Social Skills Contracts in Oxfordshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +2
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Social Skills 67 31 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 42.41% 16.85% 24.37%
As % of the General category 62.04% 44.29% 44.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 25 31
10th Percentile £160 £160 £120
25th Percentile £205 £213 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +9.38% -5.88%
75th Percentile £528 £500 £481
90th Percentile £645 £603 £675
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 3
10th Percentile £13.08 - £27.33
25th Percentile £22.08 £22.50 £29.20
Median hourly rate £37.03 £25.00 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year +48.12% -22.65% +77.88%
75th Percentile £87.97 £27.50 -
90th Percentile £89.63 - -
South East median hourly rate £17.00 £39.33 £32.32
% change year-on-year -56.78% +21.70% +87.36%

All General Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 108 70 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 68.35% 38.04% 54.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 46 81
10th Percentile £173 £160 £200
25th Percentile £236 £267 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
75th Percentile £538 £500 £600
90th Percentile £635 £638 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 15
10th Percentile £13.08 £21.20 £25.00
25th Percentile £22.08 £25.99 £25.95
Median hourly rate £37.03 £26.03 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year +42.26% -7.56% +40.80%
75th Percentile £87.97 £65.00 £32.31
90th Percentile £89.63 £70.75 £45.18
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -67.18% +14.70% +137.53%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Oxfordshire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Oxfordshire

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Oxfordshire

Social Skills
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxford +4 30 £225 -13.46% 105
Witney - 3 £160 - 8
Carterton -3 2 £153 - 2
Abingdon - 2 - - 27
Bicester +1 1 £850 +431.25% 7
Banbury -1 1 £200 -60.00% 15
Kidlington -3 1 £200 -58.97% 4
Thame - 1 £438 - 3
Social Skills
South East

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 4 (5.97%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.99%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.49%) Apache
3 1 (1.49%) CMS
3 1 (1.49%) Confluence
3 1 (1.49%) IIS
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (11.94%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.48%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (17.91%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 11 (16.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.49%) Maximo
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 11 (16.42%) Azure
2 9 (13.43%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (10.45%) Power Platform
4 5 (7.46%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.97%) PowerApps
6 3 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.48%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (4.48%) Lucidchart
6 3 (4.48%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.99%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (1.49%) AWS
8 1 (1.49%) Google Sheets
8 1 (1.49%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.49%) SaaS
8 1 (1.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (1.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (1.49%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.96%) TCP/IP
2 5 (7.46%) DNS
2 5 (7.46%) Firewall
2 5 (7.46%) VPN
2 5 (7.46%) Wireless
3 4 (5.97%) DHCP
4 1 (1.49%) HTTP
4 1 (1.49%) Internet
4 1 (1.49%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.49%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.49%) LAN
4 1 (1.49%) MPLS
4 1 (1.49%) NAS
4 1 (1.49%) NetScaler
4 1 (1.49%) RS-232
4 1 (1.49%) SAN
4 1 (1.49%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.49%) Skype
4 1 (1.49%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.45%) Power BI
2 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.49%) MS Access
3 1 (1.49%) MySQL
3 1 (1.49%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (13.43%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (29.85%) Organisational Skills
2 19 (28.36%) Finance
3 16 (23.88%) Manufacturing
4 13 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.46%) Aerospace
6 4 (5.97%) Local Government
7 3 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.48%) Retail
8 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.49%) Automotive
9 1 (1.49%) Aviation
9 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Marketing
9 1 (1.49%) Military
9 1 (1.49%) Police
9 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (17.91%) Project Manager
2 10 (14.93%) Support Engineer
3 6 (8.96%) Desktop Support
3 6 (8.96%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (8.96%) SAP Manager
4 5 (7.46%) Lead
4 5 (7.46%) Senior
5 4 (5.97%) Accountant
5 4 (5.97%) Analyst
5 4 (5.97%) Deskside Engineer
5 4 (5.97%) Deskside Support
5 4 (5.97%) Deskside Support Engineer
5 4 (5.97%) Desktop Engineer
5 4 (5.97%) Financial Accountant
5 4 (5.97%) Programme Manager
5 4 (5.97%) SAP Project Manager
5 4 (5.97%) Senior Accountant
5 4 (5.97%) Senior Systems Accountant
5 4 (5.97%) Systems Accountant
6 3 (4.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.48%) XML
2 1 (1.49%) CSS
2 1 (1.49%) HTML
2 1 (1.49%) JSON
2 1 (1.49%) JSP
2 1 (1.49%) RESTful
2 1 (1.49%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 15 (22.39%) Life Science
1 15 (22.39%) Renewable Energy
2 6 (8.96%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.99%) NHS
4 2 (2.99%) Smart Meter
5 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.49%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.49%) FPGA
5 1 (1.49%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.49%) Social Media
5 1 (1.49%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 20 (29.85%) Windows
2 6 (8.96%) Mac OS
2 6 (8.96%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.99%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (55.22%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (26.87%) Agile
3 16 (23.88%) Customer Service
3 16 (23.88%) Time Management
4 15 (22.39%) Migration
5 13 (19.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (17.91%) Asset Management
7 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (14.93%) Change Management
8 10 (14.93%) Project Management
8 10 (14.93%) Project Planning
9 9 (13.43%) Critical Thinking
9 9 (13.43%) ITIL
9 9 (13.43%) Strategic Thinking
10 8 (11.94%) Computer Science
10 8 (11.94%) ERP
10 8 (11.94%) Project Delivery
11 7 (10.45%) PRINCE2
11 7 (10.45%) Process Improvement
11 7 (10.45%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.48%) SQL
2 2 (2.99%) C#
2 2 (2.99%) Java
3 1 (1.49%) C
3 1 (1.49%) Embedded C
3 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (17.91%) Degree
1 12 (17.91%) Security Cleared
2 9 (13.43%) SC Cleared
3 8 (11.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (8.96%) A+ Certification
5 4 (5.97%) CCAB
6 2 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.49%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.49%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.49%) MCP
7 1 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.96%) PMBOK
2 5 (7.46%) GDPR
3 4 (5.97%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.97%) SLA
4 2 (2.99%) QA
5 1 (1.49%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.49%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.49%) NCSC
5 1 (1.49%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.49%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (11.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.49%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.49%) vSphere
3 1 (1.49%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) SCCM
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.99%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (38.81%) Microsoft
2 14 (20.90%) SAP
3 5 (7.46%) Cisco
4 4 (5.97%) CheckPoint
4 4 (5.97%) Palo Alto
4 4 (5.97%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.99%) Google
5 2 (2.99%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.49%) Citrix
6 1 (1.49%) Databricks
6 1 (1.49%) F5
6 1 (1.49%) Facebook
6 1 (1.49%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.49%) Intel
6 1 (1.49%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.49%) Oracle
6 1 (1.49%) Siemens
6 1 (1.49%) Twitter
6 1 (1.49%) VMware