Social Skills Contracts in Peterborough

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Peterborough. 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 8 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 32 89 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Peterborough 35.16% 40.83% 46.79%
As % of the General category 66.67% 63.12% 59.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 14
10th Percentile - £209 £202
25th Percentile £195 £268 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £363 £305
Median % change year-on-year -44.83% +18.85% +10.91%
75th Percentile £441 £481 £347
90th Percentile £444 £515 £427
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £473 £440
% change year-on-year +0.53% +7.39% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 80 85
10th Percentile - £14.00 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.20% +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £18.85 - £14.75
90th Percentile £20.59 - £14.83
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.20% +3.45% +7.41%

All General Skills
Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 48 141 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Peterborough 52.75% 64.68% 78.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 33
10th Percentile - £106 £204
25th Percentile £195 £203 £212
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £325 £300
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.76%
75th Percentile £444 £441 £388
90th Percentile £611 £500 £449
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £425 £439
% change year-on-year +5.88% -3.13% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 128 131
10th Percentile - £14.00 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.67% +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £18.22 £21.37 £20.56
90th Percentile £18.85 £29.75 £22.00
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.67% +3.45% +6.15%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Peterborough

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Peterborough

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Peterborough

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Peterborough

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Peterborough

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Peterborough

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Peterborough

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Peterborough 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:

Applications
1 22 (68.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (46.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.13%) Simulink
4 1 (3.13%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) Azure
2 2 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (6.25%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.13%) OCI
3 1 (3.13%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (3.13%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.13%) QlikView
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 7 (21.88%) German Language
2 6 (18.75%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Hungarian Language
4 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Lithuanian Language
5 1 (3.13%) Automotive
5 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Finance
5 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.13%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Local Government
5 1 (3.13%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 3 (9.38%) Analyst
1 3 (9.38%) Business Analyst
2 2 (6.25%) Developer
2 2 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (6.25%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (3.13%) Azure Developer
3 1 (3.13%) Consultant
3 1 (3.13%) Control Systems Engineer
3 1 (3.13%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (3.13%) Data Engineer
3 1 (3.13%) DBA
3 1 (3.13%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (3.13%) MongoDB DBA
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (3.13%) Project Officer
3 1 (3.13%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (3.13%) Quality Engineer
3 1 (3.13%) SQL Developer
3 1 (3.13%) Support Officer
3 1 (3.13%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) RESTful
1 2 (6.25%) Web Services
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) CMDB
2 2 (6.25%) FMCG
2 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.13%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (46.88%) Customer Service
2 15 (46.88%) Incident Management
2 15 (46.88%) Mathematics
2 15 (46.88%) Service Delivery
3 6 (18.75%) Asset Management
3 6 (18.75%) Configuration Management
3 6 (18.75%) Data Entry
3 6 (18.75%) Inventory Management
3 6 (18.75%) IT Asset Management
3 6 (18.75%) ITSM
3 6 (18.75%) Service Management
3 6 (18.75%) Time Management
4 3 (9.38%) Analytics
4 3 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (9.38%) Migration
4 3 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (6.25%) ERP
5 2 (6.25%) ETL
5 2 (6.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) SQL
2 1 (3.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) Degree
2 6 (18.75%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
2 6 (18.75%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.13%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle