Social Skills Contracts in Portsmouth

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 3 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +8
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 68 55 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 22.59% 22.45% 21.11%
As % of the General category 41.72% 43.31% 39.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 38 22
10th Percentile £440 £196 £293
25th Percentile £496 £201 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £305 £450
Median % change year-on-year +77.05% -32.22% +20.00%
75th Percentile £646 £580 £487
90th Percentile £850 £610 £603
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £525 £475
% change year-on-year +9.52% +10.53% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 14
10th Percentile £19.60 £51.25 £20.45
25th Percentile £25.36 £51.81 £37.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £54.25 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.72% +29.17% -1.18%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.38 £53.81
90th Percentile - £58.75 £63.53
Hampshire median hourly rate £15.00 £30.64 £20.00
% change year-on-year -51.04% +53.18% -11.11%

All General Skills
Portsmouth

Social Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 163 127 146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 54.15% 51.84% 54.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 82 54
10th Percentile £400 £200 £146
25th Percentile £450 £261 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.27% +8.89% -4.26%
75th Percentile £635 £610 £569
90th Percentile £770 £676 £600
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 19 41
10th Percentile £35.75 £46.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £53.40 £52.38 £20.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% +130.00% -37.50%
75th Percentile £61.30 £66.54 £46.12
90th Percentile £62.50 £70.26 £65.50
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -0.26% +187.50% -23.08%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Portsmouth

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Portsmouth

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Portsmouth

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Portsmouth

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Portsmouth

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 14 (20.59%) Confluence
2 9 (13.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (7.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (2.94%) Sketch
2 1 (1.47%) FileZilla
2 1 (1.47%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) CA PPM
1 1 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.47%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.29%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.88%) Azure
3 3 (4.41%) AWS
3 3 (4.41%) GitHub
3 3 (4.41%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.94%) Figma
5 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.47%) GCP
5 1 (1.47%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.24%) DHCP
1 9 (13.24%) DNS
2 6 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (7.35%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (7.35%) Cisco ISE
3 5 (7.35%) Network Security
3 5 (7.35%) VPN
4 4 (5.88%) LAN
4 4 (5.88%) WAN
4 4 (5.88%) Wireless
5 1 (1.47%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.47%) Neo4j
1 1 (1.47%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 16 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (22.06%) Military
3 6 (8.82%) Retail
3 6 (8.82%) Telecoms
4 5 (7.35%) Aerospace
4 5 (7.35%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.35%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.41%) Finance
6 2 (2.94%) Law
6 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.47%) Legal
7 1 (1.47%) Police
7 1 (1.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (16.18%) Integration Engineer
1 11 (16.18%) Test and Integration Engineer
1 11 (16.18%) Test Engineer
2 10 (14.71%) Lead
3 7 (10.29%) IT Support
4 6 (8.82%) 1st Line Support
4 6 (8.82%) Analyst
5 4 (5.88%) Architect
5 4 (5.88%) Consultant
5 4 (5.88%) Project Manager
5 4 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.41%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Network Engineer
6 3 (4.41%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (4.41%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 3 (4.41%) SIEM Consultant
7 2 (2.94%) Head of User Experience
7 2 (2.94%) PMO Lead
7 2 (2.94%) Principal Test Engineer
7 2 (2.94%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (1.47%) Web Dynpro
1 1 (1.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (27.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 17 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
2 17 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (20.59%) Management Information System
4 9 (13.24%) PKI
5 6 (8.82%) Digital Signage
6 3 (4.41%) Operational Technology
6 3 (4.41%) PMI
7 2 (2.94%) Graphic Design
8 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (25.00%) Windows
2 10 (14.71%) Windows Server
3 9 (13.24%) Windows Server 2012
4 7 (10.29%) Windows 10
5 6 (8.82%) Apple iOS
5 6 (8.82%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.47%) Linux
6 1 (1.47%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (30.88%) Incident Management
2 20 (29.41%) Agile
2 20 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (26.47%) CRM
3 18 (26.47%) SIEM
4 17 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 17 (25.00%) Protective Monitoring
5 16 (23.53%) Incident Response
5 16 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (20.59%) Use Case
7 13 (19.12%) Case Management
7 13 (19.12%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 13 (19.12%) SOAR
8 12 (17.65%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 12 (17.65%) Information Security
8 12 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
8 12 (17.65%) Threat Intelligence
9 10 (14.71%) Test Scripting
10 9 (13.24%) Critical Thinking
10 9 (13.24%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (23.53%) SQL
2 1 (1.47%) ABAP
2 1 (1.47%) Python
2 1 (1.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 44 (64.71%) Security Cleared
2 22 (32.35%) SC Cleared
3 20 (29.41%) DV Cleared
4 9 (13.24%) MCSA
4 9 (13.24%) MCSE
4 9 (13.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (13.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 8 (11.76%) Degree
6 5 (7.35%) CCNP
6 5 (7.35%) CCSA
6 5 (7.35%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (7.35%) JNCIA
7 4 (5.88%) PMP
8 3 (4.41%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (2.94%) ISTQB
10 1 (1.47%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (23.53%) NIST
1 16 (23.53%) NIST 800
2 10 (14.71%) SLA
3 3 (4.41%) PMBOK
3 3 (4.41%) PMO
4 2 (2.94%) Def Stans
4 2 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 16 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 11 (16.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.47%) Docker
3 1 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (4.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.47%) MOM
2 1 (1.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 11 (16.18%) VMware
3 6 (8.82%) Cisco
4 5 (7.35%) Blue Coat
4 5 (7.35%) CheckPoint
4 5 (7.35%) Juniper
4 5 (7.35%) Palo Alto
5 3 (4.41%) Adobe
5 3 (4.41%) Foundry
5 3 (4.41%) Palantir
6 2 (2.94%) SAP
7 1 (1.47%) Aruba
7 1 (1.47%) Google
7 1 (1.47%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.47%) Remedy
7 1 (1.47%) Veeam