Social Skills Contracts in Swindon

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Swindon. 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 2 1 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 25 35 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swindon 25.51% 28.46% 18.03%
As % of the General category 37.31% 46.05% 31.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 24 33
10th Percentile £221 £143 £191
25th Percentile £241 £150 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £180 £425
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% -57.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £506 £250 £688
90th Percentile £663 £550 £748
Wiltshire median daily rate £554 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +0.73% - +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £28.50 -
Wiltshire median hourly rate - £14.54 £90.00
% change year-on-year - -83.84% +68.22%

All General Skills
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 67 76 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 68.37% 61.79% 57.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 46 107
10th Percentile £241 £143 £200
25th Percentile £322 £180 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £311 £525
Median % change year-on-year +52.61% -40.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £636
90th Percentile £600 £550 £730
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 0
Median hourly rate - £16.50 -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £60.00 £14.54 £70.80
% change year-on-year +312.65% -79.46% +11.50%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Swindon

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Swindon

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Swindon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Swindon over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Swindon

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Swindon

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon 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 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (4.00%) Adobe XD
2 1 (4.00%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) BASE24
1 1 (4.00%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) AWS
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
1 2 (8.00%) GCP
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (8.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (8.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (4.00%) Figma
2 1 (4.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Metadata
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (8.00%) Power BI
2 1 (4.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.00%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (16.00%) Finance
2 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.00%) Legal
3 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Marketing
4 1 (4.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Architect
2 3 (12.00%) Service Owner
3 2 (8.00%) Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Release Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Deskside Support
4 1 (4.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Manual Tester
4 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Risk Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Security Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Technical Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Test Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Test Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Tester
4 1 (4.00%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (24.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.00%) CSS
2 1 (4.00%) HTML
2 1 (4.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (4.00%) EMV
1 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (28.00%) Agile
3 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (16.00%) Change Management
4 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (16.00%) ERP
4 4 (16.00%) Transition Management
5 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (12.00%) Scrum
5 3 (12.00%) SDLC
5 3 (12.00%) Service Management
5 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.00%) Incident Management
6 2 (8.00%) Metadata Management
6 2 (8.00%) Non-Functional Testing
6 2 (8.00%) Performance Monitoring
6 2 (8.00%) System Integration Testing
6 2 (8.00%) Test Planning
6 2 (8.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (8.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.00%) Bash
2 1 (4.00%) C
2 1 (4.00%) C++
2 1 (4.00%) COBOL
2 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.00%) CISM
3 1 (4.00%) CISSP
3 1 (4.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.00%) MCP
3 1 (4.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) QA
2 2 (8.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.00%) GDPR
3 1 (4.00%) ISO 8583
3 1 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Oracle
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.00%) Google
3 2 (8.00%) HP
4 1 (4.00%) Adobe
4 1 (4.00%) Dell