Social Skills Contracts in Durham

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
North East > Durham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Durham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 5 1
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 21 8 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Durham 39.62% 17.02% 26.83%
As % of the General category 58.33% 33.33% 64.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 8
10th Percentile £380 £130 £181
25th Percentile £500 £335 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £400 £344
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% +16.36% +103.70%
75th Percentile £641 £439 £449
90th Percentile £725 £446 £474
North East median daily rate £480 £400 £540
% change year-on-year +20.00% -25.93% +60.71%

All General Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 36 24 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 67.92% 51.06% 41.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 22 12
10th Percentile £275 £274 £186
25th Percentile £394 - £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £400 £406
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -1.54% +135.51%
75th Percentile £594 £441 £453
90th Percentile £688 £498 £496
North East median daily rate £450 £448 £540
% change year-on-year +0.56% -17.13% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £16.15 - -
25th Percentile £17.88 - -
Median hourly rate £20.75 - -
75th Percentile £23.63 - -
90th Percentile £25.35 - -
North East median hourly rate £17.50 £19.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year -10.26% +56.00% -10.71%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Durham

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Durham

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Durham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Durham over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Durham

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Durham

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Durham

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 Durham region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
Darlington - 5 £450 - 9
Hartlepool 0 2 £300 +178.91%
Stockton-on-Tees -1 1 £550 +33.33% 6
Spennymoor - 1 - -
Social Skills
North East

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) OCI
2 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Firewall
1 2 (9.52%) LAN
1 2 (9.52%) VPN
1 2 (9.52%) WAN
2 1 (4.76%) IPsec
2 1 (4.76%) MPLS
2 1 (4.76%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (4.76%) SSL
2 1 (4.76%) Unified Communications
2 1 (4.76%) VLAN
2 1 (4.76%) VoIP
2 1 (4.76%) WebEx
2 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
General
1 5 (23.81%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 5 (23.81%) Senior
2 5 (23.81%) Senior Manager
2 5 (23.81%) Senior Project Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Administrator
3 4 (19.05%) Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Architect
4 3 (14.29%) IT Technician
5 2 (9.52%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (4.76%) Active Directory Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Active Directory Support
6 1 (4.76%) Active Directory Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Data Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Desktop Support
6 1 (4.76%) Developer
6 1 (4.76%) IT Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Mac Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Photovoltaics
1 5 (23.81%) Renewable Energy
1 5 (23.81%) Solar Energy
2 1 (4.76%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.76%) Clustering
2 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.76%) iPad
2 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.76%) Android
3 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.76%) Mac OS X
3 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (28.57%) Project Management
2 5 (23.81%) Budget Management
2 5 (23.81%) Contract Management
2 5 (23.81%) Contract Negotiation
2 5 (23.81%) Project Delivery
3 4 (19.05%) Agile
3 4 (19.05%) Data Protection
3 4 (19.05%) ITIL
3 4 (19.05%) Migration
3 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
3 4 (19.05%) Quantitative Analysis
3 4 (19.05%) Statistical Analysis
3 4 (19.05%) Statistics
4 3 (14.29%) Bimodal
4 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (14.29%) Data Security
4 3 (14.29%) Server Management
4 3 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Python
1 4 (19.05%) R
2 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) SCCM
2 1 (4.76%) Autotask
2 1 (4.76%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Aruba
2 1 (4.76%) Bomgar
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco
2 1 (4.76%) Datto
2 1 (4.76%) F5
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle
2 1 (4.76%) Sophos
2 1 (4.76%) VMware