Social Skills Contracts in the City of London

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 4 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 494 657 767
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 22.91% 18.94% 18.35%
As % of the General category 34.26% 30.19% 31.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 460 574
10th Percentile £257 £255 £266
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £675
90th Percentile £774 £826 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 17
10th Percentile £17.57 - £18.50
25th Percentile £19.92 £14.25 £21.00
Median hourly rate £20.82 £33.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.87% +28.85% +22.35%
75th Percentile £21.41 £57.50 £44.86
90th Percentile £38.71 £64.25 £53.95
Central London median hourly rate £20.82 £33.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -37.87% +28.85% +4.00%

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,442 2,176 2,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 66.88% 62.75% 57.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,003 1,539 1,753
10th Percentile £338 £365 £350
25th Percentile £450 £501 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +9.65% +3.64%
75th Percentile £692 £738 £688
90th Percentile £800 £825 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £563
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 29
10th Percentile £18.35 £14.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.07 £15.19 £21.00
Median hourly rate £20.82 £19.35 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.56% -52.22% +116.00%
75th Percentile £38.63 £44.93 £50.00
90th Percentile £89.65 £53.65 £61.90
Central London median hourly rate £25.18 £27.85 £40.50
% change year-on-year -9.60% -31.23% +102.50%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the City of London

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the City of London

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the City of London

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the City of London

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the City of London

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the City 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Moorgate - 2 £413 -
London Bridge 0 1 £700 +75.00%
Social Skills
Central London

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City 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 35 (7.09%) SharePoint
2 21 (4.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.21%) Confluence
4 5 (1.01%) Apache
4 5 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.81%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.61%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.61%) CMS
6 3 (0.61%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.40%) IIS
7 2 (0.40%) Luigi
7 2 (0.40%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.20%) SAS
8 1 (0.20%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 20 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.81%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (2.02%) Dynamics GP
2 8 (1.62%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.01%) Endur
4 3 (0.61%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.61%) Primavera
4 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.61%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.40%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.20%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 103 (20.85%) Azure
2 44 (8.91%) AWS
3 43 (8.70%) Power Platform
4 37 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (6.48%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (4.25%) WhatsApp
7 18 (3.64%) GCP
8 15 (3.04%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (3.04%) PowerApps
9 13 (2.63%) Power Automate
10 12 (2.43%) GitHub
11 11 (2.23%) Entra ID
12 10 (2.02%) SaaS
13 8 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (1.62%) IaaS
13 8 (1.62%) OneDrive
13 8 (1.62%) PaaS
14 7 (1.42%) Serverless
15 6 (1.21%) Amazon S3
15 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.83%) Firewall
2 9 (1.82%) WAN
3 6 (1.21%) LAN
3 6 (1.21%) SD-WAN
4 5 (1.01%) DNS
4 5 (1.01%) Intranet
4 5 (1.01%) VPN
5 4 (0.81%) VoIP
6 3 (0.61%) H.323
6 3 (0.61%) Network Security
6 3 (0.61%) RTP
7 2 (0.40%) PBX
7 2 (0.40%) PSTN
7 2 (0.40%) SSL
7 2 (0.40%) WebEx
7 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.20%) MQTT
8 1 (0.20%) Multicast
8 1 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.20%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.28%) SQL Server
2 30 (6.07%) Power BI
3 15 (3.04%) Data Lake
4 14 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.63%) MongoDB
6 12 (2.43%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.82%) MySQL
8 8 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.21%) DB2
10 6 (1.21%) Oracle Database
10 6 (1.21%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.01%) Sybase ASE
12 4 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.81%) Metadata
12 4 (0.81%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.81%) Siebel EIM
13 3 (0.61%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.61%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 23 (4.66%) JIRA
2 17 (3.44%) Git
3 14 (2.83%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.63%) GitLab
5 9 (1.82%) Selenium
6 5 (1.01%) JUnit
7 4 (0.81%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.81%) PHPUnit
7 4 (0.81%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.61%) Appium
8 3 (0.61%) Katalon Studio
8 3 (0.61%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.61%) Postman
8 3 (0.61%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.61%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.61%) TestNG
8 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.40%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.40%) ScalaTest
9 2 (0.40%) SOAtest
General
1 156 (31.58%) Finance
2 92 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (11.34%) Banking
4 44 (8.91%) Presentation Skills
5 25 (5.06%) Public Sector
6 23 (4.66%) Legal
6 23 (4.66%) Retail
7 19 (3.85%) Investment Banking
8 14 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.23%) Marketing
10 10 (2.02%) Front Office
10 10 (2.02%) General Ledger
10 10 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.62%) Corporate Banking
11 8 (1.62%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.62%) Retail Banking
12 6 (1.21%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.01%) Advertising
14 4 (0.81%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 71 (14.37%) Analyst
2 49 (9.92%) Developer
3 46 (9.31%) Consultant
4 43 (8.70%) Architect
5 41 (8.30%) Business Analyst
6 33 (6.68%) Project Manager
6 33 (6.68%) Senior
7 25 (5.06%) Lead
8 22 (4.45%) Support Engineer
9 17 (3.44%) Microsoft Consultant
10 14 (2.83%) Data Engineer
11 13 (2.63%) Desktop Engineer
12 12 (2.43%) Desktop Support
12 12 (2.43%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 11 (2.23%) Administrator
13 11 (2.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 11 (2.23%) IT Engineer
13 11 (2.23%) IT Support
13 11 (2.23%) Product Owner
13 11 (2.23%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.25%) Kafka
2 19 (3.85%) .NET
3 18 (3.64%) RESTful
4 11 (2.23%) HTML
4 11 (2.23%) RabbitMQ
5 10 (2.02%) Web Services
6 9 (1.82%) .NET Framework
6 9 (1.82%) CSS
7 8 (1.62%) React
7 8 (1.62%) Spring
8 6 (1.21%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.21%) REST
9 5 (1.01%) jQuery
9 5 (1.01%) SAML
10 4 (0.81%) JSON
10 4 (0.81%) Laravel
10 4 (0.81%) Node.js
10 4 (0.81%) SOAP
10 4 (0.81%) Symfony
10 4 (0.81%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.86%) Product Ownership
2 22 (4.45%) Data Structures
3 17 (3.44%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (3.24%) Algorithms
5 13 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.43%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.82%) Blackberry
8 7 (1.42%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (1.42%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.01%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.01%) Replication
9 5 (1.01%) Taxonomies
10 4 (0.81%) Fixed Income
10 4 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.81%) iPhone
10 4 (0.81%) Mainframe
10 4 (0.81%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 40 (8.10%) Windows
2 33 (6.68%) Linux
3 15 (3.04%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.02%) Android
5 8 (1.62%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.42%) Unix
7 5 (1.01%) Mac OS X
7 5 (1.01%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.81%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.61%) VMS
9 3 (0.61%) Windows 8
9 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.40%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.40%) Solaris
10 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.20%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (30.16%) Problem-Solving
2 140 (28.34%) Agile
3 81 (16.40%) DevOps
4 56 (11.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 55 (11.13%) Project Management
6 50 (10.12%) CI/CD
7 46 (9.31%) Migration
8 42 (8.50%) Computer Science
9 35 (7.09%) Business Intelligence
9 35 (7.09%) Scrum
10 33 (6.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 33 (6.68%) Data Analysis
10 33 (6.68%) ITIL
11 31 (6.28%) Analytics
12 30 (6.07%) Microservices
13 29 (5.87%) Change Management
13 29 (5.87%) User Acceptance Testing
14 27 (5.47%) Test Automation
15 24 (4.86%) Data Modelling
16 23 (4.66%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (16.19%) SQL
2 63 (12.75%) Python
3 31 (6.28%) Java
4 27 (5.47%) C#
5 26 (5.26%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.43%) C++
6 12 (2.43%) JavaScript
6 12 (2.43%) T-SQL
7 10 (2.02%) Shell Script
8 9 (1.82%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.62%) Go
10 7 (1.42%) Scala
11 6 (1.21%) Perl
12 5 (1.01%) Bash
12 5 (1.01%) PHP
13 4 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.81%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.81%) R
14 3 (0.61%) Bicep
15 2 (0.40%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 82 (16.60%) Degree
2 31 (6.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (4.25%) Security Cleared
4 18 (3.64%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.23%) Azure Certification
5 11 (2.23%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.42%) CISM
7 7 (1.42%) CISSP
8 6 (1.21%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.21%) PMP
9 5 (1.01%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.81%) CCNA
10 4 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.61%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.61%) CISA
11 3 (0.61%) CRISC
11 3 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.40%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.88%) QA
2 20 (4.05%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.44%) PMO
4 11 (2.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (2.02%) SLA
6 8 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.42%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.42%) NIST
8 5 (1.01%) GDPR
9 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.40%) GRC
10 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.20%) NCSC
10 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 30 (6.07%) Active Directory
2 26 (5.26%) Docker
3 10 (2.02%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 7 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.01%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.40%) KVM
7 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.20%) Ceph
8 1 (0.20%) HDFS
8 1 (0.20%) NFS
8 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (6.48%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.85%) Terraform
3 13 (2.63%) Grafana
4 12 (2.43%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.23%) Consul
6 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (1.82%) Ansible
8 8 (1.62%) PingFederate
9 5 (1.01%) SCCM
10 4 (0.81%) Puppet
11 3 (0.61%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.40%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.40%) Nessus
12 2 (0.40%) QRadar
13 1 (0.20%) Nagios
13 1 (0.20%) NetBackup
13 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 121 (24.49%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.49%) Oracle
3 28 (5.67%) ServiceNow
4 22 (4.45%) SAP
5 14 (2.83%) Adobe
6 13 (2.63%) Citrix
7 12 (2.43%) Google
7 12 (2.43%) IBM
8 11 (2.23%) SaltStack
9 9 (1.82%) Apple
9 9 (1.82%) Databricks
9 9 (1.82%) iManage
9 9 (1.82%) VMware
10 8 (1.62%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.21%) Cadence
11 6 (1.21%) Cisco
11 6 (1.21%) Sun
11 6 (1.21%) Veritas
11 6 (1.21%) Workday
12 5 (1.01%) Sybase