Social Skills Contracts in South Wales

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 67 72 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 28.39% 22.36% 18.98%
As % of the General category 52.76% 53.33% 39.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 41 58
10th Percentile £178 - £160
25th Percentile £213 £143 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £346 £380 £390
Median % change year-on-year -9.06% -2.56% -9.93%
75th Percentile £450 £575 £538
90th Percentile £499 £625 £573
Wales median daily rate £374 £412 £395
% change year-on-year -9.34% +4.37% -7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 9
10th Percentile £12.49 - -
25th Percentile £18.84 £11.00 -
Median hourly rate £20.24 £12.50 £10.92
Median % change year-on-year +61.88% +14.47% -47.37%
75th Percentile £31.88 £85.00 -
90th Percentile £41.25 £86.80 £12.42
Wales median hourly rate £20.24 £19.00 £10.92
% change year-on-year +6.50% +73.99% -49.50%

All General Skills
South Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 127 135 243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 53.81% 41.93% 47.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 73 173
10th Percentile £161 £143 £180
25th Percentile £246 £170 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £420 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.69% -11.58% -2.06%
75th Percentile £466 £575 £575
90th Percentile £589 £625 £636
Wales median daily rate £375 £450 £466
% change year-on-year -16.67% -3.49% -1.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 12
10th Percentile £15.00 £11.02 -
25th Percentile £16.00 £12.13 -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.27 £10.92
Median % change year-on-year -16.90% +131.41% -51.47%
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £14.27
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £48.11
Wales median hourly rate £21.00 £23.84 £11.56
% change year-on-year -11.91% +106.23% -53.76%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in South Wales

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in South Wales

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in South Wales over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in South Wales

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in South Wales

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in South Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in South Wales over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in South Wales

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Cardiff +3 41 £388 +76.14% 115
Newport -1 21 £290 -44.76% 42
Gwent - 3 £290 - 34
Rhondda Cynon Taff -1 1 - -
Caerphilly - 1 £180 - 5
Social Skills
Wales

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 (1.49%) Apache
1 1 (1.49%) JBoss
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.49%) nginx
1 1 (1.49%) SAS
1 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.49%) Tomcat
1 1 (1.49%) WebLogic
1 1 (1.49%) WebLogic Portal
1 1 (1.49%) WebSphere
1 1 (1.49%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.49%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.49%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.99%) SAP WM
2 1 (1.49%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 24 (35.82%) Azure
2 11 (16.42%) AWS
3 8 (11.94%) GCP
3 8 (11.94%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.48%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (4.48%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.48%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.99%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.49%) GitHub
6 1 (1.49%) OCI
6 1 (1.49%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.45%) Firewall
1 7 (10.45%) IPsec
2 5 (7.46%) Network Security
2 5 (7.46%) SD-WAN
2 5 (7.46%) Wireless
3 4 (5.97%) BGP
3 4 (5.97%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (5.97%) OSPF
4 3 (4.48%) VPN
5 2 (2.99%) 802.11
5 2 (2.99%) ATM
5 2 (2.99%) DHCP
5 2 (2.99%) DNS
5 2 (2.99%) HSRP
5 2 (2.99%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (2.99%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.49%) HTTP
6 1 (1.49%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) Power BI
2 1 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.49%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Selenium
2 1 (1.49%) SpecFlow
2 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 13 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (13.43%) Presentation Skills
2 9 (13.43%) Public Sector
3 3 (4.48%) Finance
3 3 (4.48%) Marketing
3 3 (4.48%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (4.48%) Welsh Language
4 2 (2.99%) Digital Health
4 2 (2.99%) Legal
4 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.49%) Publishing
5 1 (1.49%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 6 (8.96%) Analyst
1 6 (8.96%) Senior
2 5 (7.46%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (7.46%) Architect
2 5 (7.46%) IT Support
2 5 (7.46%) Network Engineer
3 4 (5.97%) Deployment Engineer
3 4 (5.97%) Support Engineer
3 4 (5.97%) Support Specialist
4 3 (4.48%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (4.48%) Consultant
4 3 (4.48%) Developer
4 3 (4.48%) IT Engineer
4 3 (4.48%) Lead
4 3 (4.48%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (4.48%) Senior IT Support
4 3 (4.48%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (4.48%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (2.99%) Logistics Consultant
5 2 (2.99%) Migration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) 802.1X
1 2 (2.99%) PyTorch
1 2 (2.99%) RESTful
1 2 (2.99%) scikit-learn
1 2 (2.99%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.49%) CSS
2 1 (1.49%) Express.js
2 1 (1.49%) HTML
2 1 (1.49%) JSON
2 1 (1.49%) JWT
2 1 (1.49%) Middleware
2 1 (1.49%) NestJS
2 1 (1.49%) Node.js
2 1 (1.49%) NumPy
2 1 (1.49%) OAuth
2 1 (1.49%) Pandas
2 1 (1.49%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.46%) Data Centre
1 5 (7.46%) NHS
1 5 (7.46%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (5.97%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.99%) Algorithms
3 2 (2.99%) Cyberattack
3 2 (2.99%) EPoS
3 2 (2.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.49%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (1.49%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.49%) Linked Data
4 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.49%) Photography
4 1 (1.49%) PKI
4 1 (1.49%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 16 (23.88%) Windows
2 5 (7.46%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.99%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.49%) Linux
4 1 (1.49%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (40.30%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (23.88%) Computer Science
2 16 (23.88%) Customer Service
3 14 (20.90%) ITIL
4 12 (17.91%) Agile
5 9 (13.43%) Roadmaps
6 6 (8.96%) Cloud Security
6 6 (8.96%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (7.46%) Data Collection
7 5 (7.46%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (7.46%) Mentoring
7 5 (7.46%) Network Design
8 4 (5.97%) Decision-Making
8 4 (5.97%) DevSecOps
8 4 (5.97%) Incident Management
8 4 (5.97%) Service Delivery
8 4 (5.97%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (5.97%) Statistics
8 4 (5.97%) Strategic Roadmap
8 4 (5.97%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.46%) Python
2 4 (5.97%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.48%) SQL
4 1 (1.49%) C#
4 1 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.49%) Java
4 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.49%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (32.84%) Degree
2 12 (17.91%) Master's Degree
3 11 (16.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (10.45%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (10.45%) SC Cleared
4 7 (10.45%) Security Cleared
5 6 (8.96%) Azure Certification
6 5 (7.46%) A+ Certification
6 5 (7.46%) CCNP
6 5 (7.46%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (5.97%) AWS Certification
7 4 (5.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (5.97%) CITP
7 4 (5.97%) PhD
8 2 (2.99%) CCNA
8 2 (2.99%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.99%) QA
1 2 (2.99%) SLA
2 1 (1.49%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.49%) NCSC
2 1 (1.49%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (11.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.48%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.49%) Docker
4 1 (1.49%) LXC
Systems Management
1 8 (11.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.46%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (5.97%) Cacti
3 4 (5.97%) SCCM
4 1 (1.49%) Ansible
4 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.49%) Oracle Identity Management
4 1 (1.49%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (20.90%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.45%) Cisco
3 6 (8.96%) Google
4 5 (7.46%) ServiceNow
4 5 (7.46%) VMware
5 4 (5.97%) SAP
5 4 (5.97%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.99%) Dell
6 2 (2.99%) Ivanti
7 1 (1.49%) Datix
7 1 (1.49%) IBM
7 1 (1.49%) Oracle
7 1 (1.49%) Red Hat