Social Skills Jobs in England

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 21,681 25,008 33,972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 24.40% 28.89% 24.27%
As % of the General category 41.86% 42.52% 37.38%
Number of salaries quoted 14,741 12,781 16,458
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £29,185
25th Percentile £32,132 £40,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £48,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.52% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 51,797 58,820 90,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 58.29% 67.94% 64.93%
Number of salaries quoted 35,967 32,218 45,666
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in England

Social Skills
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in England.

Salary trend for Social Skills in England

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in England

Social Skills
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +1 6,500 £65,000 -7.14% 3,509
South East 0 4,420 £45,000 -10.00% 1,878
North of England +1 4,112 £45,000 -9.77% 2,112
Midlands +1 2,853 £42,500 -15.00% 1,565
North West +1 2,188 £45,000 -12.62% 1,167
South West +1 2,013 £45,000 - 1,090
West Midlands +1 1,833 £45,000 -13.46% 936
East of England 0 1,544 £44,250 -11.50% 971
Yorkshire +1 1,453 £45,000 -1.10% 691
East Midlands 0 1,006 £40,000 -15.79% 631
North East 0 473 £40,000 -5.88% 297
Social Skills
UK

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 869 (4.01%) SharePoint
2 772 (3.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 427 (1.97%) SAS
4 261 (1.20%) Confluence
5 193 (0.89%) CMS
6 137 (0.63%) WordPress
7 103 (0.48%) Apache
8 86 (0.40%) Apache Spark
9 60 (0.28%) IIS
10 56 (0.26%) WebLogic
11 53 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
12 36 (0.17%) nginx
13 28 (0.13%) Drupal
14 27 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
15 25 (0.12%) Skype for Business
16 24 (0.11%) Umbraco
17 23 (0.11%) WebSphere
18 21 (0.097%) OpenEdge
19 20 (0.092%) ArcGIS
20 17 (0.078%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2,331 (10.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1,968 (9.08%) Microsoft Office
3 748 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 201 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 135 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
6 128 (0.59%) MS Visio
7 96 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 92 (0.42%) Photoshop
9 90 (0.42%) AutoCAD
10 63 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
11 53 (0.24%) InDesign
12 50 (0.23%) Trello
13 44 (0.20%) Simulink
14 33 (0.15%) Adobe XD
14 33 (0.15%) Sketch
15 27 (0.12%) SPSS
16 25 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
16 25 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
17 17 (0.078%) SOLIDWORKS
18 16 (0.074%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 334 (1.54%) SAP ERP
2 188 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 98 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 67 (0.31%) NetSuite
4 67 (0.31%) Shopify
5 42 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
6 40 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
7 36 (0.17%) NEC Housing
7 36 (0.17%) Primavera
8 34 (0.16%) Magento
9 32 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 29 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
11 26 (0.12%) SAP HR
12 23 (0.11%) Teamcenter
13 22 (0.10%) SAP Business One
14 21 (0.097%) Maximo
14 21 (0.097%) SAP FI
15 19 (0.088%) Elite 3E
16 16 (0.074%) SDL Web 8
16 16 (0.074%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3,444 (15.88%) Azure
2 2,277 (10.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1,804 (8.32%) AWS
4 1,444 (6.66%) Power Platform
5 820 (3.78%) SaaS
6 498 (2.30%) Entra ID
7 465 (2.14%) GCP
8 427 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
9 375 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
10 283 (1.31%) Serverless
11 262 (1.21%) PowerApps
12 253 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
12 253 (1.17%) Power Automate
13 230 (1.06%) GitHub
14 168 (0.77%) AWS Lambda
15 155 (0.71%) PaaS
16 139 (0.64%) IaaS
17 135 (0.62%) Snowflake
18 133 (0.61%) Azure Data Factory
19 131 (0.60%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1,010 (4.66%) Firewall
2 943 (4.35%) Broadband
3 596 (2.75%) WAN
4 520 (2.40%) DNS
5 483 (2.23%) LAN
6 411 (1.90%) Wireless
7 378 (1.74%) VPN
8 362 (1.67%) TCP/IP
9 335 (1.55%) DHCP
10 329 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
11 295 (1.36%) Network Security
12 276 (1.27%) Internet
13 243 (1.12%) VoIP
14 227 (1.05%) SAN
15 187 (0.86%) SD-WAN
16 178 (0.82%) VLAN
17 159 (0.73%) Intranet
18 106 (0.49%) Remote Desktop
19 100 (0.46%) 5G
20 91 (0.42%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,170 (5.40%) Power BI
2 1,140 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 480 (2.21%) Tableau
4 404 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
5 330 (1.52%) MySQL
6 311 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
7 293 (1.35%) Relational Database
8 241 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 218 (1.01%) NoSQL
10 186 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
11 167 (0.77%) Data Lake
12 147 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
12 147 (0.68%) Big Data
13 145 (0.67%) MongoDB
14 140 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 122 (0.56%) DynamoDB
16 109 (0.50%) Oracle Database
17 89 (0.41%) Redis
18 84 (0.39%) Data Mining
19 82 (0.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 949 (4.38%) Git
2 749 (3.45%) JIRA
3 260 (1.20%) Jenkins
4 184 (0.85%) GitLab
5 134 (0.62%) Visual Studio
6 78 (0.36%) Selenium
7 58 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 58 (0.27%) TeamCity
8 46 (0.21%) JUnit
9 42 (0.19%) Cucumber
10 41 (0.19%) Subversion
10 41 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
11 37 (0.17%) NUnit
12 35 (0.16%) Postman
13 33 (0.15%) Burp Suite
13 33 (0.15%) Metasploit
14 32 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
15 31 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
16 29 (0.13%) CircleCI
16 29 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 5,239 (24.16%) Finance
2 4,786 (22.07%) Analytical Skills
3 1,789 (8.25%) Retail
4 1,629 (7.51%) Organisational Skills
5 1,450 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1,439 (6.64%) Marketing
7 1,273 (5.87%) Presentation Skills
8 1,082 (4.99%) Influencing Skills
9 1,070 (4.94%) Legal
10 951 (4.39%) Public Sector
11 928 (4.28%) Law
12 818 (3.77%) Manufacturing
13 665 (3.07%) Banking
14 547 (2.52%) Telecoms
15 358 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
16 342 (1.58%) Billing
17 302 (1.39%) Electronics
18 278 (1.28%) Games
19 276 (1.27%) German Language
20 275 (1.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,121 (14.40%) Analyst
2 2,903 (13.39%) Senior
3 2,093 (9.65%) Developer
4 1,524 (7.03%) Lead
5 1,341 (6.19%) Architect
6 1,266 (5.84%) Project Manager
7 975 (4.50%) Consultant
7 975 (4.50%) IT Support
8 756 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
9 748 (3.45%) Support Engineer
10 636 (2.93%) Senior Analyst
11 628 (2.90%) IT Manager
12 585 (2.70%) Administrator
13 540 (2.49%) IT Engineer
14 516 (2.38%) Software Engineer
15 511 (2.36%) Senior Manager
16 468 (2.16%) Support Analyst
17 466 (2.15%) Senior Developer
18 415 (1.91%) Graduate
19 409 (1.89%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,009 (4.65%) .NET
2 809 (3.73%) HTML
3 732 (3.38%) CSS
4 530 (2.44%) React
5 320 (1.48%) REST
6 302 (1.39%) AngularJS
7 292 (1.35%) Web Services
8 279 (1.29%) RESTful
9 269 (1.24%) .NET Framework
10 262 (1.21%) Node.js
11 250 (1.15%) ASP.NET
12 231 (1.07%) .NET Core
13 222 (1.02%) Vue
14 209 (0.96%) JSON
15 185 (0.85%) XML
16 177 (0.82%) HTML5
17 161 (0.74%) GraphQL
18 159 (0.73%) Laravel
19 154 (0.71%) Entity Framework
20 153 (0.71%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1,899 (8.76%) Self-Motivation
2 1,087 (5.01%) Management Information System
3 898 (4.14%) Driving Licence
4 522 (2.41%) Product Ownership
5 494 (2.28%) Onboarding
6 379 (1.75%) Data Centre
7 339 (1.56%) Algorithms
8 285 (1.31%) Social Media
9 281 (1.30%) Client/Server
10 252 (1.16%) IoT
11 250 (1.15%) Mobile App
12 245 (1.13%) Video Conferencing
13 222 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
14 217 (1.00%) NHS
15 204 (0.94%) Public Cloud
16 202 (0.93%) Data Structures
17 188 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
18 179 (0.83%) Cloud Native
19 176 (0.81%) Life Science
20 174 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2,691 (12.41%) Windows
2 1,102 (5.08%) Linux
3 949 (4.38%) Windows Server
4 736 (3.39%) Windows 10
5 360 (1.66%) Android
6 283 (1.31%) Apple iOS
7 209 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
8 195 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
9 189 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
10 184 (0.85%) Mac OS
11 181 (0.83%) Unix
12 137 (0.63%) VMS
13 109 (0.50%) Windows 7
14 98 (0.45%) Ubuntu
15 65 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 48 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
17 44 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
18 40 (0.18%) Windows 8
19 33 (0.15%) Kali Linux
20 30 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6,905 (31.85%) Problem-Solving
2 4,605 (21.24%) Agile
3 3,040 (14.02%) Project Management
4 2,887 (13.32%) Customer Service
5 2,359 (10.88%) Mentoring
6 2,003 (9.24%) Decision-Making
7 1,854 (8.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 1,802 (8.31%) Computer Science
9 1,618 (7.46%) ITIL
10 1,523 (7.02%) Roadmaps
11 1,522 (7.02%) DevOps
12 1,393 (6.42%) Analytics
13 1,390 (6.41%) Business Intelligence
14 1,361 (6.28%) Stakeholder Management
15 1,278 (5.89%) Actionable Insight
16 1,232 (5.68%) Project Delivery
17 1,165 (5.37%) Software Engineering
18 1,153 (5.32%) Time Management
19 1,129 (5.21%) Coaching
20 1,102 (5.08%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2,739 (12.63%) SQL
2 1,732 (7.99%) Python
3 1,298 (5.99%) JavaScript
4 1,237 (5.71%) C#
5 792 (3.65%) Java
6 583 (2.69%) PowerShell
7 343 (1.58%) PHP
8 327 (1.51%) C
9 322 (1.49%) T-SQL
10 317 (1.46%) TypeScript
11 311 (1.43%) C++
12 229 (1.06%) Bash
13 193 (0.89%) R
14 110 (0.51%) Go
15 97 (0.45%) Scala
16 84 (0.39%) VB
17 77 (0.36%) MATLAB
18 72 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 69 (0.32%) Perl
20 66 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5,359 (24.72%) Degree
2 1,425 (6.57%) Security Cleared
3 1,131 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 1,008 (4.65%) DBS Check
5 829 (3.82%) SC Cleared
6 627 (2.89%) Master's Degree
7 626 (2.89%) ACCA
8 539 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 518 (2.39%) CIMA
10 335 (1.55%) PMI Certification
11 306 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
12 304 (1.40%) DV Cleared
13 284 (1.31%) Azure Certification
14 220 (1.01%) CISSP
15 217 (1.00%) PMP
16 194 (0.89%) CCNA
17 164 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
18 159 (0.73%) HNC
19 158 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
20 152 (0.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 966 (4.46%) QA
2 878 (4.05%) SLA
3 519 (2.39%) GDPR
4 452 (2.08%) Data Quality
5 422 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 351 (1.62%) PMO
7 257 (1.19%) Accessibility
8 220 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
9 183 (0.84%) NIST
10 150 (0.69%) ISO 9001
11 144 (0.66%) IFRS
12 120 (0.55%) GMP
13 86 (0.40%) PCI DSS
14 61 (0.28%) GAAP
14 61 (0.28%) Good Clinical Practice
15 56 (0.26%) GRC
16 50 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
17 43 (0.20%) IFRS 9
18 41 (0.19%) NEBOSH
19 35 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1,805 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 559 (2.58%) Docker
3 543 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 444 (2.05%) Hyper-V
5 208 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
6 182 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
7 142 (0.65%) Firmware
8 91 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 86 (0.40%) XenApp
10 85 (0.39%) XenDesktop
11 83 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
12 75 (0.35%) vSphere
13 30 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
14 25 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
15 23 (0.11%) KVM
16 21 (0.097%) Terminal Services
17 11 (0.051%) NFS
17 11 (0.051%) VMware Workstation
18 10 (0.046%) vCloud
19 7 (0.032%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 502 (2.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 498 (2.30%) Kubernetes
3 424 (1.96%) Terraform
4 318 (1.47%) SCCM
5 214 (0.99%) Ansible
6 88 (0.41%) WSUS
7 83 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 80 (0.37%) AirWatch
9 71 (0.33%) vCenter Server
10 69 (0.32%) SCOM
11 67 (0.31%) Puppet
12 51 (0.24%) Progress Chef
13 47 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 47 (0.22%) Grafana
14 39 (0.18%) FortiGate
15 38 (0.18%) Nagios
16 36 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
17 35 (0.16%) Functional Safety
18 33 (0.15%) Prometheus
19 31 (0.14%) EnCase
Vendors
1 5,778 (26.65%) Microsoft
2 879 (4.05%) SAP
3 834 (3.85%) VMware
4 820 (3.78%) Oracle
5 555 (2.56%) Cisco
6 518 (2.39%) Google
7 394 (1.82%) Salesforce
8 369 (1.70%) ServiceNow
9 346 (1.60%) Databricks
10 314 (1.45%) Hyperion
11 304 (1.40%) Anaplan
12 290 (1.34%) Citrix
13 276 (1.27%) Adobe
14 251 (1.16%) HP
15 247 (1.14%) Dell
16 204 (0.94%) Veeam
17 192 (0.89%) Apple
18 179 (0.83%) IBM
19 112 (0.52%) Meraki
20 104 (0.48%) Splunk