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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 23 40 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swindon 23.96% 29.63% 16.99%
As % of the General category 36.51% 48.78% 28.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 29 28
10th Percentile £177 £143 £189
25th Percentile £209 £180 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £283 £200 £250
Median % change year-on-year +41.25% -20.00% -51.36%
75th Percentile £480 £460 £606
90th Percentile £505 £550 £729
Wiltshire median daily rate £563 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £28.50 -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £22.50 £14.54 £90.00
% change year-on-year +54.75% -83.84% +66.67%

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 63 82 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 65.63% 60.74% 58.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 55 96
10th Percentile £205 £150 £200
25th Percentile £241 £193 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% -23.81% -
75th Percentile £525 £510 £647
90th Percentile £588 £600 £738
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £550 £558
% change year-on-year - -1.35% +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 0
Median hourly rate - £16.50 -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £25.53 £14.54 £53.75
% change year-on-year +75.55% -72.95% -1.38%

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 31 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 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.35%) Adobe XD
3 1 (4.35%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) BASE24
1 1 (4.35%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.70%) Power Automate
2 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
2 2 (8.70%) PowerApps
3 1 (4.35%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) Figma
3 1 (4.35%) GCP
3 1 (4.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Metadata
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.35%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) Zephyr
General
1 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (13.04%) Finance
1 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.70%) Legal
3 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Marketing
3 1 (4.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Deployment Engineer
2 2 (8.70%) Analyst
2 2 (8.70%) IT Engineer
2 2 (8.70%) Support Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) ATM Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Deskside Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Deskside Support
3 1 (4.35%) Deskside Support Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Field Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Manual Tester
3 1 (4.35%) Risk Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Security Architect
3 1 (4.35%) Technical Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Test Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) Test Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Transition Manager
3 1 (4.35%) UI Designer
3 1 (4.35%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) CSS
1 1 (4.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.35%) EMV
2 1 (4.35%) EPoS
2 1 (4.35%) Mainframe
2 1 (4.35%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (17.39%) Asset Management
3 3 (13.04%) Agile
4 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
4 2 (8.70%) Defect Management
4 2 (8.70%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (8.70%) Metadata Management
4 2 (8.70%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (8.70%) Project Management
4 2 (8.70%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (8.70%) Scrum
4 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.70%) System Integration Testing
4 2 (8.70%) Test Automation
4 2 (8.70%) Test Planning
4 2 (8.70%) Test Scripting
4 2 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (8.70%) User Experience
5 1 (4.35%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.35%) Bash
2 1 (4.35%) C
2 1 (4.35%) C++
2 1 (4.35%) COBOL
2 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) A+ Certification
1 1 (4.35%) CISM
1 1 (4.35%) CISSP
1 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
1 1 (4.35%) ISTQB
1 1 (4.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (4.35%) MCP
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) GDPR
2 2 (8.70%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.35%) ISO 8583
3 1 (4.35%) QA
3 1 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.70%) HP
4 1 (4.35%) Adobe
4 1 (4.35%) Dell
4 1 (4.35%) Google