Social Skills Contracts in Stockport

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Manchester > Stockport

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Stockport. 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 8 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stockport 5.88% 25.00% 13.64%
As % of the General category 20.00% 50.00% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £359
25th Percentile £133 £475 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -71.00% -2.44% +32.26%
75th Percentile £158 £525 £609
90th Percentile - - £656
Manchester median daily rate £475 £463 £488
% change year-on-year +2.70% -5.13% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £13.31 -
Manchester median hourly rate £13.00 £14.69 £26.00
% change year-on-year -11.47% -43.52% +60.00%

All General Skills
Stockport

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 Stockport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5 8 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stockport 29.41% 50.00% 59.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 10
10th Percentile - £339 £348
25th Percentile £133 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year -71.00% +33.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £158 £584 £606
90th Percentile - £609 £691
Manchester median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - +2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £13.31 -
Manchester median hourly rate £19.77 £21.73 £25.00
% change year-on-year -9.02% -13.10% +38.89%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Stockport

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stockport

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Stockport

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stockport

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Stockport

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stockport 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft