Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Kensington

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Kensington and Chelsea > Kensington

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Kensington. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kensington 33.33% 14.29% -
As % of the General category 50.00% 16.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 £435 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £440 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.68% - -
75th Percentile £588 £445 -
90th Percentile - - -
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £575 £440 -
% change year-on-year +30.68% - -

All General Skills
Kensington

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 Kensington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kensington 66.67% 85.71% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £439 £280 -
25th Percentile £459 £306 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £358 £425
Median % change year-on-year +43.36% -15.88% -22.73%
75th Percentile £559 £406 £438
90th Percentile £576 £429 -
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £513 £358 £425
% change year-on-year +43.36% -15.88% -22.73%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Kensington

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kensington.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Kensington

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Kensington

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

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

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Kensington

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

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

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kensington by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto