Social Skills Contracts in Scotland

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 520 691 888
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 24.25% 25.63% 26.02%
As % of the General category 37.82% 38.16% 36.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 499 649
10th Percentile £156 £163 £169
25th Percentile £281 £363 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £470 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +10.47% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £500
90th Percentile £606 £638 £581
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 28
10th Percentile £12.17 £12.86 £12.23
25th Percentile £12.50 £13.50 £15.59
Median hourly rate £19.50 £17.47 £26.43
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% -33.91% +51.00%
75th Percentile £21.64 £60.17 £48.19
90th Percentile £31.95 £68.09 £55.23
UK median hourly rate £18.35 £23.15 £18.50
% change year-on-year -20.73% +25.14% +2.78%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,375 1,811 2,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 64.13% 67.17% 70.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 828 1,296 1,737
10th Percentile £178 £225 £230
25th Percentile £333 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £561 £551 £550
90th Percentile £638 £644 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 28 46
10th Percentile £12.18 £12.62 £15.04
25th Percentile £14.50 £14.17 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.88 £32.14
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% -38.15% +83.66%
75th Percentile £48.00 £58.75 £47.25
90th Percentile £67.00 £67.22 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.40 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.41% +44.00% +4.65%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Scotland

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Scotland

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Scotland

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Scotland

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Scotland

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Edinburgh +1 246 £429 -9.68% 146
Glasgow -2 163 £425 -10.15% 156
West Lothian 0 25 £174 +33.85% 16
Aberdeen 0 13 £550 +23.94% 66
Highlands - 7 - - 9
Stirling +3 5 £420 +237.35% 6
South Lanarkshire +1 5 £600 +33.33% 3
Renfrewshire -6 5 £294 -43.51% 3
Perthshire +5 4 £525 +5.00% 2
Dundee +2 4 - - 5
Lanarkshire -1 4 £343 +107.58% 67
Fife +3 3 - - 14
Inverclyde - 2 £172 - 1
Perth and Kinross +1 1 £525 +2.44%
Midlothian +1 1 - - 36
Aberdeenshire -1 1 - - 31
East Lothian - 1 £113 -
Social Skills
UK

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 36 (6.92%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.08%) Confluence
3 14 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.92%) CMS
5 5 (0.96%) SAS
6 4 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.77%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.58%) Apache
7 3 (0.58%) IBM HTTP Server
7 3 (0.58%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.58%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.58%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (0.58%) WebSphere Portal
7 3 (0.58%) WordPress
8 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.19%) CICS
9 1 (0.19%) Drupal
Applications
1 69 (13.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (4.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.73%) Autodesk Inventor
5 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.77%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.77%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.19%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.19%) Lectora
Business Applications
1 5 (0.96%) Oracle Cash Management
1 5 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.77%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 3 (0.58%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.19%) assyst
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 66 (12.69%) Azure
2 62 (11.92%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (7.50%) AWS
4 25 (4.81%) Power Platform
5 19 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (2.31%) Entra ID
6 12 (2.31%) OpenShift
7 11 (2.12%) Amazon EC2
7 11 (2.12%) Amazon S3
7 11 (2.12%) SaaS
8 9 (1.73%) AWS CodeBuild
8 9 (1.73%) AWS CodePipeline
8 9 (1.73%) Serverless
9 8 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (1.54%) IaaS
9 8 (1.54%) OCI
10 7 (1.35%) Canva
10 7 (1.35%) Yammer
11 6 (1.15%) AWS CodeDeploy
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.08%) Firewall
2 14 (2.69%) Intranet
3 11 (2.12%) LAN
4 8 (1.54%) SAN
4 8 (1.54%) WAN
5 7 (1.35%) Internet
6 6 (1.15%) NAS
6 6 (1.15%) VoIP
6 6 (1.15%) VPN
7 5 (0.96%) DNS
8 4 (0.77%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.58%) DHCP
9 3 (0.58%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (0.58%) HTTP
9 3 (0.58%) iSCSI
9 3 (0.58%) Skype
9 3 (0.58%) SMTP
9 3 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.38%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.00%) Oracle Database
2 25 (4.81%) Power BI
3 14 (2.69%) Oracle Reports
4 10 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (1.73%) Metadata
6 8 (1.54%) Big Data
7 6 (1.15%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.96%) InfluxDB
9 4 (0.77%) Apache Hive
9 4 (0.77%) GIS
9 4 (0.77%) Informix
9 4 (0.77%) QGIS
9 4 (0.77%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.58%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.58%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.58%) DB2
10 3 (0.58%) Impala
10 3 (0.58%) MySQL
10 3 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (6.15%) JIRA
2 19 (3.65%) Git
3 14 (2.69%) Oracle APEX
4 11 (2.12%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.96%) Cucumber
5 5 (0.96%) JUnit
5 5 (0.96%) Postman
6 4 (0.77%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.77%) IntelliJ
6 4 (0.77%) Maven
6 4 (0.77%) Selenium
7 3 (0.58%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.58%) GitLab
7 3 (0.58%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (0.58%) JMeter
7 3 (0.58%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.38%) Gradle
8 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.19%) WebDriver
General
1 169 (32.50%) Public Sector
2 112 (21.54%) Analytical Skills
3 100 (19.23%) Finance
4 53 (10.19%) Organisational Skills
5 45 (8.65%) Banking
6 31 (5.96%) Presentation Skills
7 29 (5.58%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (3.27%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.69%) Legal
10 10 (1.92%) Retail Banking
11 9 (1.73%) Back Office
11 9 (1.73%) Mandarin Language
12 8 (1.54%) Marketing
13 7 (1.35%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.15%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.15%) Publishing
15 5 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.77%) Italian Language
17 3 (0.58%) Billing
17 3 (0.58%) Retail
Job Titles
1 122 (23.46%) Analyst
2 48 (9.23%) Senior
3 37 (7.12%) Developer
4 34 (6.54%) Project Manager
5 32 (6.15%) Business Analyst
6 30 (5.77%) Architect
6 30 (5.77%) IT Support
7 29 (5.58%) Lead
8 25 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 25 (4.81%) Support Officer
9 21 (4.04%) IT Analyst
10 20 (3.85%) Support Analyst
11 18 (3.46%) Consultant
12 17 (3.27%) Administrator
12 17 (3.27%) Support Engineer
13 15 (2.88%) IT Manager
14 14 (2.69%) Designer
15 13 (2.50%) Infrastructure Support
15 13 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
16 12 (2.31%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.38%) REST
2 15 (2.88%) Spring
3 13 (2.50%) .NET
3 13 (2.50%) Spring Boot
4 12 (2.31%) React
4 12 (2.31%) Web Services
5 10 (1.92%) CSS
5 10 (1.92%) J2EE
5 10 (1.92%) Kafka
5 10 (1.92%) SOAP
6 9 (1.73%) HTML
7 8 (1.54%) AWS CDK
8 7 (1.35%) Middleware
8 7 (1.35%) RESTful
9 6 (1.15%) Spring Batch
9 6 (1.15%) WebRTC
10 4 (0.77%) Apache Camel
10 4 (0.77%) Flash
10 4 (0.77%) Pandas
10 4 (0.77%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.65%) Management Information System
2 17 (3.27%) Product Ownership
3 13 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (1.73%) Clustering
4 9 (1.73%) Social Media
5 8 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (1.54%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.54%) Video Editing
6 7 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.35%) Mainframe
7 6 (1.15%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.15%) iPhone
7 6 (1.15%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.15%) Replication
7 6 (1.15%) Wiki
8 5 (0.96%) CMDB
8 5 (0.96%) DTCC
8 5 (0.96%) Market Risk
8 5 (0.96%) Operational Technology
9 4 (0.77%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 65 (12.50%) Windows
2 34 (6.54%) Linux
3 18 (3.46%) Unix
4 16 (3.08%) Windows 10
4 16 (3.08%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (1.73%) Android
6 9 (1.73%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.73%) Mac OS
7 8 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.15%) Solaris
9 3 (0.58%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
10 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.38%) zOS
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (25.77%) Agile
2 128 (24.62%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (15.38%) Project Management
4 59 (11.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (9.81%) Change Management
6 47 (9.04%) Migration
6 47 (9.04%) Roadmaps
7 46 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 45 (8.65%) Project Delivery
9 42 (8.08%) Customer Service
10 41 (7.88%) ITIL
11 33 (6.35%) Scrum
12 32 (6.15%) DevOps
12 32 (6.15%) Waterfall
13 31 (5.96%) Business Analysis
14 30 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 28 (5.38%) Business Intelligence
16 27 (5.19%) ERP
16 27 (5.19%) Service Management
17 26 (5.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 51 (9.81%) SQL
2 33 (6.35%) Java
3 29 (5.58%) Python
4 18 (3.46%) PL/SQL
5 15 (2.88%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.12%) JavaScript
6 11 (2.12%) Perl
6 11 (2.12%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.15%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.96%) C#
9 4 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.58%) Groovy
10 3 (0.58%) JCL
10 3 (0.58%) VB
11 2 (0.38%) Assembly Language
11 2 (0.38%) Bash
11 2 (0.38%) COBOL
11 2 (0.38%) REXX
11 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.38%) VB6
Qualifications
1 78 (15.00%) Degree
2 49 (9.42%) Security Cleared
3 35 (6.73%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (1.73%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.54%) MCP
8 7 (1.35%) ACCA
8 7 (1.35%) CIMA
9 6 (1.15%) RHCE
10 5 (0.96%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.96%) MCSE
11 4 (0.77%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.58%) HNC
12 3 (0.58%) ISEB
12 3 (0.58%) OSCP
12 3 (0.58%) PMP
13 2 (0.38%) CISSP
13 2 (0.38%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
2 24 (4.62%) PMO
3 17 (3.27%) QA
3 17 (3.27%) SLA
4 14 (2.69%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.96%) GDPR
6 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.58%) WCAG
7 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.19%) COREP
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.19%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 41 (7.88%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.92%) Hyper-V
2 10 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.73%) Docker
4 6 (1.15%) BitLocker
4 6 (1.15%) KVM
5 5 (0.96%) VMware NSX
5 5 (0.96%) vSphere
6 3 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (0.58%) NFS
6 3 (0.58%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.38%) ACF2
7 2 (0.38%) GPFS
7 2 (0.38%) RACF
7 2 (0.38%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.19%) Firmware
8 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (4.42%) SCCM
2 13 (2.50%) Terraform
3 11 (2.12%) Grafana
4 10 (1.92%) Kubernetes
5 9 (1.73%) Ansible
6 7 (1.35%) WSUS
7 6 (1.15%) Kibana
7 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.96%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.58%) NetBackup
9 3 (0.58%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.58%) vMotion
10 2 (0.38%) Veritas Storage Foundation
10 2 (0.38%) VxRail
11 1 (0.19%) Observium
11 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.19%) Puppet
11 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 110 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 65 (12.50%) Oracle
3 20 (3.85%) ServiceNow
4 15 (2.88%) Citrix
4 15 (2.88%) SAP
5 13 (2.50%) VMware
6 11 (2.12%) Google
7 10 (1.92%) Autodesk
7 10 (1.92%) Cisco
8 9 (1.73%) Cadence
8 9 (1.73%) IBM
8 9 (1.73%) Red Hat
8 9 (1.73%) Splunk
9 8 (1.54%) Dell
9 8 (1.54%) HP
10 6 (1.15%) Adobe
10 6 (1.15%) Facebook
10 6 (1.15%) Instagram
11 5 (0.96%) Twitter
11 5 (0.96%) YouTube