Social Skills Contracts in Central London

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
London > Central London

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 570 553 708
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 29.89% 22.84% 19.14%
As % of the General category 41.39% 34.50% 30.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 373 484
10th Percentile £300 £257 £227
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £689 £675 £725
90th Percentile £788 £764 £825
London median daily rate £540 £538 £575
% change year-on-year +0.47% -6.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 5
10th Percentile £15.80 £17.96 -
25th Percentile £29.07 £19.99 £14.25
Median hourly rate £43.08 £20.82 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +106.94% +43.55% -44.23%
75th Percentile £50.75 £22.60 £53.75
90th Percentile £91.00 £36.63 £62.75
London median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% -7.14%

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,377 1,603 2,318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 72.21% 66.21% 62.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 883 1,121 1,624
10th Percentile £340 £325 £325
25th Percentile £435 £438 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.67%
75th Percentile £679 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 12 15
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.04 £20.22 £14.88
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.18 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% +21.61% -51.13%
75th Percentile £50.75 £35.69 £38.66
90th Percentile £88.75 £49.60 £53.35
London median hourly rate £34.00 £30.14 £30.00
% change year-on-year +12.81% +0.47% -15.49%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Central London

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Central London

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Central London over the 6 months to 8 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Central London

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Central London

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Central London over the 6 months to 8 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Central London

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
City of London 0 512 £550 - 466
West End of London +4 18 £438 -12.50% 66
City of Westminster +4 10 £425 -5.56% 17
Camden +10 5 £450 -10.00% 4
Southwark 0 5 £344 -39.08% 2
Lambeth +1 1 £240 +17.07% 2
Kensington and Chelsea 0 1 - - 2
Social Skills
London

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 31 (5.44%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.68%) Confluence
3 10 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.23%) Apache
5 6 (1.05%) CMS
6 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.53%) CICS
7 3 (0.53%) Drupal
7 3 (0.53%) SAS
8 2 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 58 (10.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (3.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.98%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.40%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.35%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.35%) Sketch
7 1 (0.18%) EViews
7 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (2.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (2.11%) Endur
4 5 (0.88%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.53%) CA PPM
5 3 (0.53%) ION Anvil
5 3 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.35%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.35%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.35%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.35%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.18%) Actimize
7 1 (0.18%) HFM
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 106 (18.60%) Azure
2 71 (12.46%) AWS
3 50 (8.77%) Power Platform
4 37 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (4.21%) GCP
6 21 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (3.51%) SaaS
8 13 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.93%) GitHub
10 9 (1.58%) Entra ID
11 8 (1.40%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.05%) IaaS
13 6 (1.05%) PaaS
13 6 (1.05%) Serverless
14 5 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (0.88%) Power Automate
15 4 (0.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.75%) LAN
2 9 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (1.40%) Firewall
3 8 (1.40%) Network Security
4 6 (1.05%) DNS
4 6 (1.05%) VPN
5 5 (0.88%) WAN
6 4 (0.70%) BGP
6 4 (0.70%) DHCP
6 4 (0.70%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.53%) HTTP
7 3 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.53%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.53%) VLAN
7 3 (0.53%) Wireless
8 2 (0.35%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.35%) NAS
8 2 (0.35%) SAN
8 2 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (7.89%) Power BI
2 26 (4.56%) SQL Server
3 21 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (3.68%) Tableau
4 13 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.40%) Data Mining
5 8 (1.40%) Hadoop
6 7 (1.23%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.23%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.23%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.23%) Oracle Database
6 7 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (1.05%) Big Data
7 6 (1.05%) Metadata
7 6 (1.05%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.88%) BusinessObjects
8 5 (0.88%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (0.88%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.70%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 49 (8.60%) JIRA
2 15 (2.63%) Git
3 14 (2.46%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.11%) JUnit
5 8 (1.40%) Maven
5 8 (1.40%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 7 (1.23%) Bitbucket Server
7 6 (1.05%) Postman
8 5 (0.88%) REST Assured
8 5 (0.88%) Selenium
9 4 (0.70%) GitLab
9 4 (0.70%) Gradle
9 4 (0.70%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.70%) Subversion
10 3 (0.53%) Mockito
10 3 (0.53%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.53%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.53%) XCTest
10 3 (0.53%) Zephyr
General
1 231 (40.53%) Finance
2 139 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (15.96%) Banking
4 49 (8.60%) Presentation Skills
5 30 (5.26%) Investment Banking
5 30 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.91%) Front Office
7 26 (4.56%) Retail
8 25 (4.39%) Financial Institution
9 24 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (3.86%) Legal
12 19 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (2.28%) Back Office
13 13 (2.28%) Marketing
14 9 (1.58%) Retail Banking
15 7 (1.23%) Billing
15 7 (1.23%) Corporate Banking
15 7 (1.23%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 126 (22.11%) Analyst
2 78 (13.68%) Business Analyst
3 76 (13.33%) Developer
4 62 (10.88%) Senior
5 47 (8.25%) Consultant
6 37 (6.49%) Architect
6 37 (6.49%) Project Manager
7 32 (5.61%) Lead
8 17 (2.98%) Java Developer
8 17 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
9 16 (2.81%) Data Analyst
10 14 (2.46%) IT Support
10 14 (2.46%) Support Analyst
11 13 (2.28%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (2.11%) Data Engineer
13 11 (1.93%) Senior Developer
13 11 (1.93%) Senior Manager
14 9 (1.58%) Change Manager
14 9 (1.58%) Coordinator
14 9 (1.58%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.04%) HTML
2 18 (3.16%) .NET
2 18 (3.16%) React
3 17 (2.98%) CSS
4 16 (2.81%) AngularJS
5 13 (2.28%) Spring
6 10 (1.75%) RESTful
6 10 (1.75%) Web Services
7 9 (1.58%) HTML5
7 9 (1.58%) Kafka
8 8 (1.40%) JPA
9 6 (1.05%) ADO
9 6 (1.05%) JSON
9 6 (1.05%) REST
9 6 (1.05%) Spring Boot
10 5 (0.88%) Middleware
10 5 (0.88%) Pandas
10 5 (0.88%) PySpark
11 4 (0.70%) GraphQL
11 4 (0.70%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.86%) Product Ownership
2 17 (2.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 15 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (2.46%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.28%) Market Risk
6 12 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (2.11%) Cloud Native
6 12 (2.11%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.75%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.40%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.40%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.40%) Fixed Income
8 8 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.40%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.23%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.05%) Reinsurance
11 5 (0.88%) Equities
11 5 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.88%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.42%) Windows
2 27 (4.74%) Linux
3 17 (2.98%) Unix
4 12 (2.11%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.93%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.23%) Android
6 7 (1.23%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.53%) zOS
8 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.18%) Solaris
8 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (37.02%) Problem-Solving
2 175 (30.70%) Agile
3 118 (20.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 85 (14.91%) Project Management
5 75 (13.16%) DevOps
6 56 (9.82%) Scrum
7 53 (9.30%) Analytics
8 52 (9.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 52 (9.12%) Risk Management
9 50 (8.77%) Decision-Making
10 47 (8.25%) User Acceptance Testing
11 46 (8.07%) Migration
12 44 (7.72%) Data Analysis
13 41 (7.19%) Business Intelligence
13 41 (7.19%) CI/CD
14 38 (6.67%) Project Delivery
15 37 (6.49%) Business Analysis
15 37 (6.49%) Change Management
16 36 (6.32%) Roadmaps
17 32 (5.61%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 102 (17.89%) SQL
2 74 (12.98%) Python
3 46 (8.07%) Java
4 30 (5.26%) JavaScript
5 22 (3.86%) PowerShell
6 20 (3.51%) C#
7 9 (1.58%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.40%) C++
9 7 (1.23%) Bash
9 7 (1.23%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.05%) R
11 5 (0.88%) Perl
11 5 (0.88%) Scala
12 4 (0.70%) Bicep
12 4 (0.70%) Groovy
12 4 (0.70%) JCL
12 4 (0.70%) VBA
13 3 (0.53%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.53%) REXX
13 3 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 73 (12.81%) Degree
2 52 (9.12%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.96%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.33%) PMP
5 18 (3.16%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.75%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.40%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.23%) CISSP
10 6 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.88%) CCNP
11 5 (0.88%) CISM
11 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.70%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.53%) CBAP
13 3 (0.53%) CFA
13 3 (0.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.21%) QA
2 20 (3.51%) Data Quality
3 17 (2.98%) MiFID
4 14 (2.46%) GDPR
5 13 (2.28%) PMO
6 12 (2.11%) EMIR
7 8 (1.40%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.23%) Basel II
9 6 (1.05%) NIST
10 5 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.70%) GRC
11 4 (0.70%) SEPA
11 4 (0.70%) WCAG
12 3 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.35%) COBIT
13 2 (0.35%) GAAP
13 2 (0.35%) IFRS
13 2 (0.35%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 27 (4.74%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.16%) Docker
3 4 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.53%) Time Sharing Option
4 3 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.35%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.35%) Firmware
5 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.18%) XenApp
6 1 (0.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 33 (5.79%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.68%) Terraform
3 10 (1.75%) SCCM
4 7 (1.23%) ITRS Geneos
4 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.23%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.05%) Ansible
6 4 (0.70%) Grafana
7 2 (0.35%) Cisco LMS
7 2 (0.35%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.35%) Control-M
7 2 (0.35%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.35%) QRadar
7 2 (0.35%) WSUS
8 1 (0.18%) Nessus
8 1 (0.18%) Netcool
8 1 (0.18%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.18%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.18%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 111 (19.47%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.32%) Oracle
3 27 (4.74%) SAP
4 23 (4.04%) ServiceNow
5 19 (3.33%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.63%) Google
7 14 (2.46%) Cisco
7 14 (2.46%) Splunk
8 7 (1.23%) Adobe
8 7 (1.23%) Databricks
8 7 (1.23%) Workday
9 6 (1.05%) Citrix
9 6 (1.05%) IBM
9 6 (1.05%) OpenLink
9 6 (1.05%) VMware
10 4 (0.70%) Charles River
10 4 (0.70%) CyberArk
10 4 (0.70%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.70%) HP
10 4 (0.70%) Sybase