Social Skills Contract Job Trends in New Malden

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Merton > New Malden

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in New Malden. 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 5 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in New Malden 20.00% - 15.79%
As % of the General category 80.00% - 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Merton median daily rate £500 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +42.86% -12.50% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £57.75
25th Percentile £65.50 - £61.41
Median hourly rate £66.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile £66.50 - £77.88
90th Percentile - - £81.10
Merton median hourly rate £66.00 - £70.00

All General Skills
New Malden

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 New Malden.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5 4 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in New Malden 25.00% 80.00% 52.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £423 - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £91
Median % change year-on-year - - -82.67%
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Merton median daily rate £450 £388 £180
% change year-on-year +16.13% +115.28% -63.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.50 £68.80 £55.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 £73.60 £57.61
Median % change year-on-year -10.33% +27.77% -
75th Percentile £66.50 £78.40 £68.75
90th Percentile - - £75.73
Merton median hourly rate £66.00 £73.60 £57.61
% change year-on-year -10.33% +27.77% -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in New Malden

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in New Malden

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in New Malden

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in New Malden citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in New Malden

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in New Malden citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in New Malden 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 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Rust Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Rust Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (75.00%) Test Management
2 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Workload Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) EMC Certification
2 3 (75.00%) HNC
2 3 (75.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Def Stans
1 3 (75.00%) IEC 61508
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) EMC