Social Skills Contracts in Staffordshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 2 6 2
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 22 23 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 18.33% 13.07% 22.68%
As % of the General category 41.51% 26.74% 36.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 20 28
10th Percentile £149 £160 £197
25th Percentile £200 £190 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £400 £438
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% -8.57% +8.02%
75th Percentile £405 £506 £495
90th Percentile £488 £566 -
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £471 £500
% change year-on-year +0.80% -5.75% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £34.66 - £13.83
25th Percentile £35.76 - £16.94
Median hourly rate £38.22 - £24.25
75th Percentile £41.30 - £26.38
90th Percentile £42.77 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.59 £17.72 £16.43
% change year-on-year +21.84% +7.85% +9.53%

All General Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 53 86 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 44.17% 48.86% 61.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 60 88
10th Percentile £194 £206 £200
25th Percentile £269 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £374 £550 £490
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +12.24% +35.17%
75th Percentile £444 £662 £570
90th Percentile £538 £745 £581
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 6
10th Percentile £20.93 - £14.69
25th Percentile - £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £33.93 £27.50 £17.62
Median % change year-on-year +23.38% +56.07% +42.38%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.75 £24.19
90th Percentile £40.25 - £26.38
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.82 £20.00 £17.62
% change year-on-year +19.10% +13.51% +14.94%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Staffordshire

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Staffordshire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Staffordshire

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Staffordshire

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire 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
Stafford +4 6 £350 -12.50% 13
Stoke-on-Trent +6 4 £387 -6.18% 39
Lichfield -4 4 £350 - 5
Uttoxeter +1 3 £140 -12.50%
Burton-upon-Trent 0 3 £375 +76.47% 7
Tamworth - 1 £363 - 5
Social Skills
West Midlands

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Amazon EMR
2 3 (13.64%) Amazon Kinesis
2 3 (13.64%) Amazon MSK
2 3 (13.64%) Amazon S3
2 3 (13.64%) AWS
2 3 (13.64%) AWS CodePipeline
3 2 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Firewall
1 2 (9.09%) Wireless
2 1 (4.55%) BGP
2 1 (4.55%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (4.55%) EIGRP
2 1 (4.55%) LAN
2 1 (4.55%) MPLS
2 1 (4.55%) OSPF
2 1 (4.55%) VLAN
2 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Amazon Athena
1 3 (13.64%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (13.64%) Amazon Redshift
1 3 (13.64%) MySQL
1 3 (13.64%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.55%) Metadata
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
General
1 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Czech Language
4 1 (4.55%) Electronics
4 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Local Government
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) AWS Data Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) AWS Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Consultant
2 3 (13.64%) Data Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) IT Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) IT Support
3 2 (9.09%) Lead
3 2 (9.09%) VMware Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Administrator
4 1 (4.55%) Coordinator
4 1 (4.55%) Developer
4 1 (4.55%) IT Technician
4 1 (4.55%) Junior
4 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Project Leader
4 1 (4.55%) Service Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Support Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) RESTful
2 1 (4.55%) .NET
2 1 (4.55%) Matplotlib
2 1 (4.55%) OpenCV
2 1 (4.55%) PyTorch
2 1 (4.55%) scikit-image
2 1 (4.55%) Seaborn
2 1 (4.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Data Structures
1 3 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.55%) EPoS
2 1 (4.55%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.55%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (22.73%) Data Management
3 3 (13.64%) Agile
3 3 (13.64%) Analytics
3 3 (13.64%) Complex ETL
3 3 (13.64%) Data Extraction
3 3 (13.64%) Data Security
3 3 (13.64%) ETL
3 3 (13.64%) Time Management
3 3 (13.64%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (9.09%) Change Management
4 2 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (9.09%) ITIL
4 2 (9.09%) Knowledge Management
4 2 (9.09%) Logistics
4 2 (9.09%) Monte Carlo Method
4 2 (9.09%) Project Management
4 2 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) Python
1 4 (18.18%) SQL
2 3 (13.64%) Java
2 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) CCNA
3 1 (4.55%) CCNP
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) Data Quality
2 2 (9.09%) HAZOP
2 2 (9.09%) QA
3 1 (4.55%) GDPR
3 1 (4.55%) PMO
3 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) VMware NSX
3 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) HP
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) Veeam