Social Skills Contracts in Salford

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Manchester > Salford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Salford. 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 1 4 1
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 12 6 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Salford 60.00% 23.08% 32.50%
As % of the General category 85.71% 46.15% 61.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 12
10th Percentile £425 - £413
25th Percentile £700 £248 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £716 £255 £600
Median % change year-on-year +180.78% -57.50% +65.52%
75th Percentile £735 £263 £638
90th Percentile £825 - -
Manchester median daily rate £475 £463 £488
% change year-on-year +2.70% -5.13% +2.63%

All General Skills
Salford

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 Salford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 14 13 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Salford 70.00% 50.00% 52.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 2 16
10th Percentile £365 - £413
25th Percentile £425 £248 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £255 £563
Median % change year-on-year +174.51% -54.67% +55.17%
75th Percentile £735 £263 £638
90th Percentile £807 - £675
Manchester median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - +2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.63%
Manchester median hourly rate £19.77 £21.73 £25.00
% change year-on-year -9.02% -13.10% +38.89%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Salford

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Salford

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Salford

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Salford

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Salford

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Salford

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Salford

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Salford

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Salford 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) AWS
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
1 7 (58.33%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 9 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (58.33%) Legal
2 7 (58.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Architect
1 7 (58.33%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Lead
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Low-Code
1 2 (16.67%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Computer Science
1 7 (58.33%) Software Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Change Management
4 3 (25.00%) ITIL
4 3 (25.00%) Service Management
5 2 (16.67%) Agile
5 2 (16.67%) Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
5 2 (16.67%) Data Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Matrix Management
5 2 (16.67%) PLM
5 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
5 2 (16.67%) Project Management
5 2 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) AWS Certification
1 7 (58.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 7 (58.33%) Azure Certification
1 7 (58.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (58.33%) Degree
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (16.67%) PMI Certification
3 2 (16.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Google
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (16.67%) Splunk