Social Skills Contract Job Trends 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 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +13
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 6 11 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcester 17.14% 23.40% 24.14%
As % of the General category 54.55% 52.38% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 5
10th Percentile £164 £280 -
25th Percentile £167 £285 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £400 £308
Median % change year-on-year +34.38% +30.08% +23.00%
75th Percentile £900 £515 £350
90th Percentile - £520 £545
Worcestershire median daily rate £438 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -12.50% +11.11% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
75th Percentile £23.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £22.00 £21.59 -
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -

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 21 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcester 31.43% 44.68% 27.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 6
10th Percentile £166 £278 £206
25th Percentile £347 £295 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £400 £329
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +21.67% +46.11%
75th Percentile £781 £500 £416
90th Percentile £900 £520 £556
Worcestershire median daily rate £550 £400 £463
% change year-on-year +37.50% -13.51% +19.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.97 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.97% - -
75th Percentile £23.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £20.11 £21.59 £75.00
% change year-on-year -6.84% -71.21% +491.48%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Worcester

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

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

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Worcester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Worcester over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Worcester

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Worcester

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

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

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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure Stack
1 2 (33.33%) IaaS
1 2 (33.33%) PaaS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Chief Technology Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) IT Technician
2 1 (16.67%) NHS Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Transformation Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (33.33%) Private Cloud
3 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Case
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (16.67%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) VMware