Emotional Intelligence Contract Job Trends in the South East

Emotional Intelligence (Emotional Quotient)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Emotional Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 175 215
Rank change year-on-year +9 +40 +36
Contract jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 6 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.16% 0.096% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 5
10th Percentile - £419 -
25th Percentile £475 £428 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +8.82% +3.34%
75th Percentile £525 £503 £450
90th Percentile £540 £516 £458
England median daily rate £500 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +8.11% +2.78% -2.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Emotional Intelligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,322 3,528 4,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 87.95% 84.54% 89.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,098 2,148 3,238
10th Percentile £216 £260 £225
25th Percentile £388 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% -1.76% +1.46%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £620
90th Percentile £651 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 361 172 252
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £23.81
Median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.30
Median % change year-on-year -64.48% +11.47% +40.86%
75th Percentile £33.05 £70.00 £66.06
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £39.59 £44.50
% change year-on-year -36.47% -11.03% +27.14%

Emotional Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Emotional Intelligence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Emotional Intelligence job vacancy trend in the South East

Emotional Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Emotional Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Emotional Intelligence within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 November 2025. 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
Hampshire +5 4 £500 +8.11%
Thames Valley +10 1 £534 - 19
Oxfordshire - 1 £534 - 9
Surrey - 1 - - 2
Emotional Intelligence
England

Emotional Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Business Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Business Project Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Cash Management Business Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Project Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Cash Management Project Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Change Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (83.33%) Workshop Facilitation
2 4 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Business Enablement
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Record to Report
3 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Cash Management
3 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Behavioural Change
4 1 (16.67%) Business Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Data Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Swim Lanes
4 1 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Korn
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft