Social Skills Contracts in Slough

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Berkshire > Slough

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Slough. 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 2 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 40 14 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Slough 56.34% 18.42% 21.00%
As % of the General category 75.47% 50.00% 30.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 14 23
10th Percentile £185 - £280
25th Percentile £230 £280 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £285 £410
Median % change year-on-year +49.12% -30.49% +2.50%
75th Percentile £450 £379 £516
90th Percentile £595 £400 £575
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.37% -9.52% +10.53%

All General Skills
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 53 28 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 74.65% 36.84% 69.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 24 106
10th Percentile £178 - £275
25th Percentile £265 £280 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £328 £413
Median % change year-on-year +37.40% -20.61% -2.94%
75th Percentile £538 £419 £500
90th Percentile £640 £546 £622
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +0.70% -2.91% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £70.25 £17.68
25th Percentile - £70.63 £19.81
Median hourly rate £24.66 £77.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -68.18% +252.27% +25.71%
75th Percentile - £86.88 £23.50
90th Percentile - £88.75 £24.40
Berkshire median hourly rate £57.50 £59.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% +161.59%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Slough

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Slough

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Slough

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Slough

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Slough

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Slough

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Slough 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 1 (2.50%) CMS
1 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.50%) SAP GRC
2 1 (2.50%) SAP MM
2 1 (2.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) Azure
1 1 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (2.50%) Google Analytics
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (45.00%) Wireshark
2 16 (40.00%) ATM
2 16 (40.00%) Ethernet
2 16 (40.00%) Frame Relay
2 16 (40.00%) GPRS
2 16 (40.00%) GSM
2 16 (40.00%) LAN
2 16 (40.00%) LTE
2 16 (40.00%) MPLS
2 16 (40.00%) SAN
2 16 (40.00%) SDH
2 16 (40.00%) UMTS
2 16 (40.00%) VPN
2 16 (40.00%) WAN
3 3 (7.50%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (5.00%) 5G
4 2 (5.00%) Diameter Protocol
4 2 (5.00%) SS7
4 2 (5.00%) VoLTE
4 2 (5.00%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) JIRA
General
1 19 (47.50%) Telecoms
2 7 (17.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (37.50%) IP Engineer
2 14 (35.00%) Test Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Consultant
3 5 (12.50%) IP Network Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Network Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Cabling Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) NOC Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) IP Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) IP Network Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Network Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Network Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Project Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Senior
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Network Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Test Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.00%) Replication
3 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.50%) SCADA
3 1 (2.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (42.50%) Linux
2 16 (40.00%) Unix
3 1 (2.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (77.50%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (55.00%) Project Management
3 16 (40.00%) Fault Management
3 16 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 16 (40.00%) Test Strategy
4 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (7.50%) Process Improvement
6 2 (5.00%) Data Analysis
6 2 (5.00%) Defect Management
6 2 (5.00%) ERP
6 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (5.00%) Migration
6 2 (5.00%) Software Testing
6 2 (5.00%) Time Management
6 2 (5.00%) Validation
7 1 (2.50%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.50%) CRM
7 1 (2.50%) E-Commerce
7 1 (2.50%) ITIL
7 1 (2.50%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 16 (40.00%) Java
2 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (47.50%) CCNP
1 19 (47.50%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (40.00%) ISEB
2 16 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 16 (40.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 5 (12.50%) Degree
4 3 (7.50%) CCNA
5 2 (5.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.50%) CISM
6 1 (2.50%) CISSP
6 1 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.50%) PMP
6 1 (2.50%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) PMO
1 2 (5.00%) QA
2 1 (2.50%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.50%) COBIT
2 1 (2.50%) COSHH
2 1 (2.50%) GRC
2 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.50%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.50%) Firmware
2 1 (2.50%) VMware NSX
2 1 (2.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 17 (42.50%) Microsoft
2 16 (40.00%) Cisco
2 16 (40.00%) Juniper
3 3 (7.50%) VMware
4 2 (5.00%) SAP
5 1 (2.50%) Adobe
5 1 (2.50%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.50%) Computacenter
5 1 (2.50%) Google
5 1 (2.50%) NetApp
5 1 (2.50%) Sophos
5 1 (2.50%) Zerto