Social Skills Contracts in South London

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
London > South London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 5 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 45 45 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 27.27% 20.83% 20.27%
As % of the General category 42.06% 38.14% 30.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 33 54
10th Percentile £246 £191 £131
25th Percentile £476 £400 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% - -13.67%
75th Percentile £938 £500 £622
90th Percentile - £595 £746
London median daily rate £550 £538 £575
% change year-on-year +2.33% -6.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 8
10th Percentile - £14.42 £18.75
25th Percentile - £31.88 £42.50
Median hourly rate £15.84 £82.50 £50.42
Median % change year-on-year -80.80% +63.63% +9.21%
75th Percentile - £83.75 £51.06
90th Percentile £17.66 - £55.88
London median hourly rate £32.50 £34.62 £32.50
% change year-on-year -6.11% +6.51% -7.14%

All General Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 107 118 252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 64.85% 54.63% 67.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 76 193
10th Percentile £295 £206 £303
25th Percentile £450 £408 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.84% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £675 £564 £675
90th Percentile £900 £619 £800
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 12
10th Percentile - £15.74 £18.75
25th Percentile - £17.00 £19.69
Median hourly rate £15.84 £23.50 £50.42
Median % change year-on-year -32.60% -53.39% +12.04%
75th Percentile - £83.75 £51.06
90th Percentile £34.00 - £55.50
London median hourly rate £34.00 £30.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +13.33% - -15.49%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in South London

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in South London

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in South London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in South London over the 6 months to 4 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in South London

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South London

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in South London

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in South London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in South London over the 6 months to 4 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in South London

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in South 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 South London region over the 6 months to 4 June 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
Croydon +4 11 £490 +9.50% 17
Sutton - 10 - - 1
Bromley -2 9 £625 +68.92% 30
Kingston Upon Thames +2 7 £650 +36.84% 7
Merton -3 2 £225 -33.33% 9
Social Skills
London

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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 2 (4.44%) Apache
1 2 (4.44%) Camunda
1 2 (4.44%) Confluence
1 2 (4.44%) Drupal
2 1 (2.22%) JBoss
2 1 (2.22%) Mattermost
2 1 (2.22%) Skype for Business
2 1 (2.22%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.22%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.44%) Chatbot
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.22%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.22%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.22%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (13.33%) Azure
3 3 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.44%) AWS
4 2 (4.44%) Azure Functions
4 2 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (4.44%) Copilot Studio
4 2 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.44%) Google Workspace
4 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (4.44%) Power Automate
4 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.44%) PowerApps
4 2 (4.44%) Serverless
5 1 (2.22%) GitHub
5 1 (2.22%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.33%) TCP/IP
2 4 (8.89%) LAN
2 4 (8.89%) WAN
3 3 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.22%) ATM
4 1 (2.22%) DHCP
4 1 (2.22%) DNS
4 1 (2.22%) Skype
4 1 (2.22%) Softphone
4 1 (2.22%) SSL
4 1 (2.22%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.22%) VPN
4 1 (2.22%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) GIS
1 2 (4.44%) MongoDB
1 2 (4.44%) MySQL
1 2 (4.44%) NoSQL
1 2 (4.44%) Power BI
1 2 (4.44%) Redis
2 1 (2.22%) Big Data
2 1 (2.22%) DB2
2 1 (2.22%) IMS/DB
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
2 1 (2.22%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.22%) GitLab
2 1 (2.22%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (31.11%) Finance
2 11 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (24.44%) Banking
3 10 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 8 (17.78%) Front Office
6 3 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (6.67%) Financial Institution
6 3 (6.67%) Games
7 2 (4.44%) Military
8 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.22%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.22%) Local Government
8 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (22.22%) Developer
2 8 (17.78%) Python Developer
3 7 (15.56%) Senior
4 6 (13.33%) Senior Developer
4 6 (13.33%) Senior Python Developer
5 4 (8.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Architect
6 3 (6.67%) Lead
6 3 (6.67%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Automation Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365 Manager
7 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
7 2 (4.44%) Product Lead
7 2 (4.44%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.22%) IT Analyst
8 1 (2.22%) IT Engineer
8 1 (2.22%) Messaging Support
8 1 (2.22%) Payments Architect
8 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) Middleware
2 3 (6.67%) XML
3 2 (4.44%) .NET
3 2 (4.44%) .NET Framework
3 2 (4.44%) AngularJS
3 2 (4.44%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (4.44%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (4.44%) FpML
3 2 (4.44%) HTML
3 2 (4.44%) Kafka
3 2 (4.44%) Keycloak
3 2 (4.44%) Spring
3 2 (4.44%) Spring Boot
4 1 (2.22%) EJB
4 1 (2.22%) J2EE
4 1 (2.22%) JDBC
4 1 (2.22%) RESTful
4 1 (2.22%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (2.22%) XMPP
4 1 (2.22%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (15.56%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (6.67%) Algorithms
3 3 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.67%) Data Structures
3 3 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.67%) PKI
4 2 (4.44%) Derivative
4 2 (4.44%) Fixed Income
4 2 (4.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.22%) EPoS
5 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.89%) Linux
1 4 (8.89%) Windows
2 1 (2.22%) Android
2 1 (2.22%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.22%) Unix
2 1 (2.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (37.78%) Customer Service
2 14 (31.11%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (20.00%) CAFM
3 9 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 9 (20.00%) Time Management
4 8 (17.78%) OO
4 8 (17.78%) Process Improvement
5 7 (15.56%) Agile
5 7 (15.56%) ITIL
6 6 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (11.11%) Mentoring
8 4 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (8.89%) Full-Stack Development
8 4 (8.89%) High Availability
8 4 (8.89%) Microservices
8 4 (8.89%) Migration
8 4 (8.89%) Risk Management
8 4 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (8.89%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.00%) Python
2 6 (13.33%) Java
3 5 (11.11%) SQL
4 4 (8.89%) C#
5 2 (4.44%) C++
5 2 (4.44%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.44%) PHP
6 1 (2.22%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.22%) REXX
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) SC Cleared
1 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.89%) Degree
3 3 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.22%) CREST Certified
4 1 (2.22%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.22%) GIAC
4 1 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.22%) RIBA
4 1 (2.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.11%) QA
2 2 (4.44%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.22%) PMO
3 1 (2.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (15.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.44%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 2 (4.44%) Docker
2 2 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Istio
1 2 (4.44%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.22%) SCCM
2 1 (2.22%) SCOM
2 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (51.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.67%) SAP
3 2 (4.44%) Google
3 2 (4.44%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.44%) Splunk
4 1 (2.22%) Cisco
4 1 (2.22%) Citrix
4 1 (2.22%) IBM
4 1 (2.22%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.22%) Oracle
4 1 (2.22%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.22%) VMware
4 1 (2.22%) Wyse