Social Skills Contracts in London

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 4 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 3,862 5,453 7,794
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 21.63% 20.03% 19.96%
As % of the General category 34.24% 31.49% 33.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,643 3,740 5,276
10th Percentile £270 £313 £340
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.28% +10.78%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £792
England median daily rate £517 £536 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +2.10% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 103 125
10th Percentile £15.46 £14.24 £18.50
25th Percentile £17.52 £21.13 £22.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +5.71% +33.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.59 £48.58
90th Percentile £74.50 £75.00 £64.75
England median hourly rate £18.00 £27.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% +50.00% -

All General Skills
London

Social Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,279 17,314 23,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.18% 63.59% 59.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,069 12,483 16,746
10th Percentile £335 £375 £380
25th Percentile £450 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £800 £825 £788
England median daily rate £538 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -2.27% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 231 305
10th Percentile £15.80 £16.61 £20.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £28.50 £32.69 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -7.92% +29.09%
75th Percentile £44.25 £58.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.30 £70.00 £64.13
England median hourly rate £28.75 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -17.86% +62.79% -4.44%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in London

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in London

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in London

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in London

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in London

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Central London +2 575 £550 -1.79% 302
West London +2 89 £350 -24.32% 174
East London -1 48 £480 +10.34% 117
South London +1 45 £450 - 68
North London +1 6 £350 -22.22% 27
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 144 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 87 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 64 (1.66%) Confluence
4 57 (1.48%) CMS
5 41 (1.06%) Apache Spark
6 32 (0.83%) Apache
7 11 (0.28%) OpenStack
7 11 (0.28%) Skype for Business
8 10 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 10 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
9 9 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
10 8 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
10 8 (0.21%) IIS
10 8 (0.21%) MTS
10 8 (0.21%) SAS
11 7 (0.18%) ArcGIS
11 7 (0.18%) Tomcat
11 7 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 7 (0.18%) WordPress
12 5 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 197 (5.10%) Microsoft Office
2 188 (4.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 107 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (1.29%) MS Visio
5 48 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
6 25 (0.65%) Sketch
7 22 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
8 14 (0.36%) Photoshop
9 13 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
10 12 (0.31%) Adobe XD
11 11 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 8 (0.21%) InVision
13 6 (0.16%) InDesign
14 5 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
14 5 (0.13%) Chatbot
15 4 (0.10%) Trello
16 3 (0.078%) Adobe After Effects
16 3 (0.078%) Windchill
17 2 (0.052%) AutoCAD
17 2 (0.052%) Revit
Business Applications
1 72 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 32 (0.83%) Loan IQ
4 30 (0.78%) Endur
5 24 (0.62%) Shopify
6 23 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
7 16 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
8 14 (0.36%) Aligne
8 14 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
8 14 (0.36%) Teamcenter
9 12 (0.31%) SAP EWM
10 11 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
11 10 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
11 10 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
11 10 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
11 10 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
12 9 (0.23%) Primavera
12 9 (0.23%) SAP CO
12 9 (0.23%) SAP ERP
12 9 (0.23%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 608 (15.74%) Azure
2 368 (9.53%) AWS
3 236 (6.11%) Microsoft 365
4 230 (5.96%) Power Platform
5 151 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
6 131 (3.39%) GCP
7 91 (2.36%) Serverless
8 82 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
9 79 (2.05%) SaaS
10 69 (1.79%) Power Automate
11 66 (1.71%) GitHub
12 63 (1.63%) PowerApps
13 56 (1.45%) Entra ID
14 50 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
15 46 (1.19%) Figma
16 44 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
16 44 (1.14%) PaaS
17 39 (1.01%) Amazon S3
17 39 (1.01%) OCI
18 32 (0.83%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 87 (2.25%) Firewall
2 71 (1.84%) VPN
3 58 (1.50%) WAN
4 57 (1.48%) DNS
5 53 (1.37%) LAN
6 46 (1.19%) Internet
7 38 (0.98%) BGP
8 36 (0.93%) MPLS
8 36 (0.93%) Network Security
9 31 (0.80%) Wireless
10 22 (0.57%) DHCP
10 22 (0.57%) RSVP
10 22 (0.57%) SSL
11 20 (0.52%) SNMP
12 18 (0.47%) Intranet
12 18 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
13 17 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
13 17 (0.44%) HSRP
13 17 (0.44%) IPv4
13 17 (0.44%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (4.92%) Power BI
2 170 (4.40%) SQL Server
3 116 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
4 94 (2.43%) Relational Database
5 72 (1.86%) Data Lake
6 59 (1.53%) NoSQL
7 55 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
8 50 (1.29%) Big Data
9 42 (1.09%) MongoDB
10 41 (1.06%) Tableau
11 39 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 36 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 28 (0.73%) Metadata
14 27 (0.70%) Oracle Database
15 25 (0.65%) DynamoDB
15 25 (0.65%) MySQL
16 23 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
17 22 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
18 21 (0.54%) RDBMS
19 20 (0.52%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 243 (6.29%) JIRA
2 128 (3.31%) Git
3 85 (2.20%) Jenkins
4 49 (1.27%) GitLab
5 46 (1.19%) Selenium
6 26 (0.67%) Cucumber
6 26 (0.67%) Cypress.io
6 26 (0.67%) webpack
7 24 (0.62%) TeamCity
8 23 (0.60%) Visual Studio
9 22 (0.57%) Maven
10 21 (0.54%) JUnit
10 21 (0.54%) Postman
10 21 (0.54%) WebDriver
11 17 (0.44%) Appium
12 14 (0.36%) SoapUI
13 13 (0.34%) REST Assured
14 12 (0.31%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.31%) TestNG
15 11 (0.28%) SpecFlow
General
1 1,144 (29.62%) Finance
2 787 (20.38%) Analytical Skills
3 357 (9.24%) Banking
4 279 (7.22%) Presentation Skills
5 272 (7.04%) Public Sector
6 226 (5.85%) Marketing
7 145 (3.75%) Retail
8 139 (3.60%) Front Office
9 125 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
10 121 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 121 (3.13%) Legal
11 112 (2.90%) Investment Banking
12 100 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
13 89 (2.30%) Telecoms
14 68 (1.76%) Financial Institution
15 63 (1.63%) Manufacturing
16 59 (1.53%) Law
17 51 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
18 48 (1.24%) Back Office
19 39 (1.01%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 553 (14.32%) Analyst
2 492 (12.74%) Developer
3 371 (9.61%) Senior
4 347 (8.98%) Architect
5 342 (8.86%) Consultant
6 290 (7.51%) Business Analyst
7 256 (6.63%) Project Manager
8 221 (5.72%) Lead
9 134 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
10 99 (2.56%) Data Engineer
11 93 (2.41%) Support Engineer
12 83 (2.15%) Senior Developer
13 82 (2.12%) Designer
14 81 (2.10%) Data Analyst
15 80 (2.07%) C# Developer
16 78 (2.02%) Senior Analyst
17 68 (1.76%) Azure Engineer
18 65 (1.68%) Administrator
18 65 (1.68%) Java Developer
19 58 (1.50%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (3.81%) React
2 145 (3.75%) .NET
3 125 (3.24%) CSS
4 124 (3.21%) HTML
5 99 (2.56%) AngularJS
6 94 (2.43%) REST
7 71 (1.84%) Node.js
8 69 (1.79%) JSON
8 69 (1.79%) RESTful
9 63 (1.63%) Kafka
10 60 (1.55%) XML
11 56 (1.45%) Web Services
12 44 (1.14%) .NET Framework
13 40 (1.04%) Spring
14 37 (0.96%) .NET Core
15 35 (0.91%) WebSockets
16 32 (0.83%) HTML5
17 29 (0.75%) Middleware
18 27 (0.70%) PySpark
18 27 (0.70%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 157 (4.07%) Product Ownership
2 134 (3.47%) Management Information System
3 126 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
4 80 (2.07%) Onboarding
5 75 (1.94%) Data Structures
6 73 (1.89%) Algorithms
7 68 (1.76%) Data Centre
8 58 (1.50%) Fixed Income
9 52 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 50 (1.29%) Derivative
11 49 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
12 47 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
13 45 (1.17%) Mobile App
13 45 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
14 39 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
15 38 (0.98%) Solar Panel
16 34 (0.88%) CMDB
16 34 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
16 34 (0.88%) Social Media
17 30 (0.78%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 281 (7.28%) Windows
2 150 (3.88%) Linux
3 95 (2.46%) Windows 10
4 70 (1.81%) Windows Server
5 66 (1.71%) Unix
6 40 (1.04%) Android
7 38 (0.98%) Mac OS
8 32 (0.83%) Apple iOS
9 24 (0.62%) Windows 7
10 17 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (0.36%) VMS
12 12 (0.31%) Mac OS X
12 12 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
13 10 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
14 9 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
15 8 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 8 (0.21%) Solaris
15 8 (0.21%) zOS
16 7 (0.18%) Windows 8
17 5 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,044 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
2 969 (25.09%) Agile
3 523 (13.54%) Project Management
4 476 (12.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 441 (11.42%) DevOps
6 343 (8.88%) Computer Science
7 304 (7.87%) Migration
8 302 (7.82%) Analytics
9 277 (7.17%) CI/CD
10 269 (6.97%) Business Intelligence
11 256 (6.63%) Continuous Improvement
12 247 (6.40%) Scrum
13 225 (5.83%) Data Modelling
13 225 (5.83%) Decision-Making
14 219 (5.67%) Customer Service
15 215 (5.57%) Change Management
16 210 (5.44%) Project Delivery
17 201 (5.20%) ITIL
17 201 (5.20%) Roadmaps
18 199 (5.15%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 493 (12.77%) SQL
2 413 (10.69%) Python
3 266 (6.89%) Java
4 244 (6.32%) C#
5 213 (5.52%) JavaScript
6 129 (3.34%) PowerShell
7 124 (3.21%) TypeScript
8 50 (1.29%) C++
9 38 (0.98%) Bash
9 38 (0.98%) Scala
10 30 (0.78%) Go
10 30 (0.78%) R
11 29 (0.75%) T-SQL
12 26 (0.67%) Shell Script
13 24 (0.62%) Kotlin
13 24 (0.62%) PL/SQL
14 23 (0.60%) Bicep
14 23 (0.60%) VBA
15 22 (0.57%) Perl
16 21 (0.54%) PHP
Qualifications
1 711 (18.41%) Degree
2 330 (8.54%) Security Cleared
3 262 (6.78%) SC Cleared
4 240 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 110 (2.85%) Master's Degree
6 70 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
7 48 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 47 (1.22%) PMI Certification
9 45 (1.17%) PMP
10 43 (1.11%) DV Cleared
11 40 (1.04%) CISSP
11 40 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
12 35 (0.91%) Azure Certification
13 34 (0.88%) CCNP
14 26 (0.67%) AWS Certification
14 26 (0.67%) CCIE
15 24 (0.62%) CCNA
16 22 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
16 22 (0.57%) CISM
17 15 (0.39%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (4.76%) QA
2 153 (3.96%) Data Quality
3 87 (2.25%) SLA
4 86 (2.23%) PMO
5 59 (1.53%) Accessibility
6 45 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 40 (1.04%) NIST
8 36 (0.93%) GDPR
9 23 (0.60%) PCI DSS
10 18 (0.47%) MiFID
10 18 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 17 (0.44%) GRC
12 15 (0.39%) SEPA
13 14 (0.36%) EMIR
14 13 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
15 11 (0.28%) NCSC
16 8 (0.21%) HIPAA
17 7 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
17 7 (0.18%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 185 (4.79%) Active Directory
2 107 (2.77%) Docker
3 44 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.52%) Firmware
5 19 (0.49%) vSphere
6 18 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (0.41%) Hyper-V
8 13 (0.34%) VMware NSX
9 10 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.21%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 8 (0.21%) HDFS
10 8 (0.21%) KVM
10 8 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.13%) NFS
11 5 (0.13%) RACF
11 5 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.10%) vCloud
12 4 (0.10%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 1 (0.026%) ACF2
13 1 (0.026%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 125 (3.24%) Terraform
2 121 (3.13%) Kubernetes
3 48 (1.24%) Ansible
4 45 (1.17%) SCCM
5 42 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (0.65%) Puppet
7 19 (0.49%) Grafana
8 17 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
9 16 (0.41%) Progress Chef
9 16 (0.41%) Prometheus
10 13 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (0.31%) Consul
12 9 (0.23%) FortiGate
13 8 (0.21%) PingFederate
14 6 (0.16%) Dell DRAC
14 6 (0.16%) Hadoop YARN
14 6 (0.16%) VxRail
14 6 (0.16%) WSUS
15 5 (0.13%) EnCase
15 5 (0.13%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 714 (18.49%) Microsoft
2 237 (6.14%) SAP
3 202 (5.23%) Oracle
4 117 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 102 (2.64%) Google
6 90 (2.33%) Cisco
7 87 (2.25%) Salesforce
8 80 (2.07%) Adobe
9 76 (1.97%) Databricks
10 59 (1.53%) VMware
11 52 (1.35%) IBM
12 42 (1.09%) Citrix
13 39 (1.01%) Apple
14 32 (0.83%) Dell
15 25 (0.65%) F5
15 25 (0.65%) Nokia
16 23 (0.60%) Palo Alto
17 21 (0.54%) Informatica
18 19 (0.49%) Bloomberg
18 19 (0.49%) Splunk