Social Skills Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 6 4 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 +15 -6
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 41 37 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 16.80% 15.23% 10.92%
As % of the General category 30.15% 28.46% 23.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 23 28
10th Percentile £210 £211 £213
25th Percentile £358 £463 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £533 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.37% +12.11% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £588
90th Percentile £625 £648 £633
North East median daily rate £470 £525 £373
% change year-on-year -10.48% +40.94% +61.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 0
10th Percentile - £11.92 -
25th Percentile £11.60 £13.30 -
Median hourly rate £14.07 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.60% - -
75th Percentile £26.69 £18.75 -
90th Percentile £41.88 £21.30 -
North East median hourly rate £11.64 £16.48 -
% change year-on-year -29.37% - -

All General Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 136 130 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 55.74% 53.50% 47.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 70 131
10th Percentile £268 £364 £280
25th Percentile £356 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £523 £565
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% -7.52% +13.00%
75th Percentile £525 £600 £666
90th Percentile £596 £678 £756
North East median daily rate £465 £523 £538
% change year-on-year -11.00% -2.79% +10.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 29 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.60 £12.13 -
Median hourly rate £14.07 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.60% - -
75th Percentile £26.69 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £41.88 £61.75 -
North East median hourly rate £11.64 £17.50 -
% change year-on-year -33.49% - -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Tyne and Wear

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Tyne and Wear

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Tyne and Wear

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Tyne and Wear.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Tyne and Wear

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Tyne and Wear

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -3 36 £430 -19.25% 276
Sunderland +4 3 £450 - 23
Social Skills
North East

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (4.88%) Confluence
2 1 (2.44%) CMS
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.88%) Chatbot
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.44%) MadCap Flare
4 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.32%) AWS
1 3 (7.32%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.88%) Azure
3 1 (2.44%) Amazon EMR
3 1 (2.44%) Amazon S3
3 1 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (2.44%) dbt
3 1 (2.44%) Figma
3 1 (2.44%) GitHub
3 1 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
3 1 (2.44%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.44%) Serverless
3 1 (2.44%) Snowflake
3 1 (2.44%) Stitch
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.44%) VPN
2 1 (2.44%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) Power BI
2 2 (4.88%) Big Data
2 2 (4.88%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.44%) Metadata
3 1 (2.44%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (2.44%) Power Query
3 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) ERwin
1 2 (4.88%) JIRA
1 2 (4.88%) PowerDesigner
2 1 (2.44%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.44%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.44%) JUnit
2 1 (2.44%) LabVIEW
2 1 (2.44%) REST Assured
2 1 (2.44%) Selenium
General
1 12 (29.27%) Public Sector
2 6 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.32%) Legal
4 3 (7.32%) Marketing
5 2 (4.88%) Brand Awareness
5 2 (4.88%) Finance
5 2 (4.88%) Local Government
5 2 (4.88%) Military
5 2 (4.88%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (4.88%) Retail
6 1 (2.44%) Banking
6 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (12.20%) Lead
2 4 (9.76%) Developer
2 4 (9.76%) Senior
3 3 (7.32%) Deployment Engineer
3 3 (7.32%) Project Manager
3 3 (7.32%) Scala Developer
3 3 (7.32%) Test Leader
4 2 (4.88%) Architect
4 2 (4.88%) Data Modeller
4 2 (4.88%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Designer
4 2 (4.88%) Marketing Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Product Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Support Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Support Officer
5 1 (2.44%) Analyst
5 1 (2.44%) Desktop Support
5 1 (2.44%) IT Manager
5 1 (2.44%) Programme Manager
5 1 (2.44%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) Akka
1 3 (7.32%) Node.js
2 2 (4.88%) Play Framework
3 1 (2.44%) Kafka
3 1 (2.44%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (9.76%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.88%) Blog
2 2 (4.88%) Digital Media
2 2 (4.88%) Digital Signage
2 2 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.88%) Operational Technology
2 2 (4.88%) Social Media
2 2 (4.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.44%) FPGA
3 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) PMI
3 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
2 1 (2.44%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (46.34%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (26.83%) Agile
3 9 (21.95%) Decision-Making
3 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (17.07%) Roadmaps
5 6 (14.63%) CI/CD
5 6 (14.63%) Visualisation
6 5 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (12.20%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (12.20%) Mentoring
6 5 (12.20%) Project Management
7 4 (9.76%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (9.76%) Data Modelling
7 4 (9.76%) Data Protection
7 4 (9.76%) Market Research
7 4 (9.76%) Software Delivery
7 4 (9.76%) Test Strategy
8 3 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (7.32%) Product Management
8 3 (7.32%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) SQL
2 4 (9.76%) Java
3 3 (7.32%) JavaScript
3 3 (7.32%) Scala
3 3 (7.32%) TypeScript
4 2 (4.88%) Python
5 1 (2.44%) C
5 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) Degree
2 9 (21.95%) SC Cleared
2 9 (21.95%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.88%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.44%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.44%) CCNA
5 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.44%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.44%) MCP
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.44%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.44%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Docker
2 1 (2.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) Terraform
2 4 (9.76%) Ansible
3 3 (7.32%) Kibana
3 3 (7.32%) Packer
4 2 (4.88%) SCCM
5 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (2.44%) VxRail
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Facebook
2 2 (4.88%) VMware
3 1 (2.44%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.44%) Bomgar
3 1 (2.44%) Cisco
3 1 (2.44%) Databricks
3 1 (2.44%) Dell
3 1 (2.44%) Sage
3 1 (2.44%) Workday