Social Skills Contracts in Southampton

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Southampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 11 3
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 +8
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 30 19 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 27.52% 11.18% 20.44%
As % of the General category 44.12% 23.46% 36.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 12 13
10th Percentile £175 £250 £269
25th Percentile £286 £334 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% -10.87% +33.33%
75th Percentile £563 £650 £606
90th Percentile £630 £677 £647
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £583 £525
% change year-on-year -14.24% +11.05% +12.90%

All General Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 68 81 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 62.39% 47.65% 55.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 36 53
10th Percentile £216 £205 £281
25th Percentile £325 £250 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £506 £561
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% -9.72% +12.15%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £606
90th Percentile £648 £703 £718
Hampshire median daily rate £514 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 0
Median hourly rate - £77.50 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £60.25 £57.35 £57.50
% change year-on-year +5.06% -0.26% +187.50%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Southampton

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Southampton

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Southampton over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Southampton

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Southampton

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 4 (13.33%) Confluence
2 1 (3.33%) Anypoint
2 1 (3.33%) Mule
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) SAP CO
1 1 (3.33%) SAP FI
1 1 (3.33%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (3.33%) SAP PP
1 1 (3.33%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (3.33%) Azure
2 1 (3.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Firewall
1 2 (6.67%) NGFW
2 1 (3.33%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) JIRA
2 4 (13.33%) TestRail
3 1 (3.33%) MSI
General
1 6 (20.00%) Finance
2 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.67%) Aviation
4 2 (6.67%) Law
4 2 (6.67%) Legal
5 1 (3.33%) Electronics
5 1 (3.33%) Marketing
5 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Police
5 1 (3.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Senior
2 6 (20.00%) Architect
3 5 (16.67%) Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (13.33%) Tester
5 3 (10.00%) Consultant
5 3 (10.00%) Senior Architect
5 3 (10.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.67%) QA Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Security Consultant
6 2 (6.67%) Senior QA Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Tester
7 1 (3.33%) Developer
7 1 (3.33%) Implementation Consultant
7 1 (3.33%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.33%) SAP Consultant
7 1 (3.33%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Service Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) JSON
1 1 (3.33%) MUnit
1 1 (3.33%) REST
1 1 (3.33%) RESTful
1 1 (3.33%) SOAP
1 1 (3.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Algorithms
1 5 (16.67%) Device Driver
1 5 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
1 5 (16.67%) IoT
2 3 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (10.00%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.33%) FPGA
3 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Linux
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
2 4 (13.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (23.33%) Agile
2 7 (23.33%) Decision-Making
3 6 (20.00%) Architectural Design
3 6 (20.00%) SDLC
3 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (16.67%) Cloud Enablement
4 5 (16.67%) Device Driver Development
4 5 (16.67%) Multithreading
4 5 (16.67%) Project Management
4 5 (16.67%) Signal Processing
4 5 (16.67%) Test Strategy
4 5 (16.67%) User Experience
5 4 (13.33%) End-to-End Testing
5 4 (13.33%) ITIL
5 4 (13.33%) Manual Testing
5 4 (13.33%) Scrum
5 4 (13.33%) User Stories
6 3 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) Embedded C
2 4 (13.33%) C
2 4 (13.33%) SQL
3 1 (3.33%) C#
3 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 4 (13.33%) Degree
4 3 (10.00%) ISTQB
5 2 (6.67%) CISSP
6 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.33%) CCDE
6 1 (3.33%) CCDP
6 1 (3.33%) CCIE
6 1 (3.33%) CCNP
6 1 (3.33%) CISA
6 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.33%) CISM
6 1 (3.33%) CRISC
6 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.33%) MBA
6 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.33%) SAP Certification
6 1 (3.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) SLA
2 3 (10.00%) QA
3 1 (3.33%) COBIT
3 1 (3.33%) COSO
3 1 (3.33%) GDPR
3 1 (3.33%) ITGC
3 1 (3.33%) PMO
3 1 (3.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (16.67%) Firmware
2 2 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) SAP
1 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.33%) Cisco
3 1 (3.33%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (3.33%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle