Social Skills Contracts in the North West

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 599 557 714
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 22.46% 18.14% 17.73%
As % of the General category 41.89% 34.47% 35.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 360 474
10th Percentile £230 £248 £205
25th Percentile £375 £398 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £560
90th Percentile £638 £675 £638
England median daily rate £513 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.65% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 24 61
10th Percentile £12.60 £16.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £13.72 £18.94 £15.00
Median hourly rate £16.06 £27.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.60% +12.24% +4.39%
75th Percentile £24.35 £43.03 £48.75
90th Percentile £39.81 £55.49 £58.75
England median hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -28.00% +38.89% -

All General Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,430 1,616 2,005
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.62% 52.64% 49.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 874 1,113 1,404
10th Percentile £300 £309 £230
25th Percentile £400 £407 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.50%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 75 118
10th Percentile £12.50 £15.14 £11.21
25th Percentile £14.50 £17.05 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.86 £26.00 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -31.31% +5.05% +10.00%
75th Percentile £36.95 £36.17 £48.70
90th Percentile £51.91 £53.20 £63.60
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.63% +50.23% -4.10%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the North West over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in the North West over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 16 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
Manchester +3 275 £453 -7.18% 563
Cheshire 0 137 £475 +5.56% 238
Cumbria +4 75 £493 +6.59% 47
Lancashire +16 59 £425 +5.59% 142
Merseyside +2 41 £315 -37.00% 140
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 21 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.50%) Confluence
2 9 (1.50%) SAS
3 7 (1.17%) CMS
3 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.00%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.67%) Apache
6 3 (0.50%) IIS
7 2 (0.33%) IBM Notes
7 2 (0.33%) Mule
7 2 (0.33%) WordPress
8 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.17%) JBoss
8 1 (0.17%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.17%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 65 (10.85%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.84%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.83%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 29 (4.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.17%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.83%) SAP EWM
4 4 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.50%) Maximo
5 3 (0.50%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.33%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.17%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.17%) Primavera
7 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.17%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.17%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.17%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.17%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 59 (9.85%) Azure
2 52 (8.68%) AWS
3 49 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (5.01%) Power Platform
5 20 (3.34%) Taleo
6 15 (2.50%) GCP
7 12 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (2.00%) Snowflake
8 11 (1.84%) Power Automate
9 8 (1.34%) Serverless
10 7 (1.17%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.17%) SaaS
11 6 (1.00%) Amazon S3
11 6 (1.00%) GitHub
11 6 (1.00%) Google Analytics
11 6 (1.00%) IaaS
12 5 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (0.83%) Collibra
12 5 (0.83%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.01%) Firewall
2 15 (2.50%) LAN
2 15 (2.50%) WAN
3 12 (2.00%) VPN
4 9 (1.50%) ATM
4 9 (1.50%) Wireless
5 8 (1.34%) OSPF
6 7 (1.17%) DNS
6 7 (1.17%) Ethernet
6 7 (1.17%) Wireless Security
7 5 (0.83%) DHCP
7 5 (0.83%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.67%) VLAN
9 3 (0.50%) 4G
9 3 (0.50%) 5G
9 3 (0.50%) HTTP
9 3 (0.50%) Internet
9 3 (0.50%) Skype
9 3 (0.50%) VoIP
9 3 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.01%) Power BI
2 16 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (2.50%) SQL Server
4 11 (1.84%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.67%) MySQL
5 10 (1.67%) Tableau
6 8 (1.34%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (1.17%) Big Data
7 7 (1.17%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.17%) Hadoop
7 7 (1.17%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.83%) Ataccama
9 5 (0.83%) Data Mining
9 5 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (0.67%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.50%) SAP Data Services
11 3 (0.50%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 32 (5.34%) JIRA
2 10 (1.67%) Git
2 10 (1.67%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.83%) Selenium
3 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.67%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.67%) GitLab
5 3 (0.50%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.50%) LSMW
5 3 (0.50%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.33%) Appium
6 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.33%) Gatling
6 2 (0.33%) JMeter
6 2 (0.33%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.33%) Log4j
6 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.33%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.17%) Zephyr
General
1 109 (18.20%) Finance
2 95 (15.86%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (8.18%) Public Sector
4 32 (5.34%) Retail
5 31 (5.18%) Banking
6 26 (4.34%) Pharmaceutical
7 25 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (3.84%) Manufacturing
8 23 (3.84%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (2.34%) Telecoms
10 13 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (2.17%) Legal
11 12 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.34%) Marketing
13 6 (1.00%) Law
14 3 (0.50%) Back Office
14 3 (0.50%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.50%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (0.50%) Police
15 2 (0.33%) German Language
Job Titles
1 91 (15.19%) Analyst
2 49 (8.18%) Project Manager
3 40 (6.68%) Senior
4 38 (6.34%) Consultant
5 35 (5.84%) Developer
6 34 (5.68%) Architect
7 27 (4.51%) Data Analyst
7 27 (4.51%) Service Desk Agent
8 24 (4.01%) Business Analyst
9 23 (3.84%) Lead
10 18 (3.01%) Network Engineer
11 17 (2.84%) Administrator
12 15 (2.50%) IT Support
12 15 (2.50%) Senior Analyst
13 14 (2.34%) Problem Manager
14 13 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
14 13 (2.17%) Support Engineer
15 12 (2.00%) Availability Manager
15 12 (2.00%) Capacity and Availability Manager
15 12 (2.00%) Capacity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.00%) .NET
2 9 (1.50%) Web Services
3 8 (1.34%) HTML
3 8 (1.34%) Node.js
3 8 (1.34%) React
3 8 (1.34%) REST
4 7 (1.17%) CSS
4 7 (1.17%) Kafka
4 7 (1.17%) RESTful
5 6 (1.00%) Middleware
6 5 (0.83%) Spring
7 4 (0.67%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.67%) SailPoint
8 3 (0.50%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.50%) BAPI
8 3 (0.50%) JSON
8 3 (0.50%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.50%) OAuth
8 3 (0.50%) OpenID
8 3 (0.50%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.34%) Virtual Team
2 37 (6.18%) Management Information System
3 20 (3.34%) Driving Licence
4 17 (2.84%) EPoS
5 16 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.34%) CMDB
7 13 (2.17%) Life Science
8 9 (1.50%) NHS
8 9 (1.50%) Smartphone
9 7 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.83%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.83%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.67%) Clustering
11 4 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.67%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.50%) Derivative
12 3 (0.50%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 53 (8.85%) Windows
2 26 (4.34%) Windows 10
3 24 (4.01%) Linux
4 10 (1.67%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.67%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.50%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.50%) Unix
6 6 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.83%) Android
8 3 (0.50%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.50%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.50%) zOS
9 2 (0.33%) Debian
9 2 (0.33%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.17%) CentOS
10 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.17%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.17%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (28.38%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (16.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 92 (15.36%) Agile
4 83 (13.86%) Customer Service
5 67 (11.19%) Project Management
6 49 (8.18%) Decision-Making
6 49 (8.18%) Mentoring
7 48 (8.01%) Service Management
8 47 (7.85%) ITIL
9 43 (7.18%) Quality Management
10 41 (6.84%) Statistics
11 39 (6.51%) Time Management
12 36 (6.01%) Migration
13 35 (5.84%) Problem Management
14 28 (4.67%) Analytics
14 28 (4.67%) Data Modelling
14 28 (4.67%) Data Protection
15 27 (4.51%) Business Intelligence
16 26 (4.34%) Continuous Improvement
16 26 (4.34%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 53 (8.85%) SQL
2 40 (6.68%) Python
3 26 (4.34%) Java
4 16 (2.67%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.00%) C#
6 10 (1.67%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.17%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.00%) Scala
9 5 (0.83%) Bash
9 5 (0.83%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.67%) PHP
10 4 (0.67%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.50%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.50%) C
11 3 (0.50%) Go
12 2 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.33%) Groovy
12 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.33%) Ruby
13 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (15.03%) Security Cleared
2 73 (12.19%) SC Cleared
3 58 (9.68%) Degree
4 22 (3.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (2.67%) CCNA
7 13 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
8 9 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.50%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.17%) CCNP
9 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.00%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.83%) PMP
12 4 (0.67%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.67%) MCSE
13 3 (0.50%) OSCP
14 2 (0.33%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.33%) CISM
14 2 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (8.85%) SLA
2 38 (6.34%) Data Quality
3 27 (4.51%) QA
4 14 (2.34%) GDPR
5 12 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.84%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.17%) NIST
7 7 (1.17%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.50%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.50%) PMO
10 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.17%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.17%) GAMP
11 1 (0.17%) GMP
11 1 (0.17%) GxP
11 1 (0.17%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.17%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 42 (7.01%) Active Directory
2 24 (4.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.67%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.67%) Docker
4 4 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.17%) NFS
6 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 18 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.84%) Terraform
3 10 (1.67%) SCCM
4 7 (1.17%) Ansible
5 6 (1.00%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (0.50%) Autotask
7 3 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.50%) HP Fortify
7 3 (0.50%) Nagios
8 2 (0.33%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.33%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.17%) Avamar
9 1 (0.17%) CFEngine
9 1 (0.17%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.17%) Puppet
9 1 (0.17%) SCOM
9 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 136 (22.70%) Microsoft
2 61 (10.18%) SAP
3 40 (6.68%) ServiceNow
4 31 (5.18%) VMware
5 16 (2.67%) Google
6 12 (2.00%) Cisco
6 12 (2.00%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.84%) Ariba
7 11 (1.84%) Oracle
8 8 (1.34%) Sage
9 7 (1.17%) Apple
9 7 (1.17%) Avaloq
9 7 (1.17%) Splunk
10 6 (1.00%) Alteryx
10 6 (1.00%) Citrix
10 6 (1.00%) Databricks
10 6 (1.00%) Facebook
11 5 (0.83%) Dataiku
11 5 (0.83%) Informatica
11 5 (0.83%) Trillium