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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 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 551 697 824
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 22.90% 19.00% 18.42%
As % of the General category 34.55% 30.45% 32.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 475 619
10th Percentile £256 £225 £263
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £671 £725 £672
90th Percentile £766 £833 £783
London median daily rate £538 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.52% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 19
10th Percentile £17.96 - £18.50
25th Percentile £19.99 £14.25 £21.00
Median hourly rate £20.82 £14.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.55% -44.23% +8.33%
75th Percentile £22.60 £53.75 £47.75
90th Percentile £36.63 £62.75 £62.55
London median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +40.00%

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 1,595 2,289 2,570
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 66.29% 62.39% 57.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,115 1,603 1,868
10th Percentile £324 £325 £339
25th Percentile £435 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £605 £563
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £688
90th Percentile £800 £825 £788
London median daily rate £575 £600 £580
% change year-on-year -4.17% +3.45% +7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 15 33
10th Percentile £19.95 £14.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £14.88 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.18 £20.71 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.61% -50.11% +107.50%
75th Percentile £35.69 £38.66 £51.75
90th Percentile £49.60 £53.35 £62.35
London median hourly rate £30.14 £30.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +0.47% -15.49% +22.41%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 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
City of London +3 498 £550 -6.38% 257
City of Westminster +2 11 £450 +16.13% 4
West End of London -4 10 £500 +33.33% 1
Southwark +7 2 £565 +41.25% 2
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £400 - 4
Lambeth 0 1 £205 +7.89% 2
Camden -3 1 £500 - 8
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 40 (7.26%) SharePoint
2 23 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.09%) Confluence
4 5 (0.91%) Apache
4 5 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.73%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.54%) CMS
6 3 (0.54%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.36%) IIS
7 2 (0.36%) Luigi
7 2 (0.36%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.18%) SAS
8 1 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 28 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.00%) 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%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.18%) Sketch
7 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.81%) Dynamics GP
2 8 (1.45%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.73%) Endur
4 4 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.54%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.54%) Primavera
5 3 (0.54%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.36%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle 11i
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.18%) Magento
7 1 (0.18%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 110 (19.96%) Azure
2 50 (9.07%) Power Platform
3 47 (8.53%) AWS
4 44 (7.99%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (3.99%) WhatsApp
7 18 (3.27%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (3.27%) GCP
8 16 (2.90%) PowerApps
9 13 (2.36%) Entra ID
9 13 (2.36%) Power Automate
10 12 (2.18%) GitHub
11 11 (2.00%) OneDrive
11 11 (2.00%) SaaS
12 8 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (1.45%) IaaS
12 8 (1.45%) PaaS
13 7 (1.27%) Serverless
14 6 (1.09%) Amazon S3
14 6 (1.09%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.09%) Firewall
2 9 (1.63%) SD-WAN
2 9 (1.63%) WAN
3 6 (1.09%) LAN
3 6 (1.09%) VPN
4 5 (0.91%) DNS
4 5 (0.91%) Intranet
4 5 (0.91%) VoIP
5 3 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (0.54%) H.323
5 3 (0.54%) Internet
5 3 (0.54%) Network Security
5 3 (0.54%) RTP
6 2 (0.36%) PBX
6 2 (0.36%) PSTN
6 2 (0.36%) SSL
6 2 (0.36%) WebEx
7 1 (0.18%) HTTP
7 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.18%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.35%) Power BI
1 35 (6.35%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.72%) Data Lake
2 15 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (2.36%) MongoDB
4 12 (2.18%) Relational Database
5 9 (1.63%) MySQL
5 9 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (1.09%) DB2
7 6 (1.09%) Oracle Database
7 6 (1.09%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.91%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.91%) Sybase ASE
9 4 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.73%) Siebel EIM
10 3 (0.54%) Big Data
10 3 (0.54%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (4.90%) JIRA
2 17 (3.09%) Git
3 14 (2.54%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.36%) GitLab
5 9 (1.63%) Selenium
6 5 (0.91%) JUnit
7 4 (0.73%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.73%) PHPUnit
7 4 (0.73%) Postman
7 4 (0.73%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.54%) Appium
8 3 (0.54%) Katalon Studio
8 3 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.54%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.54%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.54%) TestNG
8 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.36%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.36%) SOAtest
9 2 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 177 (32.12%) Finance
2 107 (19.42%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (10.89%) Banking
4 49 (8.89%) Presentation Skills
5 27 (4.90%) Public Sector
6 24 (4.36%) Legal
7 23 (4.17%) Retail
8 20 (3.63%) Investment Banking
9 15 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (2.36%) Marketing
11 12 (2.18%) Front Office
11 12 (2.18%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.81%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.63%) General Ledger
14 8 (1.45%) Corporate Banking
14 8 (1.45%) Retail Banking
15 7 (1.27%) Back Office
16 5 (0.91%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 79 (14.34%) Analyst
2 59 (10.71%) Developer
3 53 (9.62%) Consultant
4 46 (8.35%) Architect
5 44 (7.99%) Business Analyst
6 37 (6.72%) Project Manager
7 34 (6.17%) Senior
8 27 (4.90%) Lead
9 26 (4.72%) Support Engineer
10 17 (3.09%) Data Engineer
10 17 (3.09%) Microsoft Consultant
11 14 (2.54%) Desktop Engineer
12 13 (2.36%) IT Engineer
12 13 (2.36%) IT Support
13 12 (2.18%) Desktop Support
13 12 (2.18%) Network Engineer
13 12 (2.18%) Product Owner
13 12 (2.18%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 11 (2.00%) Administrator
14 11 (2.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.99%) Kafka
2 20 (3.63%) .NET
3 19 (3.45%) RESTful
4 12 (2.18%) HTML
5 11 (2.00%) RabbitMQ
6 10 (1.81%) CSS
6 10 (1.81%) React
6 10 (1.81%) Web Services
7 9 (1.63%) .NET Framework
8 8 (1.45%) REST
8 8 (1.45%) Spring
9 7 (1.27%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.91%) jQuery
10 5 (0.91%) SAML
10 5 (0.91%) XML
11 4 (0.73%) Node.js
11 4 (0.73%) OAuth
11 4 (0.73%) OpenID
11 4 (0.73%) Symfony
11 4 (0.73%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.90%) Product Ownership
2 24 (4.36%) Data Structures
3 18 (3.27%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (3.09%) Algorithms
5 14 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.36%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.36%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.63%) Blackberry
8 8 (1.45%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (1.27%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.09%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.09%) Hedge funds
10 6 (1.09%) Public Cloud
11 5 (0.91%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.91%) Replication
11 5 (0.91%) Taxonomies
12 4 (0.73%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 49 (8.89%) Windows
2 36 (6.53%) Linux
3 18 (3.27%) Windows 10
4 11 (2.00%) Android
5 10 (1.81%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.45%) Unix
7 6 (1.09%) Mac OS X
8 5 (0.91%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.91%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.73%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.54%) VMS
10 3 (0.54%) Windows 8
10 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
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
1 166 (30.13%) Problem-Solving
2 157 (28.49%) Agile
3 83 (15.06%) DevOps
4 69 (12.52%) Project Management
5 57 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
6 52 (9.44%) CI/CD
7 48 (8.71%) Migration
8 47 (8.53%) Computer Science
9 39 (7.08%) Business Intelligence
10 37 (6.72%) Data Analysis
10 37 (6.72%) Scrum
11 35 (6.35%) Change Management
11 35 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 35 (6.35%) ITIL
12 34 (6.17%) User Acceptance Testing
13 31 (5.63%) Microservices
14 30 (5.44%) Analytics
15 29 (5.26%) Project Delivery
15 29 (5.26%) Test Automation
16 27 (4.90%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 84 (15.25%) SQL
2 67 (12.16%) Python
3 32 (5.81%) Java
4 28 (5.08%) C#
5 27 (4.90%) PowerShell
6 16 (2.90%) JavaScript
7 14 (2.54%) T-SQL
8 12 (2.18%) C++
9 11 (2.00%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.81%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.45%) Go
12 7 (1.27%) Scala
13 6 (1.09%) Perl
13 6 (1.09%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.91%) Bash
14 5 (0.91%) PHP
15 4 (0.73%) Bicep
15 4 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.73%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.73%) R
Qualifications
1 93 (16.88%) Degree
2 35 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (5.81%) Security Cleared
4 27 (4.90%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.18%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (1.81%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.63%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.63%) PMP
8 8 (1.45%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.27%) CISM
9 7 (1.27%) CISSP
10 5 (0.91%) CCNA
10 5 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.91%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.73%) ACCA
11 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.54%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.54%) CCNP
12 3 (0.54%) CISA
12 3 (0.54%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.17%) QA
2 24 (4.36%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.45%) PMO
4 11 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (1.81%) SLA
6 9 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.27%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.27%) NIST
8 5 (0.91%) GDPR
9 3 (0.54%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.36%) GRC
11 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.18%) MiFID
11 1 (0.18%) NCSC
11 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 37 (6.72%) Active Directory
2 27 (4.90%) Docker
3 10 (1.81%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 7 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.91%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.36%) KVM
7 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.18%) Ceph
8 1 (0.18%) HDFS
8 1 (0.18%) NFS
8 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (5.63%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.45%) Terraform
3 13 (2.36%) Grafana
4 12 (2.18%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.00%) Consul
6 10 (1.81%) Ansible
6 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.45%) PingFederate
8 6 (1.09%) SCCM
9 4 (0.73%) Puppet
10 3 (0.54%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.36%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.36%) Nessus
11 2 (0.36%) QRadar
12 1 (0.18%) logstash
12 1 (0.18%) WSUS
12 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 132 (23.96%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.80%) Oracle
3 33 (5.99%) ServiceNow
4 25 (4.54%) SAP
5 15 (2.72%) Adobe
6 13 (2.36%) Citrix
7 12 (2.18%) Google
7 12 (2.18%) IBM
8 11 (2.00%) SaltStack
9 10 (1.81%) Apple
9 10 (1.81%) Cisco
9 10 (1.81%) Databricks
9 10 (1.81%) iManage
10 9 (1.63%) VMware
11 8 (1.45%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.09%) Cadence
12 6 (1.09%) Sun
12 6 (1.09%) Veritas
12 6 (1.09%) Workday
13 5 (0.91%) CA Agile Central