Social Skills Contracts in West Yorkshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire. 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 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 254 330 319
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 26.21% 21.78% 17.13%
As % of the General category 48.38% 35.83% 33.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 190 198
10th Percentile £290 £325 £185
25th Percentile £372 £450 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £490
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +4.53%
75th Percentile £545 £588 £555
90th Percentile £619 £650 £675
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £455
% change year-on-year -5.00% +9.89% +1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 12
10th Percentile £13.65 - £12.65
25th Percentile £14.06 £13.16 £17.19
Median hourly rate £14.63 £15.44 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -5.28% -27.34% +18.06%
75th Percentile £15.19 £20.79 £28.75
90th Percentile - £26.32 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.63 £17.72 £20.63
% change year-on-year -17.47% -14.08% +21.32%

All General Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 525 921 952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 54.18% 60.79% 51.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 644 674
10th Percentile £291 £350 £243
25th Percentile £400 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +8.00% +2.25%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £575
90th Percentile £625 £700 £675
Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 11 36
10th Percentile - £12.00 £10.96
25th Percentile £12.15 £12.58 £15.93
Median hourly rate £13.87 £17.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -18.41% -9.09% -22.08%
75th Percentile £15.19 £19.50 £22.83
90th Percentile £40.00 £22.25 £28.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.63 £18.00 £18.70
% change year-on-year -18.75% -3.74% +2.47%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in West Yorkshire

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in West Yorkshire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in West Yorkshire

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in West Yorkshire

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire 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
Leeds +3 196 £500 -4.76% 221
Wakefield +1 24 £320 +39.13% 26
Bradford 0 17 £490 -10.91% 30
Huddersfield +3 7 £500 +42.86% 17
Social Skills
Yorkshire

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 4 (1.57%) SharePoint
1 4 (1.57%) WordPress
2 3 (1.18%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.79%) Confluence
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.39%) SAS
4 1 (0.39%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (7.09%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.18%) Sketch
4 2 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.39%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (4.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.36%) SAP ERP
2 6 (2.36%) SAP PM
3 3 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.39%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 29 (11.42%) Azure
2 21 (8.27%) Power Platform
3 16 (6.30%) Dynamics 365
4 12 (4.72%) AWS
5 8 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.36%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.36%) GCP
6 6 (2.36%) PowerApps
7 5 (1.97%) GitHub
7 5 (1.97%) SaaS
8 4 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (1.57%) Figma
8 4 (1.57%) iPaaS
8 4 (1.57%) MailChimp
9 3 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.79%) Slack
11 1 (0.39%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.39%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.76%) WAN
2 4 (1.57%) Wireless
3 3 (1.18%) LAN
4 2 (0.79%) IP Telephony
4 2 (0.79%) Network Security
4 2 (0.79%) PBX
4 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.79%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.79%) VoIP
4 2 (0.79%) VPN
5 1 (0.39%) DHCP
5 1 (0.39%) DNS
5 1 (0.39%) Firewall
5 1 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.39%) Skype
5 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.51%) Power BI
2 6 (2.36%) Tableau
3 5 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.97%) GIS
3 5 (1.97%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.57%) SAP BW
5 3 (1.18%) Big Data
5 3 (1.18%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.79%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.79%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.39%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.39%) Ingres
7 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.39%) Power Query
7 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.97%) JIRA
2 4 (1.57%) Selenium
2 4 (1.57%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (1.57%) XCUITest
3 2 (0.79%) Git
3 2 (0.79%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.39%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (0.39%) JMeter
4 1 (0.39%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.39%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.39%) Postman
4 1 (0.39%) TestRail
4 1 (0.39%) WebDriver
General
1 34 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (9.06%) Public Sector
3 16 (6.30%) Finance
4 9 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (3.15%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.36%) Health Technology
6 6 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (2.36%) Retail
7 5 (1.97%) Banking
8 4 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.57%) Legal
9 3 (1.18%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.79%) Back Office
10 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Billing
11 1 (0.39%) German Language
11 1 (0.39%) Local Government
11 1 (0.39%) Marketing
11 1 (0.39%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 55 (21.65%) Analyst
2 36 (14.17%) Business Analyst
3 27 (10.63%) Developer
4 21 (8.27%) Project Manager
5 19 (7.48%) Architect
6 18 (7.09%) Service Desk Agent
7 15 (5.91%) Lead
7 15 (5.91%) Senior
8 11 (4.33%) Consultant
9 10 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.15%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 8 (3.15%) Tester
11 7 (2.76%) Delivery Manager
11 7 (2.76%) Service Analyst
11 7 (2.76%) ServiceNow Developer
12 6 (2.36%) Data Engineer
12 6 (2.36%) SAP Analyst
12 6 (2.36%) SAP Business Analyst
12 6 (2.36%) Technical Analyst
12 6 (2.36%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.76%) SailPoint
2 6 (2.36%) Web Services
3 4 (1.57%) .NET
4 3 (1.18%) .NET Framework
4 3 (1.18%) Playwright
5 2 (0.79%) XMPP
6 1 (0.39%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.39%) ADO
6 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.39%) CSS
6 1 (0.39%) HTML
6 1 (0.39%) ISPF
6 1 (0.39%) LDAP
6 1 (0.39%) Middleware
6 1 (0.39%) Node.js
6 1 (0.39%) PySpark
6 1 (0.39%) RESTful
6 1 (0.39%) SAML
6 1 (0.39%) SAP TM
6 1 (0.39%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.69%) NHS
2 11 (4.33%) Algorithms
3 10 (3.94%) Driving Licence
3 10 (3.94%) Mobile App
4 5 (1.97%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.57%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.57%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.18%) BYOD
6 3 (1.18%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.18%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.79%) CMDB
7 2 (0.79%) EPoS
7 2 (0.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.39%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.39%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.39%) mHealth
8 1 (0.39%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.69%) Windows
2 8 (3.15%) Windows 10
3 6 (2.36%) Linux
4 5 (1.97%) Android
5 4 (1.57%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.18%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.79%) Debian
7 2 (0.79%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.39%) Unix
8 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (38.19%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (21.26%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (18.90%) Agile
4 44 (17.32%) Customer Service
5 43 (16.93%) Project Management
6 24 (9.45%) Migration
7 20 (7.87%) User Stories
8 19 (7.48%) Business Analysis
8 19 (7.48%) Waterfall
9 18 (7.09%) Requirements Gathering
10 16 (6.30%) ERP
11 15 (5.91%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (5.91%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (5.51%) ITIL
13 13 (5.12%) Acceptance Criteria
13 13 (5.12%) Data Modelling
13 13 (5.12%) DevOps
13 13 (5.12%) Test Automation
14 12 (4.72%) Software Architecture
15 11 (4.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.69%) JavaScript
2 12 (4.72%) Python
3 11 (4.33%) SQL
4 9 (3.54%) TypeScript
5 6 (2.36%) ABAP
6 5 (1.97%) C#
7 4 (1.57%) Bash
7 4 (1.57%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.18%) C
8 3 (1.18%) C++
8 3 (1.18%) Java
8 3 (1.18%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.18%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.18%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.18%) VBA
9 1 (0.39%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.39%) JCL
9 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.39%) REXX
9 1 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 22 (8.66%) Degree
2 13 (5.12%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.33%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.36%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.57%) CBAP
6 3 (1.18%) CEH
6 3 (1.18%) CREST Certified
6 3 (1.18%) GIAC
6 3 (1.18%) GPEN
6 3 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.18%) OSCP
7 2 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.79%) CCNA
7 2 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.39%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.39%) CISSP
8 1 (0.39%) PMP
8 1 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.48%) QA
1 19 (7.48%) SLA
2 5 (1.97%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.18%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.18%) GDPR
3 3 (1.18%) NIST
4 2 (0.79%) PMO
5 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.39%) HL7
5 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (7.09%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.39%) ACF2
3 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.39%) KVM
3 1 (0.39%) RACF
3 1 (0.39%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.39%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 2 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.39%) OMEGAMON
2 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.39%) Terraform
2 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 40 (15.75%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.87%) SAP
3 13 (5.12%) ServiceNow
4 11 (4.33%) Brio
5 10 (3.94%) BT
5 10 (3.94%) Virgin Media
6 7 (2.76%) CheckPoint
6 7 (2.76%) F5
7 5 (1.97%) CyberArk
7 5 (1.97%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.57%) ESRI
8 4 (1.57%) Hootsuite
9 3 (1.18%) Cisco
9 3 (1.18%) Databricks
9 3 (1.18%) Google
9 3 (1.18%) VMware
10 2 (0.79%) Ariba
10 2 (0.79%) Citrix
10 2 (0.79%) Mitel
11 1 (0.39%) JDA