Social Skills Contracts in Central London

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 4 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 548 693 825
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 22.85% 18.50% 18.29%
As % of the General category 34.84% 29.58% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 487 625
10th Percentile £250 £225 £261
25th Percentile £419 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £650
90th Percentile £775 £825 £775
London median daily rate £540 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.09% - +10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 15
10th Percentile £18.35 - £18.50
25th Percentile £20.07 £14.25 £19.75
Median hourly rate £20.82 £21.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% -30.00% +71.43%
75th Percentile £25.25 - £47.75
90th Percentile £36.60 £40.65 £64.15
London median hourly rate £33.00 £33.85 £35.00
% change year-on-year -2.50% -3.30% +24.91%

All General Skills
Central London

Social Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,573 2,343 2,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 65.60% 62.55% 56.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,114 1,658 1,888
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £444 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +3.64%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £682
90th Percentile £813 £825 £775
London median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 16 28
10th Percentile £19.98 £14.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £16.33 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £28.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -34.12% +142.86%
75th Percentile £27.50 £44.93 £59.50
90th Percentile £41.60 £56.25 £67.55
London median hourly rate £28.00 £31.92 £37.50
% change year-on-year -12.28% -14.88% +33.83%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Central London

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Central London

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Central London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Central London

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Central London

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Central London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Central London

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
City of London +3 502 £550 -4.35% 259
West End of London -2 10 £500 +33.33% 15
City of Westminster -4 6 £550 +41.94% 6
Southwark +7 2 £565 +41.25% 5
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £400 - 4
Lambeth -1 1 £205 -68.46% 1
Camden - 1 £500 - 16
Social Skills
London

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 39 (7.12%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.09%) Confluence
4 5 (0.91%) Apache
4 5 (0.91%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.91%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.55%) CMS
6 3 (0.55%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.36%) IIS
7 2 (0.36%) Luigi
7 2 (0.36%) SAS
7 2 (0.36%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.18%) PowerExchange
8 1 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 33 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.73%) Adobe Premiere
5 4 (0.73%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.36%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (1.82%) Dynamics GP
2 8 (1.46%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.09%) Endur
4 4 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.55%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.55%) Primavera
5 3 (0.55%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.36%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.18%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.18%) Magento
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.18%) Orchestrade
Cloud Services
1 107 (19.53%) Azure
2 48 (8.76%) Power Platform
3 46 (8.39%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (7.66%) AWS
5 31 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (3.28%) WhatsApp
7 17 (3.10%) Entra ID
8 16 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (2.92%) PowerApps
9 14 (2.55%) GCP
10 13 (2.37%) Power Automate
11 11 (2.01%) SaaS
12 10 (1.82%) GitHub
12 10 (1.82%) OneDrive
13 9 (1.64%) IaaS
13 9 (1.64%) PaaS
14 8 (1.46%) Serverless
15 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
16 6 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
16 6 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.37%) Firewall
2 8 (1.46%) WAN
3 6 (1.09%) VPN
4 5 (0.91%) DNS
4 5 (0.91%) Intranet
4 5 (0.91%) LAN
4 5 (0.91%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.91%) VoIP
5 4 (0.73%) Network Security
6 3 (0.55%) H.323
6 3 (0.55%) Internet
6 3 (0.55%) RTP
7 2 (0.36%) PBX
7 2 (0.36%) PSTN
7 2 (0.36%) SSL
7 2 (0.36%) WebEx
7 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.18%) Multicast
8 1 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.18%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.20%) Power BI
1 34 (6.20%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.74%) Data Lake
2 15 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.19%) Relational Database
4 11 (2.01%) MongoDB
5 9 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (1.46%) MySQL
6 8 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.09%) DB2
8 6 (1.09%) Oracle Database
8 6 (1.09%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.91%) Sybase ASE
10 4 (0.73%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.73%) Metadata
10 4 (0.73%) Siebel EIM
11 3 (0.55%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.55%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.55%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 27 (4.93%) JIRA
2 17 (3.10%) Git
3 12 (2.19%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.01%) GitLab
5 9 (1.64%) Selenium
6 5 (0.91%) JUnit
7 4 (0.73%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.73%) Postman
7 4 (0.73%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.55%) Appium
8 3 (0.55%) Katalon Studio
8 3 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.55%) PHPUnit
8 3 (0.55%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.55%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.55%) TestNG
8 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.36%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.36%) eggPlant
9 2 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 181 (33.03%) Finance
2 95 (17.34%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (10.95%) Banking
4 44 (8.03%) Presentation Skills
5 28 (5.11%) Public Sector
6 27 (4.93%) Legal
7 22 (4.01%) Retail
8 19 (3.47%) Investment Banking
9 16 (2.92%) Marketing
10 15 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.37%) Front Office
11 13 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.19%) General Ledger
13 11 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.01%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.82%) Law
15 7 (1.28%) Back Office
15 7 (1.28%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.28%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.28%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 82 (14.96%) Analyst
2 53 (9.67%) Consultant
2 53 (9.67%) Developer
3 47 (8.58%) Architect
4 45 (8.21%) Business Analyst
5 39 (7.12%) Project Manager
6 38 (6.93%) Senior
7 25 (4.56%) Lead
7 25 (4.56%) Support Engineer
8 17 (3.10%) Microsoft Consultant
9 15 (2.74%) Desktop Engineer
10 14 (2.55%) IT Support
11 13 (2.37%) Desktop Support
12 12 (2.19%) Administrator
12 12 (2.19%) Data Engineer
12 12 (2.19%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 12 (2.19%) Product Owner
13 11 (2.01%) IT Analyst
13 11 (2.01%) IT Engineer
13 11 (2.01%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.83%) .NET
2 17 (3.10%) Kafka
3 14 (2.55%) RESTful
4 12 (2.19%) HTML
5 11 (2.01%) Web Services
6 10 (1.82%) CSS
7 9 (1.64%) .NET Framework
7 9 (1.64%) RabbitMQ
7 9 (1.64%) React
8 8 (1.46%) REST
8 8 (1.46%) Spring
9 6 (1.09%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.91%) jQuery
10 5 (0.91%) SAML
10 5 (0.91%) XML
11 4 (0.73%) JSON
11 4 (0.73%) Node.js
11 4 (0.73%) OAuth
11 4 (0.73%) OpenID
11 4 (0.73%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.93%) Product Ownership
2 21 (3.83%) Data Structures
3 15 (2.74%) Management Information System
3 15 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (2.55%) Algorithms
5 13 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (1.82%) Blackberry
7 8 (1.46%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.46%) Market Risk
7 8 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (1.28%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.09%) Taxonomies
9 6 (1.09%) Virtual Team
10 5 (0.91%) Hedge funds
10 5 (0.91%) Replication
11 4 (0.73%) Fixed Income
11 4 (0.73%) iPhone
11 4 (0.73%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.76%) Windows
2 33 (6.02%) Linux
3 19 (3.47%) Windows 10
4 12 (2.19%) Android
5 10 (1.82%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.46%) Mac OS X
6 8 (1.46%) Unix
7 6 (1.09%) Windows 7
8 5 (0.91%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.73%) Windows 8
10 3 (0.55%) VMS
10 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.36%) Solaris
11 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.18%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (27.92%) Agile
2 151 (27.55%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (14.05%) DevOps
4 71 (12.96%) Project Management
5 60 (10.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 48 (8.76%) CI/CD
7 47 (8.58%) Migration
8 42 (7.66%) Computer Science
9 40 (7.30%) Business Intelligence
10 38 (6.93%) Change Management
11 35 (6.39%) Scrum
12 33 (6.02%) Data Analysis
12 33 (6.02%) ITIL
13 32 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (5.66%) Analytics
14 31 (5.66%) Risk Management
15 30 (5.47%) User Acceptance Testing
16 29 (5.29%) Microservices
16 29 (5.29%) Roadmaps
17 27 (4.93%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 73 (13.32%) SQL
2 62 (11.31%) Python
3 31 (5.66%) Java
4 30 (5.47%) C#
5 28 (5.11%) PowerShell
6 16 (2.92%) JavaScript
7 14 (2.55%) T-SQL
8 11 (2.01%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.82%) C++
10 8 (1.46%) Go
10 8 (1.46%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.28%) Scala
12 6 (1.09%) Perl
12 6 (1.09%) R
13 5 (0.91%) Bash
14 4 (0.73%) Bicep
14 4 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.73%) PHP
14 4 (0.73%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.55%) XPath
Qualifications
1 89 (16.24%) Degree
2 37 (6.75%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.84%) SC Cleared
4 30 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.01%) Azure Certification
5 11 (2.01%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (1.64%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.46%) CISSP
7 8 (1.46%) PMP
8 7 (1.28%) CISM
8 7 (1.28%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.91%) CCNA
10 5 (0.91%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.73%) ACCA
11 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.55%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.55%) CCNP
12 3 (0.55%) CISA
12 3 (0.55%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.39%) QA
2 24 (4.38%) Data Quality
3 22 (4.01%) PMO
4 11 (2.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.82%) SLA
6 8 (1.46%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.46%) NIST
7 7 (1.28%) GDPR
8 3 (0.55%) GRC
8 3 (0.55%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.55%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.36%) NCSC
10 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.18%) MiFID
10 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 37 (6.75%) Active Directory
2 21 (3.83%) Docker
3 8 (1.46%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 8 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.91%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.36%) KVM
6 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.36%) vSphere
7 1 (0.18%) Ceph
7 1 (0.18%) HDFS
7 1 (0.18%) NFS
Systems Management
1 28 (5.11%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.47%) Terraform
3 11 (2.01%) Ansible
4 10 (1.82%) Consul
4 10 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.64%) Grafana
6 8 (1.46%) PingFederate
6 8 (1.46%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.09%) SCCM
8 5 (0.91%) Puppet
9 4 (0.73%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.36%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.36%) Nessus
11 2 (0.36%) Packer
11 2 (0.36%) QRadar
12 1 (0.18%) Nagios
12 1 (0.18%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 135 (24.64%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.66%) Oracle
3 30 (5.47%) ServiceNow
4 23 (4.20%) SAP
5 16 (2.92%) Adobe
6 14 (2.55%) Google
7 11 (2.01%) Apple
7 11 (2.01%) Citrix
7 11 (2.01%) IBM
7 11 (2.01%) iManage
8 10 (1.82%) VMware
9 9 (1.64%) SaltStack
10 8 (1.46%) Cisco
10 8 (1.46%) Databricks
11 6 (1.09%) Cadence
11 6 (1.09%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.09%) Sun
11 6 (1.09%) Veritas
11 6 (1.09%) Workday
12 5 (0.91%) OpenLink