Social Skills Contracts in Scotland

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 529 669 907
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 24.59% 24.75% 26.57%
As % of the General category 38.14% 37.13% 37.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 482 667
10th Percentile £156 £163 £185
25th Percentile £281 £363 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £465 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.25% +9.35% -
75th Percentile £538 £562 £500
90th Percentile £613 £649 £582
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 26
10th Percentile £12.17 £12.90 £13.43
25th Percentile £12.50 £13.83 £15.53
Median hourly rate £16.71 £17.21 £25.91
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -33.57% +48.04%
75th Percentile £19.75 £59.79 £47.99
90th Percentile £31.95 £67.88 £53.26
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £25.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year -28.71% +32.89% +5.56%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,387 1,802 2,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 64.48% 66.67% 71.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 842 1,304 1,770
10th Percentile £178 £233 £230
25th Percentile £340 £403 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £570 £550
90th Percentile £656 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 29 42
10th Percentile £12.00 £12.75 £15.04
25th Percentile £14.59 £15.75 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.17 £21.26 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% -20.82% +53.43%
75th Percentile £56.25 £58.75 £47.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.75 £52.33
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.96% +44.87% -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Scotland

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Scotland

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Scotland

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Scotland

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Scotland

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +1 239 £438 -7.79% 131
Glasgow -2 164 £425 -8.55% 134
West Lothian 0 32 £302 +131.92% 15
Aberdeen 0 15 £563 +36.36% 69
South Lanarkshire +3 9 £588 +30.56%
Highlands - 7 - - 11
Renfrewshire -5 6 £163 -69.19% 5
Perthshire +6 5 £525 +5.00% 2
Stirling +3 5 £420 +237.35% 11
Lanarkshire +1 4 £343 +107.58% 56
Dundee +2 3 - - 7
Fife +2 3 - - 7
Inverclyde 0 2 £172 -67.24% 2
Perth and Kinross +1 1 £525 +2.44% 1
Midlothian +1 1 - - 40
Aberdeenshire -1 1 - - 33
South Ayrshire -2 1 - - 13
East Lothian - 1 £113 -
Social Skills
UK

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 29 (5.48%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.16%) Confluence
3 12 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (2.08%) CMS
5 7 (1.32%) SAS
6 5 (0.95%) Apache
7 3 (0.57%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.57%) IBM HTTP Server
7 3 (0.57%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.57%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (0.57%) WebSphere Portal
7 3 (0.57%) WordPress
8 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.38%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.19%) CICS
9 1 (0.19%) Drupal
Applications
1 73 (13.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (5.86%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (5.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.70%) Autodesk Inventor
4 9 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.76%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.19%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.19%) Lectora
7 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.95%) Oracle Cash Management
1 5 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.76%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 3 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.19%) assyst
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 61 (11.53%) Azure
2 52 (9.83%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (7.56%) AWS
4 26 (4.91%) Power Platform
5 19 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (2.84%) OpenShift
7 12 (2.27%) Amazon S3
8 11 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
8 11 (2.08%) Entra ID
9 10 (1.89%) SaaS
9 10 (1.89%) Serverless
10 9 (1.70%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (1.70%) AWS CodeBuild
10 9 (1.70%) AWS CodePipeline
10 9 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (1.70%) IaaS
10 9 (1.70%) OCI
11 7 (1.32%) Yammer
12 6 (1.13%) GCP
12 6 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.02%) Firewall
2 12 (2.27%) Intranet
3 11 (2.08%) LAN
3 11 (2.08%) SAN
4 8 (1.51%) WAN
5 7 (1.32%) Internet
5 7 (1.32%) NAS
5 7 (1.32%) VPN
6 6 (1.13%) DNS
6 6 (1.13%) VoIP
7 5 (0.95%) Fibre Channel
7 5 (0.95%) iSCSI
7 5 (0.95%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.76%) DHCP
8 4 (0.76%) HTTP
8 4 (0.76%) SMTP
9 3 (0.57%) Skype
9 3 (0.57%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.38%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.29%) Oracle Database
2 25 (4.73%) Power BI
3 15 (2.84%) Oracle Reports
4 10 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.70%) Metadata
6 7 (1.32%) Big Data
7 6 (1.13%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.95%) DB2
8 5 (0.95%) InfluxDB
9 4 (0.76%) Informix
9 4 (0.76%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.57%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.57%) Oracle Database 10g
10 3 (0.57%) Oracle Database 11g
10 3 (0.57%) Oracle Discoverer
10 3 (0.57%) Tableau
11 2 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.38%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 38 (7.18%) JIRA
2 27 (5.10%) Git
3 19 (3.59%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.84%) Oracle APEX
5 10 (1.89%) Postman
6 8 (1.51%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.51%) IntelliJ
6 8 (1.51%) JUnit
7 4 (0.76%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.76%) Maven
7 4 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.76%) Selenium
8 3 (0.57%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.57%) GitLab
8 3 (0.57%) IBM UrbanCode
8 3 (0.57%) JMeter
8 3 (0.57%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.38%) Gradle
9 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.19%) Subversion
General
1 170 (32.14%) Public Sector
2 114 (21.55%) Analytical Skills
3 100 (18.90%) Finance
4 56 (10.59%) Organisational Skills
5 40 (7.56%) Banking
6 33 (6.24%) Presentation Skills
7 31 (5.86%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (3.21%) Manufacturing
9 12 (2.27%) Legal
10 9 (1.70%) Mandarin Language
11 8 (1.51%) Back Office
11 8 (1.51%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.32%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.13%) Publishing
14 5 (0.95%) Billing
14 5 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.95%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.76%) Italian Language
15 4 (0.76%) Marketing
15 4 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 127 (24.01%) Analyst
2 53 (10.02%) Senior
3 40 (7.56%) Developer
4 35 (6.62%) Project Manager
5 32 (6.05%) Business Analyst
6 30 (5.67%) Architect
6 30 (5.67%) IT Support
7 26 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 25 (4.73%) Lead
8 25 (4.73%) Support Officer
9 21 (3.97%) IT Analyst
10 19 (3.59%) Administrator
10 19 (3.59%) Support Analyst
11 17 (3.21%) Consultant
11 17 (3.21%) Support Engineer
12 14 (2.65%) Designer
12 14 (2.65%) IT Manager
12 14 (2.65%) Linux Engineer
13 13 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (2.08%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (6.24%) REST
2 17 (3.21%) Spring
3 14 (2.65%) J2EE
3 14 (2.65%) Kafka
4 13 (2.46%) Spring Boot
5 12 (2.27%) React
6 10 (1.89%) .NET
6 10 (1.89%) CSS
6 10 (1.89%) SOAP
6 10 (1.89%) Web Services
7 9 (1.70%) AWS CDK
7 9 (1.70%) HTML
8 7 (1.32%) Apache Camel
8 7 (1.32%) Middleware
9 6 (1.13%) Flash
9 6 (1.13%) Playwright
9 6 (1.13%) WebRTC
10 5 (0.95%) POSIX
11 4 (0.76%) LDAP
11 4 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.10%) Management Information System
2 19 (3.59%) Product Ownership
3 13 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (1.70%) Clustering
4 9 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (1.51%) Client/Server
5 8 (1.51%) Driving Licence
5 8 (1.51%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.32%) Video Editing
7 6 (1.13%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.13%) Replication
7 6 (1.13%) Social Media
7 6 (1.13%) Wiki
8 5 (0.95%) CMDB
8 5 (0.95%) DTCC
8 5 (0.95%) iPhone
8 5 (0.95%) Mainframe
8 5 (0.95%) Market Risk
8 5 (0.95%) NVMe
Operating Systems
1 63 (11.91%) Windows
2 36 (6.81%) Linux
3 23 (4.35%) Unix
4 19 (3.59%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.65%) Windows 10
6 13 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.89%) Android
8 8 (1.51%) Apple iOS
8 8 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (1.32%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.95%) Solaris
11 4 (0.76%) Data ONTAP
12 3 (0.57%) Kali Linux
13 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.38%) zOS
14 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (26.09%) Agile
2 126 (23.82%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (14.93%) Project Management
4 62 (11.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (10.02%) Change Management
6 49 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 48 (9.07%) Migration
8 47 (8.88%) Roadmaps
9 45 (8.51%) Project Delivery
10 43 (8.13%) ITIL
11 42 (7.94%) Customer Service
12 34 (6.43%) DevOps
13 33 (6.24%) Business Analysis
14 31 (5.86%) Scrum
14 31 (5.86%) Service Management
15 29 (5.48%) ERP
15 29 (5.48%) Waterfall
16 27 (5.10%) Business Intelligence
16 27 (5.10%) Computer Science
16 27 (5.10%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 54 (10.21%) SQL
2 38 (7.18%) Java
3 33 (6.24%) Python
4 21 (3.97%) PL/SQL
5 17 (3.21%) Perl
6 14 (2.65%) PowerShell
7 12 (2.27%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.70%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.95%) C#
10 4 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.76%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.57%) Bash
11 3 (0.57%) Groovy
11 3 (0.57%) JCL
11 3 (0.57%) VB
12 2 (0.38%) Assembly Language
12 2 (0.38%) COBOL
12 2 (0.38%) REXX
12 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.38%) VB6
Qualifications
1 79 (14.93%) Degree
2 47 (8.88%) Security Cleared
3 34 (6.43%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.08%) MCP
5 11 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (1.70%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.32%) ACCA
7 7 (1.32%) CIMA
7 7 (1.32%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.13%) CISSP
9 5 (0.95%) CISM
9 5 (0.95%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.95%) RHCE
10 4 (0.76%) MCSE
10 4 (0.76%) PMP
11 3 (0.57%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.57%) ISEB
11 3 (0.57%) OSCP
12 2 (0.38%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.37%) Disclosure Scotland
2 26 (4.91%) PMO
3 19 (3.59%) QA
4 18 (3.40%) SLA
5 14 (2.65%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.76%) GDPR
7 3 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.57%) WCAG
8 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.38%) NIST
9 1 (0.19%) Basel III
9 1 (0.19%) COREP
9 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.19%) IFRS
9 1 (0.19%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.19%) NCSC
9 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 38 (7.18%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.02%) Docker
3 11 (2.08%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.32%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.95%) KVM
6 5 (0.95%) NFS
6 5 (0.95%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.95%) vSphere
7 4 (0.76%) GPFS
7 4 (0.76%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.76%) Terminal Services
7 4 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.57%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.38%) ACF2
9 2 (0.38%) RACF
9 2 (0.38%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (3.78%) SCCM
2 16 (3.02%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.84%) Terraform
4 12 (2.27%) Grafana
5 10 (1.89%) Ansible
5 10 (1.89%) Kibana
6 6 (1.13%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.13%) WSUS
7 4 (0.76%) NetBackup
7 4 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.76%) Veritas Storage Foundation
7 4 (0.76%) vMotion
8 3 (0.57%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.57%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 3 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.57%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.38%) VxRail
10 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 109 (20.60%) Microsoft
2 68 (12.85%) Oracle
3 19 (3.59%) ServiceNow
4 16 (3.02%) SAP
5 14 (2.65%) Citrix
5 14 (2.65%) VMware
6 11 (2.08%) Google
6 11 (2.08%) IBM
7 10 (1.89%) Autodesk
7 10 (1.89%) Cisco
8 8 (1.51%) Cadence
8 8 (1.51%) Dell
8 8 (1.51%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.51%) Veritas
9 7 (1.32%) Splunk
10 6 (1.13%) HP
11 5 (0.95%) Adobe
11 5 (0.95%) Apple
12 4 (0.76%) Commvault
12 4 (0.76%) Sybase