Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Kingston Upon Thames

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South London > Kingston Upon Thames

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Kingston Upon Thames. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 8 13 7
As % of all contract jobs in Kingston Upon Thames 25.00% 56.52% 18.42%
As % of the General category 66.67% 61.90% 38.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - £169 -
25th Percentile £475 £188 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £224 £360
Median % change year-on-year +123.46% -37.85% -31.43%
75th Percentile £525 £258 -
90th Percentile - £276 -
South London median daily rate £500 £470 £514
% change year-on-year +6.38% -8.56% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £17.68
25th Percentile £65.50 - £19.25
Median hourly rate £66.00 - £60.21
75th Percentile £66.50 - £72.50
90th Percentile - - £78.95
South London median hourly rate £66.00 - £36.58
% change year-on-year - - +62.57%

All General Skills
Kingston Upon Thames

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 Kingston Upon Thames.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 12 21 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 37.50% 91.30% 47.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 6
10th Percentile £223 £174 £91
25th Percentile £331 - £115
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £200 £280
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -28.57% -30.00%
75th Percentile £525 £288 £456
90th Percentile - £366 £494
South London median daily rate £500 £575 £527
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.21% -5.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 10
10th Percentile - - £18.99
25th Percentile £65.50 £68.80 -
Median hourly rate £66.00 £73.60 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.33% +33.82% +144.44%
75th Percentile £66.50 £78.40 £66.90
90th Percentile - - £73.58
South London median hourly rate £66.00 £19.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +238.46% -64.55% +144.44%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Social Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Social Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Kingston Upon Thames

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 Kingston Upon Thames region over the 6 months to 2 December 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
New Malden - 4 £500 - 2
Chessington -2 1 - - 3
Social Skills
South London

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames 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:

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP PP
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Games
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Consultant
1 1 (12.50%) Deployment Specialist
1 1 (12.50%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (12.50%) Rust Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Rust Software Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (12.50%) SAP PP Consultant
1 1 (12.50%) SAP QM Consultant
1 1 (12.50%) Senior
1 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
1 1 (12.50%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
1 1 (12.50%) AngularJS
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (12.50%) Entity Framework
1 1 (12.50%) React
1 1 (12.50%) REST
1 1 (12.50%) RESTful
1 1 (12.50%) Software Packaging
1 1 (12.50%) Vue
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (37.50%) Test Management
3 3 (37.50%) Validation
3 3 (37.50%) Verification and Validation
3 3 (37.50%) Workload Management
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (12.50%) DevOps
5 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C#
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
1 1 (12.50%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) EMC Certification
3 3 (37.50%) HNC
3 3 (37.50%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Def Stans
1 3 (37.50%) IEC 61508
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Functional Safety
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) EMC
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Progress
2 1 (12.50%) SAP