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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 615 566 721
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 22.46% 18.67% 17.78%
As % of the General category 42.01% 35.91% 35.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 364 478
10th Percentile £225 £222 £200
25th Percentile £374 £386 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £573 £588 £550
90th Percentile £656 £675 £638
England median daily rate £511 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.93% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 28 56
10th Percentile £12.60 £16.13 £10.20
25th Percentile £14.13 £17.34 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £23.15 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year -30.63% +0.53% +6.49%
75th Percentile £34.32 £39.06 £50.68
90th Percentile £46.65 £58.38 £59.39
England median hourly rate £18.13 £23.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -21.17% +31.43% -2.78%

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 1,464 1,576 2,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.47% 52.00% 50.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 877 1,088 1,422
10th Percentile £295 £305 £226
25th Percentile £394 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £575
90th Percentile £671 £675 £650
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 79 111
10th Percentile £12.50 £14.73 £10.63
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.85 £14.82
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 £23.06
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +8.44% +9.79%
75th Percentile £37.25 £35.02 £50.71
90th Percentile £51.89 £53.73 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.44 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.65% +48.47% +2.14%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 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
Manchester +3 281 £450 -7.46% 543
Cheshire 0 146 £500 +11.11% 213
Cumbria +4 73 £493 +5.17% 46
Lancashire +9 62 £438 +14.38% 130
Merseyside 0 41 £315 -37.00% 143
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 28 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.46%) Confluence
2 9 (1.46%) SAS
3 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.98%) CMS
5 4 (0.65%) Apache
6 3 (0.49%) IIS
7 2 (0.33%) IBM Notes
7 2 (0.33%) Mule
7 2 (0.33%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.16%) JBoss
8 1 (0.16%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.16%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 63 (10.24%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (7.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.79%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.16%) Revit
Business Applications
1 31 (5.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.30%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.81%) SAP EWM
4 4 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.49%) Maximo
5 3 (0.49%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.33%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.16%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.16%) Primavera
7 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.16%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.16%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.16%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.16%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 58 (9.43%) Azure
2 51 (8.29%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (7.64%) AWS
4 32 (5.20%) Power Platform
5 20 (3.25%) Taleo
6 16 (2.60%) GCP
7 12 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (1.95%) Snowflake
8 11 (1.79%) Power Automate
9 9 (1.46%) Serverless
10 8 (1.30%) Entra ID
11 6 (0.98%) Amazon S3
11 6 (0.98%) Google Analytics
11 6 (0.98%) IaaS
11 6 (0.98%) SaaS
12 5 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (0.81%) Collibra
12 5 (0.81%) GitHub
12 5 (0.81%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.93%) Firewall
2 15 (2.44%) LAN
3 14 (2.28%) WAN
4 12 (1.95%) VPN
5 9 (1.46%) ATM
5 9 (1.46%) Wireless
6 8 (1.30%) OSPF
7 7 (1.14%) DNS
7 7 (1.14%) Ethernet
7 7 (1.14%) Wireless Security
8 5 (0.81%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.65%) DHCP
9 4 (0.65%) VLAN
10 3 (0.49%) HTTP
10 3 (0.49%) Internet
10 3 (0.49%) Skype
10 3 (0.49%) VoIP
10 3 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.33%) 4G
11 2 (0.33%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.07%) Power BI
2 16 (2.60%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.79%) Data Lake
4 11 (1.79%) Tableau
5 10 (1.63%) MySQL
6 8 (1.30%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (1.14%) Big Data
7 7 (1.14%) Hadoop
7 7 (1.14%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.14%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.81%) Ataccama
9 5 (0.81%) Data Mining
9 5 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.81%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (0.65%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.49%) SAP Data Services
11 3 (0.49%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 31 (5.04%) JIRA
2 10 (1.63%) Git
3 9 (1.46%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.81%) Selenium
6 4 (0.65%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.65%) GitLab
7 3 (0.49%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.49%) LSMW
7 3 (0.49%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.33%) Appium
8 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.33%) Gatling
8 2 (0.33%) JMeter
8 2 (0.33%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.33%) Log4j
8 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.33%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
General
1 112 (18.21%) Finance
2 91 (14.80%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (8.29%) Public Sector
4 33 (5.37%) Banking
5 32 (5.20%) Retail
6 26 (4.23%) Pharmaceutical
7 25 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
9 22 (3.58%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.11%) Legal
12 12 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.95%) Marketing
12 12 (1.95%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.98%) Automotive
14 5 (0.81%) German Language
14 5 (0.81%) Publishing
15 4 (0.65%) Law
15 4 (0.65%) Police
16 3 (0.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 86 (13.98%) Analyst
2 51 (8.29%) Project Manager
3 41 (6.67%) Consultant
4 39 (6.34%) Senior
5 36 (5.85%) Architect
6 32 (5.20%) Developer
7 27 (4.39%) Service Desk Agent
8 26 (4.23%) Data Analyst
9 25 (4.07%) Lead
10 18 (2.93%) Administrator
10 18 (2.93%) Business Analyst
10 18 (2.93%) Network Engineer
11 15 (2.44%) Senior Analyst
11 15 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (2.28%) IT Support
12 14 (2.28%) Problem Manager
13 12 (1.95%) Availability Manager
13 12 (1.95%) Capacity and Availability Manager
13 12 (1.95%) Capacity Manager
13 12 (1.95%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.95%) .NET
2 8 (1.30%) HTML
2 8 (1.30%) Web Services
3 7 (1.14%) CSS
3 7 (1.14%) Kafka
3 7 (1.14%) React
4 6 (0.98%) Middleware
4 6 (0.98%) Node.js
4 6 (0.98%) REST
5 4 (0.65%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.65%) RESTful
5 4 (0.65%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.49%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.49%) BAPI
6 3 (0.49%) JSON
6 3 (0.49%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.49%) React Native
6 3 (0.49%) Spring
6 3 (0.49%) XHTML
7 2 (0.33%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.69%) Virtual Team
2 34 (5.53%) Management Information System
3 20 (3.25%) Driving Licence
4 17 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (2.60%) EPoS
6 14 (2.28%) CMDB
7 13 (2.11%) Life Science
8 9 (1.46%) Smartphone
9 8 (1.30%) NHS
10 7 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.81%) Public Cloud
11 5 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.65%) Derivative
12 4 (0.65%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.65%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.65%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.49%) Data Fabric
13 3 (0.49%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 52 (8.46%) Windows
2 24 (3.90%) Linux
3 23 (3.74%) Windows 10
4 10 (1.63%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.30%) Mac OS
5 8 (1.30%) Unix
6 6 (0.98%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.65%) Android
8 4 (0.65%) zOS
9 3 (0.49%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.49%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.33%) Debian
10 2 (0.33%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.16%) CentOS
11 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.16%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.16%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (27.97%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (15.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 91 (14.80%) Agile
4 74 (12.03%) Customer Service
5 71 (11.54%) Project Management
6 51 (8.29%) Decision-Making
7 49 (7.97%) Mentoring
8 46 (7.48%) ITIL
9 44 (7.15%) Service Management
10 43 (6.99%) Quality Management
11 39 (6.34%) Statistics
12 38 (6.18%) Time Management
13 36 (5.85%) Migration
14 34 (5.53%) Problem Management
15 30 (4.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 29 (4.72%) Analytics
16 29 (4.72%) Data Protection
17 27 (4.39%) Business Intelligence
17 27 (4.39%) Data Modelling
18 25 (4.07%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (8.78%) SQL
2 40 (6.50%) Python
3 23 (3.74%) Java
4 16 (2.60%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.95%) C#
5 12 (1.95%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.14%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.98%) C
7 6 (0.98%) Scala
8 5 (0.81%) Bash
8 5 (0.81%) C++
9 4 (0.65%) PHP
9 4 (0.65%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.65%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.49%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.49%) Go
11 2 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.33%) Groovy
11 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.16%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 89 (14.47%) Security Cleared
2 70 (11.38%) SC Cleared
3 57 (9.27%) Degree
4 23 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (2.76%) CCNA
7 13 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.46%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.30%) CCNP
10 8 (1.30%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.14%) PMP
12 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.65%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.65%) MCSE
14 3 (0.49%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.49%) OSCP
15 2 (0.33%) CISSP
15 2 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
15 2 (0.33%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.29%) SLA
2 38 (6.18%) Data Quality
3 29 (4.72%) QA
4 14 (2.28%) GDPR
5 12 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.63%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.98%) NIST
7 6 (0.98%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.65%) PMO
9 3 (0.49%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.16%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.16%) GAMP
11 1 (0.16%) GMP
11 1 (0.16%) GxP
11 1 (0.16%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.16%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 40 (6.50%) Active Directory
2 24 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.60%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.65%) Docker
4 4 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.16%) NFS
6 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (1.95%) Terraform
3 7 (1.14%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.14%) SCCM
4 6 (0.98%) Ansible
5 4 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.65%) Nagios
6 3 (0.49%) Autotask
6 3 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.49%) HP Fortify
6 3 (0.49%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.33%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.33%) SCOM
7 2 (0.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.33%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.16%) Avamar
8 1 (0.16%) Grafana
8 1 (0.16%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.16%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 134 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 66 (10.73%) SAP
3 36 (5.85%) ServiceNow
4 33 (5.37%) VMware
5 16 (2.60%) Google
6 13 (2.11%) Cisco
7 12 (1.95%) Oracle
7 12 (1.95%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.79%) Ariba
9 9 (1.46%) Citrix
10 8 (1.30%) Sage
11 7 (1.14%) Avaloq
11 7 (1.14%) Databricks
11 7 (1.14%) Splunk
12 6 (0.98%) Alteryx
12 6 (0.98%) Facebook
13 5 (0.81%) Apple
13 5 (0.81%) Dataiku
13 5 (0.81%) Informatica
13 5 (0.81%) Trillium