Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Redhill

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Surrey > Redhill

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Redhill. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 10 35 2
As % of all contract jobs in Redhill 28.57% 47.95% 22.22%
As % of the General category 55.56% 79.55% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 26 2
10th Percentile - £431 £340
25th Percentile £475 £475 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £500 £413
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% +21.21% -28.26%
75th Percentile £700 £547 £475
90th Percentile - £575 £505
Surrey median daily rate £434 £475 £491
% change year-on-year -8.68% -3.31% +0.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
Surrey median hourly rate £25.15 £13.50 £20.50
% change year-on-year +86.30% -34.15% -7.13%

All General Skills
Redhill

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 Redhill.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 18 44 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Redhill 51.43% 60.27% 77.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 34 6
10th Percentile £475 £350 £400
25th Percentile £566 £452 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £850 £569 £572
90th Percentile £950 £575 £625
Surrey median daily rate £475 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
Surrey median hourly rate £30.89 £20.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +54.43% -46.67% -16.67%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Redhill

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Redhill

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Redhill

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

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

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Redhill

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Redhill over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Redhill

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Redhill

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

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

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Redhill 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 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) AWS
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
1 4 (40.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) BGP
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) IPsec
1 2 (20.00%) Network Security
1 2 (20.00%) OSPF
1 2 (20.00%) SSL
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (20.00%) VLAN
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Advertising
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (10.00%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (40.00%) AI
2 4 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 4 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 4 (40.00%) Reinforcement Learning
3 3 (30.00%) Change Control
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (30.00%) Time Management
4 2 (20.00%) High Availability
4 2 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (20.00%) Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Web Filtering
5 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
5 1 (10.00%) Budgeting
5 1 (10.00%) Contract Management
5 1 (10.00%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Google
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) Fortinet