Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Stansted

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Kent > Stansted

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Stansted. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - 2
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Stansted 50.00% - 20.00%
As % of the General category 50.00% - 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £675
75th Percentile - - £713
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median daily rate £450 £438 £525
% change year-on-year +2.86% -16.67% +10.53%

All General Skills
Stansted

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 general skills in Stansted.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stansted 100.00% 50.00% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £328
25th Percentile - - £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £485
75th Percentile - - £608
90th Percentile - - £671
Kent median daily rate £441 £438 £424
% change year-on-year +0.86% +3.24% -13.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £16.50 £78.40 -
Median % change year-on-year -78.95% - -
Kent median hourly rate £24.29 £21.72 £24.00
% change year-on-year +11.86% -9.52% -56.83%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Stansted

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stansted.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Stansted

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Stansted

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stansted citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stansted by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) IT Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft