Social Skills Contract Job Trends in York

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
North Yorkshire > York

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in York. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 3 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 12 13 9
As % of all contract jobs in York 38.71% 23.21% 15.00%
As % of the General category 70.59% 44.83% 29.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 6
10th Percentile - - £121
25th Percentile - £300 £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £120 £301 £163
Median % change year-on-year -60.07% +84.92% -18.75%
75th Percentile £438 £301 £422
90th Percentile £506 - £675
North Yorkshire median daily rate £333 £300 £438
% change year-on-year +10.83% -31.43% +98.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £10.50 -
North Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.54 £18.64 £16.00
% change year-on-year +4.84% +16.47% +7.49%

All General Skills
York

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 general skills in York.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 17 29 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in York 54.84% 51.79% 51.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 20
10th Percentile - £238 £149
25th Percentile £120 £306 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £350 £178
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +97.18% -62.63%
75th Percentile £506 £513 £584
90th Percentile £613 £550 £653
North Yorkshire median daily rate £438 £400 £440
% change year-on-year +9.38% -9.09% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £10.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £10.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - -40.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile - £10.75 £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
North Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.72 £18.64 £17.50
% change year-on-year +48.74% +6.49% +4.06%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in York

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in York.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in York

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in York

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

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

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in York

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in York over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in York

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in York

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

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

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (8.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) 1st Line Support
1 5 (41.67%) IT Support
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Data Scientist
3 1 (8.33%) Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Graphic Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Pandas
1 1 (8.33%) pytest
1 1 (8.33%) scikit-learn
1 1 (8.33%) TensorFlow
1 1 (8.33%) XGBoost
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (25.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Business Strategy
3 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Scrum
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (8.33%) Business Continuity
4 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce
4 1 (8.33%) Electronic Design Automation
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusive Design
4 1 (8.33%) Mathematics
4 1 (8.33%) Neural Network
4 1 (8.33%) Physics
4 1 (8.33%) Statistics
4 1 (8.33%) TDD
4 1 (8.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Python
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) SLA
2 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Planview
2 1 (8.33%) Adobe
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) VMware