Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Richmond upon Thames

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West London > Richmond upon Thames

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Richmond 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 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 8 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +12
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 2 1 13
As % of all contract jobs in Richmond upon Thames 10.53% 5.88% 18.57%
As % of the General category 33.33% 16.67% 54.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 12
10th Percentile - - £368
25th Percentile £204 £558 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £565 £500
Median % change year-on-year -63.27% +13.00% +9.29%
75th Percentile £211 £573 £541
90th Percentile - - £567
West London median daily rate £415 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -2.35% -15.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
West London median hourly rate £34.00 £29.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +17.24% -55.38% +364.29%

All General Skills
Richmond 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 Richmond upon Thames.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6 6 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Richmond upon Thames 31.58% 35.29% 34.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 23
10th Percentile £173 £315 £363
25th Percentile £204 £338 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £370 £525
Median % change year-on-year +41.89% -29.52% -
75th Percentile £625 £439 £559
90th Percentile - £519 £666
West London median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +78.57%
75th Percentile - - £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
West London median hourly rate £32.89 £26.68 £58.75
% change year-on-year +23.28% -54.59% +135.61%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Richmond upon Thames

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Richmond upon Thames

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Richmond upon Thames

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Richmond upon Thames citing Social Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Richmond upon Thames citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Richmond upon Thames

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Richmond upon Thames citing Social Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Richmond upon Thames citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Richmond 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 Richmond upon Thames region over the 6 months to 8 November 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
Twickenham - 1 - - 5
Social Skills
West London

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Richmond 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft