Social Skills Contracts in Hounslow

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West London > Hounslow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Hounslow. 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 2 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 25 34 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hounslow 36.76% 26.56% 24.69%
As % of the General category 58.14% 61.82% 48.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 22 13
10th Percentile £231 £123 £210
25th Percentile £388 £198 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £288 £455
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -36.81% -10.78%
75th Percentile £450 £432 £526
90th Percentile £642 £550 £586
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 13
10th Percentile - - £31.25
25th Percentile - £28.51 £40.00
Median hourly rate £18.13 £34.23 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.03% -51.10% +225.58%
75th Percentile - £39.95 £75.00
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
Hounslow

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 Hounslow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 43 55 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hounslow 63.24% 42.97% 51.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 37 38
10th Percentile £231 £163 £332
25th Percentile £375 £270 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £496
Median % change year-on-year - -19.40% -5.48%
75th Percentile £454 £538 £586
90th Percentile £574 £554 £649
West London median daily rate £400 £425 £525
% change year-on-year -5.88% -19.05% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 19
10th Percentile £20.94 £31.16 £31.25
25th Percentile £25.16 £35.13 £49.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £44.62 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.10% -28.04% +188.37%
75th Percentile £54.75 £51.24 £75.00
90th Percentile £59.70 £53.50 £80.50
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 Hounslow

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Hounslow

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hounslow

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Hounslow

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Hounslow

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Hounslow

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hounslow

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Hounslow

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Hounslow

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 Hounslow 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
Osterley +4 6 £450 +52.54%
Feltham 0 4 £665 - 3
Chiswick -1 2 - - 2
Isleworth +5 1 - - 4
Social Skills
West London

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hounslow 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 5 (20.00%) Confluence
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (4.00%) Chatbot
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.00%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) GitHub
2 1 (4.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) BrowserStack
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (4.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (20.00%) JIRA
2 4 (16.00%) JUnit
2 4 (16.00%) Selenium
3 2 (8.00%) Appium
4 1 (4.00%) HP UFT
4 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
4 1 (4.00%) Postman
4 1 (4.00%) Robot Framework
General
1 10 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Influencing Skills
3 5 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (12.00%) Finance
4 3 (12.00%) Marketing
5 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (16.00%) Analyst
1 4 (16.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.00%) QA Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Architect
3 2 (8.00%) E-Commerce Manager
3 2 (8.00%) E-Commerce Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Configuration Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Coordinator
4 1 (4.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (4.00%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.00%) NOC Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Product Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) QA Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Software Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Kafka
1 1 (4.00%) Playwright
1 1 (4.00%) REST
1 1 (4.00%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) IoT
2 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Android
1 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (36.00%) Project Management
3 8 (32.00%) Agile
4 5 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 4 (16.00%) Data Analysis
5 4 (16.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 4 (16.00%) Manual Testing
5 4 (16.00%) Project Planning
5 4 (16.00%) Regression Testing
5 4 (16.00%) Security Testing
5 4 (16.00%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (12.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (12.00%) Customer Experience
6 3 (12.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (12.00%) Product Strategy
6 3 (12.00%) Programme Management
6 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
6 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (12.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) Java
1 4 (16.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.00%) BICSI Certification
4 1 (4.00%) CCNA
4 1 (4.00%) CCNP
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.00%) PMP
4 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Atlassian
2 1 (4.00%) Adobe
2 1 (4.00%) Dell
2 1 (4.00%) Google
2 1 (4.00%) HP
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) NEC
2 1 (4.00%) SAP
2 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow