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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 153 210
Rank change year-on-year -25 +57 +17
Contract jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 9 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.20% 0.15% 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.17% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 1
10th Percentile £306 £391 -
25th Percentile £422 £403 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £365
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +16.44% +8.15%
75th Percentile £525 £438 £398
90th Percentile £533 £490 -
England median daily rate £534 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +25.53% -15.00% +11.11%

All Process & 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 3,805 2,889 4,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.70% 89.42% 88.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,512 1,768 2,908
10th Percentile £250 £250 £213
25th Percentile £388 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £614
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.67% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 105 322
10th Percentile £14.50 £18.58 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.18 £21.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.88 £47.70
Median % change year-on-year -45.02% -10.10% +5.99%
75th Percentile £53.75 £62.50 £64.88
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.95 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Emotional Intelligence in the South East over the 6 months to 29 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Emotional Intelligence in the South East

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 29 January 2026. 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 -13 8 £500 +8.11% 2
Thames Valley -20 1 £534 +31.73% 5
Oxfordshire - 1 £534 -
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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Business Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Business Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Business Change Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Business Project Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Cash Management Business Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Change Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Executive Assistant
3 2 (22.22%) Project Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Cash Management Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
4 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (55.56%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (44.44%) Business Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) Business Enablement
3 4 (44.44%) Record to Report
4 2 (22.22%) Cash Management
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (22.22%) Time Management
5 1 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) Behavioural Change
5 1 (11.11%) Business Change Management
5 1 (11.11%) Change Management
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (11.11%) Innovative Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Google