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 advertised in Staffordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 29 43 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 25.22% 28.10% 15.10%
As % of the General category 44.62% 43.88% 34.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 29 16
10th Percentile £200 - £135
25th Percentile £250 £160 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £250
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +90.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £463 £530 £450
90th Percentile £500 £558 £491
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile £12.61 - £14.40
25th Percentile £15.13 - £16.88
Median hourly rate £15.90 - £19.50
75th Percentile £33.93 - £19.77
90th Percentile £36.82 - £19.86
West Midlands median hourly rate £15.50 £17.72 £16.50
% change year-on-year -12.52% +7.38% +10.00%

All General Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 65 98 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 56.52% 64.05% 44.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 74 64
10th Percentile £208 £168 £166
25th Percentile £300 £361 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £360
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +38.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £438 £650 £452
90th Percentile £513 £745 £588
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £520 £490
% change year-on-year -3.85% +6.12% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 6
10th Percentile - £16.43 £14.40
25th Percentile £14.71 £23.37 £16.88
Median hourly rate £15.90 £27.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.18% +41.03% +43.12%
75th Percentile £33.93 £28.75 £19.77
90th Percentile £38.75 - £19.86
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.30 £20.84 £16.50
% change year-on-year -7.40% +26.29% +6.45%

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 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 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
Stafford +5 7 £200 -21.57% 18
Burton-upon-Trent -1 5 £500 +2.56% 19
Stoke-on-Trent -2 5 £300 -40.00% 69
Uttoxeter -2 1 £115 -28.13% 4
Lichfield - 1 - - 6
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.45%) Simulink
1 1 (3.45%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.90%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon EMR
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon Kinesis
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon MSK
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon S3
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) AWS CodePipeline
3 1 (3.45%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.45%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.45%) MySQL
2 1 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Git
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
1 1 (3.45%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (10.34%) Finance
4 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.90%) Retail
6 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.45%) Automotive
6 1 (3.45%) Electronics
6 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Project Manager
2 7 (24.14%) Senior
3 4 (13.79%) Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Lead
3 4 (13.79%) Senior Manager
3 4 (13.79%) Senior Project Manager
4 3 (10.34%) IT Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) IT Manager
5 2 (6.90%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Junior
5 2 (6.90%) Service Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Digital Project Manager
6 1 (3.45%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Junior Network Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) PMI
2 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.45%) FMCG
4 1 (3.45%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) CentOS
1 1 (3.45%) Debian
1 1 (3.45%) Linux
1 1 (3.45%) Ubuntu
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
1 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (37.93%) Project Management
3 7 (24.14%) Decision-Making
4 6 (20.69%) Project Delivery
5 4 (13.79%) Agile
5 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (10.34%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (10.34%) Critical Thinking
6 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.34%) Systems Engineering
7 2 (6.90%) Asset Management
7 2 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (6.90%) Data Management
7 2 (6.90%) ETL
7 2 (6.90%) FMEA
7 2 (6.90%) ITIL
7 2 (6.90%) Service Delivery
7 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 2 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (6.90%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) Java
2 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.45%) MATLAB
2 1 (3.45%) Python
2 1 (3.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) PMI Certification
2 4 (13.79%) PMP
3 2 (6.90%) CCNA
3 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) SLA
2 2 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.90%) HAZOP
2 2 (6.90%) QA
3 1 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Cisco
2 2 (6.90%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) IBM
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle
3 1 (3.45%) Palantir
3 1 (3.45%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow