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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -1
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Social Skills 82 90 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 32.54% 27.27% 19.32%
As % of the General category 53.95% 50.00% 41.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 44 48
10th Percentile £160 £143 £141
25th Percentile £240 £173 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £400 £305
Median % change year-on-year -17.21% +31.15% -32.22%
75th Percentile £445 £547 £550
90th Percentile £486 £626 £650
Wales median daily rate £331 £400 £310
% change year-on-year -17.21% +29.03% -31.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 7
10th Percentile £12.21 £16.97 -
25th Percentile £14.23 £20.12 -
Median hourly rate £14.61 £50.00 £10.92
Median % change year-on-year -70.78% +357.88% -45.15%
75th Percentile £15.00 £54.38 -
90th Percentile £17.58 £67.00 £23.55
Wales median hourly rate £14.61 £20.24 £10.92
% change year-on-year -27.80% +85.30% -45.15%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 152 180 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 60.32% 54.55% 46.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 86 130
10th Percentile £213 £121 £182
25th Percentile £293 £160 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £373 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.03% -17.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £481 £516 £600
90th Percentile £541 £594 £650
Wales median daily rate £396 £400 £425
% change year-on-year -0.94% -5.88% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 27 17
10th Percentile £12.91 £15.02 -
25th Percentile £13.08 £20.12 £10.92
Median hourly rate £14.61 £26.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.87% +32.50% -
75th Percentile £16.00 £53.13 £38.75
90th Percentile £22.87 £68.50 £52.97
Wales median hourly rate £15.00 £25.60 £18.00
% change year-on-year -41.41% +42.22% -10.00%

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
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in South Wales over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in South Wales

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Social Skills
DemandTrendContract 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 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff +2 62 £331 -19.62% 78
Newport +1 9 £351 -12.19% 47
Glamorgan -1 8 - - 82
Bridgend -1 1 - - 9
Gwent -3 1 £290 - 34
Caerphilly - 1 £180 - 9
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 9 (10.98%) WebLogic
2 8 (9.76%) Oracle Service Bus
2 8 (9.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.22%) Apache
4 1 (1.22%) JBoss
4 1 (1.22%) nginx
4 1 (1.22%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.22%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (1.22%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.22%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.22%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (1.22%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.22%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (9.76%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.44%) SAP WM
3 1 (1.22%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 18 (21.95%) Azure
2 13 (15.85%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (8.54%) AWS
4 6 (7.32%) GCP
5 4 (4.88%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.66%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.22%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.22%) GitHub
8 1 (1.22%) OCI
8 1 (1.22%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.88%) Firewall
1 4 (4.88%) Network Security
2 3 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (2.44%) ATM
3 2 (2.44%) DNS
3 2 (2.44%) IPsec
3 2 (2.44%) SSL
3 2 (2.44%) VPN
4 1 (1.22%) BGP
4 1 (1.22%) Broadband
4 1 (1.22%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.22%) LAN
4 1 (1.22%) NGFW
4 1 (1.22%) OSPF
4 1 (1.22%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.22%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.22%) VoIP
4 1 (1.22%) WAN
4 1 (1.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.32%) Oracle Database
2 4 (4.88%) Power BI
3 2 (2.44%) Spotfire
3 2 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.44%) Tableau
4 1 (1.22%) Metadata
4 1 (1.22%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.22%) MySQL
4 1 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.44%) JIRA
2 1 (1.22%) Git
2 1 (1.22%) Selenium
2 1 (1.22%) SpecFlow
2 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 17 (20.73%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (13.41%) Organisational Skills
2 11 (13.41%) Public Sector
3 5 (6.10%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (6.10%) Welsh Language
4 4 (4.88%) Finance
4 4 (4.88%) Legal
5 3 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.66%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.66%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.44%) Digital Health
6 2 (2.44%) Marketing
7 1 (1.22%) Electronics
7 1 (1.22%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (14.63%) Consultant
2 11 (13.41%) Analyst
3 7 (8.54%) Oracle Consultant
4 6 (7.32%) Lead
4 6 (7.32%) Project Manager
4 6 (7.32%) Senior
5 5 (6.10%) Architect
5 5 (6.10%) Oracle SOA Consultant
5 5 (6.10%) SOA Consultant
6 4 (4.88%) 1st Line Support
6 4 (4.88%) Cloud Architect
6 4 (4.88%) IT Engineer
6 4 (4.88%) IT Support
6 4 (4.88%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.66%) BPM Consultant
7 3 (3.66%) Data Analyst
7 3 (3.66%) Deployment Engineer
7 3 (3.66%) Designer
7 3 (3.66%) SAP Consultant
7 3 (3.66%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.98%) JSON
1 9 (10.98%) OAuth
1 9 (10.98%) REST
1 9 (10.98%) SOAP
2 8 (9.76%) OAuth2
2 8 (9.76%) OpenAPI
2 8 (9.76%) Swagger
2 8 (9.76%) XML
2 8 (9.76%) XSD
3 3 (3.66%) Middleware
3 3 (3.66%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (2.44%) CSS
4 2 (2.44%) HTML
5 1 (1.22%) .NET
5 1 (1.22%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.22%) JWT
5 1 (1.22%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (1.22%) RESTful
5 1 (1.22%) Spring
5 1 (1.22%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.76%) Virtual Team
2 6 (7.32%) NHS
3 5 (6.10%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.66%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.44%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (2.44%) EPoS
5 2 (2.44%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.44%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.22%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (1.22%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.22%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.22%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.22%) Social Media
6 1 (1.22%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.07%) Windows
2 4 (4.88%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.44%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.22%) Android
4 1 (1.22%) Linux
4 1 (1.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (43.90%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (25.61%) Agile
3 12 (14.63%) DevOps
4 11 (13.41%) Service Delivery
4 11 (13.41%) Validation
5 10 (12.20%) Customer Service
6 9 (10.98%) API Design
6 9 (10.98%) API Management
6 9 (10.98%) ITIL
7 8 (9.76%) BPEL
7 8 (9.76%) SDLC
7 8 (9.76%) SOA
7 8 (9.76%) Thought Leadership
8 7 (8.54%) Decision-Making
9 6 (7.32%) Computer Science
9 6 (7.32%) Migration
9 6 (7.32%) Project Management
9 6 (7.32%) Roadmaps
9 6 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.85%) SQL
2 8 (9.76%) PL/SQL
3 3 (3.66%) Python
3 3 (3.66%) R
4 2 (2.44%) C#
4 2 (2.44%) Java
4 2 (2.44%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.22%) Apex Code
5 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.22%) Korn
5 1 (1.22%) SOQL
5 1 (1.22%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 14 (17.07%) Degree
2 10 (12.20%) Master's Degree
3 6 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (4.88%) AWS Certification
4 4 (4.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (4.88%) Azure Certification
4 4 (4.88%) CITP
5 3 (3.66%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.66%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.44%) CISMP
6 2 (2.44%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.44%) GSEC
6 2 (2.44%) HND
7 1 (1.22%) ACCA
7 1 (1.22%) CCNP
7 1 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.22%) CISSP
7 1 (1.22%) GCIH
7 1 (1.22%) HNC
7 1 (1.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.66%) GDPR
1 3 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (3.66%) SLA
2 2 (2.44%) NIST
2 2 (2.44%) QA
3 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.44%) BitLocker
2 2 (2.44%) Firmware
3 1 (1.22%) Docker
3 1 (1.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.22%) LXC
3 1 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (6.10%) SCCM
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.22%) Ansible
3 1 (1.22%) Cacti
3 1 (1.22%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Identity Management
3 1 (1.22%) SCOM
Vendors
1 24 (29.27%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.98%) Oracle
3 6 (7.32%) SAP
3 6 (7.32%) ServiceNow
4 5 (6.10%) Google
5 3 (3.66%) Apple
5 3 (3.66%) HP
6 2 (2.44%) Citrix
6 2 (2.44%) Freshdesk
6 2 (2.44%) McAfee
6 2 (2.44%) MobileIron
6 2 (2.44%) Remedy
6 2 (2.44%) TIBCO
6 2 (2.44%) VMware
7 1 (1.22%) Cisco
7 1 (1.22%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.22%) IBM
7 1 (1.22%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.22%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.22%) Zscaler