Social Skills Contracts in Somerset

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 14 8
Rank change year-on-year +13 -6 -3
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 64 19 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 32.16% 9.27% 16.67%
As % of the General category 57.14% 16.67% 29.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 17 18
10th Percentile £205 £141 £176
25th Percentile £434 £193 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £422 £369
Median % change year-on-year +25.74% +14.31% -18.06%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £563
90th Percentile £600 £662 £602
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 0 6
10th Percentile £12.50 - £48.00
25th Percentile £19.70 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £49.75
75th Percentile £40.00 - £54.63
90th Percentile - - £60.00
South West median hourly rate £28.50 £61.50 £48.62
% change year-on-year -53.66% +26.50% +13.06%

All General Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 112 114 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 56.28% 55.61% 56.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 90 83
10th Percentile £221 £162 £272
25th Percentile £398 £363 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £647 £538
90th Percentile £606 £724 £625
South West median daily rate £525 £540 £486
% change year-on-year -2.78% +11.05% +4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 9 6
10th Percentile £12.50 £18.05 £48.00
25th Percentile £20.25 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% -19.60% +4.87%
75th Percentile £40.00 £50.00 £54.63
90th Percentile - £64.60 £60.00
South West median hourly rate £45.00 £61.10 £44.50
% change year-on-year -26.35% +37.30% +11.25%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Somerset

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Somerset

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Somerset over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Somerset

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Somerset

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Somerset

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Somerset over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Somerset

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 27 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
Yeovil +6 18 - - 18
Taunton +11 11 £594 -8.65% 9
Bath +10 11 £500 +90.48% 39
Bridgwater -2 6 £530 +278.57% 27
Clevedon - 2 £210 - 3
Street - 2 £413 - 112
Social Skills
South West

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.69%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (4.69%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Shopify
2 3 (4.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.56%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.56%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.56%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.25%) Azure
2 4 (6.25%) BigCommerce
3 2 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.13%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.56%) GCP
4 1 (1.56%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 12 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (17.19%) LAN
3 8 (12.50%) DHCP
3 8 (12.50%) DNS
3 8 (12.50%) MPLS
3 8 (12.50%) SAN
3 8 (12.50%) WAN
4 5 (7.81%) Firewall
5 4 (6.25%) VoIP
6 3 (4.69%) Internet
6 3 (4.69%) Wireless
7 1 (1.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.13%) Power BI
3 1 (1.56%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 22 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (15.63%) Finance
3 9 (14.06%) Aerospace
4 7 (10.94%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (10.94%) Retail
5 4 (6.25%) Legal
5 4 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.69%) Law
6 3 (4.69%) Marketing
7 1 (1.56%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (14.06%) Analyst
1 9 (14.06%) IT Support
1 9 (14.06%) IT Support Specialist
1 9 (14.06%) Support Specialist
2 8 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 8 (12.50%) IT Analyst
2 8 (12.50%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
3 7 (10.94%) Network Engineer
4 4 (6.25%) Consultant
4 4 (6.25%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (6.25%) Support Engineer
5 3 (4.69%) Administrator
5 3 (4.69%) Business Architect
5 3 (4.69%) Compliance Manager
5 3 (4.69%) CRM Consultant
5 3 (4.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (4.69%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
5 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Consultant
5 3 (4.69%) Service Manager
5 3 (4.69%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.69%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 8 (12.50%) Client/Server
2 8 (12.50%) Clustering
3 4 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.69%) Blog
5 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (25.00%) Windows
2 8 (12.50%) Unix
3 4 (6.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.06%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (31.25%) Data Protection
3 14 (21.88%) Analytics
3 14 (21.88%) Decision-Making
4 12 (18.75%) Asset Management
4 12 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (18.75%) ITIL
5 11 (17.19%) Application Packaging
5 11 (17.19%) Network Management
5 11 (17.19%) Server Management
6 10 (15.63%) Project Delivery
7 9 (14.06%) Data Analysis
7 9 (14.06%) Incident Management
7 9 (14.06%) Knowledge Management
7 9 (14.06%) Problem Management
7 9 (14.06%) User Experience
8 8 (12.50%) Business Transformation
8 8 (12.50%) Capacity Management
8 8 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
8 8 (12.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (17.19%) Degree
2 9 (14.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 8 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 8 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.13%) JNCIA
4 2 (3.13%) JNCIS
5 1 (1.56%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.56%) MCDST
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (4.69%) GDPR
1 3 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.56%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (17.19%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.50%) Virtual Servers
2 8 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (12.50%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Clustering
1 8 (12.50%) Nagios
1 8 (12.50%) NetBackup
1 8 (12.50%) SCCM
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.56%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 21 (32.81%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.50%) Hitachi
2 8 (12.50%) NetApp
2 8 (12.50%) VMware
3 7 (10.94%) SAP
4 6 (9.38%) Salesforce
5 4 (6.25%) Adobe
5 4 (6.25%) Aruba
5 4 (6.25%) CheckPoint
5 4 (6.25%) Cisco
5 4 (6.25%) F5
5 4 (6.25%) Meraki
5 4 (6.25%) Sitecore
6 3 (4.69%) Dell
6 3 (4.69%) Intel
7 2 (3.13%) Juniper
7 2 (3.13%) Nokia
8 1 (1.56%) Google