Social Skills Contracts in the City of London

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 524 637 775
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 23.80% 17.51% 18.31%
As % of the General category 35.92% 28.15% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 454 585
10th Percentile £258 £260 £309
25th Percentile £425 £450 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £722 £650
90th Percentile £775 £834 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -2.48% +2.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 14
10th Percentile £18.35 - £18.50
25th Percentile £20.07 - £20.25
Median hourly rate £20.82 £21.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% -17.65% +59.38%
75th Percentile £38.88 £37.38 £46.25
90th Percentile £59.65 £47.20 £57.85
Central London median hourly rate £24.00 £21.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +14.29% -17.65% +45.71%

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,459 2,263 2,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 66.26% 62.22% 57.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 1,593 1,776
10th Percentile £340 £363 £354
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £694 £738 £680
90th Percentile £803 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £560 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.26% +6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 26
10th Percentile £19.53 £15.61 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £19.32 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £28.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -37.08% +154.29%
75th Percentile £27.38 £55.00 £57.00
90th Percentile £52.60 £58.75 £64.13
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% -21.35% +122.50%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the City of London

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the City of London

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the City of London

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the City of London

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the City of London

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Moorgate - 2 £413 -
London Bridge +1 1 £700 +75.00%
Social Skills
Central London

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 35 (6.68%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.15%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.15%) Confluence
4 5 (0.95%) Apache
4 5 (0.95%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.57%) CMS
6 3 (0.57%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.38%) IIS
7 2 (0.38%) Luigi
7 2 (0.38%) SAS
7 2 (0.38%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.19%) PowerExchange
8 1 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 27 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (3.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.29%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.76%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.19%) Sketch
7 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.91%) Dynamics GP
2 8 (1.53%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.15%) Endur
4 4 (0.76%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.57%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.57%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.57%) Primavera
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.19%) Magento
7 1 (0.19%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Orchestrade
Cloud Services
1 104 (19.85%) Azure
2 48 (9.16%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (8.59%) Power Platform
4 38 (7.25%) AWS
5 28 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (3.63%) WhatsApp
7 18 (3.44%) Entra ID
8 15 (2.86%) GCP
9 14 (2.67%) Power Automate
9 14 (2.67%) PowerApps
10 13 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (2.29%) SaaS
12 11 (2.10%) IaaS
12 11 (2.10%) PaaS
13 9 (1.72%) GitHub
14 8 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (1.53%) Serverless
15 7 (1.34%) OneDrive
16 6 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
16 6 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.67%) Firewall
2 7 (1.34%) WAN
3 6 (1.15%) DNS
4 5 (0.95%) Intranet
4 5 (0.95%) VPN
5 4 (0.76%) LAN
5 4 (0.76%) Network Security
5 4 (0.76%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.76%) VoIP
6 3 (0.57%) H.323
6 3 (0.57%) RTP
6 3 (0.57%) SSL
7 2 (0.38%) PBX
7 2 (0.38%) PSTN
7 2 (0.38%) WebEx
7 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.19%) MQTT
8 1 (0.19%) Multicast
8 1 (0.19%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.19%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.11%) Power BI
2 26 (4.96%) SQL Server
3 18 (3.44%) Data Lake
4 15 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.29%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.91%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.53%) MySQL
7 8 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.15%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.15%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.95%) DB2
11 4 (0.76%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.76%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.76%) Metadata
11 4 (0.76%) Siebel EIM
11 4 (0.76%) Sybase ASE
12 3 (0.57%) Big Data
12 3 (0.57%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 28 (5.34%) JIRA
2 18 (3.44%) Git
3 14 (2.67%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.10%) GitLab
5 8 (1.53%) Selenium
6 5 (0.95%) JUnit
7 4 (0.76%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.57%) Appium
8 3 (0.57%) Katalon Studio
8 3 (0.57%) Postman
8 3 (0.57%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.57%) TestNG
8 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.57%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.38%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.38%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.38%) eggPlant
9 2 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.38%) ScalaTest
9 2 (0.38%) SOAtest
General
1 179 (34.16%) Finance
2 90 (17.18%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (11.83%) Banking
4 37 (7.06%) Presentation Skills
5 32 (6.11%) Legal
6 27 (5.15%) Public Sector
7 22 (4.20%) Investment Banking
8 21 (4.01%) Retail
9 17 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (2.86%) Front Office
12 14 (2.67%) Marketing
13 11 (2.10%) General Ledger
14 10 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.53%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.34%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.34%) Law
17 6 (1.15%) Retail Banking
18 5 (0.95%) Corporate Banking
18 5 (0.95%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 89 (16.98%) Analyst
2 50 (9.54%) Business Analyst
3 49 (9.35%) Consultant
4 47 (8.97%) Developer
5 46 (8.78%) Architect
6 37 (7.06%) Project Manager
7 36 (6.87%) Senior
8 27 (5.15%) Lead
9 23 (4.39%) Support Engineer
10 17 (3.24%) Desktop Support
10 17 (3.24%) Microsoft Consultant
11 16 (3.05%) Desktop Engineer
12 13 (2.48%) Data Analyst
12 13 (2.48%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 12 (2.29%) Administrator
13 12 (2.29%) Data Engineer
13 12 (2.29%) IT Analyst
13 12 (2.29%) Product Owner
14 10 (1.91%) IT Support
14 10 (1.91%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.44%) .NET
2 14 (2.67%) Kafka
3 12 (2.29%) RESTful
4 11 (2.10%) Web Services
5 10 (1.91%) HTML
6 8 (1.53%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.53%) CSS
6 8 (1.53%) RabbitMQ
7 7 (1.34%) React
7 7 (1.34%) Spring
8 6 (1.15%) SAML
9 5 (0.95%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.95%) jQuery
9 5 (0.95%) OpenID
9 5 (0.95%) REST
9 5 (0.95%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.76%) JSON
10 4 (0.76%) Node.js
10 4 (0.76%) OAuth
10 4 (0.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.39%) Product Ownership
2 19 (3.63%) Data Structures
3 18 (3.44%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.67%) Algorithms
4 14 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.10%) Blackberry
5 11 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (1.53%) Market Risk
6 8 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (1.34%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.15%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.95%) Credit Risk
9 5 (0.95%) Fixed Income
9 5 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (0.95%) Taxonomies
9 5 (0.95%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 48 (9.16%) Windows
2 31 (5.92%) Linux
3 19 (3.63%) Windows 10
4 13 (2.48%) Android
5 8 (1.53%) Mac OS X
6 7 (1.34%) Windows 7
6 7 (1.34%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.15%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.15%) Unix
7 6 (1.15%) Windows 8
8 4 (0.76%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.76%) VMS
9 3 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.38%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.38%) Solaris
10 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.19%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (29.20%) Problem-Solving
2 137 (26.15%) Agile
3 70 (13.36%) DevOps
4 64 (12.21%) Project Management
5 60 (11.45%) Stakeholder Management
6 47 (8.97%) Migration
7 45 (8.59%) CI/CD
8 43 (8.21%) Computer Science
9 37 (7.06%) Business Intelligence
9 37 (7.06%) Change Management
10 36 (6.87%) Data Analysis
11 35 (6.68%) Continuous Improvement
12 34 (6.49%) Analytics
12 34 (6.49%) ITIL
13 30 (5.73%) Data Modelling
14 29 (5.53%) Risk Management
15 28 (5.34%) Microservices
16 27 (5.15%) Scrum
16 27 (5.15%) User Acceptance Testing
17 25 (4.77%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 72 (13.74%) SQL
2 62 (11.83%) Python
3 31 (5.92%) Java
4 29 (5.53%) C#
5 26 (4.96%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.10%) C++
6 11 (2.10%) JavaScript
6 11 (2.10%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.72%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.53%) Go
9 7 (1.34%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.15%) R
11 5 (0.95%) Bash
11 5 (0.95%) Perl
11 5 (0.95%) Scala
12 4 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.57%) PHP
14 2 (0.38%) Bicep
14 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.19%) XPath
Qualifications
1 89 (16.98%) Degree
2 31 (5.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (4.77%) Security Cleared
4 22 (4.20%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.29%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.10%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (1.72%) CISSP
8 7 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.34%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.34%) PMP
9 6 (1.15%) CISM
9 6 (1.15%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.76%) CCNA
11 4 (0.76%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.57%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.57%) CCSK
12 3 (0.57%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.68%) QA
2 24 (4.58%) Data Quality
3 22 (4.20%) PMO
4 11 (2.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (2.10%) SLA
5 10 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.91%) NIST
6 8 (1.53%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.34%) GDPR
8 5 (0.95%) ISO 22301
9 4 (0.76%) GRC
9 4 (0.76%) NCSC
10 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.19%) MiFID
11 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 35 (6.68%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.44%) Docker
3 8 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.34%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 6 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.76%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.38%) KVM
7 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.38%) vSphere
8 1 (0.19%) Ceph
8 1 (0.19%) HDFS
8 1 (0.19%) NFS
Systems Management
1 26 (4.96%) Kubernetes
2 18 (3.44%) Terraform
3 13 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.72%) Ansible
4 9 (1.72%) Consul
4 9 (1.72%) SCCM
5 8 (1.53%) Grafana
5 8 (1.53%) PingFederate
6 7 (1.34%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.76%) Puppet
8 3 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.57%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.38%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.38%) Nessus
9 2 (0.38%) Packer
9 2 (0.38%) QRadar
10 1 (0.19%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 133 (25.38%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.49%) Oracle
3 23 (4.39%) ServiceNow
4 20 (3.82%) SAP
5 15 (2.86%) Adobe
5 15 (2.86%) Google
6 12 (2.29%) Apple
6 12 (2.29%) IBM
7 11 (2.10%) Citrix
8 10 (1.91%) iManage
9 9 (1.72%) VMware
10 8 (1.53%) SaltStack
11 7 (1.34%) Databricks
12 6 (1.15%) Cadence
12 6 (1.15%) Cisco
13 5 (0.95%) Informatica
13 5 (0.95%) OpenLink
13 5 (0.95%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.95%) Sun
13 5 (0.95%) Veritas