Social Skills Contract Job Trends in West Malling

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Kent > West Malling

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

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 4 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Malling 83.33% 16.67% -
As % of the General category 100.00% 20.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £349 - -
25th Percentile £606 £608 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £615 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% - -
75th Percentile £638 £623 -
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median daily rate £363 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -19.44% -5.26% +192.31%

All General Skills
West Malling

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 Malling.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5 5 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Malling 83.33% 83.33% 76.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 9
10th Percentile £349 - £393
25th Percentile £606 £551 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £563 £523
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +7.66% -5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £586 £621
90th Percentile - £608 £676
Kent median daily rate £338 £480 £416
% change year-on-year -29.69% +15.32% -12.37%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in West Malling

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in West Malling

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in West Malling

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Malling citing Social Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Malling citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in West Malling

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in West Malling over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in West Malling

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in West Malling

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Malling citing Social Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Malling citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Malling 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Broadband
General
1 3 (60.00%) Retail
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Change and Release Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Change Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Release Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Field Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) CRM
1 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (60.00%) Change Management
2 3 (60.00%) Defect Management
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Release Management
2 3 (60.00%) Software Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Test Management
2 3 (60.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft