Social Skills Contracts in the East of England

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 547 499 765
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 28.94% 24.85% 29.70%
As % of the General category 47.40% 41.31% 49.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 252 388
10th Percentile £185 £160 £140
25th Percentile £313 £230 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.18% - -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £530
90th Percentile £650 £636 £625
England median daily rate £513 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.65% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 130 193
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.29 -
25th Percentile £15.00 £13.41 £12.50
Median hourly rate £27.67 £14.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +90.83% +7.41% -
75th Percentile £38.12 £20.07 £14.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £17.30
England median hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -28.00% +38.89% -

All General Skills
East of England

Social Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,154 1,208 1,540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 61.06% 60.16% 59.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 652 797
10th Percentile £237 £204 £163
25th Percentile £350 £313 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.11% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £550
90th Percentile £668 £738 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 455 257 330
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.56 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £21.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.52% +44.83% -6.84%
75th Percentile £50.00 £61.25 £22.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
England median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.15% +51.16% -4.44%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the East of England

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the East of England

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the East of England

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the East of England

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the East of England

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Hertfordshire +2 250 £365 -14.12% 282
Cambridgeshire -2 135 £473 +5.00% 265
Bedfordshire 0 88 £525 +40.00% 70
Essex +3 39 £475 +40.74% 164
Suffolk +1 22 £513 +13.89% 94
Norfolk -1 13 £500 +177.78% 87
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 20 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.46%) Confluence
4 4 (0.73%) Appian
4 4 (0.73%) IIS
5 3 (0.55%) Alfresco
5 3 (0.55%) Camunda
5 3 (0.55%) SAS
6 1 (0.18%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.18%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 65 (11.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (6.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 35 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.65%) Photoshop
5 6 (1.10%) Windchill
6 4 (0.73%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.18%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.18%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 35 (6.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.83%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.46%) SAP SD
4 5 (0.91%) SAP GTS
5 4 (0.73%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.73%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.73%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.73%) Shopify
6 3 (0.55%) Magento
6 3 (0.55%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.37%) Primavera
7 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.18%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 30 (5.48%) Azure
2 26 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (2.56%) Power Platform
4 12 (2.19%) AWS
5 6 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (0.91%) Google Sheets
6 5 (0.91%) SaaS
7 4 (0.73%) GCP
7 4 (0.73%) Snowflake
8 3 (0.55%) Serverless
9 2 (0.37%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.37%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.37%) BigCommerce
9 2 (0.37%) GitHub
9 2 (0.37%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.37%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.18%) Bloomreach
10 1 (0.18%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.18%) Google Drive
10 1 (0.18%) Unqork
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.12%) Modbus
1 28 (5.12%) RS-422
1 28 (5.12%) RS-485
2 14 (2.56%) VPN
3 13 (2.38%) Firewall
4 11 (2.01%) Network Security
5 8 (1.46%) 4G
5 8 (1.46%) 5G
5 8 (1.46%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.10%) Ethernet
6 6 (1.10%) Intranet
7 5 (0.91%) LAN
7 5 (0.91%) Wireless
8 4 (0.73%) WAN
9 3 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (0.37%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.37%) DHCP
10 2 (0.37%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.38%) Power BI
2 5 (0.91%) GIS
2 5 (0.91%) Tableau
3 4 (0.73%) Data Mining
3 4 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.73%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.37%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.37%) Looker
5 2 (0.37%) Metadata
5 2 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.18%) Ataccama
6 1 (0.18%) Big Data
6 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.18%) MS Access
6 1 (0.18%) Power Query
6 1 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (2.38%) JIRA
2 9 (1.65%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.10%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.55%) Git
5 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.18%) CMake
6 1 (0.18%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.18%) GitLab
6 1 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.18%) ReSharper
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.18%) Subversion
6 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.18%) TestRail
General
1 108 (19.74%) Finance
2 84 (15.36%) Organisational Skills
3 73 (13.35%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (12.80%) Influencing Skills
5 64 (11.70%) Electronics
6 54 (9.87%) Manufacturing
7 43 (7.86%) Aerospace
8 42 (7.68%) Retail
9 40 (7.31%) Marketing
10 36 (6.58%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (5.48%) Pharmaceutical
12 16 (2.93%) Telecoms
13 15 (2.74%) German Language
14 14 (2.56%) Hungarian Language
15 13 (2.38%) Dutch Language
16 12 (2.19%) Public Sector
17 10 (1.83%) Legal
18 9 (1.65%) Military
19 8 (1.46%) Banking
19 8 (1.46%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 69 (12.61%) Analyst
2 48 (8.78%) Architect
3 37 (6.76%) Software Engineer
4 31 (5.67%) Consultant
4 31 (5.67%) Test Architect
5 30 (5.48%) Senior
5 30 (5.48%) Service Analyst
5 30 (5.48%) Service Desk Analyst
6 25 (4.57%) Project Manager
7 23 (4.20%) C++ Software Engineer
7 23 (4.20%) Developer
8 22 (4.02%) Support Engineer
9 21 (3.84%) Lead
10 20 (3.66%) Technical Analyst
11 18 (3.29%) Administrator
12 14 (2.56%) Functional Consultant
13 13 (2.38%) Call Centre Analyst
13 13 (2.38%) Customer Analyst
13 13 (2.38%) Customer Service Analyst
13 13 (2.38%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.83%) Yocto
2 9 (1.65%) .NET
3 8 (1.46%) Node.js
3 8 (1.46%) Web Services
4 7 (1.28%) HTML
5 6 (1.10%) CSS
5 6 (1.10%) Middleware
6 4 (0.73%) .NET Framework
6 4 (0.73%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (0.73%) REST
6 4 (0.73%) Visualforce
6 4 (0.73%) XML
7 3 (0.55%) Drools
7 3 (0.55%) IDoc
7 3 (0.55%) jBPM
7 3 (0.55%) JSON
7 3 (0.55%) React
7 3 (0.55%) RESTful
8 2 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.37%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.13%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (5.67%) Analogue Electronics
3 19 (3.47%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.56%) Life Science
5 8 (1.46%) Data Centre
6 7 (1.28%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.10%) STB
8 5 (0.91%) Graphic Design
9 4 (0.73%) CMDB
9 4 (0.73%) Digital TV
9 4 (0.73%) FMCG
9 4 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.73%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.73%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.55%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.55%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.55%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.55%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 43 (7.86%) Windows
2 23 (4.20%) Linux
3 6 (1.10%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.55%) Android
4 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.55%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.18%) CentOS
5 1 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.18%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (23.77%) Project Management
2 127 (23.22%) Problem-Solving
3 117 (21.39%) Customer Service
4 93 (17.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (13.71%) Agile
6 52 (9.51%) Business Strategy
7 50 (9.14%) ITIL
8 47 (8.59%) Business Development
8 47 (8.59%) Software Engineering
9 44 (8.04%) Service Delivery
10 43 (7.86%) Unit Testing
11 41 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 40 (7.31%) Time Management
13 39 (7.13%) Decision-Making
13 39 (7.13%) DevOps
14 38 (6.95%) Continuous Integration
15 36 (6.58%) Customer Requirements
15 36 (6.58%) Incident Management
15 36 (6.58%) Mathematics
15 36 (6.58%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.50%) C
1 41 (7.50%) C#
2 37 (6.76%) C++
3 25 (4.57%) SQL
4 16 (2.93%) Python
5 14 (2.56%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.65%) Java
7 7 (1.28%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.91%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.73%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.73%) R
10 2 (0.37%) VB
11 1 (0.18%) Ada
11 1 (0.18%) Bicep
11 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.18%) XAML
Qualifications
1 76 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 68 (12.43%) Degree
3 61 (11.15%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.57%) MCP
5 21 (3.84%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (2.74%) CCNA
7 12 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.01%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.28%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.10%) PMP
11 5 (0.91%) MCSE
11 5 (0.91%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.73%) MCSA
13 3 (0.55%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.55%) CCNP
13 3 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.55%) SAP Certification
14 2 (0.37%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.74%) Data Quality
2 14 (2.56%) SLA
3 10 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.83%) PMO
4 9 (1.65%) QA
5 7 (1.28%) GDPR
6 2 (0.37%) NIST
6 2 (0.37%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.18%) COBIT
7 1 (0.18%) GRC
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.18%) NCSC
7 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (6.03%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.73%) Firmware
4 2 (0.37%) Docker
4 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.18%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.18%) KVM
5 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 15 (2.74%) SCCM
2 5 (0.91%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.55%) WSUS
5 2 (0.37%) Terraform
6 1 (0.18%) Ansible
6 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.18%) Puppet
6 1 (0.18%) SCOM
6 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 87 (15.90%) Microsoft
2 71 (12.98%) SAP
3 24 (4.39%) Cisco
4 11 (2.01%) Ariba
4 11 (2.01%) Citrix
4 11 (2.01%) Google
5 9 (1.65%) Juniper
6 7 (1.28%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.10%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.10%) VMware
8 4 (0.73%) Adobe
8 4 (0.73%) CheckPoint
8 4 (0.73%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.73%) Pega
9 3 (0.55%) Apple
9 3 (0.55%) F5
9 3 (0.55%) FIS
9 3 (0.55%) McAfee
9 3 (0.55%) NetApp
9 3 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud