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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 150 207
Rank change year-on-year -47 +57 +6
Contract jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 10 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.18% 0.14% 0.071%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.15% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 2
10th Percentile £313 £389 £336
25th Percentile £454 £398 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £415 £370
Median % change year-on-year +20.48% +12.16% -32.73%
75th Percentile £525 £452 £395
90th Percentile £555 £496 £397
England median daily rate £575 £500 £458
% change year-on-year +15.00% +9.29% +0.55%

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 4,522 2,705 4,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.37% 91.57% 86.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,947 1,742 2,880
10th Percentile £280 £257 £218
25th Percentile £410 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% +1.50% -1.23%
75th Percentile £610 £613 £615
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 156 416
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.03 £18.20
Median hourly rate £39.28 £32.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.85% -23.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £81.00 £62.50 £62.47
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 -19 8 £500 - 1
Thames Valley -38 2 £542 +33.77% 2
Berkshire - 1 £550 - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £534 - 1
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 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Bitbucket
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Business Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Business Change Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Business Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Cash Management Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Change Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Executive Assistant
3 2 (20.00%) Project Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Android Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Applications Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Cash Management Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) iOS Android Developer
4 1 (10.00%) iOS Developer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (10.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Node.js
1 1 (10.00%) React
1 1 (10.00%) React Native
1 1 (10.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Android
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 4 (40.00%) Business Enablement
3 4 (40.00%) Record to Report
4 2 (20.00%) Cash Management
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (20.00%) Time Management
5 1 (10.00%) Build Automation
5 1 (10.00%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (10.00%) Mobile Development
5 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Product Requirements
5 1 (10.00%) Product Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (10.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Google