Social Skills Contracts in Wiltshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Wiltshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 4 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 -4
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Social Skills 108 180 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 23.23% 24.59% 17.77%
As % of the General category 39.85% 48.39% 37.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 133 132
10th Percentile £220 £200 £207
25th Percentile £325 £440 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year - +3.77% -3.64%
75th Percentile £629 £676 £600
90th Percentile £691 £725 £675
South West median daily rate £463 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -11.90% - +0.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £20.00
75th Percentile £23.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £35.25 £56.30
% change year-on-year -7.80% -37.39% +13.79%

All General Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 271 372 457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 58.28% 50.82% 47.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 279 367
10th Percentile £241 £263 £300
25th Percentile £457 £450 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £725 £749 £723
South West median daily rate £489 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -6.90% -1.87% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 5
10th Percentile £22.39 - £20.50
25th Percentile £24.09 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.11 £12.79 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.34% -80.91% +24.07%
75th Percentile £26.00 - £69.50
90th Percentile £27.53 £13.91 £79.80
South West median hourly rate £22.63 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -60.64% +4.55% +10.00%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Wiltshire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Social Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Wiltshire

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Social Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Social Skills

Social Skills
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Corsham 0 45 £589 -1.88% 7
Swindon +1 35 £283 -16.30% 27
Salisbury +2 7 £220 +10.00% 4
Tidworth - 2 £153 - 1
Warminster - 2 £725 - 1
Social Skills
South West

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 14 (12.96%) Confluence
2 5 (4.63%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.93%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.93%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.85%) BASE24
1 2 (1.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.93%) Maximo
2 1 (0.93%) Primavera
2 1 (0.93%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.04%) AWS
2 11 (10.19%) Azure
3 7 (6.48%) GCP
4 6 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (3.70%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.78%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.85%) GitHub
9 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.93%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.93%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.93%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.93%) SaaS
9 1 (0.93%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.33%) VPN
2 7 (6.48%) Unified Communications
3 6 (5.56%) BGP
3 6 (5.56%) Firewall
4 5 (4.63%) DNS
4 5 (4.63%) Skype
5 4 (3.70%) MPLS
6 3 (2.78%) ATM
6 3 (2.78%) IPsec
6 3 (2.78%) VSAN
7 2 (1.85%) DHCP
7 2 (1.85%) Network Security
7 2 (1.85%) OSPF
7 2 (1.85%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.85%) VLAN
7 2 (1.85%) VoIP
7 2 (1.85%) WAN
8 1 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.93%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.63%) Power BI
2 2 (1.85%) NonStop SQL
2 2 (1.85%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.93%) Metadata
3 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.93%) MySQL
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (15.74%) JIRA
2 4 (3.70%) Bitbucket
3 3 (2.78%) Selenium
4 2 (1.85%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.85%) Git
4 2 (1.85%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.93%) Appium
5 1 (0.93%) GitLab
5 1 (0.93%) Pa11y
5 1 (0.93%) Snyk
5 1 (0.93%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.93%) TestRail
5 1 (0.93%) VersaTest
5 1 (0.93%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.93%) Zephyr
General
1 35 (32.41%) Analytical Skills
1 35 (32.41%) Public Sector
2 21 (19.44%) Finance
3 13 (12.04%) Telecoms
4 9 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.41%) Electronics
5 8 (7.41%) Marketing
6 5 (4.63%) Banking
6 5 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.85%) Military
7 2 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.85%) Retail
8 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Legal
Job Titles
1 19 (17.59%) Architect
2 10 (9.26%) Lead
3 9 (8.33%) Analyst
4 8 (7.41%) Security Architect
5 7 (6.48%) IT Support
6 6 (5.56%) Deployment Engineer
6 6 (5.56%) Enterprise Architect
6 6 (5.56%) IT Engineer
6 6 (5.56%) Windows Engineer
7 5 (4.63%) Coordinator
7 5 (4.63%) Security Assurance Coordinator
7 5 (4.63%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.70%) Availability Manager
8 4 (3.70%) Data Analyst
8 4 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (3.70%) Network Engineer
8 4 (3.70%) Project Planner
8 4 (3.70%) Service Manager
9 3 (2.78%) QA Engineer
9 3 (2.78%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.78%) ModSecurity
1 3 (2.78%) NETCONF
1 3 (2.78%) RESTCONF
2 2 (1.85%) Flash
2 2 (1.85%) Playwright
3 1 (0.93%) .NET
3 1 (0.93%) JFC
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.26%) Data Centre
2 9 (8.33%) PKI
3 6 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.63%) CMDB
5 4 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (2.78%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.85%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.85%) Clustering
7 2 (1.85%) EMV
7 2 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.93%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.93%) SCADA
8 1 (0.93%) STB
8 1 (0.93%) Tandem
8 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (17.59%) Windows
2 9 (8.33%) Windows 10
3 5 (4.63%) Linux
4 2 (1.85%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.85%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (23.15%) Agile
1 25 (23.15%) ITIL
2 23 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (21.30%) Service Management
3 22 (20.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 17 (15.74%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (12.96%) Critical Thinking
6 13 (12.04%) NsoIT
7 12 (11.11%) Project Management
7 12 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 12 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (11.11%) Validation
8 11 (10.19%) Programme Management
8 11 (10.19%) Waterfall
9 10 (9.26%) Risk Management
9 10 (9.26%) System Testing
10 9 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (8.33%) Service Delivery
11 8 (7.41%) Asset Management
11 8 (7.41%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.33%) Python
2 7 (6.48%) SQL
3 5 (4.63%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.78%) Bash
6 2 (1.85%) COBOL
7 1 (0.93%) C
7 1 (0.93%) C++
7 1 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.93%) Groovy
7 1 (0.93%) Java
7 1 (0.93%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.93%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 71 (65.74%) Security Cleared
2 57 (52.78%) SC Cleared
3 26 (24.07%) DV Cleared
4 14 (12.96%) Degree
5 8 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (5.56%) CCNP
7 5 (4.63%) CISSP
7 5 (4.63%) ISTQB
8 4 (3.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (2.78%) CESG Certified Professional
9 3 (2.78%) CISA
9 3 (2.78%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.85%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.85%) CCNA
10 2 (1.85%) CISM
10 2 (1.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.93%) CEH
11 1 (0.93%) MCSA
11 1 (0.93%) MCSE
11 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.41%) JSP 440
2 7 (6.48%) QA
3 6 (5.56%) NCSC
4 5 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (4.63%) RMADS
5 4 (3.70%) GDPR
5 4 (3.70%) PMO
6 3 (2.78%) NIST
7 2 (1.85%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.93%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.93%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.93%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.93%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (7.41%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (4.63%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.85%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.85%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.93%) Docker
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (6.48%) Ansible
2 4 (3.70%) OPNET
2 4 (3.70%) Terraform
2 4 (3.70%) vCenter Server
3 3 (2.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.85%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.85%) Puppet
5 1 (0.93%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.93%) Grafana
5 1 (0.93%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.93%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (17.59%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.19%) VMware
3 10 (9.26%) Atlassian
4 9 (8.33%) ServiceNow
5 8 (7.41%) SAP
6 7 (6.48%) Cisco
7 3 (2.78%) HP
7 3 (2.78%) Remedy
7 3 (2.78%) SolarWinds
7 3 (2.78%) Workday
8 1 (0.93%) Dell
8 1 (0.93%) Google
8 1 (0.93%) IBM
8 1 (0.93%) Oracle
8 1 (0.93%) Veeam