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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 18 9
Rank change year-on-year +16 -9 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 46 30 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 19.49% 11.11% 14.50%
As % of the General category 37.40% 22.73% 31.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 20 50
10th Percentile £385 £280 £138
25th Percentile £425 £312 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £453
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -0.55% +13.13%
75th Percentile £600 £525 £621
90th Percentile £650 £653 £650
North East median daily rate £525 £388 £400
% change year-on-year +35.48% -3.13% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £11.92 - £11.03
25th Percentile £13.30 - £11.44
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £12.75
75th Percentile £18.75 - £13.94
90th Percentile £21.30 - £14.28
North East median hourly rate £17.50 - £14.00
% change year-on-year - - +12.99%

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 123 132 186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 52.12% 48.89% 45.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 100 135
10th Percentile £348 £308 £157
25th Percentile £411 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £595 £650 £600
90th Percentile £650 £727 £650
North East median daily rate £500 £498 £500
% change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% +24.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 4 10
10th Percentile - £18.23 £10.50
25th Percentile £12.13 £18.56 £11.31
Median hourly rate £17.50 £25.75 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.04% +68.85% +22.00%
75th Percentile £48.75 £32.44 £17.44
90th Percentile £58.75 £33.23 £18.87
North East median hourly rate £17.50 £25.75 £15.00
% change year-on-year -32.04% +71.67% +20.00%

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 13 June 2024.

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
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 13 June 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +15 42 £513 +5.13% 98
Sunderland -3 3 £650 +100.00% 16
Gateshead +1 1 £150 -53.85% 22
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 3 (6.52%) Confluence
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Trello
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.22%) Azure
2 5 (10.87%) AWS
2 5 (10.87%) AWS Lambda
2 5 (10.87%) BrowserStack
2 5 (10.87%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (10.87%) GitHub
2 5 (10.87%) Serverless
3 2 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.17%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) DHCP
1 2 (4.35%) DNS
1 2 (4.35%) Firewall
2 1 (2.17%) HTTP
2 1 (2.17%) Network Security
2 1 (2.17%) SMTP
2 1 (2.17%) VoIP
2 1 (2.17%) VPN
2 1 (2.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.87%) MongoDB
1 5 (10.87%) MySQL
1 5 (10.87%) NoSQL
1 5 (10.87%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.17%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 6 (13.04%) JIRA
2 5 (10.87%) Cypress.io
2 5 (10.87%) Selenium
3 3 (6.52%) Git
General
1 12 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (10.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
3 4 (8.70%) Finance
4 2 (4.35%) Billing
4 2 (4.35%) Marketing
4 2 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Banking
5 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Legal
5 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (19.57%) Analyst
2 6 (13.04%) Senior
3 5 (10.87%) Full Stack Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) Full Stack Software Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) Software Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Designer
5 3 (6.52%) Interaction Designer
5 3 (6.52%) Lead
5 3 (6.52%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Automation Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Consultant
6 2 (4.35%) DBA
6 2 (4.35%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.35%) IT Technician
6 2 (4.35%) Management Consultant
6 2 (4.35%) QA Automation Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Senior IT Technician
6 2 (4.35%) Senior Technician
6 2 (4.35%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.04%) RESTful
2 5 (10.87%) Next.js
2 5 (10.87%) React
3 3 (6.52%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (6.52%) Visualforce
4 1 (2.17%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.35%) Clustering
2 2 (4.35%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (4.35%) Solar Power
3 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.17%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.17%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.22%) Windows
2 6 (13.04%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.52%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.17%) Linux
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.96%) Agile
2 16 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (28.26%) Project Management
4 9 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (15.22%) CI/CD
6 7 (15.22%) SFIA
6 7 (15.22%) Sprint Planning
6 7 (15.22%) Sprint Retrospective
7 6 (13.04%) Decision-Making
8 5 (10.87%) BDD
8 5 (10.87%) Full Stack Development
8 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (10.87%) Microservices
8 5 (10.87%) Operational Stability
8 5 (10.87%) Project Delivery
8 5 (10.87%) Scrum
8 5 (10.87%) SDLC
8 5 (10.87%) Sprint Review
8 5 (10.87%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) Java
1 8 (17.39%) SQL
2 6 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 5 (10.87%) TypeScript
4 3 (6.52%) Apex Code
4 3 (6.52%) PowerShell
4 3 (6.52%) SOQL
5 2 (4.35%) Scala
6 1 (2.17%) C++
6 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (10.87%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.70%) Degree
3 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.35%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.35%) ISTQB
4 2 (4.35%) MCSE
5 1 (2.17%) CCNA
5 1 (2.17%) CCNP
5 1 (2.17%) CEH
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.17%) CISSP
5 1 (2.17%) CREST Certified
5 1 (2.17%) GIAC
5 1 (2.17%) GPEN
5 1 (2.17%) OSCP
5 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.35%) GDPR
2 2 (4.35%) PMO
2 2 (4.35%) QA
3 1 (2.17%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.17%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.35%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.17%) BitLocker
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (2.17%) Terminal Services
3 1 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (10.87%) Grafana
2 1 (2.17%) vCenter Server
2 1 (2.17%) vMotion
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.04%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 2 (4.35%) SAP
3 2 (4.35%) VMware
4 1 (2.17%) Citrix
4 1 (2.17%) Google
4 1 (2.17%) HP
4 1 (2.17%) Infoblox
4 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.17%) Symantec