Social Skills Contracts in West End of London

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Central London > West End of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in West End of London. 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 1 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 24 11 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West End of London 34.78% 21.15% 24.05%
As % of the General category 54.55% 28.95% 44.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 5 8
10th Percentile £225 £193 £221
25th Percentile £413 £324 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £388
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +29.03% -25.05%
75th Percentile £474 £550 £530
90th Percentile £550 £595 £607
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £564
% change year-on-year - -2.48% +2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £42.88 - -
25th Percentile £44.89 - -
Median hourly rate £49.50 - -
75th Percentile £50.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £46.29 £23.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +101.25% +9.52% -30.00%

All General Skills
West End of 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 West End of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 44 38 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London 63.77% 73.08% 54.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 26 27
10th Percentile £300 £252 £222
25th Percentile £450 £332 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £505 £495
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% +2.02% -8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £539
90th Percentile £615 £638 £625
Central London median daily rate £575 £560 £600
% change year-on-year +2.68% -6.67% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £42.88 - -
25th Percentile £44.89 - -
Median hourly rate £49.50 - -
75th Percentile £50.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 West End of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in West End of London

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in West End of London.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in West End of London

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in West End of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in West End of London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in West End of London

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West End of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in West End of London.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in West End of London

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in West End of 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 West End of London 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
Holborn +4 12 £450 -10.00% 12
Westminster 0 3 £550 - 5
Social Skills
Central London

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West End of 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 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.17%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) AWS
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (8.33%) OneDrive
2 1 (4.17%) Datadog
2 1 (4.17%) dbt
2 1 (4.17%) GCP
2 1 (4.17%) GitHub
2 1 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (4.17%) OCI
2 1 (4.17%) SaaS
2 1 (4.17%) Snowflake
2 1 (4.17%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) S/MIME
1 5 (20.83%) SSL
2 2 (8.33%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) DB2
2 1 (4.17%) Data Vault
2 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.17%) Power Query
2 1 (4.17%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) ChangeMan
2 1 (4.17%) Snyk
General
1 5 (20.83%) Retail
2 4 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Back Office
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Marketing
5 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Analyst
1 6 (25.00%) Lead
2 4 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Retail Business Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Cabling Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Consultant
3 2 (8.33%) Data Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Service Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Change and Release Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Change Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Data Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Excel Specialist
4 1 (4.17%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Release Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Algorithms
1 5 (20.83%) PKI
2 2 (8.33%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Mac OS
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (37.50%) Agile
3 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 5 (20.83%) ERP
4 5 (20.83%) Key Management
4 5 (20.83%) Migration
5 4 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
5 4 (16.67%) SAP Implementation
5 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (12.50%) ITIL
6 3 (12.50%) Programme Management
6 3 (12.50%) Project Management
6 3 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
7 2 (8.33%) Asset Management
7 2 (8.33%) Change Management
7 2 (8.33%) Data Analysis
7 2 (8.33%) Data Management
7 2 (8.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (8.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) Python
2 6 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.33%) REXX
4 1 (4.17%) Bash
4 1 (4.17%) SQL
4 1 (4.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Terraform
2 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) SAP
3 2 (8.33%) Micro Focus
4 1 (4.17%) Google
4 1 (4.17%) New Relic
4 1 (4.17%) Oracle