Social Skills Contracts in the Midlands

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 622 740 1,074
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.11% 22.56% 21.49%
As % of the General category 41.72% 40.73% 39.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 514 758
10th Percentile £198 £206 £200
25th Percentile £270 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +1.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £698 £675 £650
England median daily rate £513 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -5.09% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 30 56
10th Percentile £11.06 £11.72 £9.87
25th Percentile £13.00 £12.50 £12.69
Median hourly rate £14.80 £15.25 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.98% -11.59% +15.00%
75th Percentile £19.61 £21.55 £20.56
90th Percentile £28.88 £55.25 £28.75
England median hourly rate £18.00 £24.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% -

All General Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,491 1,817 2,732
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 55.41% 55.40% 54.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,035 1,297 2,035
10th Percentile £208 £219 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +17.28%
75th Percentile £606 £598 £556
90th Percentile £725 £696 £652
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 77 99
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.80 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.91 £13.31 £13.48
Median hourly rate £17.50 £22.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +22.22% +16.50%
75th Percentile £35.00 £40.25 £27.50
90th Percentile £52.56 £51.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £30.12 £32.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.88% +48.84% -2.27%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
West Midlands 0 445 £475 -5.00% 967
East Midlands +3 170 £269 -37.44% 616
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 18 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.13%) CMS
4 4 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.48%) Confluence
5 3 (0.48%) Drupal
6 2 (0.32%) SAS
6 2 (0.32%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.32%) WordPress
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.16%) Apache
7 1 (0.16%) Appian
7 1 (0.16%) CICS
7 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.16%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.16%) Moodle
Applications
1 64 (10.29%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.29%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.80%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.48%) Maya
7 3 (0.48%) Sketch
8 2 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.32%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.32%) CANalyzer
8 2 (0.32%) Trello
8 2 (0.32%) ZBrush
9 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.16%) InDesign
9 1 (0.16%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.16%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (2.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.45%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.29%) Odoo
4 5 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.48%) SAP MII
6 2 (0.32%) iTrent
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.32%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.32%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.32%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.32%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.16%) Maximo
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 72 (11.58%) Azure
2 55 (8.84%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (6.27%) Power Platform
4 23 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
5 18 (2.89%) AWS
6 17 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (2.57%) Power Automate
8 15 (2.41%) OneDrive
9 12 (1.93%) Entra ID
10 11 (1.77%) PowerApps
10 11 (1.77%) SuccessFactors
11 7 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (0.96%) Azure AKS
12 6 (0.96%) Azure App Service
13 5 (0.80%) Amazon S3
13 5 (0.80%) IaaS
13 5 (0.80%) Serverless
14 4 (0.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (0.64%) SaaS
15 3 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.54%) WAN
2 20 (3.22%) DNS
3 19 (3.05%) LAN
4 18 (2.89%) Firewall
5 14 (2.25%) DHCP
5 14 (2.25%) VPN
6 12 (1.93%) Wireless
7 10 (1.61%) Internet
8 9 (1.45%) Ethernet
8 9 (1.45%) Network Security
9 8 (1.29%) SAN
9 8 (1.29%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.13%) Unified Communications
11 6 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.80%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (0.80%) Ethereal
12 5 (0.80%) Wireshark
13 4 (0.64%) MPLS
13 4 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (0.64%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.14%) Power BI
2 12 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.77%) Data Mining
4 10 (1.61%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.45%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.29%) Big Data
7 6 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.80%) Hadoop
8 5 (0.80%) MySQL
8 5 (0.80%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.64%) SAP BW
9 4 (0.64%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.64%) Tableau
10 3 (0.48%) Metadata
10 3 (0.48%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.48%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (2.89%) JIRA
2 7 (1.13%) Git
3 5 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.48%) TestRail
5 2 (0.32%) Appium
5 2 (0.32%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.32%) CANoe
5 2 (0.32%) kappa
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.32%) Selenium
5 2 (0.32%) UI Automator
5 2 (0.32%) webpack
5 2 (0.32%) XCUITest
6 1 (0.16%) JMeter
6 1 (0.16%) LSMW
6 1 (0.16%) NUnit
6 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.16%) Xcode
General
1 116 (18.65%) Analytical Skills
2 109 (17.52%) Finance
3 46 (7.40%) Public Sector
4 30 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
6 27 (4.34%) Telecoms
7 22 (3.54%) Manufacturing
8 14 (2.25%) Marketing
9 13 (2.09%) Automotive
10 12 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.77%) Retail
12 10 (1.61%) Banking
12 10 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.45%) Legal
14 8 (1.29%) Electronics
15 7 (1.13%) Games
15 7 (1.13%) German Language
16 5 (0.80%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.80%) Billing
17 4 (0.64%) Law
Job Titles
1 91 (14.63%) Analyst
2 62 (9.97%) Project Manager
3 51 (8.20%) Lead
4 50 (8.04%) Architect
5 49 (7.88%) Developer
6 39 (6.27%) Consultant
7 34 (5.47%) Senior
8 26 (4.18%) Support Engineer
9 17 (2.73%) 2nd Line Support
10 16 (2.57%) Support Analyst
11 15 (2.41%) Data Architect
12 14 (2.25%) Service Analyst
12 14 (2.25%) Test Manager
13 13 (2.09%) Business Analyst
13 13 (2.09%) Coordinator
13 13 (2.09%) Enterprise Architect
13 13 (2.09%) Network Engineer
13 13 (2.09%) Service Desk Analyst
13 13 (2.09%) Test Engineer
14 12 (1.93%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.09%) HTML
1 13 (2.09%) React
2 12 (1.93%) .NET
3 9 (1.45%) AngularJS
3 9 (1.45%) RESTful
4 8 (1.29%) CSS
5 6 (0.96%) Spring
6 5 (0.80%) JSON
6 5 (0.80%) XML
7 4 (0.64%) REST
7 4 (0.64%) SAP PI
8 3 (0.48%) PySpark
8 3 (0.48%) SAML
8 3 (0.48%) SAP Business Workflow
8 3 (0.48%) Visualforce
9 2 (0.32%) ADO
9 2 (0.32%) LDAP
9 2 (0.32%) Middleware
9 2 (0.32%) OAuth
9 2 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.52%) Self-Motivation
2 29 (4.66%) Management Information System
3 22 (3.54%) Product Ownership
4 14 (2.25%) Data Centre
4 14 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (1.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 10 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (1.61%) Driving Licence
6 10 (1.61%) NHS
7 9 (1.45%) IoT
8 8 (1.29%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (1.29%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.29%) PKI
9 7 (1.13%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.13%) CCTV
9 7 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.13%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.13%) Taxonomies
9 7 (1.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 78 (12.54%) Windows
2 37 (5.95%) Windows 10
3 21 (3.38%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.73%) Linux
5 13 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (1.29%) Windows 7
9 7 (1.13%) Apple iOS
9 7 (1.13%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.80%) Android
11 4 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.64%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.48%) CentOS
12 3 (0.48%) Unix
13 2 (0.32%) AIX
13 2 (0.32%) VMS
13 2 (0.32%) zOS
14 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (29.26%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (17.68%) Agile
3 88 (14.15%) Project Management
4 86 (13.83%) Customer Service
5 83 (13.34%) Stakeholder Management
6 72 (11.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (8.68%) Time Management
8 52 (8.36%) Computer Science
8 52 (8.36%) Decision-Making
8 52 (8.36%) Migration
9 48 (7.72%) Conflict Management
10 39 (6.27%) ERP
11 37 (5.95%) Analytics
12 36 (5.79%) Business Intelligence
13 35 (5.63%) Roadmaps
14 32 (5.14%) DevOps
14 32 (5.14%) ITIL
15 31 (4.98%) Project Delivery
16 27 (4.34%) Collaborative Working
16 27 (4.34%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 47 (7.56%) SQL
2 34 (5.47%) Python
3 22 (3.54%) PowerShell
4 20 (3.22%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.41%) Java
6 10 (1.61%) C#
7 7 (1.13%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.96%) Bicep
9 5 (0.80%) Bash
10 4 (0.64%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.64%) SOQL
11 3 (0.48%) ABAP
11 3 (0.48%) C++
11 3 (0.48%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.48%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.48%) Swift
11 3 (0.48%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.32%) Perl
12 2 (0.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 118 (18.97%) Degree
2 61 (9.81%) Security Cleared
3 42 (6.75%) SC Cleared
4 28 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (4.50%) NVQ Level 3
5 19 (3.05%) HNC
5 19 (3.05%) HND
6 16 (2.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.57%) PMP
7 15 (2.41%) PMI Certification
8 12 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.77%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.61%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.29%) CCNA
11 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.96%) BC Cleared
13 5 (0.80%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.80%) CCNP
13 5 (0.80%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.80%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.47%) QA
2 30 (4.82%) SLA
3 16 (2.57%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.77%) NIST
4 11 (1.77%) PMO
5 8 (1.29%) NIST 800
6 6 (0.96%) GDPR
7 5 (0.80%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.64%) GRC
9 3 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.48%) ITGC
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.16%) HAZOP
10 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.16%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.16%) P3O
10 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 47 (7.56%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.80%) Docker
4 4 (0.64%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.64%) vSphere
5 3 (0.48%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.48%) Firmware
5 3 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.48%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.32%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.32%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.16%) HDFS
7 1 (0.16%) KVM
7 1 (0.16%) Lustre
7 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 14 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 14 (2.25%) SCCM
2 10 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (1.61%) Terraform
3 5 (0.80%) OpenView
4 4 (0.64%) Grafana
4 4 (0.64%) Kibana
4 4 (0.64%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.48%) Ansible
5 3 (0.48%) Autotask
5 3 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.48%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.48%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.48%) VxRail
6 2 (0.32%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.16%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.16%) Puppet
7 1 (0.16%) Rancher
Vendors
1 117 (18.81%) Microsoft
2 53 (8.52%) SAP
3 22 (3.54%) Oracle
4 17 (2.73%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.57%) Cisco
6 15 (2.41%) VMware
7 11 (1.77%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.13%) IBM
8 7 (1.13%) Informatica
9 6 (0.96%) Apple
9 6 (0.96%) Databricks
9 6 (0.96%) Dell
10 5 (0.80%) Adobe
11 4 (0.64%) Citrix
11 4 (0.64%) Computacenter
11 4 (0.64%) Sage
12 3 (0.48%) BT
12 3 (0.48%) Fujitsu
12 3 (0.48%) Openreach
12 3 (0.48%) Workday