Active Listening Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Active Listening
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Active Listening skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 - 142
Rank change year-on-year - - +52
Contract jobs citing Active Listening 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% - 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 - £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £351 - £405
Median % change year-on-year - - -55.00%
75th Percentile £351 - £408
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £351 - £405
% change year-on-year - - -55.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Active Listening 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 City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,664 1,992 2,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 92.91% 91.50% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,170 1,221 1,697
10th Percentile £338 £375 £363
25th Percentile £418 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £694
90th Percentile £756 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 17 13
10th Percentile £20.02 £16.70 -
25th Percentile £25.75 £22.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +54.55% -47.12%
75th Percentile £47.50 £112.00 £53.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £72.75
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -20.00% +30.84% -47.55%

Active Listening
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Active Listening relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Active Listening job vacancy trend in the City of London

Active Listening
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Active Listening.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Active Listening

Active Listening
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Service Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Service Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Digital Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Service Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
1 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
1 1 (50.00%) Service Design
1 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft