Social Skills Contracts in the North West

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 600 557 716
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 22.48% 18.09% 17.72%
As % of the General category 42.08% 34.43% 35.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 358 479
10th Percentile £230 £225 £200
25th Percentile £375 £391 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £560
90th Percentile £638 £675 £638
England median daily rate £513 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -5.09% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 26 57
10th Percentile £12.60 £16.22 £12.43
25th Percentile £13.72 £18.13 £15.00
Median hourly rate £16.06 £26.75 £23.06
Median % change year-on-year -39.96% +16.03% -1.77%
75th Percentile £24.35 £39.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £39.81 £54.88 £58.75
England median hourly rate £18.00 £24.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% -

All General Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,426 1,618 2,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.43% 52.55% 49.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 869 1,113 1,406
10th Percentile £300 £308 £229
25th Percentile £400 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 77 115
10th Percentile £12.50 £14.90 £11.21
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.85 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.86 £26.00 £23.39
Median % change year-on-year -31.31% +11.16% +4.16%
75th Percentile £36.95 £35.03 £48.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £53.13 £64.20
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West 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
Manchester +3 274 £453 -7.18% 576
Cheshire 0 139 £488 +8.33% 243
Cumbria +5 75 £493 +6.59% 48
Lancashire +16 59 £425 +5.59% 139
Merseyside +3 41 £315 -37.00% 136
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 21 (3.50%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.50%) Confluence
2 9 (1.50%) SAS
3 7 (1.17%) CMS
3 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.00%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.67%) Apache
6 3 (0.50%) IIS
7 2 (0.33%) IBM Notes
7 2 (0.33%) Mule
7 2 (0.33%) WordPress
8 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.17%) JBoss
8 1 (0.17%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.17%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 65 (10.83%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (6.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.83%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.83%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 29 (4.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.17%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.83%) SAP EWM
4 4 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.50%) Maximo
5 3 (0.50%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.33%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.17%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.17%) Primavera
7 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.17%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.17%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.17%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.17%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 59 (9.83%) Azure
2 51 (8.50%) AWS
3 49 (8.17%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (5.00%) Power Platform
5 20 (3.33%) Taleo
6 15 (2.50%) GCP
7 12 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (2.00%) Snowflake
8 11 (1.83%) Power Automate
9 8 (1.33%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.33%) Serverless
10 7 (1.17%) SaaS
11 6 (1.00%) Amazon S3
11 6 (1.00%) GitHub
11 6 (1.00%) Google Analytics
11 6 (1.00%) IaaS
12 5 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (0.83%) Collibra
12 5 (0.83%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.17%) Firewall
2 15 (2.50%) LAN
2 15 (2.50%) WAN
3 12 (2.00%) VPN
4 9 (1.50%) ATM
4 9 (1.50%) Wireless
5 8 (1.33%) OSPF
6 7 (1.17%) DNS
6 7 (1.17%) Ethernet
6 7 (1.17%) Wireless Security
7 5 (0.83%) DHCP
7 5 (0.83%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.67%) VLAN
9 3 (0.50%) 4G
9 3 (0.50%) 5G
9 3 (0.50%) HTTP
9 3 (0.50%) Internet
9 3 (0.50%) Skype
9 3 (0.50%) VoIP
9 3 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.00%) Power BI
2 16 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (2.50%) SQL Server
4 11 (1.83%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.67%) MySQL
5 10 (1.67%) Tableau
6 8 (1.33%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (1.17%) Big Data
7 7 (1.17%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.17%) Hadoop
7 7 (1.17%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.83%) Ataccama
9 5 (0.83%) Data Mining
9 5 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (0.67%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.50%) SAP Data Services
11 3 (0.50%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 32 (5.33%) JIRA
2 10 (1.67%) Git
2 10 (1.67%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.83%) Selenium
3 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.67%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.67%) GitLab
5 3 (0.50%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.50%) LSMW
5 3 (0.50%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.33%) Appium
6 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.33%) Gatling
6 2 (0.33%) JMeter
6 2 (0.33%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.33%) Log4j
6 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.33%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.17%) Zephyr
General
1 109 (18.17%) Finance
2 95 (15.83%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (8.17%) Public Sector
4 32 (5.33%) Retail
5 31 (5.17%) Banking
6 26 (4.33%) Pharmaceutical
7 25 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
9 22 (3.67%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.33%) Telecoms
11 13 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.17%) Legal
12 12 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.33%) Marketing
14 6 (1.00%) Law
15 3 (0.50%) Automotive
15 3 (0.50%) Back Office
15 3 (0.50%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.50%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 91 (15.17%) Analyst
2 48 (8.00%) Project Manager
3 40 (6.67%) Senior
4 38 (6.33%) Consultant
5 36 (6.00%) Architect
6 35 (5.83%) Developer
7 27 (4.50%) Data Analyst
7 27 (4.50%) Service Desk Agent
8 24 (4.00%) Business Analyst
9 22 (3.67%) Lead
10 19 (3.17%) Network Engineer
11 17 (2.83%) Administrator
12 15 (2.50%) IT Support
12 15 (2.50%) Senior Analyst
12 15 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (2.33%) Problem Manager
13 14 (2.33%) Support Engineer
14 12 (2.00%) Availability Manager
14 12 (2.00%) Capacity and Availability Manager
14 12 (2.00%) Capacity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.00%) .NET
2 9 (1.50%) Web Services
3 8 (1.33%) HTML
3 8 (1.33%) Node.js
3 8 (1.33%) React
3 8 (1.33%) REST
4 7 (1.17%) CSS
4 7 (1.17%) Kafka
4 7 (1.17%) RESTful
5 6 (1.00%) Middleware
6 5 (0.83%) Spring
7 4 (0.67%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.67%) SailPoint
8 3 (0.50%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.50%) BAPI
8 3 (0.50%) JSON
8 3 (0.50%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.50%) OAuth
8 3 (0.50%) OpenID
8 3 (0.50%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.33%) Virtual Team
2 37 (6.17%) Management Information System
3 20 (3.33%) Driving Licence
4 17 (2.83%) EPoS
5 16 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.33%) CMDB
7 13 (2.17%) Life Science
8 9 (1.50%) Smartphone
9 8 (1.33%) NHS
10 7 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.83%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.67%) Clustering
12 4 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.67%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.67%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.50%) Derivative
13 3 (0.50%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 54 (9.00%) Windows
2 26 (4.33%) Windows 10
3 24 (4.00%) Linux
4 11 (1.83%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.67%) Mac OS
6 9 (1.50%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.50%) Unix
7 6 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.83%) Android
9 3 (0.50%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.50%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.50%) zOS
10 2 (0.33%) Debian
10 2 (0.33%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.17%) CentOS
11 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.17%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.17%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (28.33%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 92 (15.33%) Agile
4 83 (13.83%) Customer Service
5 67 (11.17%) Project Management
6 50 (8.33%) Decision-Making
7 49 (8.17%) Mentoring
8 48 (8.00%) Service Management
9 47 (7.83%) ITIL
10 43 (7.17%) Quality Management
11 41 (6.83%) Statistics
12 39 (6.50%) Time Management
13 37 (6.17%) Migration
14 35 (5.83%) Problem Management
15 28 (4.67%) Analytics
15 28 (4.67%) Data Modelling
15 28 (4.67%) Data Protection
16 27 (4.50%) Business Intelligence
17 26 (4.33%) DevOps
17 26 (4.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 53 (8.83%) SQL
2 40 (6.67%) Python
3 26 (4.33%) Java
4 16 (2.67%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.00%) C#
6 10 (1.67%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.17%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.00%) Scala
9 5 (0.83%) Bash
9 5 (0.83%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.67%) PHP
10 4 (0.67%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.50%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.50%) C
11 3 (0.50%) Go
12 2 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.33%) Groovy
12 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.33%) Ruby
13 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 73 (12.17%) SC Cleared
3 58 (9.67%) Degree
4 22 (3.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (2.83%) CCNA
7 13 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
8 9 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.50%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.33%) CCNP
9 8 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.17%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.00%) PMP
12 5 (0.83%) MCSE
13 4 (0.67%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.50%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.50%) OSCP
15 2 (0.33%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.33%) CISM
15 2 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (8.83%) SLA
2 38 (6.33%) Data Quality
3 28 (4.67%) QA
4 14 (2.33%) GDPR
5 12 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.83%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.17%) NIST
7 7 (1.17%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.50%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.50%) PMO
10 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.17%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.17%) GAMP
11 1 (0.17%) GMP
11 1 (0.17%) GxP
11 1 (0.17%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.17%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 43 (7.17%) Active Directory
2 24 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.67%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.67%) Docker
4 4 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.17%) NFS
6 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 18 (3.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.83%) Terraform
3 10 (1.67%) SCCM
4 7 (1.17%) Ansible
5 6 (1.00%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (0.50%) Autotask
7 3 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.50%) HP Fortify
7 3 (0.50%) Nagios
8 2 (0.33%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.33%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.17%) CFEngine
9 1 (0.17%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.17%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.17%) Puppet
9 1 (0.17%) SCOM
9 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 137 (22.83%) Microsoft
2 61 (10.17%) SAP
3 40 (6.67%) ServiceNow
4 31 (5.17%) VMware
5 16 (2.67%) Google
6 13 (2.17%) Cisco
7 12 (2.00%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.83%) Ariba
8 11 (1.83%) Oracle
9 8 (1.33%) Sage
10 7 (1.17%) Apple
10 7 (1.17%) Avaloq
10 7 (1.17%) Splunk
11 6 (1.00%) Alteryx
11 6 (1.00%) Citrix
11 6 (1.00%) Databricks
11 6 (1.00%) Facebook
12 5 (0.83%) Dataiku
12 5 (0.83%) Informatica
12 5 (0.83%) Trillium