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 in Portsmouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 47 60 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 40.87% 21.13% 22.13%
As % of the General category 68.12% 39.74% 45.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 30 37
10th Percentile - £437 £194
25th Percentile £200 £518 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £540 £213
Median % change year-on-year -21.90% +154.12% -52.78%
75th Percentile £557 £681 £500
90th Percentile £613 £850 £604
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £583 £525
% change year-on-year -14.24% +11.05% +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 7
10th Percentile £28.19 £20.68 -
25th Percentile £33.50 £34.02 £51.25
Median hourly rate £42.33 £60.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.45% +9.09% +32.53%
75th Percentile £51.17 - £58.75
90th Percentile £56.47 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £26.34 £15.00 £31.27
% change year-on-year +75.57% -52.03% +60.19%

All General Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 69 151 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 60.00% 53.17% 48.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 66 77
10th Percentile - £400 £200
25th Percentile £200 £419 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £555 £450
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +23.33% +2.86%
75th Percentile £556 £634 £580
90th Percentile £613 £750 £676
Hampshire median daily rate £513 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 59 18
10th Percentile £27.86 - £43.38
25th Percentile £30.63 £53.40 £52.15
Median hourly rate £52.50 £57.35 £58.20
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% -1.46% +132.81%
75th Percentile £60.75 £62.00 £66.56
90th Percentile £61.90 £70.00 £72.39
Hampshire median hourly rate £61.50 £57.35 £57.50
% change year-on-year +7.24% -0.26% +187.50%

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 23 May 2025.

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 23 May 2025.

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 3 (6.38%) Confluence
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Infor LN
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) Entra ID
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.13%) AWS
3 1 (2.13%) Azure
3 1 (2.13%) GitHub
3 1 (2.13%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (4.26%) Cisco Wireless
1 2 (4.26%) Firewall
1 2 (4.26%) LAN
1 2 (4.26%) SD-WAN
1 2 (4.26%) WAN
1 2 (4.26%) Wireless
2 1 (2.13%) Internet
2 1 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) MySQL
1 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.13%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Git
1 3 (6.38%) JIRA
General
1 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (6.38%) Finance
3 2 (4.26%) Aerospace
3 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.13%) Automotive
4 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.13%) Military
4 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Communications Engineer
2 7 (14.89%) Analyst
2 7 (14.89%) Business Analyst
3 6 (12.77%) Architect
4 5 (10.64%) Network Architect
5 4 (8.51%) Developer
5 4 (8.51%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Cisco Architect
6 3 (6.38%) Cisco Network Architect
6 3 (6.38%) Data Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Data Business Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 3 (6.38%) Juniper Architect
6 3 (6.38%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) Network Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Systems Integrator
8 1 (2.13%) 2nd Line Support
8 1 (2.13%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) React
2 3 (6.38%) CSS
2 3 (6.38%) Next.js
3 1 (2.13%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (2.13%) Kafka
3 1 (2.13%) Keycloak
3 1 (2.13%) REST
3 1 (2.13%) Symfony
3 1 (2.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.26%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.13%) Handset
3 1 (2.13%) PMI
3 1 (2.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.02%) Agile
1 8 (17.02%) Migration
2 7 (14.89%) Network Design
3 6 (12.77%) Network Architecture
3 6 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (12.77%) Sprint Planning
3 6 (12.77%) Sprint Retrospective
4 5 (10.64%) Project Management
5 4 (8.51%) Agile Project Management
5 4 (8.51%) Business Process Mapping
5 4 (8.51%) Front End Development
5 4 (8.51%) Process Improvement
6 3 (6.38%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (6.38%) Computer Science
6 3 (6.38%) Software Engineering
6 3 (6.38%) Sprint Review
6 3 (6.38%) Test Automation
6 3 (6.38%) User Stories
6 3 (6.38%) Validation
6 3 (6.38%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.51%) TypeScript
2 1 (2.13%) Bash
2 1 (2.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 38 (80.85%) Security Cleared
2 31 (65.96%) SC Cleared
3 13 (27.66%) DV Cleared
4 7 (14.89%) CCNA
4 7 (14.89%) CCNP
4 7 (14.89%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (14.89%) JNCIS
5 3 (6.38%) Degree
6 2 (4.26%) DBS Check
6 2 (4.26%) PMP
7 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.13%) Dell Certification
7 1 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (31.91%) SLA
2 3 (6.38%) QA
3 1 (2.13%) ISO 22301
3 1 (2.13%) NIST
3 1 (2.13%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.13%) PMBOK
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Terraform
2 1 (2.13%) Ansible
2 1 (2.13%) Grafana
2 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.13%) Packer
2 1 (2.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 14 (29.79%) Google
2 9 (19.15%) Cisco
3 7 (14.89%) Fortinet
3 7 (14.89%) Juniper
4 6 (12.77%) Fujitsu
5 2 (4.26%) Dell
5 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.26%) Palantir
5 2 (4.26%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.13%) HP
6 1 (2.13%) Infor
6 1 (2.13%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.13%) Samsung
6 1 (2.13%) Splunk