Social Skills Contracts in Worcester

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Worcestershire > Worcester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Worcester. 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 6 1 8
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 9 8 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcester 32.14% 27.59% 11.76%
As % of the General category 81.82% 53.33% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 4
10th Percentile £110 £380 £252
25th Percentile £139 £538 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £168 £688 £370
Median % change year-on-year -75.56% +85.81% +5.71%
75th Percentile £450 £738 £409
90th Percentile £700 - £447
Worcestershire median daily rate £525 £590 £450
% change year-on-year -11.02% +31.11% +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £14.33 -
25th Percentile £16.67 £18.78 £16.54
Median hourly rate £17.16 £46.25 £16.94
Median % change year-on-year -62.91% +173.10% -3.23%
75th Percentile £17.64 £72.50 £17.33
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £17.16 £46.25 £16.94
% change year-on-year -62.91% +173.10% +42.79%

All General Skills
Worcester

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 Worcester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11 15 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcester 39.29% 51.72% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 13
10th Percentile £110 £200 £203
25th Percentile £139 £338 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £168 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -62.67% +5.88% +54.55%
75th Percentile £450 £623 £675
90th Percentile £700 £738 -
Worcestershire median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £16.81 £14.33 £16.77
25th Percentile £17.03 £18.78 £17.12
Median hourly rate £17.64 £46.25 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -61.85% +161.30% -2.34%
75th Percentile £18.01 £72.50 -
90th Percentile £18.08 - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £17.16 £11.73 £17.70
% change year-on-year +46.31% -33.76% +1.14%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Worcester

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcester

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Worcester

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Worcester

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Worcester

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcester

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Worcester

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) VPN
General
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Back Office
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) IT Support
3 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
4 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) NHS
2 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
3 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
3 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 4 (44.44%) Time Management
3 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
4 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 2 (22.22%) Containerisation
4 2 (22.22%) Deployment Automation
4 2 (22.22%) DevSecOps
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (22.22%) IT Asset Management
4 2 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
4 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) Hardware Maintenance
5 1 (11.11%) Preventative Maintenance
5 1 (11.11%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) QA
2 2 (22.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 2 (22.22%) BitLocker
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Ansible
1 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
1 2 (22.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
1 2 (22.22%) Citrix
1 2 (22.22%) Nexthink