Social Skills Contracts in West London

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
London > West London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in West London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 59 94 123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 28.92% 26.04% 21.65%
As % of the General category 53.64% 47.47% 47.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 68 74
10th Percentile £172 £189 £213
25th Percentile £291 £213 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £453
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -22.65% -4.74%
75th Percentile £456 £519 £638
90th Percentile £533 £590 £650
London median daily rate £540 £545 £575
% change year-on-year -0.92% -5.22% +0.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 17
10th Percentile £18.77 - £22.95
25th Percentile £19.72 £18.13 £30.00
Median hourly rate £21.63 £34.23 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.82% -37.76% +157.46%
75th Percentile £26.04 £46.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £40.44 £54.60 -
London median hourly rate £34.00 £33.87 £35.25
% change year-on-year +0.40% -3.93% +0.71%

All General Skills
West 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 110 198 258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 53.92% 54.85% 45.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 142 167
10th Percentile £186 £189 £300
25th Percentile £283 £250 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £422 £518
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% -18.45% +2.48%
75th Percentile £472 £538 £638
90th Percentile £588 £625 £700
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 18 26
10th Percentile £18.99 £16.25 £25.63
25th Percentile £20.24 £16.40 £31.25
Median hourly rate £22.27 £30.16 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.16% -48.88% +157.36%
75th Percentile £29.04 £38.96 £73.75
90th Percentile £53.10 £55.75 £77.50
London median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year +19.30% -10.94% -13.51%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in West London

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in West London

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in West London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in West London

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in West London

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in West London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in West London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in West London

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in West 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 London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Hounslow +1 24 £400 +42.86% 33
Hillingdon 0 14 £400 -15.79% 19
Hammersmith -6 3 £338 +75.32% 7
Ealing - 3 - -
Richmond upon Thames +6 2 £339 -3.21% 5
Harrow - 1 £313 - 4
Social Skills
London

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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 5 (8.47%) Confluence
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.39%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.69%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.69%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.69%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.17%) AWS
2 5 (8.47%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.08%) GitHub
4 2 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.69%) Azure
5 1 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.69%) BrowserStack
5 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.69%) Miro
5 1 (1.69%) SaaS
5 1 (1.69%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.86%) Structured Cabling
1 7 (11.86%) WAN
2 6 (10.17%) BGP
2 6 (10.17%) DHCP
2 6 (10.17%) DNS
2 6 (10.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 6 (10.17%) Firewall
2 6 (10.17%) OSPF
2 6 (10.17%) VLAN
2 6 (10.17%) VPN
3 5 (8.47%) Network Security
3 5 (8.47%) SD-WAN
3 5 (8.47%) SSL
4 4 (6.78%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (6.78%) DMVPN
4 4 (6.78%) LAN
4 4 (6.78%) Wireless
4 4 (6.78%) WLAN
5 3 (5.08%) EIGRP
6 2 (3.39%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.47%) Power BI
2 1 (1.69%) MS Access
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.69%) Power Query
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (11.86%) JIRA
2 4 (6.78%) JUnit
2 4 (6.78%) Selenium
3 2 (3.39%) Appium
3 2 (3.39%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.69%) HP UFT
4 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.69%) Postman
4 1 (1.69%) Robot Framework
General
1 15 (25.42%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (11.86%) Finance
3 6 (10.17%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (8.47%) Telecoms
5 4 (6.78%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.08%) Marketing
6 3 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.69%) Aviation
8 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.69%) Legal
8 1 (1.69%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 8 (13.56%) Analyst
2 7 (11.86%) Project Manager
3 4 (6.78%) Administrator
3 4 (6.78%) Business Analyst
3 4 (6.78%) Cabling Engineer
3 4 (6.78%) Network Administrator
3 4 (6.78%) Project Engineer
3 4 (6.78%) Tester
4 3 (5.08%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (5.08%) Architect
4 3 (5.08%) QA Engineer
4 3 (5.08%) Support Engineer
4 3 (5.08%) Support Officer
5 2 (3.39%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (3.39%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (3.39%) Network Security Administrator
5 2 (3.39%) Salesforce Trainer
5 2 (3.39%) Senior
5 2 (3.39%) UX Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) REST
2 1 (1.69%) Kafka
2 1 (1.69%) Playwright
2 1 (1.69%) SAPUI5
2 1 (1.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.47%) Driving Licence
2 4 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.08%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.39%) CCTV
4 2 (3.39%) e-Learning
4 2 (3.39%) IoT
4 2 (3.39%) Learning Management System
4 2 (3.39%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.39%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.69%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.69%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.69%) PMI
5 1 (1.69%) Smart Meter
5 1 (1.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.08%) Windows
2 1 (1.69%) Android
2 1 (1.69%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.90%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (28.81%) Project Management
3 12 (20.34%) Agile
4 7 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (10.17%) Customer Experience
5 6 (10.17%) Customer Service
5 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (10.17%) Strategic Thinking
6 5 (8.47%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (8.47%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (8.47%) Computer Science
6 5 (8.47%) Data Analysis
6 5 (8.47%) E-Commerce
6 5 (8.47%) Project Planning
6 5 (8.47%) Test Automation
7 4 (6.78%) Business Continuity
7 4 (6.78%) Manual Testing
7 4 (6.78%) Security Testing
7 4 (6.78%) Time Management
7 4 (6.78%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.47%) Python
2 4 (6.78%) Java
3 3 (5.08%) SQL
4 1 (1.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (23.73%) Degree
2 5 (8.47%) CCNP
2 5 (8.47%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (6.78%) CCSA
3 4 (6.78%) ISTQB
3 4 (6.78%) PMI Certification
4 3 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (5.08%) DBS Check
4 3 (5.08%) PMP
4 3 (5.08%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.69%) BICSI Certification
5 1 (1.69%) CBAP
5 1 (1.69%) CCNA
5 1 (1.69%) CSPO
5 1 (1.69%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.69%) HNC
5 1 (1.69%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.56%) QA
2 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.69%) COSHH
2 1 (1.69%) PMO
2 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (5.08%) Firmware
2 2 (3.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) CA Spectrum
2 1 (1.69%) Grafana
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (10.17%) Cisco
1 6 (10.17%) F5
2 4 (6.78%) Juniper
2 4 (6.78%) Meraki
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.78%) SolarWinds
3 3 (5.08%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.39%) Atlassian
4 2 (3.39%) CheckPoint
4 2 (3.39%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.39%) SAP
5 1 (1.69%) Adobe
5 1 (1.69%) Concur
5 1 (1.69%) Databricks
5 1 (1.69%) Dell
5 1 (1.69%) Google
5 1 (1.69%) HP
5 1 (1.69%) NEC
5 1 (1.69%) Oracle