Social Skills Contract Job Trends in South Ayrshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Scotland > South Ayrshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in South Ayrshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 8 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Ayrshire 100.00% - 23.53%
As % of the General category 100.00% - 30.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £216 - -
25th Percentile £221 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 - -
75th Percentile £284 - -
90th Percentile £312 - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £423 £475
% change year-on-year +6.51% -11.05% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £19.23 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 £18.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year -0.72% +24.14% -20.81%

All General Skills
South Ayrshire

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 South Ayrshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8 1 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Ayrshire 100.00% 50.00% 76.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £216 - £135
25th Percentile £221 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 - £136
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.44%
75th Percentile £284 - £260
90th Percentile £312 - -
Scotland median daily rate £472 £448 £475
% change year-on-year +5.47% -5.79% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
Median hourly rate £19.23 - £19.18
Scotland median hourly rate £19.23 £16.92 £24.59
% change year-on-year +13.65% -31.19% +30.11%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in South Ayrshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in South Ayrshire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in South Ayrshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Ayrshire citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in South Ayrshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Ayrshire citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in South Ayrshire

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 South Ayrshire region over the 6 months to 28 September 2025. 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
Prestwick - 8 £230 - 2
Social Skills
Scotland

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Ayrshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) IP Telephony
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) Remote Desktop
General
1 6 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) IT Support
2 4 (50.00%) IT Support Specialist
2 4 (50.00%) Support Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Quality Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Asset Management
1 5 (62.50%) ITSM
1 5 (62.50%) Service Delivery
2 4 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 4 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 4 (50.00%) ITIL
2 4 (50.00%) Line Management
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (12.50%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) QMS
4 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) HNC
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (12.50%) Remedy
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow