Social Skills Contracts with Work from Home Options

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). 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 2 3 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 3,088 4,773 7,900
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 20.86% 19.37% 17.98%
As % of the General category 35.43% 33.09% 32.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,078 3,345 5,521
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +0.96% +11.83%
75th Percentile £600 £643 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 127 134
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.15 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.23 £24.45 £15.72
Median hourly rate £38.12 £55.00 £21.92
Median % change year-on-year -30.69% +150.97% +37.87%
75th Percentile £40.00 £67.50 £46.67
90th Percentile £53.00 £83.10 £60.33
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £25.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year -28.71% +32.89% +5.56%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,717 14,425 23,975
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.90% 58.53% 54.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,734 10,165 17,422
10th Percentile £330 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 457 325 343
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.85 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.95 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +42.86% +51.48%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.96% +44.87% -

Social Skills
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Social Skills trend for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Skills.

Social Skills daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Social Skills over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Social Skills daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Skills.

Social Skills hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Social Skills over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Social Skills hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 102 (3.30%) SharePoint
2 84 (2.72%) Confluence
3 58 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 32 (1.04%) CMS
5 17 (0.55%) SAS
5 17 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
6 14 (0.45%) Apache
6 14 (0.45%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.32%) ArcGIS
7 10 (0.32%) WebSphere
8 9 (0.29%) IIS
8 9 (0.29%) nginx
8 9 (0.29%) OpenStack
9 7 (0.23%) Appian
10 6 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.19%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.19%) JBoss
10 6 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
10 6 (0.19%) WebLogic
10 6 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 156 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
2 146 (4.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 77 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 46 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
5 35 (1.13%) MS Visio
6 25 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
7 13 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
8 12 (0.39%) Sketch
9 11 (0.36%) Photoshop
10 9 (0.29%) Adobe XD
11 8 (0.26%) Chatbot
12 7 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 6 (0.19%) InDesign
14 5 (0.16%) Acrobat
14 5 (0.16%) UserZoom
15 4 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
15 4 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
15 4 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
16 3 (0.097%) AutoCAD
16 3 (0.097%) Maya
Business Applications
1 84 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
4 23 (0.74%) Dynamics AX
5 16 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
6 15 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
7 14 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
7 14 (0.45%) SAP ERP
8 13 (0.42%) NetSuite
8 13 (0.42%) SAP SD
9 12 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 11 (0.36%) SAP HCM
10 11 (0.36%) SAP HR
11 10 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
12 9 (0.29%) Loan IQ
12 9 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
12 9 (0.29%) SAP FI
12 9 (0.29%) Shopify
13 8 (0.26%) Primavera
13 8 (0.26%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 528 (17.10%) Azure
2 274 (8.87%) AWS
3 217 (7.03%) Power Platform
4 161 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
5 118 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
6 113 (3.66%) Dynamics 365
7 102 (3.30%) GCP
8 65 (2.10%) Entra ID
8 65 (2.10%) PowerApps
9 54 (1.75%) Power Automate
9 54 (1.75%) SaaS
10 51 (1.65%) GitHub
11 46 (1.49%) Serverless
12 45 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
13 37 (1.20%) IaaS
14 35 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
15 30 (0.97%) Amazon S3
16 29 (0.94%) OCI
17 27 (0.87%) PaaS
18 25 (0.81%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 119 (3.85%) Firewall
2 55 (1.78%) DNS
3 44 (1.42%) VPN
4 42 (1.36%) WAN
5 36 (1.17%) Network Security
6 33 (1.07%) DHCP
7 32 (1.04%) LAN
8 29 (0.94%) BGP
9 27 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
10 26 (0.84%) TCP/IP
11 23 (0.74%) Internet
12 20 (0.65%) HTTP
13 18 (0.58%) Wireless
14 12 (0.39%) SAN
14 12 (0.39%) SSL
14 12 (0.39%) VLAN
15 11 (0.36%) 5G
15 11 (0.36%) Cisco Nexus
15 11 (0.36%) SD-WAN
15 11 (0.36%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (5.96%) Power BI
2 138 (4.47%) SQL Server
3 70 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
4 68 (2.20%) Relational Database
5 53 (1.72%) Data Lake
6 40 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
7 38 (1.23%) MySQL
8 37 (1.20%) Tableau
9 35 (1.13%) Oracle Database
10 33 (1.07%) Big Data
11 31 (1.00%) NoSQL
11 31 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 30 (0.97%) MongoDB
13 25 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 22 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
15 20 (0.65%) GIS
15 20 (0.65%) Metadata
16 16 (0.52%) Power Query
17 13 (0.42%) Couchbase
17 13 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 223 (7.22%) JIRA
2 93 (3.01%) Git
3 79 (2.56%) Jenkins
4 54 (1.75%) GitLab
5 33 (1.07%) Selenium
6 21 (0.68%) Postman
7 19 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
8 16 (0.52%) Cypress.io
9 15 (0.49%) SonarQube
9 15 (0.49%) Visual Studio
10 14 (0.45%) Cucumber
10 14 (0.45%) WebDriver
11 12 (0.39%) Appium
11 12 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 12 (0.39%) Bitbucket
11 12 (0.39%) REST Assured
12 11 (0.36%) Maven
13 10 (0.32%) JMeter
13 10 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
14 9 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
General
1 773 (25.03%) Finance
2 619 (20.05%) Analytical Skills
3 314 (10.17%) Public Sector
4 197 (6.38%) Banking
5 181 (5.86%) Presentation Skills
6 157 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
7 137 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
8 117 (3.79%) Marketing
9 97 (3.14%) Telecoms
10 91 (2.95%) Retail
11 87 (2.82%) Manufacturing
12 80 (2.59%) Legal
13 58 (1.88%) Front Office
14 51 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 41 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
16 37 (1.20%) Investment Banking
17 36 (1.17%) General Ledger
18 35 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
19 33 (1.07%) Financial Institution
20 30 (0.97%) Law
Job Titles
1 434 (14.05%) Analyst
2 367 (11.88%) Developer
3 291 (9.42%) Consultant
4 287 (9.29%) Architect
5 270 (8.74%) Senior
6 238 (7.71%) Project Manager
7 207 (6.70%) Business Analyst
8 177 (5.73%) Lead
9 108 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
10 74 (2.40%) Data Analyst
11 68 (2.20%) Data Engineer
12 63 (2.04%) Designer
13 58 (1.88%) Senior Developer
14 55 (1.78%) C# Developer
15 52 (1.68%) Senior Manager
16 49 (1.59%) Service Analyst
16 49 (1.59%) Software Engineer
17 46 (1.49%) DevOps Engineer
17 46 (1.49%) Functional Consultant
18 42 (1.36%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (3.37%) .NET
2 81 (2.62%) React
3 78 (2.53%) REST
4 73 (2.36%) AngularJS
5 70 (2.27%) HTML
6 69 (2.23%) CSS
7 67 (2.17%) Web Services
8 56 (1.81%) Kafka
8 56 (1.81%) RESTful
9 48 (1.55%) JSON
10 46 (1.49%) XML
11 42 (1.36%) Middleware
11 42 (1.36%) Node.js
12 33 (1.07%) SOAP
13 32 (1.04%) YAML
14 30 (0.97%) ARM Templates
15 27 (0.87%) Spring
16 22 (0.71%) .NET Framework
17 20 (0.65%) ASP.NET
17 20 (0.65%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 104 (3.37%) Product Ownership
2 103 (3.34%) Management Information System
3 93 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
4 64 (2.07%) Data Structures
5 49 (1.59%) Data Centre
6 45 (1.46%) Algorithms
7 43 (1.39%) Onboarding
8 40 (1.30%) Virtual Team
9 37 (1.20%) Mainframe
10 33 (1.07%) NHS
11 32 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
12 28 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
12 28 (0.91%) Mobile App
13 26 (0.84%) Cloud Native
13 26 (0.84%) CMDB
14 25 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
15 24 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
16 23 (0.74%) Public Cloud
17 22 (0.71%) PKI
18 21 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 243 (7.87%) Windows
2 182 (5.89%) Linux
3 59 (1.91%) Windows Server
4 51 (1.65%) Windows 10
5 35 (1.13%) Unix
6 30 (0.97%) zOS
7 29 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (0.71%) Android
8 22 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (0.49%) Apple iOS
10 12 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (0.32%) AIX
12 9 (0.29%) CentOS
12 9 (0.29%) Mac OS
13 7 (0.23%) Windows 7
13 7 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
14 6 (0.19%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.13%) VMS
16 3 (0.097%) Debian
16 3 (0.097%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 844 (27.33%) Problem-Solving
2 750 (24.29%) Agile
3 484 (15.67%) Project Management
4 348 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 332 (10.75%) DevOps
6 262 (8.48%) Migration
7 233 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
8 227 (7.35%) Analytics
9 219 (7.09%) Computer Science
10 214 (6.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 201 (6.51%) Decision-Making
12 199 (6.44%) ITIL
13 194 (6.28%) CI/CD
14 184 (5.96%) Scrum
15 175 (5.67%) Change Management
16 174 (5.63%) Roadmaps
17 167 (5.41%) Service Management
18 160 (5.18%) Data Modelling
19 155 (5.02%) Customer Service
20 153 (4.95%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 364 (11.79%) SQL
2 257 (8.32%) Python
3 167 (5.41%) Java
4 165 (5.34%) C#
5 146 (4.73%) JavaScript
6 105 (3.40%) PowerShell
7 52 (1.68%) TypeScript
8 50 (1.62%) Bash
9 44 (1.42%) C++
10 37 (1.20%) Bicep
11 31 (1.00%) Go
11 31 (1.00%) Perl
12 28 (0.91%) REXX
13 27 (0.87%) Shell Script
14 26 (0.84%) JCL
14 26 (0.84%) PHP
15 25 (0.81%) PL/SQL
16 23 (0.74%) Scala
17 22 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 19 (0.62%) VB
Qualifications
1 479 (15.51%) Degree
2 404 (13.08%) Security Cleared
3 293 (9.49%) SC Cleared
4 154 (4.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 86 (2.78%) DV Cleared
6 65 (2.10%) Master's Degree
7 51 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 51 (1.65%) PMP
8 47 (1.52%) PMI Certification
9 37 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (1.17%) CISSP
11 32 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
12 27 (0.87%) Azure Certification
13 23 (0.74%) ISTQB
13 23 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
14 22 (0.71%) CCNP
14 22 (0.71%) CISM
15 20 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 18 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 17 (0.55%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (5.93%) QA
2 112 (3.63%) Data Quality
3 82 (2.66%) SLA
4 67 (2.17%) PMO
5 61 (1.98%) Accessibility
6 46 (1.49%) GDPR
7 42 (1.36%) NIST
8 38 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 18 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
9 18 (0.58%) PCI DSS
10 17 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
11 12 (0.39%) GRC
11 12 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (0.36%) MiFID
12 11 (0.36%) SEPA
13 10 (0.32%) HIPAA
13 10 (0.32%) NCSC
14 9 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
14 9 (0.29%) EMIR
15 8 (0.26%) NIST 800
System Software
1 137 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 96 (3.11%) Docker
3 37 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (0.84%) Time Sharing Option
6 25 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (0.58%) VMware NSX
7 18 (0.58%) vSphere
8 16 (0.52%) RACF
9 13 (0.42%) Hyper-V
10 10 (0.32%) ACF2
11 9 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 9 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
12 8 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
13 7 (0.23%) Firmware
13 7 (0.23%) Job Entry Subsystem
13 7 (0.23%) Microcode
13 7 (0.23%) NFS
14 3 (0.097%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.097%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 135 (4.37%) Kubernetes
2 110 (3.56%) Terraform
3 88 (2.85%) Ansible
4 41 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 36 (1.17%) SCCM
6 34 (1.10%) SCOM
7 29 (0.94%) Puppet
8 26 (0.84%) Grafana
9 21 (0.68%) Progress Chef
9 21 (0.68%) WSUS
10 18 (0.58%) Prometheus
11 17 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 15 (0.49%) Docker Swarm
13 13 (0.42%) OMEGAMON
14 12 (0.39%) Consul
14 12 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
15 10 (0.32%) Data Guard
16 8 (0.26%) Kibana
16 8 (0.26%) Podman
16 8 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 561 (18.17%) Microsoft
2 217 (7.03%) SAP
3 167 (5.41%) Oracle
4 91 (2.95%) ServiceNow
5 70 (2.27%) Google
6 62 (2.01%) Cisco
6 62 (2.01%) IBM
7 59 (1.91%) Databricks
8 53 (1.72%) Adobe
9 49 (1.59%) Salesforce
10 46 (1.49%) VMware
11 37 (1.20%) Atlassian
12 34 (1.10%) Splunk
13 27 (0.87%) Ariba
13 27 (0.87%) Dell
14 26 (0.84%) Informatica
15 23 (0.74%) F5
16 20 (0.65%) Citrix
16 20 (0.65%) Palo Alto
17 19 (0.62%) Juniper