Social Skills Contracts in Stafford

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Staffordshire > Stafford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Stafford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 1 3
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 3 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stafford 27.27% 38.46% 17.24%
As % of the General category 75.00% 83.33% 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £51 £255 -
25th Percentile £68 £338 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £96 £500 £255
Median % change year-on-year -80.90% +96.08% -
75th Percentile £123 £688 £408
90th Percentile £139 £785 £486
Staffordshire median daily rate £190 £375 £453
% change year-on-year -49.33% -17.13% +81.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £37.50 -
Staffordshire median hourly rate - £15.90 -

All General Skills
Stafford

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 Stafford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4 6 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stafford 36.36% 46.15% 62.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 16
10th Percentile £51 £220 £248
25th Percentile £68 £250 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £96 £300 £650
Median % change year-on-year -68.17% -53.85% -
75th Percentile £123 £575 £745
90th Percentile £139 £740 -
Staffordshire median daily rate £200 £388 £475
% change year-on-year -48.39% -18.42% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.75 £36.25 -
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% - -
75th Percentile £37.25 £38.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £15.89 £15.61 £20.02
% change year-on-year +1.83% -22.03% +2.64%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Stafford

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stafford

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Stafford

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stafford

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Stafford

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stafford 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 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) QuarkXPress
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Mac Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS X
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Order Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
1 1 (33.33%) Apple
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Quark
1 1 (33.33%) SAP