Social Skills Contracts in West Sussex

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South East > West Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in West Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 2 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 48 65 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 32.65% 25.00% 20.28%
As % of the General category 64.86% 47.45% 36.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 43 49
10th Percentile £285 £233 £261
25th Percentile £327 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% -5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £588 £518 £675
90th Percentile £632 £538 £678
South East median daily rate £500 £482 £505
% change year-on-year +3.73% -4.55% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 2
10th Percentile £16.33 £13.96 -
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.40 -
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.38 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -12.57% +24.85%
75th Percentile £20.69 £20.55 -
90th Percentile £85.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £18.50 £18.35 £45.00
% change year-on-year +0.82% -59.22% +157.14%

All General Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 74 137 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 50.34% 52.69% 55.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 90 129
10th Percentile £231 £351 £196
25th Percentile £331 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £569 £517 £603
90th Percentile £636 £564 £698
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 8
10th Percentile - £15.68 £18.74
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.20 -
Median hourly rate £18.82 £21.50 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year -12.47% -2.98% +23.11%
75th Percentile £30.46 £22.75 £22.40
90th Percentile £85.50 £28.53 £24.19
South East median hourly rate £24.18 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -46.27% -5.26% +137.50%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in West Sussex

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in West Sussex

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in West Sussex over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in West Sussex

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in West Sussex

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in West Sussex over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in West Sussex

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 2 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
Worthing +1 22 £550 +10.00% 18
Burgess Hill +4 9 £325 -13.33% 1
Crawley +3 4 £350 -22.22% 44
Chichester +1 1 £340 -35.24% 6
Horsham -2 1 £250 -50.00% 20
Social Skills
South East

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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 6 (12.50%) NetWeaver
1 6 (12.50%) SAP EP
2 1 (2.08%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Adobe Captivate
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (12.50%) SAP BRIM
1 6 (12.50%) SAP CRM
1 6 (12.50%) SAP Hybris
1 6 (12.50%) SAP PSCD
2 2 (4.17%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.50%) Google Workspace
1 6 (12.50%) SAP Commerce Cloud
1 6 (12.50%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (10.42%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.25%) Azure
4 2 (4.17%) AWS
5 1 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) DHCP
1 2 (4.17%) DNS
1 2 (4.17%) Firewall
2 1 (2.08%) Network Security
2 1 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.42%) Power BI
2 4 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.17%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (4.17%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.08%) Couchbase
4 1 (2.08%) Data Mining
4 1 (2.08%) Metadata
4 1 (2.08%) OLAP
4 1 (2.08%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Git
1 2 (4.17%) Subversion
2 1 (2.08%) ER Studio
2 1 (2.08%) ERwin
General
1 10 (20.83%) Finance
2 9 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 8 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (12.50%) Billing
4 6 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.17%) Aviation
5 2 (4.17%) Marketing
6 1 (2.08%) Banking
6 1 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (20.83%) Architect
2 9 (18.75%) Consultant
3 7 (14.58%) 1st Line Support
3 7 (14.58%) Functional Consultant
3 7 (14.58%) SAP Consultant
4 6 (12.50%) SAP Architect
4 6 (12.50%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 6 (12.50%) SAP Technical Architect
4 6 (12.50%) Technical Architect
5 3 (6.25%) Administrator
5 3 (6.25%) Analyst
5 3 (6.25%) Head of Digital
5 3 (6.25%) Lead
6 2 (4.17%) Bid Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Developer
6 2 (4.17%) Head of Delivery
6 2 (4.17%) IT Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) IT Support
6 2 (4.17%) Linux Administrator
6 2 (4.17%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.50%) SAP Fiori
1 6 (12.50%) SAP PI
1 6 (12.50%) SAPUI5
2 2 (4.17%) J2EE
2 2 (4.17%) Middleware
3 1 (2.08%) .NET
3 1 (2.08%) Node.js
3 1 (2.08%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.08%) React
3 1 (2.08%) Spring Boot
3 1 (2.08%) Vert.x
3 1 (2.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.17%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (12.50%) iPad
2 6 (12.50%) iPhone
3 3 (6.25%) Learning Management System
3 3 (6.25%) NHS
4 2 (4.17%) e-Learning
4 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.17%) SCORM
5 1 (2.08%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.08%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (2.08%) IoT
5 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.08%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.08%) SCADA
5 1 (2.08%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.67%) Windows
2 6 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.17%) Linux
3 2 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (4.17%) Solaris
3 2 (4.17%) Unix
4 1 (2.08%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (18.75%) Customer Service
3 8 (16.67%) ETL
3 8 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
4 7 (14.58%) CRM
4 7 (14.58%) ERP
5 6 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (12.50%) ITSM
5 6 (12.50%) Proactive Maintenance
5 6 (12.50%) Revenue Management
5 6 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
5 6 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (10.42%) Analytics
6 5 (10.42%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (10.42%) Migration
6 5 (10.42%) Project Delivery
6 5 (10.42%) Risk Management
6 5 (10.42%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.75%) Java
1 9 (18.75%) SQL
2 6 (12.50%) ABAP
3 4 (8.33%) Python
4 3 (6.25%) Bash
5 2 (4.17%) Perl
6 1 (2.08%) C#
6 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (6.25%) Degree
5 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.08%) HNC
5 1 (2.08%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) QA
2 2 (4.17%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.17%) GDPR
3 1 (2.08%) GLP
3 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Ansible
1 2 (4.17%) Red Hat Satellite
1 2 (4.17%) SELinux
Vendors
1 13 (27.08%) SAP
2 8 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 6 (12.50%) Ariba
3 6 (12.50%) Google
3 6 (12.50%) MobileIron
3 6 (12.50%) Nexthink
4 5 (10.42%) Microsoft
5 3 (6.25%) Adobe
6 2 (4.17%) Alteryx
6 2 (4.17%) Oracle
6 2 (4.17%) Red Hat
6 2 (4.17%) SolarWinds
6 2 (4.17%) Symantec
6 2 (4.17%) Veritas
6 2 (4.17%) VMware
7 1 (2.08%) Cognos
7 1 (2.08%) Databricks