Social Skills Contracts in Telford

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Shropshire > Telford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Telford. 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 15 11
Rank change year-on-year +13 -4 -9
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 44 13 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Telford 40.74% 11.11% 43.87%
As % of the General category 63.77% 30.23% 73.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 3 60
10th Percentile £310 - £419
25th Percentile £315 - £537
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £117 £540
Median % change year-on-year +295.30% -78.33% +8.22%
75th Percentile £537 £231 £543
90th Percentile £592 £299 £595
Shropshire median daily rate £454 £260 £540
% change year-on-year +74.49% -51.85% +8.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - £10.42 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -81.05% -
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - £11.85 -
Shropshire median hourly rate - £10.42 £55.00
% change year-on-year - -81.05% -

All General Skills
Telford

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 Telford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 69 43 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 63.89% 36.75% 59.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 33 79
10th Percentile £312 £338 £389
25th Percentile £400 £358 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £535 £540
Median % change year-on-year -13.55% -0.93% +9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £536 £551
90th Percentile £541 £538 £598
Shropshire median daily rate £454 £519 £540
% change year-on-year -12.59% -3.89% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - £10.42 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -81.05% -
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - £11.85 -
Shropshire median hourly rate - £10.42 £55.00
% change year-on-year - -81.05% -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Telford

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Telford

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Telford

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Telford

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Telford

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Telford

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Telford 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 (2.27%) Confluence
1 1 (2.27%) NetWeaver
1 1 (2.27%) SAP EP
1 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.27%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) SAP CRM
1 1 (2.27%) SAP HR
1 1 (2.27%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 18 (40.91%) Azure
2 16 (36.36%) Power Platform
3 13 (29.55%) PowerApps
4 3 (6.82%) AWS
5 2 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.27%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.27%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.27%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.27%) Serverless
6 1 (2.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) VPN
1 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) Power BI
2 2 (4.55%) MySQL
2 2 (4.55%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.55%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.27%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (25.00%) JIRA
2 5 (11.36%) GitLab
3 1 (2.27%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.27%) Maven
General
1 6 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (11.36%) Finance
2 5 (11.36%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Billing
4 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (27.27%) Lead
2 9 (20.45%) Developer
3 7 (15.91%) Technical Leader
4 5 (11.36%) Power Platform Developer
5 4 (9.09%) Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Administrator
6 2 (4.55%) Data Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) DBA
6 2 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 2 (4.55%) Operations Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) ABAP Developer
7 1 (2.27%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) Java Developer
7 1 (2.27%) Java Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) Platform Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) PMO Analyst
7 1 (2.27%) SAP Architect
7 1 (2.27%) SAP Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) CSS
1 2 (4.55%) HTML
1 2 (4.55%) Next.js
1 2 (4.55%) React
1 2 (4.55%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (4.55%) SAPUI5
2 1 (2.27%) Apache Camel
2 1 (2.27%) AWS CDK
2 1 (2.27%) SAP PI
2 1 (2.27%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.55%) PKI
2 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.55%) Linux
1 2 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.27%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.27%) Windows
2 1 (2.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (47.73%) Process Improvement
3 19 (43.18%) Agile
4 17 (38.64%) DevOps
5 14 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (29.55%) Test Strategy
7 12 (27.27%) Data Collection
7 12 (27.27%) Data Modelling
8 11 (25.00%) Configuration Management
8 11 (25.00%) OO
8 11 (25.00%) Problem Management
8 11 (25.00%) Workflow
9 8 (18.18%) Demand Management
10 6 (13.64%) Decision-Making
10 6 (13.64%) Software Engineering
11 5 (11.36%) CI/CD
12 4 (9.09%) Business Analysis
12 4 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
12 4 (9.09%) Test Automation
13 3 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 15 (34.09%) SQL
2 4 (9.09%) Java
3 3 (6.82%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.55%) ABAP
4 2 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.64%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.55%) Degree
4 2 (4.55%) OCP
4 2 (4.55%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.27%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.27%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) QA
2 2 (4.55%) PMO
2 2 (4.55%) SLA
3 1 (2.27%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (6.82%) Docker
2 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) Ansible
1 4 (9.09%) Terraform
2 3 (6.82%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.55%) Opsview
4 1 (2.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (22.73%) Atlassian
1 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.55%) Oracle
2 2 (4.55%) PagerDuty
2 2 (4.55%) SAP
3 1 (2.27%) Adobe
3 1 (2.27%) Apple
3 1 (2.27%) Ariba
3 1 (2.27%) Cisco
3 1 (2.27%) Databricks
3 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow