Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Ealing

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West London > Ealing

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Ealing. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 -5
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Ealing 30.77% 100.00% 5.88%
As % of the General category 50.00% 100.00% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £180 £205
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -12.20% -
75th Percentile £475 - £208
90th Percentile - - -
West London median daily rate £408 £400 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -27.27% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.24 - -
Median hourly rate £21.63 - -
75th Percentile £23.01 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West London median hourly rate £34.00 £34.05 £65.00
% change year-on-year -0.13% -47.62% +269.06%

All General Skills
Ealing

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 Ealing.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ealing 61.54% 100.00% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile £455 - £306
25th Percentile - - £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £180 £470
Median % change year-on-year +177.78% -61.70% -
75th Percentile - - £490
90th Percentile - - £492
West London median daily rate £425 £450 £550
% change year-on-year -5.56% -18.18% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.24 - -
Median hourly rate £21.63 - -
75th Percentile £23.01 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West London median hourly rate £32.89 £34.05 £66.00
% change year-on-year -3.39% -48.42% +247.37%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Ealing

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Ealing.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Ealing

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Ealing

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ealing citing Social Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ealing citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Ealing

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Ealing citing Social Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Ealing citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Ealing

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 Ealing region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Northolt - 1 £450 - 2
Social Skills
West London

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Ealing 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (25.00%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) 1st Line Support
1 3 (75.00%) Support Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Experience
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) DBS Check
1 3 (75.00%) Degree