Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Paddington

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
City of Westminster > Paddington

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 6 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in Paddington 40.00% 37.50% -
As % of the General category 46.15% 66.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £266 £421 -
25th Percentile £320 £433 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% - -
75th Percentile £588 £460 -
90th Percentile - - -
City of Westminster median daily rate £481 £425 £606
% change year-on-year +13.24% -29.90% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
City of Westminster median hourly rate £18.87 - -

All General Skills
Paddington

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 Paddington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 13 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Paddington 86.67% 56.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 0
10th Percentile £314 £429 -
25th Percentile £444 £440 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% - -
75th Percentile £625 £518 -
90th Percentile £678 £575 -
City of Westminster median daily rate £563 £450 £600
% change year-on-year +25.00% -25.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
City of Westminster median hourly rate £21.97 - £26.00

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Paddington

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Paddington

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Paddington

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

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

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Paddington

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Paddington over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Paddington

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Paddington

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

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

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Paddington 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 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) BrowserStack
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Cypress.io
1 1 (16.67%) GitLab
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) Postman
General
1 3 (50.00%) Retail
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) NHS Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Business Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Change Advisory Board
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Cross-Browser Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Secure Coding
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Workflow
4 1 (16.67%) Workflow Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) QA
1 1 (16.67%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Apple
2 1 (16.67%) BMC