Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Welwyn Garden City

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Hertfordshire > Welwyn Garden City

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Welwyn Garden City. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 10 17 18
As % of all contract jobs in Welwyn Garden City 35.71% 47.22% 54.55%
As % of the General category 52.63% 68.00% 62.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 7
10th Percentile £448 £288 £515
25th Percentile £519 £325 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £650
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -38.46% +18.18%
75th Percentile £588 £475 £838
90th Percentile £648 £513 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £528 £388 £500
% change year-on-year +36.26% -22.50% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £15.74 £15.51 -
25th Percentile £15.99 £15.52 -
Median hourly rate £16.67 £16.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% - -
75th Percentile £17.10 £19.29 -
90th Percentile £17.21 £20.42 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £43.00 £63.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -32.55% +6.25% +4.35%

All General Skills
Welwyn Garden City

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 Welwyn Garden City.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19 25 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Welwyn Garden City 67.86% 69.44% 87.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 11
10th Percentile £450 £288 -
25th Percentile £519 £325 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £400 £625
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -36.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £688 £475 £838
90th Percentile £765 £513 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £527 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +31.63% -20.00% -1.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £15.74 £15.51 -
25th Percentile £15.99 £15.52 £61.25
Median hourly rate £16.67 £16.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -73.21% +13.64%
75th Percentile £17.10 £19.29 £63.75
90th Percentile £17.21 £20.42 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - -28.33% +7.14%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Welwyn Garden City

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Welwyn Garden City.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Welwyn Garden City

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Welwyn Garden City

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Welwyn Garden City citing Social Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Welwyn Garden City citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Welwyn Garden City

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Welwyn Garden City over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Welwyn Garden City

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Welwyn Garden City

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Welwyn Garden City citing Social Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Welwyn Garden City citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Welwyn Garden City by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Confluence
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Marvel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (10.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) Figma
2 1 (10.00%) GitHub
2 1 (10.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (10.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (10.00%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
2 1 (10.00%) Axure RP
2 1 (10.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (10.00%) Selenium
2 1 (10.00%) TestRail
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Buyer
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Finance Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Finance Systems Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Governance Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Finance Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) PMO Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Report Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Transition Manager
3 1 (10.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) FMCG
1 1 (10.00%) iPad
1 1 (10.00%) iPhone
1 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
2 2 (20.00%) DevOps
2 2 (20.00%) Due Diligence
2 2 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Project Management
2 2 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 2 (20.00%) Transition Management
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (10.00%) Proactive Maintenance
3 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (10.00%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (10.00%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (20.00%) PMO
1 2 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (10.00%) P3O
2 1 (10.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Google
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) MobileIron
1 1 (10.00%) Nexthink
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle
1 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow