Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Salisbury

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Wiltshire > Salisbury

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Salisbury. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 3 12
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 -7
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 10 22 5
As % of all contract jobs in Salisbury 15.63% 39.29% 8.33%
As % of the General category 26.32% 59.46% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 18 4
10th Percentile £231 £204 £167
25th Percentile £248 £215 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £291 £226
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +28.73% -55.94%
75th Percentile £475 £392 £314
90th Percentile £565 £538 £396
Wiltshire median daily rate £675 £544 £550
% change year-on-year +24.14% -1.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.62 - -
Median hourly rate £16.71 - -
75th Percentile £17.79 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £18.35 - £20.00
% change year-on-year - - -68.25%

All General Skills
Salisbury

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 Salisbury.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 38 37 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Salisbury 59.38% 66.07% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 27 6
10th Percentile £328 £205 £172
25th Percentile £575 £218 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £706 £340 £356
Median % change year-on-year +107.65% -4.56% -38.47%
75th Percentile £856 £497 £628
90th Percentile £1,020 £593 £706
Wiltshire median daily rate £625 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.62 £16.39 -
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.39 -
Median % change year-on-year +29.42% - -
75th Percentile £23.75 £18.38 -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £22.50 £38.69 £55.00
% change year-on-year -41.85% -29.65% -16.09%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Salisbury

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Salisbury.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Salisbury

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Salisbury

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

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

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Salisbury

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Salisbury over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Salisbury

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Salisbury

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

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

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salisbury by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
2 1 (10.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Senior
1 3 (30.00%) Service Owner
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared Deployment Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Records Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Deployment Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Workstream Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) CMDB
1 2 (20.00%) PMI
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) ITIL
2 5 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
3 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (20.00%) Architectural Design
4 2 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Operations Management
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Validation
4 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (10.00%) Contract Negotiation
5 1 (10.00%) Digital Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (10.00%) Cerner
2 1 (10.00%) Citrix
2 1 (10.00%) VMware