Social Skills Contracts in the South West

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 678 654 722
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 21.38% 18.44% 19.60%
As % of the General category 42.01% 37.65% 38.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 487 480
10th Percentile £200 £200 £212
25th Percentile £411 £393 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £675
England median daily rate £513 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.65% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 50 56
10th Percentile £12.20 £17.40 £14.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £50.34 £41.83
Median hourly rate £28.50 £60.25 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -52.70% +21.11% +15.70%
75th Percentile £51.25 £65.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £59.99 £77.75 £69.05
England median hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -28.00% +38.89% -

All General Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,614 1,737 1,891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 50.90% 48.98% 51.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 963 1,285 1,318
10th Percentile £213 £275 £239
25th Percentile £410 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £548 £499
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +9.77% +7.84%
75th Percentile £625 £636 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 117 138
10th Percentile £13.69 £17.40 -
25th Percentile £23.63 £36.25 £15.90
Median hourly rate £46.39 £60.00 £43.54
Median % change year-on-year -22.68% +37.82% +6.41%
75th Percentile £70.18 £70.00 £55.96
90th Percentile £77.50 £86.65 £65.25
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West 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
Wiltshire +3 248 £544 -1.09% 125
Bristol 0 157 £500 -4.76% 331
Gloucestershire +7 106 £529 +32.25% 118
Somerset +12 67 £530 +24.71% 224
Devon -3 48 £443 -4.84% 117
Dorset -1 21 £681 +11.22% 84
Cornwall +3 10 £150 -68.42% 40
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 81 (11.95%) Confluence
2 60 (8.85%) SharePoint
3 35 (5.16%) SharePoint Server
4 28 (4.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.88%) CMS
6 5 (0.74%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.59%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.59%) nginx
8 3 (0.44%) Apache
8 3 (0.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 82 (12.09%) Microsoft Office
2 63 (9.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (5.01%) Spreadsheet
4 33 (4.87%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (1.18%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (1.03%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.59%) Acrobat
8 4 (0.59%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.44%) PTC Creo
9 3 (0.44%) Windchill
10 1 (0.15%) CATIA
10 1 (0.15%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 18 (2.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.88%) SAP HCM
4 6 (0.88%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.44%) Shopify
7 2 (0.29%) Primavera
7 2 (0.29%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.15%) Magento
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.15%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 99 (14.60%) Azure
2 56 (8.26%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (5.46%) Power Platform
4 34 (5.01%) Azure Stack
5 23 (3.39%) AWS
6 13 (1.92%) Entra ID
7 12 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (1.33%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.03%) SuccessFactors
10 6 (0.88%) GCP
10 6 (0.88%) PowerApps
11 5 (0.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (0.59%) AWS CloudTrail
12 4 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.59%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (0.44%) Amazon Cognito
13 3 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (0.44%) Azure Storage
13 3 (0.44%) BigCommerce
13 3 (0.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 49 (7.23%) Firewall
2 35 (5.16%) BGP
3 30 (4.42%) DNS
4 22 (3.24%) DHCP
5 20 (2.95%) LAN
6 17 (2.51%) TCP/IP
6 17 (2.51%) WAN
7 15 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (1.47%) Network Security
8 10 (1.47%) SAN
9 9 (1.33%) Skype
10 8 (1.18%) MPLS
10 8 (1.18%) VSAN
11 6 (0.88%) VPN
12 5 (0.74%) Ethernet
12 5 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
13 4 (0.59%) HTTPS
13 4 (0.59%) IPsec
13 4 (0.59%) VoIP
14 3 (0.44%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.39%) Power BI
2 18 (2.65%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.03%) MySQL
4 6 (0.88%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.59%) Couchbase
6 3 (0.44%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.44%) Triplestore
7 2 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.29%) OLAP
7 2 (0.29%) OLTP
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.29%) Power Query
8 1 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.15%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.15%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.15%) Metadata
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.15%) Parquet
8 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 123 (18.14%) JIRA
2 27 (3.98%) Bitbucket
3 25 (3.69%) Jenkins
4 23 (3.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 8 (1.18%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (0.74%) Eclipse
6 5 (0.74%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.44%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.44%) GitLab
8 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.29%) HP UFT
8 2 (0.29%) JUnit
8 2 (0.29%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.29%) Selenium
9 1 (0.15%) Git
9 1 (0.15%) MSI
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
General
1 164 (24.19%) Analytical Skills
2 110 (16.22%) Finance
3 71 (10.47%) Public Sector
4 52 (7.67%) Presentation Skills
5 44 (6.49%) Telecoms
6 42 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
7 35 (5.16%) Manufacturing
8 34 (5.01%) Aerospace
9 27 (3.98%) Military
10 21 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (3.10%) Legal
11 18 (2.65%) Marketing
12 14 (2.06%) Electronics
13 11 (1.62%) Retail
14 10 (1.47%) Banking
15 8 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.18%) Police
16 7 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.03%) Law
17 6 (0.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 97 (14.31%) Analyst
2 75 (11.06%) Lead
3 59 (8.70%) Project Manager
4 54 (7.96%) Architect
5 36 (5.31%) Developer
6 30 (4.42%) Senior
7 28 (4.13%) Support Engineer
8 27 (3.98%) Consultant
9 25 (3.69%) Author
10 24 (3.54%) Project Leader
10 24 (3.54%) Technical Author
11 22 (3.24%) Microsoft Engineer
11 22 (3.24%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
12 20 (2.95%) Cyber Threat Analyst
12 20 (2.95%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
12 20 (2.95%) IT Support
13 19 (2.80%) Technical Support
14 18 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
15 17 (2.51%) Technical Architect
16 16 (2.36%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.69%) .NET
1 25 (3.69%) .NET Core
2 15 (2.21%) XML
3 6 (0.88%) CSS
3 6 (0.88%) HTML
4 5 (0.74%) Flash
4 5 (0.74%) JSON
4 5 (0.74%) Node.js
4 5 (0.74%) SailPoint
4 5 (0.74%) Web Services
4 5 (0.74%) YAML
5 4 (0.59%) Kafka
5 4 (0.59%) LEMP Stack
5 4 (0.59%) Middleware
5 4 (0.59%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (0.59%) REST
6 3 (0.44%) Apache Jena
6 3 (0.44%) PostGIS
6 3 (0.44%) RESTful
6 3 (0.44%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (9.73%) Management Information System
2 52 (7.67%) Cyber Threat
3 39 (5.75%) Cyber Defence
4 35 (5.16%) Private Cloud
5 31 (4.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 23 (3.39%) Data Centre
6 23 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (2.36%) Clustering
7 16 (2.36%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.36%) PKI
8 12 (1.77%) CMDB
9 10 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
10 9 (1.33%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.18%) Client/Server
11 8 (1.18%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.18%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.03%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.74%) Driving Licence
13 5 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 138 (20.35%) Windows
2 59 (8.70%) Linux
3 27 (3.98%) Windows 10
4 25 (3.69%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.92%) Mac OS
6 11 (1.62%) Unix
7 10 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (1.33%) Windows 7
9 6 (0.88%) CentOS
10 5 (0.74%) Android
11 3 (0.44%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (28.17%) Problem-Solving
2 144 (21.24%) Agile
3 123 (18.14%) Project Management
4 112 (16.52%) ITIL
5 99 (14.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 87 (12.83%) Cybersecurity
7 84 (12.39%) Service Management
8 82 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 75 (11.06%) Project Delivery
10 68 (10.03%) SIEM
11 62 (9.14%) Decision-Making
12 58 (8.55%) ITSM
12 58 (8.55%) PRINCE2
13 55 (8.11%) SOAR
14 54 (7.96%) Capacity Management
15 51 (7.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 51 (7.52%) Threat Intelligence
16 50 (7.37%) Mentoring
17 48 (7.08%) Incident Management
18 46 (6.78%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (6.78%) PowerShell
2 39 (5.75%) Python
3 26 (3.83%) SQL
4 19 (2.80%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.62%) C#
6 7 (1.03%) C++
6 7 (1.03%) PHP
7 5 (0.74%) Bash
7 5 (0.74%) C
8 4 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.59%) Search Processing Language
9 3 (0.44%) Java
9 3 (0.44%) SPARQL
10 2 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.29%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.15%) RPG
Qualifications
1 354 (52.21%) Security Cleared
2 183 (26.99%) SC Cleared
3 162 (23.89%) DV Cleared
4 91 (13.42%) Degree
5 24 (3.54%) APMP
5 24 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 13 (1.92%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.92%) MCSE
10 11 (1.62%) CISSP
11 9 (1.33%) CISM
11 9 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 8 (1.18%) HNC
12 8 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 7 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.03%) MCSA
14 6 (0.88%) CCNA
15 5 (0.74%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.23%) PMO
2 47 (6.93%) NIST
3 35 (5.16%) Government Security Classifications
4 31 (4.57%) NIST 800
5 28 (4.13%) QA
6 18 (2.65%) SLA
7 13 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.47%) GDPR
9 7 (1.03%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.88%) NCSC
11 5 (0.74%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.59%) Data Quality
12 4 (0.59%) GMP
12 4 (0.59%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.44%) GRC
14 1 (0.15%) RMADS
14 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 65 (9.59%) Active Directory
2 34 (5.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.21%) VMware NSX
4 14 (2.06%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (1.62%) Virtual Servers
6 10 (1.47%) Docker
7 8 (1.18%) VMware Workstation
8 6 (0.88%) vSphere
9 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 31 (4.57%) SCCM
2 30 (4.42%) Ansible
3 27 (3.98%) SCOM
4 23 (3.39%) PowerCLI
5 20 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (2.06%) Terraform
7 12 (1.77%) Kubernetes
8 10 (1.47%) vCenter Server
9 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Clustering
9 8 (1.18%) Nagios
9 8 (1.18%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.59%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.44%) WSUS
12 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.29%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.29%) MOM
12 2 (0.29%) OPNET
13 1 (0.15%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 270 (39.82%) Microsoft
2 77 (11.36%) Atlassian
3 39 (5.75%) VMware
4 38 (5.60%) SAP
5 27 (3.98%) Dell
6 24 (3.54%) HP
7 20 (2.95%) Remedy
8 16 (2.36%) Cisco
9 14 (2.06%) Adobe
10 13 (1.92%) Splunk
11 9 (1.33%) Hitachi
11 9 (1.33%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.18%) NetApp
13 7 (1.03%) Google
13 7 (1.03%) Juniper
13 7 (1.03%) Salesforce
14 6 (0.88%) IBM
14 6 (0.88%) Nokia
15 5 (0.74%) Citrix
15 5 (0.74%) Oracle