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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 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 491 504 643
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 29.28% 23.30% 18.35%
As % of the General category 40.85% 34.93% 29.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 343 455
10th Percentile £306 £256 £252
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £690 £675 £738
90th Percentile £788 £775 £838
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
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% -19.23%
75th Percentile £83.67 £25.98 -
90th Percentile £93.47 £38.88 £40.65
Central London median hourly rate £46.29 £20.82 £21.00
% change year-on-year +122.38% -0.88% -19.23%

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 1,202 1,443 2,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 71.68% 66.71% 62.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 745 1,014 1,552
10th Percentile £325 £338 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £575 £620
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% -7.26% +7.83%
75th Percentile £688 £693 £738
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 14
10th Percentile £22.00 £18.74 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.15 £15.78
Median hourly rate £31.00 £22.41 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.35% +6.70% -46.15%
75th Percentile £53.75 £27.13 £50.14
90th Percentile £100.00 £34.33 £57.25
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £24.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +25.15% -14.29% -28.21%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +1 3 £238 -65.95%
Moorgate 0 1 £300 -27.27% 2
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 27 (5.50%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.26%) Confluence
3 8 (1.63%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.43%) Apache
5 6 (1.22%) CMS
6 5 (1.02%) Drupal
6 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.61%) CICS
7 3 (0.61%) SAS
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 51 (10.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (7.94%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (4.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (3.46%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.63%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.41%) Sketch
7 1 (0.20%) EViews
7 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (3.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (2.04%) Endur
4 3 (0.61%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.61%) CA PPM
4 3 (0.61%) ION Anvil
4 3 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.41%) Actimize
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.41%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.20%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 86 (17.52%) Azure
2 60 (12.22%) AWS
3 40 (8.15%) Power Platform
4 29 (5.91%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (4.48%) GCP
6 18 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (3.05%) SaaS
8 13 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (2.44%) GitHub
10 7 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.43%) IaaS
11 6 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (1.22%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.22%) PaaS
12 5 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (1.02%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.02%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.02%) Serverless
13 4 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.63%) Network Security
2 7 (1.43%) Firewall
3 6 (1.22%) LAN
4 4 (0.81%) DNS
4 4 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (0.61%) DHCP
5 3 (0.61%) HTTP
5 3 (0.61%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.61%) WAN
5 3 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.41%) NAS
6 2 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (0.41%) VLAN
6 2 (0.41%) VPN
6 2 (0.41%) Wireless
7 1 (0.20%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.20%) SSL
7 1 (0.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.33%) Power BI
2 25 (5.09%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.07%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (3.87%) Tableau
5 12 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.43%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.43%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.43%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (1.22%) Big Data
7 6 (1.22%) Data Mining
7 6 (1.22%) Metadata
7 6 (1.22%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
8 5 (1.02%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (1.02%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.81%) DB2
9 4 (0.81%) Looker
9 4 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 40 (8.15%) JIRA
2 13 (2.65%) Git
3 12 (2.44%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.83%) JUnit
5 7 (1.43%) Bitbucket Server
6 5 (1.02%) Maven
6 5 (1.02%) Selenium
6 5 (1.02%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.81%) GitLab
7 4 (0.81%) Gradle
7 4 (0.81%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.61%) Postman
8 3 (0.61%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.41%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.41%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.41%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio Team System
9 2 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 198 (40.33%) Finance
2 124 (25.25%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (16.50%) Banking
4 44 (8.96%) Presentation Skills
5 32 (6.52%) Public Sector
6 28 (5.70%) Investment Banking
7 25 (5.09%) Front Office
8 23 (4.68%) Financial Institution
8 23 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (4.48%) Retail
10 21 (4.28%) Legal
11 19 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (2.24%) Back Office
15 10 (2.04%) Marketing
16 9 (1.83%) International Banking
16 9 (1.83%) Retail Banking
17 7 (1.43%) Corporate Banking
17 7 (1.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 103 (20.98%) Analyst
2 73 (14.87%) Developer
3 60 (12.22%) Business Analyst
4 53 (10.79%) Senior
5 38 (7.74%) Project Manager
6 37 (7.54%) Architect
6 37 (7.54%) Consultant
7 24 (4.89%) Lead
8 17 (3.46%) Data Analyst
8 17 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
9 16 (3.26%) Java Developer
10 11 (2.24%) Senior Analyst
10 11 (2.24%) Senior Developer
11 10 (2.04%) IT Support
11 10 (2.04%) Support Analyst
12 9 (1.83%) Coordinator
12 9 (1.83%) Insurance Business Analyst
13 8 (1.63%) Full-Stack Developer
13 8 (1.63%) Senior Manager
13 8 (1.63%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.26%) .NET
1 16 (3.26%) React
2 15 (3.05%) HTML
3 11 (2.24%) AngularJS
4 10 (2.04%) CSS
4 10 (2.04%) RESTful
4 10 (2.04%) Spring
5 8 (1.63%) Web Services
6 7 (1.43%) JSON
6 7 (1.43%) Kafka
7 5 (1.02%) ADO
7 5 (1.02%) GraphQL
7 5 (1.02%) JPA
7 5 (1.02%) Pandas
8 4 (0.81%) HTML5
8 4 (0.81%) JMS
8 4 (0.81%) Middleware
8 4 (0.81%) scikit-learn
8 4 (0.81%) TensorFlow
8 4 (0.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 16 (3.26%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.65%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.44%) Cloud Native
4 12 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.24%) Market Risk
5 11 (2.24%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.83%) Algorithms
6 9 (1.83%) Data Structures
6 9 (1.83%) Fixed Income
6 9 (1.83%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.43%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.22%) Equities
10 5 (1.02%) PMI
10 5 (1.02%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.81%) CMDB
11 4 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 40 (8.15%) Windows
2 27 (5.50%) Linux
3 17 (3.46%) Unix
4 11 (2.24%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.04%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.63%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.43%) Android
8 3 (0.61%) zOS
9 2 (0.41%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.20%) Solaris
10 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (36.46%) Problem-Solving
2 142 (28.92%) Agile
3 99 (20.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 80 (16.29%) Project Management
5 64 (13.03%) DevOps
6 50 (10.18%) Risk Management
7 44 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (8.76%) User Acceptance Testing
9 42 (8.55%) Analytics
9 42 (8.55%) CI/CD
9 42 (8.55%) Decision-Making
10 39 (7.94%) Migration
10 39 (7.94%) Scrum
11 33 (6.72%) Business Intelligence
11 33 (6.72%) Project Delivery
12 32 (6.52%) Data Analysis
13 31 (6.31%) Roadmaps
14 30 (6.11%) Business Analysis
14 30 (6.11%) Data Management
15 28 (5.70%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (17.11%) SQL
2 64 (13.03%) Python
3 42 (8.55%) Java
4 24 (4.89%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.07%) PowerShell
6 18 (3.67%) C#
7 8 (1.63%) C++
8 7 (1.43%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.22%) Bash
10 5 (1.02%) Perl
10 5 (1.02%) R
10 5 (1.02%) Scala
11 4 (0.81%) Bicep
11 4 (0.81%) C
11 4 (0.81%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.81%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.61%) JCL
12 3 (0.61%) REXX
12 3 (0.61%) VBScript
13 2 (0.41%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 64 (13.03%) Degree
2 46 (9.37%) Security Cleared
3 31 (6.31%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.67%) PMI Certification
5 17 (3.46%) PMP
6 11 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.63%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.43%) CISSP
9 6 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.02%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.02%) CCNP
10 5 (1.02%) CISM
10 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.81%) CFA
11 4 (0.81%) CISA
11 4 (0.81%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.48%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.28%) QA
3 16 (3.26%) GDPR
4 12 (2.44%) MiFID
4 12 (2.44%) PMO
5 8 (1.63%) NIST
6 7 (1.43%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.43%) EMIR
6 7 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.02%) Basel II
9 4 (0.81%) COBIT
9 4 (0.81%) GRC
10 3 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.61%) COSO
10 3 (0.61%) SEPA
10 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.61%) WCAG
11 2 (0.41%) SLA
12 1 (0.20%) GAAP
System Software
1 21 (4.28%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.05%) Docker
3 4 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.61%) Time Sharing Option
4 3 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.20%) Firmware
6 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.20%) XenApp
6 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.20%) XYGATE
Systems Management
1 27 (5.50%) Kubernetes
2 17 (3.46%) Terraform
3 9 (1.83%) SCCM
4 6 (1.22%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.02%) Ansible
5 5 (1.02%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.81%) Grafana
6 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.41%) Control-M
7 2 (0.41%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.41%) QRadar
7 2 (0.41%) WSUS
8 1 (0.20%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.20%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 1 (0.20%) Nessus
8 1 (0.20%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.20%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.20%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 101 (20.57%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.50%) Oracle
3 23 (4.68%) SAP
3 23 (4.68%) ServiceNow
4 17 (3.46%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.65%) Google
6 11 (2.24%) Cisco
6 11 (2.24%) Splunk
7 7 (1.43%) Adobe
7 7 (1.43%) IBM
8 6 (1.22%) Databricks
8 6 (1.22%) OpenLink
8 6 (1.22%) Workday
9 5 (1.02%) HP
9 5 (1.02%) VMware
10 4 (0.81%) Apple
10 4 (0.81%) Citrix
10 4 (0.81%) CyberArk
10 4 (0.81%) Informatica
10 4 (0.81%) Sybase