Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Stockton-on-Tees

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Durham > Stockton-on-Tees

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Stockton-on-Tees. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 3 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Stockton-on-Tees 33.33% 16.67% 30.00%
As % of the General category 100.00% 100.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £413
25th Percentile £475 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £428
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +28.36% -
75th Percentile £525 - £448
90th Percentile - - £451
Durham median daily rate £625 £581 £427
% change year-on-year +7.53% +36.21% +42.25%

All General Skills
Stockton-on-Tees

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 Stockton-on-Tees.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stockton-on-Tees 33.33% 16.67% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £315
25th Percentile £475 - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £413
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £525 - £441
90th Percentile - - £448
Durham median daily rate £508 £575 £413
% change year-on-year -11.74% +39.39% +37.50%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockton-on-Tees

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Stockton-on-Tees

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Stockton-on-Tees

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stockton-on-Tees citing Social Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stockton-on-Tees citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Stockton-on-Tees

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stockton-on-Tees citing Social Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stockton-on-Tees citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockton-on-Tees 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) UAT Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft