General category 37.30% 36.72% 30.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 37 48
10th Percentile £161 £161 £199
25th Percentile £341 £200 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £525 £373
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% +40.94% +61.96%
75th Percentile £559 £600 £500
90th Percentile £650 £770 £608
England median daily rate £501 £515 £538
% change year-on-year -2.72% -4.19% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 0
10th Percentile - £10.67 -
25th Percentile £11.60 £12.73 -
Median hourly rate £11.64 £16.48 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.37% - -
75th Percentile £18.25 £20.77 -
90th Percentile £25.90 - -
England median hourly rate £23.99 £18.13 £25.00
% change year-on-year +32.32% -27.48% +38.89%

All General Skills
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 185 177 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 57.81% 52.37% 49.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 88 167
10th Percentile £244 £189 £231
25th Percentile £355 £402 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £523 £538
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% -2.79% +10.54%
75th Percentile £538 £625 £625
90th Percentile £617 £720 £732
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 40 0
10th Percentile - £11.41 -
25th Percentile £11.60 £12.13 -
Median hourly rate £11.64 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.49% - -
75th Percentile £18.72 £46.69 -
90th Percentile £22.64 £49.88 -
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the North East

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the North East

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the North East

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the North East

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North East

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the North East

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tyne and Wear -2 41 £440 -17.37% 187
Durham 0 19 £470 +168.57% 21
Northumberland 0 4 - - 7
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.90%) Confluence
3 1 (1.45%) CMS
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (4.35%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.90%) Chatbot
4 2 (2.90%) Trello
5 1 (1.45%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.45%) LabWindows
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (1.45%) SAP PP
2 1 (1.45%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (8.70%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.80%) Power Automate
2 4 (5.80%) PowerApps
3 3 (4.35%) AWS
3 3 (4.35%) Figma
4 2 (2.90%) Azure
5 1 (1.45%) Amazon EMR
5 1 (1.45%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.45%) dbt
5 1 (1.45%) GitHub
5 1 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.45%) Serverless
5 1 (1.45%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.45%) Stitch
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.80%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (2.90%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (2.90%) VPN
3 1 (1.45%) Firewall
3 1 (1.45%) IPsec
3 1 (1.45%) LAN
3 1 (1.45%) MPLS
3 1 (1.45%) SSL
3 1 (1.45%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.45%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.45%) WAN
3 1 (1.45%) WebEx
3 1 (1.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) Power BI
2 2 (2.90%) Big Data
2 2 (2.90%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.45%) Metadata
3 1 (1.45%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.45%) Power Query
3 1 (1.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) JIRA
2 2 (2.90%) ERwin
2 2 (2.90%) JUnit
2 2 (2.90%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (1.45%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.45%) Git
3 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.45%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.45%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.45%) Selenium
General
1 13 (18.84%) Public Sector
2 8 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (10.14%) Legal
4 6 (8.70%) Finance
5 4 (5.80%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.80%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.35%) Marketing
7 2 (2.90%) Brand Awareness
7 2 (2.90%) Local Government
7 2 (2.90%) Military
7 2 (2.90%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.90%) Retail
8 1 (1.45%) Banking
8 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (11.59%) Developer
2 7 (10.14%) Consultant
2 7 (10.14%) Support Engineer
3 6 (8.70%) Desktop Engineer
3 6 (8.70%) Desktop Support
3 6 (8.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 6 (8.70%) Senior
3 6 (8.70%) Support Officer
4 5 (7.25%) Architect
4 5 (7.25%) Lead
5 4 (5.80%) Designer
5 4 (5.80%) Oracle Consultant
5 4 (5.80%) Project Manager
5 4 (5.80%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 3 (4.35%) Microsoft 365 Developer
6 3 (4.35%) Oracle Manufacturing Consultant
6 3 (4.35%) Product Designer
6 3 (4.35%) Scala Developer
6 3 (4.35%) Senior Architect
6 3 (4.35%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.35%) Akka
1 3 (4.35%) CSS
1 3 (4.35%) HTML
1 3 (4.35%) Node.js
1 3 (4.35%) React
1 3 (4.35%) SPFx
2 2 (2.90%) Play Framework
3 1 (1.45%) Kafka
3 1 (1.45%) RESTful
3 1 (1.45%) Spring
3 1 (1.45%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.80%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (5.80%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.90%) Blog
2 2 (2.90%) Digital Media
2 2 (2.90%) Digital Signage
2 2 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.90%) Operational Technology
2 2 (2.90%) PMI
2 2 (2.90%) Social Media
2 2 (2.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (1.45%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.45%) FPGA
3 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.14%) Windows
2 1 (1.45%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.45%) Windows 7
2 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (24.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (18.84%) Agile
4 12 (17.39%) Decision-Making
5 8 (11.59%) Project Management
6 7 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (10.14%) Roadmaps
7 6 (8.70%) CI/CD
7 6 (8.70%) Customer Service
7 6 (8.70%) Visualisation
8 5 (7.25%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (7.25%) Mentoring
8 5 (7.25%) Risk Management
9 4 (5.80%) Change Management
9 4 (5.80%) Data Modelling
9 4 (5.80%) ERP
9 4 (5.80%) PRINCE2
9 4 (5.80%) Service Delivery
9 4 (5.80%) Software Delivery
9 4 (5.80%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.70%) JavaScript
1 6 (8.70%) TypeScript
2 5 (7.25%) Java
2 5 (7.25%) SQL
3 3 (4.35%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.35%) Scala
4 2 (2.90%) Python
5 1 (1.45%) C
5 1 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 17 (24.64%) Security Cleared
2 16 (23.19%) SC Cleared
3 12 (17.39%) Degree
4 4 (5.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (4.35%) DBS Check
5 3 (4.35%) PMP
6 2 (2.90%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.90%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.45%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.45%) APMG
7 1 (1.45%) CCNA
7 1 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.45%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.45%) MCP
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.45%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.70%) QA
2 1 (1.45%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.45%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.45%) Docker
2 1 (1.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (7.25%) Terraform
2 4 (5.80%) Ansible
3 3 (4.35%) Kibana
3 3 (4.35%) Packer
4 2 (2.90%) SCCM
5 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (1.45%) VxRail
Vendors
1 11 (15.94%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.80%) Oracle
3 3 (4.35%) Workday
4 2 (2.90%) Cisco
4 2 (2.90%) Facebook
4 2 (2.90%) SAP
4 2 (2.90%) VMware
5 1 (1.45%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.45%) Bomgar
5 1 (1.45%) Databricks
5 1 (1.45%) Dell
5 1 (1.45%) F5
5 1 (1.45%) Sage