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 in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 79 85 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 27.15% 22.79% 18.21%
As % of the General category 50.64% 51.83% 39.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 49 68
10th Percentile £185 - £160
25th Percentile £234 £143 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £412 £395
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% +4.30% -7.06%
75th Percentile £456 £540 £550
90th Percentile £516 £625 £550
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 9
10th Percentile £12.77 £11.00 -
25th Percentile £20.12 £11.63 -
Median hourly rate £20.24 £19.00 £10.92
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% +73.99% -51.47%
75th Percentile £29.25 £52.00 -
90th Percentile £41.25 £86.20 £12.42
UK median hourly rate £22.88 £18.13 £25.00
% change year-on-year +26.17% -27.48% +35.14%

All General Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 156 164 287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 53.61% 43.97% 46.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 86 203
10th Percentile £166 £143 £168
25th Percentile £261 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.22% -2.63% -
75th Percentile £488 £552 £574
90th Percentile £600 £625 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 23 13
10th Percentile £15.20 £11.17 -
25th Percentile £18.00 £11.75 -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £10.92
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +106.04% -56.32%
75th Percentile £41.25 £51.75 £18.09
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.24 £47.91
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £34.00
% change year-on-year -8.82% -11.29% +54.55%

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 12 May 2025.

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 12 May 2025.

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 12 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
South Wales 0 69 £360 +14.29% 203
West Wales 0 4 £475 +40.74% 7
North Wales -1 3 £263 - 24
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 1 (1.27%) Apache
1 1 (1.27%) Confluence
1 1 (1.27%) JBoss
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.27%) nginx
1 1 (1.27%) SAS
1 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.27%) Tomcat
1 1 (1.27%) WebLogic
1 1 (1.27%) WebLogic Portal
1 1 (1.27%) WebSphere
1 1 (1.27%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.27%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.53%) SAP WM
2 1 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.27%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 25 (31.65%) Azure
2 11 (13.92%) AWS
3 9 (11.39%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (10.13%) GCP
5 4 (5.06%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.80%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (3.80%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.53%) Azure Machine Learning
7 2 (2.53%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.27%) GitHub
8 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.27%) OCI
8 1 (1.27%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.86%) Firewall
1 7 (8.86%) IPsec
2 5 (6.33%) Network Security
2 5 (6.33%) SD-WAN
2 5 (6.33%) Wireless
3 4 (5.06%) BGP
3 4 (5.06%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (5.06%) OSPF
4 3 (3.80%) Broadband
4 3 (3.80%) TCP/IP
4 3 (3.80%) VPN
5 2 (2.53%) 802.11
5 2 (2.53%) ATM
5 2 (2.53%) DHCP
5 2 (2.53%) DNS
5 2 (2.53%) HSRP
5 2 (2.53%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.27%) HTTP
6 1 (1.27%) LAN
6 1 (1.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.80%) Power BI
2 1 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.27%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.80%) JIRA
2 1 (1.27%) Selenium
2 1 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.27%) SpecFlow
2 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 13 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (15.19%) Public Sector
3 10 (12.66%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (7.59%) Finance
5 4 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.80%) General Ledger
6 3 (3.80%) Legal
6 3 (3.80%) Marketing
6 3 (3.80%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (3.80%) Welsh Language
7 2 (2.53%) Digital Health
8 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Local Government
8 1 (1.27%) Military
8 1 (1.27%) Publishing
8 1 (1.27%) Social Science
8 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (11.39%) Analyst
1 9 (11.39%) Senior
2 6 (7.59%) IT Support
3 5 (6.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (6.33%) Architect
3 5 (6.33%) Deployment Engineer
3 5 (6.33%) Network Engineer
3 5 (6.33%) Support Engineer
3 5 (6.33%) Support Specialist
4 4 (5.06%) Developer
4 4 (5.06%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (3.80%) Cloud Architect
5 3 (3.80%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (3.80%) IT Engineer
5 3 (3.80%) Lead
5 3 (3.80%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (3.80%) Senior Financial Analyst
5 3 (3.80%) Senior IT Support
5 3 (3.80%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (3.80%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.53%) 802.1X
1 2 (2.53%) PyTorch
1 2 (2.53%) RESTful
1 2 (2.53%) scikit-learn
1 2 (2.53%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.27%) .NET
2 1 (1.27%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (1.27%) CSS
2 1 (1.27%) Express.js
2 1 (1.27%) HTML
2 1 (1.27%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (1.27%) JSON
2 1 (1.27%) JWT
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.27%) Middleware
2 1 (1.27%) NestJS
2 1 (1.27%) Node.js
2 1 (1.27%) NumPy
2 1 (1.27%) Pandas
2 1 (1.27%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.59%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (6.33%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.33%) NHS
3 4 (5.06%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.80%) Social Media
5 2 (2.53%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.53%) Cyberattack
5 2 (2.53%) EPoS
5 2 (2.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.27%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (1.27%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.27%) Linked Data
6 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.27%) Photography
6 1 (1.27%) PKI
6 1 (1.27%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 18 (22.78%) Windows
2 5 (6.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.53%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.53%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (36.71%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (22.78%) Customer Service
3 16 (20.25%) Computer Science
3 16 (20.25%) ITIL
4 14 (17.72%) Agile
5 10 (12.66%) Roadmaps
6 7 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (7.59%) Cloud Security
7 6 (7.59%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (6.33%) Data Collection
8 5 (6.33%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (6.33%) Incident Management
8 5 (6.33%) Mentoring
8 5 (6.33%) Network Design
8 5 (6.33%) Service Delivery
8 5 (6.33%) Strategic Roadmap
9 4 (5.06%) Asset Management
9 4 (5.06%) Change Management
9 4 (5.06%) Statistics
9 4 (5.06%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.33%) Python
2 4 (5.06%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.80%) SQL
4 2 (2.53%) C#
4 2 (2.53%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.27%) Java
5 1 (1.27%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (27.85%) Degree
2 12 (15.19%) Master's Degree
3 11 (13.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (12.66%) Security Cleared
5 7 (8.86%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (8.86%) SC Cleared
6 6 (7.59%) Azure Certification
7 5 (6.33%) A+ Certification
7 5 (6.33%) CCNP
7 5 (6.33%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (5.06%) AWS Certification
8 4 (5.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.06%) CITP
8 4 (5.06%) PhD
9 3 (3.80%) ACCA
9 3 (3.80%) CIMA
10 2 (2.53%) CCNA
10 2 (2.53%) DBS Check
10 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.80%) SLA
2 2 (2.53%) QA
3 1 (1.27%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.27%) NCSC
3 1 (1.27%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (10.13%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.80%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.27%) Docker
4 1 (1.27%) LXC
Systems Management
1 8 (10.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (6.33%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (6.33%) SCCM
3 4 (5.06%) Cacti
4 1 (1.27%) Ansible
4 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.27%) Oracle Identity Management
4 1 (1.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (22.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.86%) Cisco
2 7 (8.86%) SAP
3 6 (7.59%) Google
4 5 (6.33%) ServiceNow
4 5 (6.33%) VMware
5 4 (5.06%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.53%) Dell
6 2 (2.53%) Ivanti
7 1 (1.27%) Ab Initio
7 1 (1.27%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.27%) Datix
7 1 (1.27%) IBM
7 1 (1.27%) Oracle
7 1 (1.27%) Red Hat