Social Skills Contracts in Hillingdon

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West London > Hillingdon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Hillingdon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 17
Rank change year-on-year 0 +16 -16
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 14 28 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hillingdon 29.79% 28.00% 13.66%
As % of the General category 56.00% 34.57% 43.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 20 21
10th Percentile £167 £246 £381
25th Percentile £172 £338 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £625
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -24.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £444 £520 £638
90th Percentile £475 £577 £650
West London median daily rate £400 £350 £453
% change year-on-year +14.29% -22.65% -4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £41.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £19.20 £44.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.36% +60.00% -
75th Percentile - £46.50 £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
West London median hourly rate £21.63 £44.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -50.85% -20.00% +157.46%

All General Skills
Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25 81 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon 53.19% 81.00% 31.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 53 50
10th Percentile £171 £215 £457
25th Percentile £240 £270 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £625
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -28.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £456 £538 £700
90th Percentile £475 £627 £838
West London median daily rate £400 £425 £525
% change year-on-year -5.88% -19.05% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 1
10th Percentile - £15.80 -
25th Percentile - £16.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate £19.20 £23.83 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.43% -13.35% +83.33%
75th Percentile - £30.16 £28.75
90th Percentile - £47.60 -
West London median hourly rate £22.27 £30.16 £60.00
% change year-on-year -26.16% -49.73% +161.72%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Hillingdon

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Hillingdon.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Hillingdon

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Hillingdon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Hillingdon over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Hillingdon

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hillingdon

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Hillingdon.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Hillingdon

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 1 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
Heathrow +1 8 £226 -51.10% 1
West Drayton +2 3 £400 -24.71%
Uxbridge -2 1 £425 -2.86% 21
Northwood - 1 £400 - 1
Ruislip - 1 - - 1
Social Skills
West London

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hillingdon 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 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) WAN
2 4 (28.57%) BGP
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco ISE
2 4 (28.57%) DHCP
2 4 (28.57%) DNS
2 4 (28.57%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 4 (28.57%) Firewall
2 4 (28.57%) OSPF
2 4 (28.57%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (28.57%) VLAN
2 4 (28.57%) VPN
3 3 (21.43%) LAN
3 3 (21.43%) Network Security
3 3 (21.43%) SD-WAN
3 3 (21.43%) SSL
3 3 (21.43%) Wireless
3 3 (21.43%) WLAN
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
4 2 (14.29%) DMVPN
4 2 (14.29%) EIGRP
General
1 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Aviation
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Legal
3 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Administrator
1 3 (21.43%) Cabling Engineer
1 3 (21.43%) Network Administrator
1 3 (21.43%) Project Engineer
1 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Administration Assistant
3 1 (7.14%) CCTV Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Coordinator
3 1 (7.14%) Network Security Administrator
3 1 (7.14%) Security Administrator
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Support
3 1 (7.14%) UX Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 2 (14.29%) CCTV
3 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 3 (21.43%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (21.43%) Time Management
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Patch Management
4 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
5 1 (7.14%) Business Continuity
5 1 (7.14%) Change Management
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.14%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Project Planning
5 1 (7.14%) Quality Management
5 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CCNP
1 4 (28.57%) CCSA
1 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
3 2 (14.29%) PMP
3 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) COSHH
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Firmware
2 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Cisco
1 4 (28.57%) F5
1 4 (28.57%) Meraki
1 4 (28.57%) SolarWinds
2 2 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 2 (14.29%) Juniper