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 in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 479 519 639
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 27.45% 23.72% 17.70%
As % of the General category 38.54% 35.74% 28.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 359 457
10th Percentile £313 £255 £258
25th Percentile £428 £422 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £679 £725
90th Percentile £775 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.31% +2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 5
10th Percentile £41.16 £17.96 -
25th Percentile £50.97 £19.99 £14.25
Median hourly rate £67.33 £20.82 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +223.44% -0.88% -17.65%
75th Percentile £83.67 £25.98 -
90th Percentile £93.47 £38.88 £40.65
Central London median hourly rate £46.29 £21.91 £21.00
% change year-on-year +111.29% +4.32% -17.65%

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,243 1,452 2,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 71.23% 66.36% 62.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 776 1,030 1,589
10th Percentile £330 £338 £363
25th Percentile £456 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -4.96% +5.22%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £738
90th Percentile £775 £825 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £560 £600
% change year-on-year +2.68% -6.67% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 14
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.13 £14.48
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £15.78
Median hourly rate £29.58 £24.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.23% +14.29% -51.72%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.00 £53.50
90th Percentile £96.38 £32.05 £58.75
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £24.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +25.15% -14.29% -35.63%

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 7 May 2025.

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 7 May 2025.

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 7 May 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
London Bridge +2 4 £332 -52.62% 1
Moorgate 0 1 £300 -27.27% 1
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 29 (6.05%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.34%) Confluence
3 9 (1.88%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.67%) Apache
5 6 (1.25%) CMS
5 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.84%) Drupal
7 3 (0.63%) CICS
7 3 (0.63%) SAS
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.21%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (10.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (4.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (4.38%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.88%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.63%) Trello
7 2 (0.42%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.42%) Sketch
8 1 (0.21%) EViews
Business Applications
1 12 (2.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.67%) Endur
4 3 (0.63%) CA PPM
5 2 (0.42%) Actimize
5 2 (0.42%) ION Anvil
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.42%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.42%) SAP MDG-S
6 1 (0.21%) BASE24
6 1 (0.21%) Maximo
6 1 (0.21%) Murex MxG2000
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.21%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.21%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.21%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 87 (18.16%) Azure
2 58 (12.11%) AWS
3 38 (7.93%) Power Platform
4 31 (6.47%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (4.18%) GCP
6 17 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (2.71%) SaaS
8 12 (2.51%) GitHub
9 11 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.88%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.67%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.46%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.25%) Asana
13 6 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (1.25%) IaaS
13 6 (1.25%) OneDrive
14 5 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.04%) PaaS
14 5 (1.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.92%) Firewall
2 12 (2.51%) Network Security
3 7 (1.46%) DNS
4 6 (1.25%) DHCP
5 5 (1.04%) LAN
6 4 (0.84%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.84%) WAN
6 4 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.63%) HTTP
7 3 (0.63%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.63%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.63%) VLAN
7 3 (0.63%) Wireless
8 2 (0.42%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.42%) NAS
8 2 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.42%) VPN
8 2 (0.42%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.89%) Power BI
2 26 (5.43%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.38%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (3.76%) Tableau
5 13 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.46%) Big Data
6 7 (1.46%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.46%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.46%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (1.25%) Hadoop
7 6 (1.25%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.04%) BusinessObjects
8 5 (1.04%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (1.04%) Metadata
9 4 (0.84%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.84%) Looker
10 3 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.63%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.63%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 38 (7.93%) JIRA
2 13 (2.71%) Git
2 13 (2.71%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.88%) JUnit
4 7 (1.46%) Bitbucket Server
4 7 (1.46%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.25%) Selenium
6 5 (1.04%) Maven
7 4 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.84%) Gradle
7 4 (0.84%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.63%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.63%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.63%) GitLab
8 3 (0.63%) Postman
8 3 (0.63%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.42%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.42%) JMeter
9 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio Team System
9 2 (0.42%) Zephyr
General
1 196 (40.92%) Finance
2 122 (25.47%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (15.87%) Banking
4 40 (8.35%) Presentation Skills
5 31 (6.47%) Public Sector
6 26 (5.43%) Investment Banking
7 22 (4.59%) Retail
8 21 (4.38%) Financial Institution
9 20 (4.18%) Front Office
10 18 (3.76%) Legal
10 18 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.34%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.88%) Marketing
14 8 (1.67%) Back Office
14 8 (1.67%) International Banking
14 8 (1.67%) Retail Banking
15 7 (1.46%) Law
16 6 (1.25%) Billing
Job Titles
1 94 (19.62%) Analyst
2 76 (15.87%) Developer
3 54 (11.27%) Business Analyst
4 52 (10.86%) Senior
5 39 (8.14%) Architect
6 37 (7.72%) Project Manager
7 31 (6.47%) Consultant
8 23 (4.80%) Lead
9 19 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
10 17 (3.55%) Java Developer
11 16 (3.34%) Data Analyst
12 11 (2.30%) Senior Analyst
12 11 (2.30%) Senior Developer
13 9 (1.88%) Coordinator
13 9 (1.88%) IT Support
13 9 (1.88%) Power BI Developer
13 9 (1.88%) Support Analyst
14 8 (1.67%) C# Developer
14 8 (1.67%) Tester
15 7 (1.46%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.18%) .NET
2 15 (3.13%) React
3 14 (2.92%) HTML
4 11 (2.30%) Spring
5 10 (2.09%) AngularJS
5 10 (2.09%) CSS
5 10 (2.09%) RESTful
6 8 (1.67%) Kafka
6 8 (1.67%) Web Services
7 6 (1.25%) JSON
8 5 (1.04%) ADO
8 5 (1.04%) GraphQL
8 5 (1.04%) JPA
9 4 (0.84%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (0.84%) JMS
9 4 (0.84%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.84%) Pandas
9 4 (0.84%) PySpark
9 4 (0.84%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 17 (3.55%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.92%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.71%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.51%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.88%) Data Structures
7 9 (1.88%) Market Risk
7 9 (1.88%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.67%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.67%) Fixed Income
9 7 (1.46%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.46%) Equities
9 7 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.25%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.04%) PMI
11 5 (1.04%) Reference Data
12 4 (0.84%) CMDB
12 4 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 43 (8.98%) Windows
2 28 (5.85%) Linux
3 19 (3.97%) Unix
4 13 (2.71%) Windows 10
5 11 (2.30%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.67%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.46%) Android
8 3 (0.63%) zOS
9 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.21%) Solaris
10 1 (0.21%) VMS
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (36.12%) Problem-Solving
2 129 (26.93%) Agile
3 98 (20.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 80 (16.70%) Project Management
5 61 (12.73%) DevOps
6 48 (10.02%) Risk Management
7 43 (8.98%) CI/CD
8 41 (8.56%) Analytics
9 40 (8.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 39 (8.14%) User Acceptance Testing
11 37 (7.72%) Decision-Making
12 35 (7.31%) Migration
13 32 (6.68%) Roadmaps
14 31 (6.47%) Business Analysis
14 31 (6.47%) Business Intelligence
14 31 (6.47%) Data Management
14 31 (6.47%) Project Delivery
14 31 (6.47%) Scrum
15 30 (6.26%) Change Management
15 30 (6.26%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 82 (17.12%) SQL
2 62 (12.94%) Python
3 41 (8.56%) Java
4 24 (5.01%) JavaScript
5 23 (4.80%) C#
6 18 (3.76%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.46%) C++
7 7 (1.46%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.25%) Bash
9 5 (1.04%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.04%) Scala
10 4 (0.84%) Bicep
10 4 (0.84%) C
10 4 (0.84%) Perl
10 4 (0.84%) R
10 4 (0.84%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.63%) JCL
11 3 (0.63%) Swift
11 3 (0.63%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.63%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 60 (12.53%) Degree
2 45 (9.39%) Security Cleared
3 30 (6.26%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.18%) PMI Certification
5 17 (3.55%) PMP
6 9 (1.88%) Azure Certification
6 9 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.46%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.25%) CISSP
8 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.04%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.04%) CISM
9 5 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.84%) CBAP
10 4 (0.84%) CCNP
10 4 (0.84%) CFA
10 4 (0.84%) CISA
10 4 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.01%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.97%) QA
3 15 (3.13%) GDPR
4 12 (2.51%) MiFID
4 12 (2.51%) PMO
5 8 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.67%) NIST
6 7 (1.46%) EMIR
7 6 (1.25%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.84%) COBIT
9 4 (0.84%) GRC
10 3 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.63%) Basel II
10 3 (0.63%) COSO
10 3 (0.63%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.42%) SEPA
11 2 (0.42%) SLA
11 2 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (4.59%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.13%) Docker
3 4 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.63%) Firmware
4 3 (0.63%) Time Sharing Option
4 3 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.42%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.21%) HDFS
6 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.21%) XenApp
6 1 (0.21%) XYGATE
Systems Management
1 28 (5.85%) Kubernetes
2 18 (3.76%) Terraform
3 9 (1.88%) SCCM
4 6 (1.25%) Ansible
4 6 (1.25%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.84%) Grafana
7 2 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.42%) Control-M
7 2 (0.42%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.42%) QRadar
7 2 (0.42%) WSUS
8 1 (0.21%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.21%) Nessus
8 1 (0.21%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.21%) OPNET
8 1 (0.21%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.21%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 97 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.22%) Oracle
3 24 (5.01%) ServiceNow
4 22 (4.59%) SAP
5 13 (2.71%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.51%) Cisco
7 11 (2.30%) Google
7 11 (2.30%) Splunk
8 6 (1.25%) IBM
8 6 (1.25%) OpenLink
9 5 (1.04%) Adobe
9 5 (1.04%) Citrix
9 5 (1.04%) Databricks
9 5 (1.04%) Workday
10 4 (0.84%) Apple
10 4 (0.84%) HP
10 4 (0.84%) Informatica
10 4 (0.84%) Sybase
10 4 (0.84%) VMware
11 3 (0.63%) TOWER Software