Social Skills Contracts in West Yorkshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 162 258 354
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 29.56% 25.83% 21.66%
As % of the General category 49.85% 47.08% 35.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 137 201
10th Percentile £240 £235 £325
25th Percentile £313 £344 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -6.67% +9.38%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £588
90th Percentile £595 £650 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 19 6
10th Percentile £30.53 £13.65 £13.16
25th Percentile £36.94 £14.06 £14.18
Median hourly rate £65.71 £14.63 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +349.28% -16.33% -22.47%
75th Percentile £97.12 £15.19 £56.93
90th Percentile £97.98 - £70.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.21 £14.63 £17.72
% change year-on-year +24.48% -17.47% -2.60%

All General Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 325 548 991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 59.31% 54.85% 60.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 314 702
10th Percentile £260 £265 £350
25th Percentile £350 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.61% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £619
90th Percentile £677 £650 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £469 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -1.26% -9.52% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 44 9
10th Percentile - - £12.00
25th Percentile £22.14 £12.15 £13.16
Median hourly rate £24.82 £13.50 £17.24
Median % change year-on-year +83.85% -21.69% -7.81%
75th Percentile £36.22 £15.19 £18.00
90th Percentile £91.13 £15.25 £70.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.55 £14.63 £17.86
% change year-on-year +26.84% -18.11% -4.49%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in West Yorkshire

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in West Yorkshire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in West Yorkshire

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in West Yorkshire

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in West Yorkshire

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Leeds 0 143 £413 -17.50% 404
Huddersfield +1 6 - - 12
Bradford -3 6 £450 -8.16% 167
Halifax -3 2 £525 +59.09% 4
Wakefield +1 1 - - 162
Castleford - 1 £625 - 7
Social Skills
Yorkshire

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 12 (7.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (3.09%) Confluence
2 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.62%) Apache
3 1 (0.62%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (14.20%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.23%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.62%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.62%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.62%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (12.96%) Entra ID
3 13 (8.02%) Azure
4 9 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.94%) AWS
6 6 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.47%) GCP
8 3 (1.85%) Google Compute Engine
9 2 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.23%) Lucidchart
9 2 (1.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (1.23%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.62%) Asana
10 1 (0.62%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.62%) Figma
10 1 (0.62%) npm
10 1 (0.62%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.41%) DNS
2 4 (2.47%) VPN
3 2 (1.23%) IMAP
3 2 (1.23%) Network Security
3 2 (1.23%) POP3
3 2 (1.23%) SMTP
4 1 (0.62%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.02%) Oracle Database
2 8 (4.94%) Power BI
3 5 (3.09%) Tableau
4 3 (1.85%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.85%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.85%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.85%) Power Query
5 1 (0.62%) Big Data
5 1 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.62%) DB2
5 1 (0.62%) GIS
5 1 (0.62%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.62%) QlikView
5 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (7.41%) JIRA
2 4 (2.47%) Cypress.io
2 4 (2.47%) Postman
2 4 (2.47%) Selenium
2 4 (2.47%) SoapUI
3 2 (1.23%) Git
3 2 (1.23%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.62%) Babel
4 1 (0.62%) webpack
General
1 26 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (14.20%) Finance
3 22 (13.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (11.73%) Public Sector
5 17 (10.49%) Retail
6 10 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.09%) Law
8 5 (3.09%) Legal
9 4 (2.47%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.23%) Banking
10 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.23%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.62%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.62%) Games
11 1 (0.62%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Local Government
11 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (14.20%) Analyst
2 18 (11.11%) Support Manager
3 13 (8.02%) Architect
3 13 (8.02%) Project Manager
4 12 (7.41%) 1st Line Support
4 12 (7.41%) IT Support
5 11 (6.79%) Developer
5 11 (6.79%) Lead
6 10 (6.17%) Business Analyst
7 9 (5.56%) IT Manager
7 9 (5.56%) Senior
8 8 (4.94%) 1st Line Support Manager
8 8 (4.94%) Engineering Specialist
8 8 (4.94%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 8 (4.94%) IT Support Manager
8 8 (4.94%) Support Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (3.09%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.09%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.47%) Akka
2 3 (1.85%) Play Framework
2 3 (1.85%) React
3 2 (1.23%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.23%) CSS
3 2 (1.23%) HTML
3 2 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (1.23%) Node.js
3 2 (1.23%) OAuth
3 2 (1.23%) SAML
4 1 (0.62%) .NET
4 1 (0.62%) Ajax
4 1 (0.62%) Django
4 1 (0.62%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.62%) FHIR
4 1 (0.62%) JSON
4 1 (0.62%) JWT
4 1 (0.62%) LDAP
4 1 (0.62%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.62%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.64%) iPhone
1 14 (8.64%) Smartphone
2 13 (8.02%) Linux Command Line
3 12 (7.41%) NHS
4 6 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.09%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (1.85%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.23%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.23%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.62%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.62%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.62%) EPoS
8 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.62%) IBM Mainframe
8 1 (0.62%) PACS
8 1 (0.62%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (12.35%) Windows
2 19 (11.73%) Linux
3 18 (11.11%) Mac OS
4 13 (8.02%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.23%) Unix
5 2 (1.23%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.62%) Android
6 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.62%) HPUX
6 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.62%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (34.57%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (33.33%) Agile
3 34 (20.99%) Customer Service
4 31 (19.14%) ITIL
5 28 (17.28%) ITSM
6 26 (16.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (15.43%) Project Management
8 22 (13.58%) Service Management
9 17 (10.49%) Change Management
9 17 (10.49%) Incident Management
10 16 (9.88%) Microservices
11 15 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (8.64%) Decision-Making
12 14 (8.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 14 (8.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (8.02%) Migration
13 13 (8.02%) Mobile Device Management
13 13 (8.02%) Roadmaps
13 13 (8.02%) Security Management
14 12 (7.41%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 23 (14.20%) SQL
2 14 (8.64%) PL/SQL
3 13 (8.02%) Bash
3 13 (8.02%) Perl
3 13 (8.02%) PowerShell
4 10 (6.17%) Python
5 7 (4.32%) Scala
6 3 (1.85%) COBOL
6 3 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.85%) VBA
7 2 (1.23%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.23%) C#
7 2 (1.23%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.62%) R
8 1 (0.62%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.62%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (14.81%) Degree
2 22 (13.58%) Security Cleared
3 17 (10.49%) SC Cleared
4 13 (8.02%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.09%) ACSP
6 5 (3.09%) ACTC
7 4 (2.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.85%) CBAP
8 3 (1.85%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.23%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.23%) PMP
10 1 (0.62%) CISSP
10 1 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.17%) Accessibility
2 8 (4.94%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (4.32%) PMO
4 4 (2.47%) QA
5 3 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.85%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.23%) GDPR
7 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.62%) DICOM
7 1 (0.62%) HL7
7 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.62%) NIST
System Software
1 43 (26.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.62%) Docker
2 1 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.62%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.09%) Terraform
4 4 (2.47%) Kibana
5 2 (1.23%) HP Data Protector
5 2 (1.23%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.62%) SCCM
6 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.62%) VxRail
Vendors
1 37 (22.84%) Microsoft
2 29 (17.90%) ServiceNow
3 19 (11.73%) Apple
4 16 (9.88%) Oracle
5 13 (8.02%) Cisco
6 7 (4.32%) SAP
7 5 (3.09%) Google
8 4 (2.47%) Citrix
9 3 (1.85%) Databricks
9 3 (1.85%) Dell
10 2 (1.23%) IBM
10 2 (1.23%) Perforce
10 2 (1.23%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.23%) Splunk
10 2 (1.23%) Veritas
11 1 (0.62%) Brio
11 1 (0.62%) ESRI
11 1 (0.62%) Sun
11 1 (0.62%) Unisys
11 1 (0.62%) VMware