Social Skills Contracts in the West Midlands

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the West 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 445 551 800
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 23.54% 24.41% 22.49%
As % of the General category 41.82% 42.38% 39.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 378 588
10th Percentile £213 £224 £250
25th Percentile £350 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +23.75%
75th Percentile £601 £595 £557
90th Percentile £731 £682 £663
England median daily rate £513 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -5.09% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 17 27
10th Percentile £10.73 £11.90 £11.78
25th Percentile £13.18 £12.50 £13.33
Median hourly rate £15.50 £16.94 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.47% +2.64% +4.93%
75th Percentile £19.50 £42.25 £18.75
90th Percentile £32.83 £73.50 £19.92
England median hourly rate £18.00 £24.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% -

All General Skills
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,064 1,300 2,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.30% 57.60% 56.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 742 917 1,512
10th Percentile £263 £250 £250
25th Percentile £388 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% +13.48%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 44 45
10th Percentile £11.06 £11.30 £12.00
25th Percentile £13.93 £12.50 £13.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.84 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +26.29% +3.13%
75th Percentile £37.81 £28.75 £19.50
90th Percentile £56.50 £54.88 £21.35
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West 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
Birmingham +1 177 £475 - 311
Warwickshire 0 103 £525 -4.55% 134
Staffordshire 0 27 £363 -19.89% 160
Coventry 0 26 £513 +2.50% 88
Worcestershire +5 23 £535 +18.89% 57
Shropshire -7 18 £300 -44.44% 40
Solihull -9 17 £275 -38.92% 26
Herefordshire -9 10 £538 -17.23% 11
Walsall +3 2 £325 +261.11% 15
West Bromwich - 2 - - 9
Dudley -2 1 £313 +119.30% 17
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 16 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.35%) CMS
4 3 (0.67%) Confluence
4 3 (0.67%) Drupal
5 2 (0.45%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.22%) CICS
6 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.22%) IBM Domino
6 1 (0.22%) Moodle
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
6 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (6.07%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.35%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.45%) CANalyzer
5 2 (0.45%) Maya
5 2 (0.45%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.45%) Trello
6 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.22%) InDesign
6 1 (0.22%) Simulink
6 1 (0.22%) Sketch
6 1 (0.22%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.22%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 13 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.02%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.80%) Odoo
4 4 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.45%) iTrent
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.45%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.45%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.45%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.45%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.22%) Maximo
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.22%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.22%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 51 (11.46%) Azure
2 44 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (6.74%) Power Platform
4 16 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (3.37%) Power Automate
6 14 (3.15%) OneDrive
7 13 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.70%) AWS
9 11 (2.47%) Entra ID
9 11 (2.47%) PowerApps
10 9 (2.02%) SuccessFactors
11 6 (1.35%) Azure AKS
11 6 (1.35%) Azure App Service
12 5 (1.12%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (0.90%) IaaS
13 4 (0.90%) SaaS
14 3 (0.67%) OCI
14 3 (0.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.82%) WAN
2 15 (3.37%) DNS
2 15 (3.37%) Firewall
3 14 (3.15%) LAN
4 11 (2.47%) DHCP
5 10 (2.25%) Internet
5 10 (2.25%) VPN
6 9 (2.02%) Network Security
7 7 (1.57%) Ethernet
7 7 (1.57%) Unified Communications
7 7 (1.57%) Wireless
8 6 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.12%) SAN
9 5 (1.12%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.90%) MPLS
10 4 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (0.90%) VoIP
11 3 (0.67%) Ethereal
11 3 (0.67%) VLAN
11 3 (0.67%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.84%) Power BI
2 11 (2.47%) Data Mining
3 7 (1.57%) Data Lake
3 7 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.12%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.90%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.90%) SAP BW
5 4 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.67%) Big Data
6 3 (0.67%) MySQL
6 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.67%) Tableau
7 2 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.45%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.45%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.45%) OLAP
7 2 (0.45%) OLTP
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (3.37%) JIRA
2 7 (1.57%) Git
3 4 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.45%) Appium
4 2 (0.45%) CANoe
4 2 (0.45%) kappa
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.45%) UI Automator
4 2 (0.45%) webpack
4 2 (0.45%) XCUITest
5 1 (0.22%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.22%) JMeter
5 1 (0.22%) NUnit
5 1 (0.22%) Postman
5 1 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.22%) TestRail
5 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.22%) Xcode
General
1 96 (21.57%) Analytical Skills
2 75 (16.85%) Finance
3 28 (6.29%) Public Sector
4 23 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (4.94%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (3.82%) Telecoms
7 12 (2.70%) Automotive
8 10 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.25%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.25%) Retail
9 9 (2.02%) Marketing
10 7 (1.57%) German Language
10 7 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.12%) Billing
11 5 (1.12%) Legal
12 4 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.90%) Law
12 4 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.45%) Local Government
13 2 (0.45%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 65 (14.61%) Analyst
2 46 (10.34%) Project Manager
3 43 (9.66%) Architect
4 42 (9.44%) Developer
5 35 (7.87%) Lead
6 31 (6.97%) Senior
7 29 (6.52%) Consultant
8 17 (3.82%) Support Engineer
9 15 (3.37%) 2nd Line Support
9 15 (3.37%) Support Analyst
10 13 (2.92%) Enterprise Architect
11 12 (2.70%) Data Architect
11 12 (2.70%) Service Analyst
12 11 (2.47%) Business Manager
12 11 (2.47%) Service Desk Analyst
13 10 (2.25%) 1st/2nd Line Support
13 10 (2.25%) IT Manager
14 9 (2.02%) Business Analyst
14 9 (2.02%) IT Project Manager
14 9 (2.02%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.25%) .NET
1 10 (2.25%) React
2 9 (2.02%) AngularJS
2 9 (2.02%) HTML
2 9 (2.02%) RESTful
3 6 (1.35%) CSS
3 6 (1.35%) Spring
4 4 (0.90%) XML
5 3 (0.67%) JSON
5 3 (0.67%) PySpark
5 3 (0.67%) REST
5 3 (0.67%) SAML
5 3 (0.67%) SAP Business Workflow
5 3 (0.67%) Visualforce
6 2 (0.45%) Next.js
6 2 (0.45%) OAuth
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.45%) Regular Expression
6 2 (0.45%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.17%) Management Information System
2 20 (4.49%) Product Ownership
3 16 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 10 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.02%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.02%) IoT
8 8 (1.80%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (1.80%) NHS
8 8 (1.80%) PKI
9 7 (1.57%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.57%) CCTV
9 7 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.57%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.57%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.57%) Taxonomies
10 6 (1.35%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.35%) Digital Signage
10 6 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 54 (12.13%) Windows
2 27 (6.07%) Windows 10
3 18 (4.04%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (2.70%) Linux
6 10 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (1.80%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.35%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.12%) Android
9 5 (1.12%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.67%) CentOS
10 3 (0.67%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.67%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.45%) Unix
11 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.45%) zOS
12 1 (0.22%) Debian
12 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (29.66%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (21.12%) Agile
3 73 (16.40%) Project Management
4 69 (15.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 62 (13.93%) Customer Service
6 41 (9.21%) Computer Science
6 41 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (7.87%) Decision-Making
8 33 (7.42%) ERP
8 33 (7.42%) Migration
9 31 (6.97%) Roadmaps
10 30 (6.74%) Analytics
10 30 (6.74%) ITIL
11 27 (6.07%) DevOps
12 25 (5.62%) Project Delivery
13 24 (5.39%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (5.39%) Cybersecurity
14 22 (4.94%) Business Transformation
14 22 (4.94%) Change Management
14 22 (4.94%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 31 (6.97%) SQL
2 24 (5.39%) Python
3 19 (4.27%) PowerShell
4 13 (2.92%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.25%) Java
6 7 (1.57%) C#
6 7 (1.57%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.35%) Bicep
8 4 (0.90%) Apex Code
8 4 (0.90%) Bash
8 4 (0.90%) SOQL
9 3 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.67%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.67%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.67%) Swift
10 2 (0.45%) C++
10 2 (0.45%) Perl
10 2 (0.45%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.22%) COBOL
11 1 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 69 (15.51%) Degree
2 30 (6.74%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (4.49%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.37%) PMP
6 14 (3.15%) PMI Certification
7 10 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (2.25%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.35%) BC Cleared
8 6 (1.35%) CCNA
9 5 (1.12%) CCNP
10 4 (0.90%) CCIE
10 4 (0.90%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (0.67%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.67%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.39%) SLA
2 23 (5.17%) QA
3 13 (2.92%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.25%) NIST
5 8 (1.80%) NIST 800
5 8 (1.80%) PMO
6 5 (1.12%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.12%) GDPR
7 4 (0.90%) GRC
8 3 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.67%) ITGC
9 1 (0.22%) HAZOP
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.22%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.22%) P3O
9 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (8.76%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.90%) Docker
3 4 (0.90%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.90%) vSphere
4 3 (0.67%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.45%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.45%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.45%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 14 (3.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.47%) SCCM
3 10 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (1.80%) Terraform
5 4 (0.90%) Grafana
5 4 (0.90%) Kibana
6 3 (0.67%) Autotask
6 3 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.67%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.67%) OpenView
7 2 (0.45%) Ansible
7 2 (0.45%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.45%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.45%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.22%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.22%) Puppet
8 1 (0.22%) Rancher
Vendors
1 91 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.87%) SAP
3 17 (3.82%) Oracle
4 16 (3.60%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.70%) Cisco
5 12 (2.70%) VMware
6 9 (2.02%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.57%) Informatica
8 6 (1.35%) Databricks
9 5 (1.12%) Apple
9 5 (1.12%) IBM
10 4 (0.90%) Citrix
11 3 (0.67%) Adobe
11 3 (0.67%) BT
11 3 (0.67%) Datto
11 3 (0.67%) Fujitsu
11 3 (0.67%) Openreach
11 3 (0.67%) Sage
12 2 (0.45%) LogRhythm
12 2 (0.45%) TippingPoint