Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Canary Wharf

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Tower Hamlets > Canary Wharf

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Canary Wharf. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 -5
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 11 15 27
As % of all contract jobs in Canary Wharf 19.64% 24.19% 17.65%
As % of the General category 30.56% 41.67% 31.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 22
10th Percentile £343 £234 £495
25th Percentile £383 £418 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £520 £558
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% -6.73% +1.36%
75th Percentile £495 £540 £650
90th Percentile £516 £650 -
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £473 £520 £558
% change year-on-year -9.13% -6.73% +1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £28.14 - -
25th Percentile £32.61 - -
Median hourly rate £40.08 - -
75th Percentile £47.54 - -
90th Percentile £52.02 - -
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate £40.08 - -

All General Skills
Canary Wharf

Social Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Canary Wharf.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 36 36 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf 64.29% 58.06% 55.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 32 73
10th Percentile £414 £421 £495
25th Percentile £519 £489 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -1.82% -3.30%
75th Percentile £733 £589 £650
90th Percentile £1,000 £650 £736
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £630 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +16.67% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £28.14 - £14.45
25th Percentile £32.61 - £14.85
Median hourly rate £40.08 - £15.52
75th Percentile £47.54 - £16.18
90th Percentile £52.02 - £16.58
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate £32.00 - £15.52

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Canary Wharf

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Canary Wharf

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Social Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Canary Wharf

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Canary Wharf over the 6 months to 8 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Canary Wharf

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Social Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Canary Wharf

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Canary Wharf over the 6 months to 8 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Canary Wharf

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canary Wharf 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Sketch
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Endur
2 1 (9.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Figma
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) GitHub
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) DHCP
1 1 (9.09%) DNS
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
1 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Axure RP
2 1 (9.09%) Cucumber
2 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
2 1 (9.09%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Maven
2 1 (9.09%) Postman
2 1 (9.09%) REST Assured
2 1 (9.09%) SpecFlow
General
1 4 (36.36%) Banking
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Automotive
2 2 (18.18%) Back Office
2 2 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Back Office Business Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Designer
2 2 (18.18%) Endur Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Endur Business Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) OpenLink Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) OpenLink Business Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Principal Business Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) UX Designer
3 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (9.09%) Automation Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Backend Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Planner
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Support Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) AngularJS
1 1 (9.09%) CSS
1 1 (9.09%) CSS3
1 1 (9.09%) GraphQL
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
1 1 (9.09%) HTML5
1 1 (9.09%) JSP
1 1 (9.09%) OSGi
1 1 (9.09%) Playwright
1 1 (9.09%) React
1 1 (9.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) DevOps
2 3 (27.27%) Project Governance
2 3 (27.27%) User Experience
2 3 (27.27%) UX Design
3 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (18.18%) Change Control
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Engineering
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Innovation
3 2 (18.18%) Logistics
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Service Design
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) Time Management
3 2 (18.18%) User Research
3 2 (18.18%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Java
1 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
2 2 (18.18%) MBA
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
2 1 (9.09%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Hitachi
2 2 (18.18%) ION Trading
2 2 (18.18%) OpenLink
2 2 (18.18%) SAP
3 1 (9.09%) Adobe
3 1 (9.09%) Marketo
3 1 (9.09%) Remedy
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow