Social Skills Contracts in Southwark

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Central London > Southwark

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Southwark. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southwark 25.00% 22.22% 9.09%
As % of the General category 31.25% 28.57% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £273 £452 £295
25th Percentile £325 £485 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £565 £400
Median % change year-on-year -24.78% +41.25% -36.00%
75th Percentile £444 £670 £475
90th Percentile £448 £718 £505
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £564
% change year-on-year - -2.48% +2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £100.00 - -
Central London median hourly rate £46.29 £23.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +101.25% +9.52% -30.00%

All General Skills
Southwark

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 Southwark.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 16 7 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southwark 80.00% 77.78% 54.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 10
10th Percentile - £451 £140
25th Percentile £155 £483 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £307 £525 £225
Median % change year-on-year -41.59% +133.33% -66.67%
75th Percentile £400 £600 £475
90th Percentile £441 £690 £581
Central London median daily rate £575 £560 £600
% change year-on-year +2.68% -6.67% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £33.81 - -
25th Percentile £44.84 - -
Median hourly rate £63.23 £23.80 -
Median % change year-on-year +165.65% - -
75th Percentile £81.61 - -
90th Percentile £92.65 - -
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £24.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +22.59% -30.00% -23.08%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Southwark

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Southwark

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southwark

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Southwark

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Southwark

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Southwark over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Southwark

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southwark

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Southwark

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Southwark

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 Southwark region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London Bridge +2 4 £332 -52.62% 1
Social Skills
Central London

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southwark 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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (20.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Big Data
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (20.00%) PHPUnit
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Database Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Database Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (20.00%) IT Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) IT Support
1 1 (20.00%) Java Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Migration Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Migration Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Senior
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Support Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Playwright
2 1 (20.00%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Microservices
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) PHP
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (20.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google
1 1 (20.00%) Hitachi
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft