Social Skills Contracts in Oxford

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Oxfordshire > Oxford

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 24 13 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 46.15% 12.15% 22.02%
As % of the General category 68.57% 31.71% 48.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 12
10th Percentile £201 £236 -
25th Percentile £239 £419 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £370
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +21.62% -26.00%
75th Percentile £603 £475 £550
90th Percentile £688 £481 £790
Oxfordshire median daily rate £375 £363 £360
% change year-on-year +3.45% +0.69% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.08 - £22.50
Median hourly rate £17.99 - £25.00
75th Percentile £28.79 - £27.50
90th Percentile £39.30 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £21.90 £30.48 £26.58
% change year-on-year -28.15% +14.67% -

All General Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 35 41 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 67.31% 38.32% 44.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 25 35
10th Percentile £215 £208 £200
25th Percentile £363 £340 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £500
90th Percentile £688 £506 £650
Oxfordshire median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 1
10th Percentile - £22.02 -
25th Percentile £13.08 £26.03 £22.50
Median hourly rate £17.99 £65.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -72.33% +160.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £28.79 - £27.50
90th Percentile £39.30 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £21.90 £22.77 £27.08
% change year-on-year -3.80% -15.93% +35.40%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Oxford

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Oxford

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Oxford

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Oxford

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Oxford

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Oxford

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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 (4.17%) Apache
1 1 (4.17%) Confluence
1 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.17%) CATIA
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (29.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 6 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
3 1 (4.17%) Lucidchart
3 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) DHCP
1 1 (4.17%) DNS
1 1 (4.17%) HTTP
1 1 (4.17%) RS-232
1 1 (4.17%) VPN
1 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) MySQL
2 1 (4.17%) Power Query
2 1 (4.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Eclipse
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 8 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 8 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Automotive
4 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.17%) Electronics
5 1 (4.17%) Marketing
5 1 (4.17%) Military
5 1 (4.17%) Police
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) SAP Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Developer
2 3 (12.50%) Lead
2 3 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (12.50%) SAP Project Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 2 (8.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Programme Manager
3 2 (8.33%) SAP Programme Manager
4 1 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) CAD Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Information Security Specialist
4 1 (4.17%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) .NET
1 1 (4.17%) .NET Core
1 1 (4.17%) CSS
1 1 (4.17%) HTML
1 1 (4.17%) JSP
1 1 (4.17%) XML
1 1 (4.17%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Life Science
1 7 (29.17%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 3 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (8.33%) NHS
5 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (4.17%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (4.17%) FPGA
5 1 (4.17%) Robotics
5 1 (4.17%) Self-Driving Car
5 1 (4.17%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
1 3 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 2 (8.33%) Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Android
3 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.17%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (33.33%) Agile
3 7 (29.17%) Migration
4 6 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 6 (25.00%) ERP
4 6 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 6 (25.00%) Time Management
5 5 (20.83%) Change Management
5 5 (20.83%) Critical Thinking
5 5 (20.83%) PRINCE2
5 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (20.83%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 4 (16.67%) Risk Management
7 3 (12.50%) Analytics
7 3 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (12.50%) Product Requirements
7 3 (12.50%) Project Management
8 2 (8.33%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) C#
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) C
2 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (4.17%) Embedded C
2 1 (4.17%) Java
2 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.17%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.17%) MBA
3 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.17%) PMP
3 1 (4.17%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (4.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (4.17%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) PMBOK
2 1 (4.17%) NCSC
2 1 (4.17%) PMO
2 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) SAP
2 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.33%) Oracle
3 2 (8.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.17%) Google
4 1 (4.17%) Intel
4 1 (4.17%) MuleSoft
4 1 (4.17%) Siemens