Social Skills Contracts in the Thames Valley

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 614 693 887
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 22.94% 23.60% 25.42%
As % of the General category 41.07% 37.68% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 450 564
10th Percentile £203 £260 £155
25th Percentile £280 £400 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +11.11% -4.26%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £550
90th Percentile £638 £713 £625
South East median daily rate £480 £505 £475
% change year-on-year -4.95% +6.32% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 15 37
10th Percentile £15.41 £18.90 -
25th Percentile £20.11 £21.00 £10.77
Median hourly rate £55.04 £45.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.31% +246.15% -18.03%
75th Percentile £62.00 £66.21 £17.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £71.94 £23.60
South East median hourly rate £18.35 £47.50 £17.56
% change year-on-year -61.37% +170.50% -11.98%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

Social Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,495 1,839 2,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.85% 62.61% 59.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 787 1,239 1,313
10th Percentile £205 £304 £205
25th Percentile £325 £400 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £467
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.07% +3.78%
75th Percentile £589 £601 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £638
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 41 74
10th Percentile £17.89 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £22.86 £22.50 £12.31
Median hourly rate £48.40 £32.30 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.85% +84.57% -22.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £21.85
90th Percentile £75.77 £75.75 £31.45
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -20.00%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -1 481 £475 -9.52% 288
Buckinghamshire -1 85 £450 -6.49% 202
Oxfordshire +1 48 £444 +1.43% 201
Social Skills
South East

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 22 (3.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (1.95%) Confluence
2 12 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.49%) Appian
3 3 (0.49%) SAS
4 2 (0.33%) CMS
4 2 (0.33%) nginx
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.16%) Apache
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.16%) Moodle
5 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 93 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.79%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.98%) Adobe After Effects
6 6 (0.98%) Adobe Premiere
6 6 (0.98%) CINEMA 4D
7 5 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.65%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.65%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.49%) SPSS
10 2 (0.33%) InDesign
11 1 (0.16%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.16%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 19 (3.09%) Primavera
2 17 (2.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 14 (2.28%) Oracle EBS
4 13 (2.12%) Oracle EBS R12
5 11 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.98%) Maximo
7 3 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.49%) iTrent
7 3 (0.49%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.49%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.49%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.33%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.33%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.16%) PeopleSoft HRMS
9 1 (0.16%) SAP QM
9 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 99 (16.12%) Azure
2 44 (7.17%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (5.70%) AWS
4 25 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (3.42%) Power Platform
6 18 (2.93%) Entra ID
7 16 (2.61%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (2.61%) Azure Storage
8 15 (2.44%) OCI
9 9 (1.47%) GCP
10 8 (1.30%) IaaS
10 8 (1.30%) OpenShift
10 8 (1.30%) Smartsheet
11 7 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.14%) SaaS
11 7 (1.14%) Snowflake
12 6 (0.98%) OneDrive
12 6 (0.98%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.98%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (0.81%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (8.14%) Firewall
2 41 (6.68%) DNS
3 34 (5.54%) DHCP
4 28 (4.56%) LAN
5 25 (4.07%) SAN
6 17 (2.77%) WAN
7 12 (1.95%) Radio Access Network
8 10 (1.63%) Remote Desktop
8 10 (1.63%) VPN
9 7 (1.14%) 4G
9 7 (1.14%) 5G
9 7 (1.14%) Diameter Protocol
9 7 (1.14%) GGSN
9 7 (1.14%) SGSN
9 7 (1.14%) VSAN
10 6 (0.98%) 3G
10 6 (0.98%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.81%) Network Security
11 5 (0.81%) VoLTE
11 5 (0.81%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.77%) Power BI
2 14 (2.28%) Tableau
3 9 (1.47%) Oracle Database
4 7 (1.14%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.14%) SAP HANA
4 7 (1.14%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.81%) Metadata
5 5 (0.81%) Power Query
5 5 (0.81%) PowerPivot
6 4 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.65%) Data Mining
6 4 (0.65%) GIS
6 4 (0.65%) MySQL
7 3 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.49%) Big Data
7 3 (0.49%) BusinessObjects XI
7 3 (0.49%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.49%) EDMS
7 3 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 32 (5.21%) JIRA
2 26 (4.23%) Jenkins
2 26 (4.23%) Selenium
3 25 (4.07%) Cucumber
4 24 (3.91%) REST Assured
4 24 (3.91%) SonarQube
5 14 (2.28%) GitLab
6 10 (1.63%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.81%) Git
8 3 (0.49%) Postman
8 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.16%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.16%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.16%) CMake
10 1 (0.16%) Maven
10 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.16%) Subversion
10 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.16%) Xcode
General
1 125 (20.36%) Analytical Skills
2 82 (13.36%) Telecoms
3 63 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
4 57 (9.28%) Finance
5 56 (9.12%) Organisational Skills
6 43 (7.00%) Marketing
7 38 (6.19%) Public Sector
8 33 (5.37%) Law
9 32 (5.21%) Legal
10 21 (3.42%) Retail
11 15 (2.44%) Police
12 14 (2.28%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.79%) Automotive
13 11 (1.79%) Aviation
14 10 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.47%) Mandarin Language
16 6 (0.98%) Billing
16 6 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.65%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 87 (14.17%) Analyst
2 51 (8.31%) Senior
3 43 (7.00%) Consultant
4 34 (5.54%) Project Manager
5 28 (4.56%) Support Engineer
6 27 (4.40%) Desktop Engineer
7 26 (4.23%) Business Analyst
8 25 (4.07%) Lead
9 24 (3.91%) Architect
10 23 (3.75%) Windows Engineer
11 21 (3.42%) Build Engineer
11 21 (3.42%) Desktop Support
11 21 (3.42%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 21 (3.42%) Windows Build Engineer
12 20 (3.26%) Support Specialist
13 19 (3.09%) Functional Consultant
13 19 (3.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (2.93%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
14 18 (2.93%) Hardware Engineer
15 17 (2.77%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.56%) ARM Templates
2 26 (4.23%) REST
3 25 (4.07%) Java EE
4 14 (2.28%) HTML
5 9 (1.47%) CSS
6 7 (1.14%) SAP Basis
7 6 (0.98%) React
8 5 (0.81%) EDI
8 5 (0.81%) jQuery
8 5 (0.81%) Node.js
8 5 (0.81%) SAP Fiori
9 4 (0.65%) XML
10 3 (0.49%) .NET
10 3 (0.49%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.49%) D3.js
10 3 (0.49%) React Native
10 3 (0.49%) SPFx
10 3 (0.49%) Web Services
11 2 (0.33%) OpenAPI
11 2 (0.33%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.82%) Driving Licence
2 28 (4.56%) Data Centre
3 25 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (2.77%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.61%) PKI
6 12 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (1.95%) Product Ownership
7 11 (1.79%) Cloud Native
7 11 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.14%) Operational Technology
9 6 (0.98%) CCTV
9 6 (0.98%) Life Science
9 6 (0.98%) Motion Graphics
9 6 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.81%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.81%) Onboarding
10 5 (0.81%) PMI
11 4 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.65%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 143 (23.29%) Windows
2 89 (14.50%) Windows 10
3 60 (9.77%) Windows Server
4 53 (8.63%) Windows Server 2016
5 52 (8.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 38 (6.19%) Windows 7
7 37 (6.03%) Windows Server 2012
8 36 (5.86%) Linux
9 21 (3.42%) Windows NT
10 15 (2.44%) Unix
11 13 (2.12%) Windows XP
12 7 (1.14%) Android
13 6 (0.98%) Apple iOS
14 3 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.33%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.16%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (34.69%) Problem-Solving
2 109 (17.75%) ITIL
3 93 (15.15%) Agile
4 89 (14.50%) Project Management
5 86 (14.01%) Customer Service
6 81 (13.19%) DevOps
7 66 (10.75%) Decision-Making
8 54 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 47 (7.65%) Infrastructure as Code
10 45 (7.33%) Release Management
11 43 (7.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 43 (7.00%) Technical Leadership
12 42 (6.84%) Service Management
13 35 (5.70%) Analytics
13 35 (5.70%) CI/CD
13 35 (5.70%) Service Delivery
14 34 (5.54%) Test Automation
15 33 (5.37%) Collaborative Working
16 32 (5.21%) Change Management
16 32 (5.21%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 39 (6.35%) PowerShell
2 31 (5.05%) Java
2 31 (5.05%) SQL
3 24 (3.91%) C#
4 16 (2.61%) VB
4 16 (2.61%) VBScript
5 15 (2.44%) Bicep
6 14 (2.28%) JavaScript
6 14 (2.28%) Python
7 4 (0.65%) R
8 3 (0.49%) F#
9 2 (0.33%) C++
9 2 (0.33%) PHP
10 1 (0.16%) C
10 1 (0.16%) Perl
10 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.16%) Scala
10 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 183 (29.80%) Security Cleared
2 142 (23.13%) Degree
3 128 (20.85%) DV Cleared
4 83 (13.52%) SC Cleared
5 24 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (3.26%) CCNA
6 20 (3.26%) CCNP
7 16 (2.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 11 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.79%) ISEB
9 9 (1.47%) CIPD
10 8 (1.30%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.98%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.81%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.65%) APMP
13 4 (0.65%) CISA
14 3 (0.49%) CIMA
14 3 (0.49%) CISM
14 3 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (9.12%) QA
2 37 (6.03%) SLA
3 14 (2.28%) PMO
4 11 (1.79%) GDPR
5 10 (1.63%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.63%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.49%) NIST
8 2 (0.33%) COBIT
8 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.16%) COSO
9 1 (0.16%) GRC
9 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.16%) ITGC
9 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 78 (12.70%) Active Directory
2 39 (6.35%) Firmware
3 38 (6.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (3.58%) Docker
5 19 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (2.61%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (2.28%) Hyper-V
9 13 (2.12%) VMware NSX
10 7 (1.14%) vCloud
11 2 (0.33%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.33%) NFS
12 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 110 (17.92%) SCCM
2 53 (8.63%) WSUS
3 47 (7.65%) Kubernetes
4 29 (4.72%) SCOM
5 27 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
6 26 (4.23%) Ansible
7 23 (3.75%) vCenter Server
8 21 (3.42%) Sysprep
8 21 (3.42%) Terraform
9 16 (2.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 13 (2.12%) EMC NetWorker
10 13 (2.12%) NetBackup
11 12 (1.95%) Docker Swarm
11 12 (1.95%) Podman
12 7 (1.14%) Istio
12 7 (1.14%) Rancher
13 2 (0.33%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.33%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.33%) RSA Archer
14 1 (0.16%) CFEngine
Vendors
1 174 (28.34%) Microsoft
2 70 (11.40%) HP
3 52 (8.47%) Oracle
4 40 (6.51%) VMware
5 24 (3.91%) Cisco
6 20 (3.26%) Dell
6 20 (3.26%) ServiceNow
7 19 (3.09%) SAP
8 17 (2.77%) Palo Alto
8 17 (2.77%) Salesforce
9 15 (2.44%) Veeam
10 14 (2.28%) Juniper
11 13 (2.12%) 3PAR
11 13 (2.12%) EMC
11 13 (2.12%) Extreme Networks
11 13 (2.12%) Symantec
12 9 (1.47%) Google
13 7 (1.14%) Adobe
13 7 (1.14%) Reuters
14 6 (0.98%) Citrix