Social Skills Contracts in Shropshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire. 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 12 9 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 -7 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 16 72 219
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire 12.40% 42.11% 34.11%
As % of the General category 33.33% 71.29% 62.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 63 175
10th Percentile - £413 £360
25th Percentile £117 £525 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £540 £495
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile - - £540
90th Percentile £311 £595 £586
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £511 £475
% change year-on-year -7.00% +7.53% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £10.42 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -81.05% - -
75th Percentile £11.32 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £14.26 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.87 £15.65 £16.50
% change year-on-year -4.97% -5.17% -8.33%

All General Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 48 101 353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 37.21% 59.06% 54.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 86 285
10th Percentile £236 £320 £380
25th Percentile £335 £434 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £540 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £535 £548 £540
90th Percentile £538 £596 £588
West Midlands median daily rate £513 £510 £475
% change year-on-year +0.49% +7.37% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £10.42 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -81.05% - -
75th Percentile £11.32 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £14.26 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.59 £17.85 £17.00
% change year-on-year +9.75% +5.00% +2.26%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Shropshire

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Shropshire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Shropshire

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Shropshire

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Telford -3 13 £117 -78.33% 26
Oswestry - 2 £260 - 1
Social Skills
West Midlands

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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 2 (12.50%) IBM Domino
2 1 (6.25%) CICS
2 1 (6.25%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (12.50%) OneDrive
1 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) VPN
1 2 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) DB2
1 1 (6.25%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Analyst
1 3 (18.75%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) IT Support
2 2 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
2 2 (12.50%) IT Technician
2 2 (12.50%) Junior
2 2 (12.50%) Junior Desktop Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Support Technician
2 2 (12.50%) Systems Support
3 1 (6.25%) Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Floorwalker
3 1 (6.25%) IBM Mainframe Developer
3 1 (6.25%) IT Floorwalker
3 1 (6.25%) Mainframe Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) NHS
2 1 (6.25%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (6.25%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Customer Service
2 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (18.75%) Programme Governance
3 3 (18.75%) Resource Management
4 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) Time Management
4 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 1 (6.25%) Agile
5 1 (6.25%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (6.25%) Data Management
5 1 (6.25%) Project Management
5 1 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (6.25%) Scrum
5 1 (6.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) CLIST
1 1 (6.25%) COBOL
1 1 (6.25%) REXX
1 1 (6.25%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
1 2 (12.50%) MCSE
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) PMO
2 2 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Apple
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco
2 2 (12.50%) Lotus
2 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) IBM
3 1 (6.25%) Syncsort