Social Skills Contracts in Wales

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 91 126 210
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 21.93% 19.57% 20.59%
As % of the General category 49.19% 40.13% 37.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 77 151
10th Percentile £143 £155 £150
25th Percentile £156 £190 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £390 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -8.24% -5.56%
75th Percentile £539 £500 £532
90th Percentile £625 £550 £538
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £523
% change year-on-year -3.81% +0.48% +10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 14
10th Percentile £11.00 - £17.36
25th Percentile £11.94 - £20.24
Median hourly rate £19.00 £10.92 £21.63
Median % change year-on-year +73.99% -49.50% +36.35%
75th Percentile £39.27 £11.94 £42.43
90th Percentile £85.90 £12.88 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £18.25 £25.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.02% +31.58% +5.56%

All General Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 185 314 561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 44.58% 48.76% 55.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 224 428
10th Percentile £143 £163 £172
25th Percentile £200 £311 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £553 £553 £563
90th Percentile £625 £625 £634
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 16 25
10th Percentile £11.32 - £15.09
25th Percentile £11.75 £10.92 £20.24
Median hourly rate £22.68 £12.39 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.09% -50.45% +52.11%
75th Percentile £51.75 £27.19 £27.00
90th Percentile £86.68 £42.60 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £28.42 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -18.80% +62.79% -4.44%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Wales

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Wales

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Wales over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Wales

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Wales

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Wales over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Wales

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 19 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
South Wales +3 77 £400 +2.50% 133
North Wales +10 5 - - 35
West Wales +2 4 £338 -20.59% 15
Social Skills
UK

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 11 (12.09%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.30%) SAS
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.10%) Confluence
4 1 (1.10%) Mendix
Applications
1 9 (9.89%) Acrobat
2 8 (8.79%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (3.30%) SPSS
5 1 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.30%) iTrent
2 2 (2.20%) SAP HCM
2 2 (2.20%) SAP HR
2 2 (2.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.10%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 20 (21.98%) Azure
2 15 (16.48%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.49%) GitHub
4 2 (2.20%) AWS
4 2 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (2.20%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.20%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.10%) GCP
5 1 (1.10%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.10%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.10%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.30%) Firewall
2 1 (1.10%) LAN
2 1 (1.10%) Network Security
2 1 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.30%) MySQL
1 3 (3.30%) Oracle Database
1 3 (3.30%) Oracle ODI
1 3 (3.30%) PowerCenter
2 2 (2.20%) Data Mining
2 2 (2.20%) Power BI
3 1 (1.10%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.10%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (9.89%) JIRA
2 1 (1.10%) Git
2 1 (1.10%) Selenium
General
1 17 (18.68%) Telecoms
2 16 (17.58%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (17.58%) Mandarin Language
3 9 (9.89%) Finance
3 9 (9.89%) Local Government
3 9 (9.89%) Marketing
4 6 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.49%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.20%) Legal
9 1 (1.10%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 17 (18.68%) Project Manager
2 13 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 11 (12.09%) IT Engineer
4 10 (10.99%) IT Support
4 10 (10.99%) Senior
5 9 (9.89%) Bid Manager
5 9 (9.89%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (9.89%) Senior Bid Manager
5 9 (9.89%) Senior Manager
6 7 (7.69%) Data Centre Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) DBA
7 5 (5.49%) Oracle DBA
8 4 (4.40%) Analyst
9 3 (3.30%) Agile Project Manager
9 3 (3.30%) Data Scientist
9 3 (3.30%) Developer
9 3 (3.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Payroll Manager
9 3 (3.30%) Software Project Manager
10 2 (2.20%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.30%) Middleware
2 2 (2.20%) CSS
2 2 (2.20%) HTML
2 2 (2.20%) React
3 1 (1.10%) .NET
3 1 (1.10%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.10%) CSS3
3 1 (1.10%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.10%) HTML5
3 1 (1.10%) MobX
3 1 (1.10%) Next.js
3 1 (1.10%) Node.js
3 1 (1.10%) Redux
3 1 (1.10%) RESTful
3 1 (1.10%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 21 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.49%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.30%) Credit Risk
3 3 (3.30%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.20%) BYOD
4 2 (2.20%) NHS
4 2 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.10%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.10%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.10%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.69%) Windows
2 6 (6.59%) AIX
2 6 (6.59%) Linux
3 4 (4.40%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.20%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.10%) CentOS
5 1 (1.10%) Debian
5 1 (1.10%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.10%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (45.05%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (27.47%) Project Delivery
2 25 (27.47%) Project Management
3 20 (21.98%) Root Cause Analysis
4 19 (20.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (14.29%) Agile
5 13 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (12.09%) PRINCE2
7 10 (10.99%) Value Proposition
8 9 (9.89%) Critical Thinking
8 9 (9.89%) Scrum
9 8 (8.79%) Psychology
9 8 (8.79%) Risk Management
10 7 (7.69%) Project Governance
11 6 (6.59%) Customer Service
11 6 (6.59%) Decision-Making
11 6 (6.59%) DevOps
11 6 (6.59%) Migration
11 6 (6.59%) SDLC
12 5 (5.49%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.30%) Python
1 3 (3.30%) R
1 3 (3.30%) Shell Script
2 2 (2.20%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.20%) PHP
3 1 (1.10%) C#
3 1 (1.10%) Java
3 1 (1.10%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.10%) Ruby
3 1 (1.10%) SQL
3 1 (1.10%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (24.18%) Degree
2 14 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 12 (13.19%) SC Cleared
4 10 (10.99%) PMI Certification
4 10 (10.99%) PMP
5 5 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.10%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (24.18%) SLA
2 2 (2.20%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.10%) GDPR
3 1 (1.10%) QA
System Software
1 5 (5.49%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.30%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (2.20%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.10%) Docker
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (5.49%) Data Guard
2 3 (3.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (2.20%) Argo
3 2 (2.20%) SCCM
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.89%) Adobe
3 6 (6.59%) Atlassian
4 5 (5.49%) Oracle
5 3 (3.30%) Informatica
6 2 (2.20%) Cisco
6 2 (2.20%) Citrix
6 2 (2.20%) Dell
6 2 (2.20%) Huawei
6 2 (2.20%) SAP
6 2 (2.20%) VMware
7 1 (1.10%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (1.10%) HP
7 1 (1.10%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.10%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.10%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.10%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.10%) SonicWALL
7 1 (1.10%) Splunk
7 1 (1.10%) WatchGuard