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 advertised in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 4 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 564 700 827
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 23.48% 18.39% 18.12%
As % of the General category 35.65% 29.51% 32.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 492 628
10th Percentile £250 £226 £262
25th Percentile £420 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £650
90th Percentile £775 £825 £775
London median daily rate £543 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -5.52% - +10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 16
10th Percentile £18.74 - £18.50
25th Percentile £20.15 £14.25 £19.63
Median hourly rate £21.91 £21.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% -17.65% +45.71%
75th Percentile £33.19 - £47.25
90th Percentile £54.68 £40.65 £63.75
London median hourly rate £33.87 £32.69 £35.00
% change year-on-year +3.59% -6.60% +24.91%

All General Skills
Central London

Social Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,582 2,372 2,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 65.86% 62.31% 56.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,124 1,673 1,908
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £475 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% +5.26% +3.68%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £681
90th Percentile £813 £825 £775
London median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 28
10th Percentile £20.04 £14.55 £18.50
25th Percentile £21.36 £16.06 £20.75
Median hourly rate £24.00 £21.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -50.59% +142.86%
75th Percentile £30.25 £43.88 £59.50
90th Percentile £47.65 £56.75 £67.55
London median hourly rate £27.92 £31.71 £37.50
% change year-on-year -11.95% -15.44% +29.98%

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 13 May 2024.

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 13 May 2024.

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 13 May 2024. 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 +3 513 £550 -4.35% 267
West End of London -2 10 £500 +33.33% 16
City of Westminster -2 8 £750 +93.55% 7
Lambeth 0 3 £205 -68.46% 1
Southwark +6 2 £565 +41.25% 5
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £400 - 5
Camden - 1 £500 - 17
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 40 (7.09%) SharePoint
2 24 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.06%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 6 (1.06%) Confluence
4 5 (0.89%) Apache
4 5 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.53%) CMS
6 3 (0.53%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.35%) IIS
7 2 (0.35%) Luigi
7 2 (0.35%) SAS
7 2 (0.35%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.18%) Moodle
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.18%) PowerExchange
8 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 32 (5.67%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.71%) Adobe Premiere
5 4 (0.71%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.18%) Sketch
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.77%) Dynamics GP
2 8 (1.42%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.06%) Endur
4 4 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.53%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.53%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.53%) Primavera
5 3 (0.53%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.18%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle E-Business Tax
Cloud Services
1 111 (19.68%) Azure
2 53 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (9.22%) Power Platform
4 41 (7.27%) AWS
5 31 (5.50%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (3.55%) Entra ID
7 19 (3.37%) WhatsApp
8 16 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (2.84%) PowerApps
9 13 (2.30%) GCP
9 13 (2.30%) Power Automate
10 12 (2.13%) SaaS
11 11 (1.95%) IaaS
11 11 (1.95%) PaaS
12 10 (1.77%) GitHub
12 10 (1.77%) OneDrive
13 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (1.42%) Serverless
14 6 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.30%) Firewall
2 7 (1.24%) VPN
2 7 (1.24%) WAN
3 5 (0.89%) DNS
3 5 (0.89%) Intranet
3 5 (0.89%) VoIP
4 4 (0.71%) LAN
4 4 (0.71%) Network Security
4 4 (0.71%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.53%) H.323
5 3 (0.53%) Internet
5 3 (0.53%) RTP
6 2 (0.35%) PBX
6 2 (0.35%) PSTN
6 2 (0.35%) SSL
6 2 (0.35%) WebEx
6 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.18%) HTTP
7 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.18%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.56%) Power BI
2 35 (6.21%) SQL Server
3 17 (3.01%) Data Lake
4 15 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.30%) Relational Database
6 12 (2.13%) MongoDB
7 9 (1.60%) MySQL
7 9 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.24%) RDBMS
8 7 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.06%) DB2
9 6 (1.06%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.89%) Sybase ASE
11 4 (0.71%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.71%) Metadata
11 4 (0.71%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.71%) Siebel EIM
12 3 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 27 (4.79%) JIRA
2 17 (3.01%) Git
3 12 (2.13%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.95%) GitLab
5 9 (1.60%) Selenium
6 5 (0.89%) JUnit
7 4 (0.71%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.71%) Postman
7 4 (0.71%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.53%) Appium
8 3 (0.53%) Katalon Studio
8 3 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.53%) PHPUnit
8 3 (0.53%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.53%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.53%) TestNG
8 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.35%) Subversion
9 2 (0.35%) TestComplete
9 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 188 (33.33%) Finance
2 100 (17.73%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (10.82%) Banking
4 45 (7.98%) Presentation Skills
5 31 (5.50%) Legal
6 30 (5.32%) Public Sector
7 22 (3.90%) Retail
8 21 (3.72%) Investment Banking
9 17 (3.01%) Marketing
10 16 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (2.66%) Front Office
11 15 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.13%) General Ledger
12 12 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (2.13%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.95%) Law
14 7 (1.24%) Back Office
14 7 (1.24%) Corporate Banking
14 7 (1.24%) Local Government
14 7 (1.24%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (15.78%) Analyst
2 55 (9.75%) Consultant
3 53 (9.40%) Developer
4 50 (8.87%) Architect
5 46 (8.16%) Business Analyst
6 41 (7.27%) Project Manager
7 39 (6.91%) Senior
8 27 (4.79%) Lead
8 27 (4.79%) Support Engineer
9 18 (3.19%) Desktop Engineer
10 17 (3.01%) Microsoft Consultant
11 16 (2.84%) Desktop Support
12 14 (2.48%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 13 (2.30%) Data Analyst
13 13 (2.30%) IT Support
14 12 (2.13%) Administrator
14 12 (2.13%) Data Engineer
14 12 (2.13%) IT Analyst
14 12 (2.13%) Product Owner
15 11 (1.95%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.72%) .NET
2 16 (2.84%) Kafka
3 13 (2.30%) RESTful
4 12 (2.13%) HTML
5 11 (1.95%) Web Services
6 10 (1.77%) CSS
7 9 (1.60%) .NET Framework
7 9 (1.60%) RabbitMQ
8 8 (1.42%) React
8 8 (1.42%) REST
8 8 (1.42%) Spring
9 5 (0.89%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.89%) jQuery
9 5 (0.89%) SAML
9 5 (0.89%) XML
10 4 (0.71%) JSON
10 4 (0.71%) Node.js
10 4 (0.71%) OAuth
10 4 (0.71%) OpenID
10 4 (0.71%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.79%) Product Ownership
2 21 (3.72%) Data Structures
3 17 (3.01%) Management Information System
4 15 (2.66%) Algorithms
4 15 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (1.95%) Blackberry
7 9 (1.60%) Hedge funds
8 8 (1.42%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.42%) Market Risk
8 8 (1.42%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.06%) Taxonomies
10 6 (1.06%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (0.89%) Replication
12 4 (0.71%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 53 (9.40%) Windows
2 34 (6.03%) Linux
3 21 (3.72%) Windows 10
4 13 (2.30%) Android
5 10 (1.77%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.60%) Mac OS X
7 8 (1.42%) Unix
8 7 (1.24%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.89%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.89%) Windows 8
10 3 (0.53%) VMS
10 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.35%) Solaris
11 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.18%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
2 153 (27.13%) Agile
3 76 (13.48%) DevOps
4 72 (12.77%) Project Management
5 60 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 49 (8.69%) CI/CD
6 49 (8.69%) Migration
7 43 (7.62%) Business Intelligence
8 41 (7.27%) Change Management
9 40 (7.09%) Computer Science
10 37 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (6.38%) Data Analysis
11 36 (6.38%) ITIL
12 34 (6.03%) Analytics
13 33 (5.85%) Scrum
14 31 (5.50%) Decision-Making
14 31 (5.50%) Risk Management
15 30 (5.32%) Roadmaps
15 30 (5.32%) User Acceptance Testing
16 29 (5.14%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 78 (13.83%) SQL
2 62 (10.99%) Python
3 31 (5.50%) C#
4 30 (5.32%) Java
4 30 (5.32%) PowerShell
5 16 (2.84%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.66%) T-SQL
7 11 (1.95%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.77%) C++
9 8 (1.42%) Go
9 8 (1.42%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.24%) Scala
11 6 (1.06%) Perl
11 6 (1.06%) R
12 5 (0.89%) Bash
13 4 (0.71%) Bicep
13 4 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.71%) PHP
13 4 (0.71%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.53%) XPath
Qualifications
1 90 (15.96%) Degree
2 39 (6.91%) Security Cleared
3 34 (6.03%) SC Cleared
4 28 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.13%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.77%) CISSP
6 10 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.42%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.42%) PMP
8 7 (1.24%) CISM
8 7 (1.24%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.89%) CCNA
9 5 (0.89%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.71%) ACCA
10 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.53%) CCSK
11 3 (0.53%) CISA
11 3 (0.53%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.21%) QA
2 25 (4.43%) Data Quality
3 22 (3.90%) PMO
4 11 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (1.95%) SLA
5 10 (1.77%) NIST
6 7 (1.24%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.24%) GDPR
7 5 (0.89%) ISO 22301
8 4 (0.71%) GRC
8 4 (0.71%) NCSC
9 3 (0.53%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.18%) MiFID
11 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (7.27%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.55%) Docker
3 9 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.42%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 6 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.89%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.35%) KVM
7 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.35%) vSphere
8 1 (0.18%) Ceph
8 1 (0.18%) HDFS
8 1 (0.18%) NFS
Systems Management
1 28 (4.96%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.37%) Terraform
3 12 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (1.95%) Ansible
5 10 (1.77%) Consul
6 9 (1.60%) Grafana
7 8 (1.42%) PingFederate
7 8 (1.42%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.24%) SCCM
9 5 (0.89%) Puppet
10 4 (0.71%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.35%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.35%) Nessus
12 2 (0.35%) Packer
12 2 (0.35%) QRadar
13 1 (0.18%) Nagios
13 1 (0.18%) WSUS
13 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 143 (25.35%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.62%) Oracle
3 28 (4.96%) ServiceNow
4 26 (4.61%) SAP
5 16 (2.84%) Adobe
6 14 (2.48%) Google
7 13 (2.30%) Citrix
8 12 (2.13%) Apple
8 12 (2.13%) IBM
9 11 (1.95%) iManage
9 11 (1.95%) VMware
10 9 (1.60%) SaltStack
11 8 (1.42%) Cisco
11 8 (1.42%) Databricks
12 6 (1.06%) Cadence
12 6 (1.06%) Ivanti
12 6 (1.06%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.06%) Sun
12 6 (1.06%) Veritas
12 6 (1.06%) Workday