Social Skills Jobs in the Midlands

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 2,853 2,794 2,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.48% 31.51% 24.59%
As % of the General category 40.82% 42.99% 39.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,952 1,145 1,617
10th Percentile £24,696 £26,020 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,990 6,499 6,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 55.09% 73.29% 62.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,786 3,032 4,276
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,991 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +1 1,833 £45,000 -13.46% 936
East Midlands 0 1,006 £40,000 -15.79% 634
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 163 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 90 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.74%) Confluence
3 21 (0.74%) WordPress
4 17 (0.60%) Skype for Business
5 16 (0.56%) SAS
6 14 (0.49%) CMS
7 10 (0.35%) IIS
8 9 (0.32%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.21%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.21%) Appian
10 5 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
10 5 (0.18%) nginx
10 5 (0.18%) WebLogic
11 4 (0.14%) Office Communications Server
11 4 (0.14%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.11%) Apache
12 3 (0.11%) Drupal
12 3 (0.11%) MQSeries
12 3 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 406 (14.23%) Microsoft Office
2 266 (9.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 86 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
5 22 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.56%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.49%) Trello
8 13 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
9 12 (0.42%) AutoCAD
10 11 (0.39%) InDesign
11 10 (0.35%) Adobe XD
12 8 (0.28%) MS Visio
13 6 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
13 6 (0.21%) CANalyzer
14 5 (0.18%) Sketch
15 4 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
15 4 (0.14%) EPLAN
15 4 (0.14%) Simulink
15 4 (0.14%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 32 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.74%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 13 (0.46%) Shopify
5 10 (0.35%) Misys Midas
5 10 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
6 9 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
7 7 (0.25%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.18%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.14%) Sage 300 ERP
9 4 (0.14%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.14%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.11%) iTrent
10 3 (0.11%) Maximo
11 2 (0.070%) Oracle EBS
11 2 (0.070%) Primavera
11 2 (0.070%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 429 (15.04%) Azure
2 340 (11.92%) Microsoft 365
3 223 (7.82%) Power Platform
4 134 (4.70%) AWS
5 95 (3.33%) Entra ID
6 81 (2.84%) SaaS
7 62 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (1.19%) GitHub
9 33 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
10 32 (1.12%) PowerApps
11 29 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
12 28 (0.98%) Power Automate
13 27 (0.95%) GCP
14 22 (0.77%) OneDrive
15 19 (0.67%) Figma
16 18 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
17 17 (0.60%) Serverless
18 13 (0.46%) AWS Lambda
18 13 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
18 13 (0.46%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 151 (5.29%) Firewall
2 101 (3.54%) WAN
3 92 (3.22%) LAN
4 80 (2.80%) DNS
5 67 (2.35%) TCP/IP
6 63 (2.21%) DHCP
7 54 (1.89%) Internet
8 48 (1.68%) SAN
9 43 (1.51%) Broadband
10 41 (1.44%) VoIP
11 36 (1.26%) VPN
12 35 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
13 34 (1.19%) VLAN
14 33 (1.16%) Network Security
15 29 (1.02%) Intranet
16 27 (0.95%) Wireless
17 21 (0.74%) WLAN
18 20 (0.70%) Ethernet
18 20 (0.70%) PBX
19 18 (0.63%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (7.01%) Power BI
2 194 (6.80%) SQL Server
3 59 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (1.86%) Tableau
5 42 (1.47%) MySQL
6 40 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 28 (0.98%) Relational Database
8 22 (0.77%) Data Lake
9 19 (0.67%) Metadata
10 18 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (0.60%) Oracle Database
12 16 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 13 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
13 13 (0.46%) Data Mining
14 11 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
14 11 (0.39%) BigQuery
15 10 (0.35%) Power Query
16 9 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
16 9 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 94 (3.29%) JIRA
2 81 (2.84%) Git
3 9 (0.32%) CANoe
4 8 (0.28%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.18%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.18%) webpack
8 4 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.11%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.11%) GitLab
9 3 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
9 3 (0.11%) LabVIEW
9 3 (0.11%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.11%) Postman
9 3 (0.11%) sqlmap
9 3 (0.11%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.11%) Xcode
10 2 (0.070%) Axure RP
10 2 (0.070%) Selenium
General
1 668 (23.41%) Finance
2 667 (23.38%) Analytical Skills
3 352 (12.34%) Organisational Skills
4 319 (11.18%) Retail
5 192 (6.73%) Influencing Skills
5 192 (6.73%) Manufacturing
6 190 (6.66%) Marketing
7 148 (5.19%) Legal
8 147 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 144 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
10 125 (4.38%) Law
11 122 (4.28%) Public Sector
12 84 (2.94%) Telecoms
13 58 (2.03%) Automotive
14 54 (1.89%) Local Government
15 45 (1.58%) Banking
16 41 (1.44%) Games
17 38 (1.33%) Electronics
18 35 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
19 34 (1.19%) Billing
Job Titles
1 473 (16.58%) Analyst
2 276 (9.67%) Project Manager
3 269 (9.43%) Senior
4 234 (8.20%) Developer
5 176 (6.17%) IT Support
6 164 (5.75%) Lead
7 148 (5.19%) Consultant
8 134 (4.70%) IT Manager
9 132 (4.63%) Product Analyst
10 116 (4.07%) Sales Analyst
11 104 (3.65%) Support Engineer
12 84 (2.94%) Architect
13 83 (2.91%) IT Engineer
14 73 (2.56%) IT Technician
15 72 (2.52%) Administrator
16 69 (2.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 67 (2.35%) Support Technician
18 66 (2.31%) Senior Manager
19 62 (2.17%) 1st Line Support
20 61 (2.14%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (4.98%) .NET
2 116 (4.07%) HTML
3 83 (2.91%) CSS
4 44 (1.54%) React
5 35 (1.23%) ASP.NET
6 29 (1.02%) .NET Core
6 29 (1.02%) JSON
6 29 (1.02%) Vue
7 26 (0.91%) HTML5
8 25 (0.88%) ASP.NET MVC
9 23 (0.81%) AngularJS
9 23 (0.81%) RESTful
10 22 (0.77%) jQuery
11 20 (0.70%) Laravel
11 20 (0.70%) Web Services
12 18 (0.63%) .NET Framework
13 17 (0.60%) EDI
13 17 (0.60%) XML
14 15 (0.53%) REST
15 13 (0.46%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 265 (9.29%) Self-Motivation
2 176 (6.17%) Management Information System
3 134 (4.70%) Driving Licence
4 57 (2.00%) Product Ownership
5 56 (1.96%) Mobile App
6 50 (1.75%) Onboarding
7 34 (1.19%) Data Centre
7 34 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (1.19%) NHS
8 31 (1.09%) Social Media
9 28 (0.98%) FMCG
10 25 (0.88%) Replication
11 23 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
11 23 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
12 22 (0.77%) IoT
13 19 (0.67%) Graphic Design
14 18 (0.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 18 (0.63%) Video Conferencing
15 16 (0.56%) CCTV
15 16 (0.56%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 370 (12.97%) Windows
2 152 (5.33%) Windows Server
3 112 (3.93%) Windows 10
4 107 (3.75%) Linux
5 38 (1.33%) Android
6 37 (1.30%) Apple iOS
7 31 (1.09%) Mac OS
7 31 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
8 27 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
9 26 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
10 22 (0.77%) Unix
11 20 (0.70%) Windows 7
12 19 (0.67%) VMS
13 9 (0.32%) CentOS
14 8 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
14 8 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 6 (0.21%) SUSE
15 6 (0.21%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 5 (0.18%) Mac OS X
17 4 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 970 (34.00%) Problem-Solving
2 619 (21.70%) Customer Service
3 490 (17.17%) Project Management
4 429 (15.04%) Agile
5 390 (13.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 264 (9.25%) Mathematics
7 250 (8.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 241 (8.45%) Mentoring
9 223 (7.82%) Decision-Making
10 211 (7.40%) Business Intelligence
11 207 (7.26%) Project Delivery
12 202 (7.08%) ITIL
13 176 (6.17%) ERP
14 175 (6.13%) Customer Requirements
15 172 (6.03%) Time Management
16 169 (5.92%) Risk Management
17 165 (5.78%) CRM
18 163 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
19 162 (5.68%) Computer Science
20 138 (4.84%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 370 (12.97%) SQL
2 142 (4.98%) Python
3 141 (4.94%) C#
4 123 (4.31%) JavaScript
5 61 (2.14%) PowerShell
6 45 (1.58%) Java
7 42 (1.47%) C++
8 41 (1.44%) PHP
9 32 (1.12%) C
10 31 (1.09%) TypeScript
11 26 (0.91%) T-SQL
12 16 (0.56%) R
13 15 (0.53%) VB.NET
14 12 (0.42%) Perl
15 10 (0.35%) Embedded C
16 9 (0.32%) VB
17 8 (0.28%) ActionScript
17 8 (0.28%) ActionScript 2.0
17 8 (0.28%) Bash
17 8 (0.28%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 696 (24.40%) Degree
2 172 (6.03%) Security Cleared
3 101 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 90 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 87 (3.05%) DBS Check
6 66 (2.31%) SC Cleared
7 47 (1.65%) ACCA
8 42 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (1.19%) Azure Certification
10 32 (1.12%) CIMA
10 32 (1.12%) Master's Degree
11 29 (1.02%) A+ Certification
12 28 (0.98%) CCNA
13 25 (0.88%) HNC
13 25 (0.88%) PMI Certification
14 24 (0.84%) HND
14 24 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 20 (0.70%) MCSE
16 18 (0.63%) PMP
17 17 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (3.40%) QA
2 96 (3.36%) GDPR
3 92 (3.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 82 (2.87%) SLA
5 55 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 51 (1.79%) PMO
7 49 (1.72%) ISO 9001
8 42 (1.47%) Accessibility
9 37 (1.30%) Data Quality
10 32 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 20 (0.70%) NIST
12 17 (0.60%) GMP
13 12 (0.42%) IFRS
14 11 (0.39%) ISO 14001
15 9 (0.32%) ISO 26262
15 9 (0.32%) PCI DSS
16 8 (0.28%) GRC
16 8 (0.28%) IFRS 9
17 7 (0.25%) ISO 22301
18 5 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 264 (9.25%) Active Directory
2 99 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 90 (3.15%) Hyper-V
4 30 (1.05%) Docker
5 21 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.70%) Firmware
6 20 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.39%) vSphere
8 8 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
9 7 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.21%) NFS
11 4 (0.14%) pfSense
11 4 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.11%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.070%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.035%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.035%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 78 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (1.09%) EnCase
2 31 (1.09%) SCCM
3 25 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 25 (0.88%) Terraform
4 7 (0.25%) FortiGate
4 7 (0.25%) Functional Safety
5 6 (0.21%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 5 (0.18%) WSUS
7 4 (0.14%) AirWatch
7 4 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.14%) SmoothWall
8 3 (0.11%) Nagios
8 3 (0.11%) SCOM
9 2 (0.070%) Ansible
9 2 (0.070%) Autotask
9 2 (0.070%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.035%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.035%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.035%) VxRail
Vendors
1 800 (28.04%) Microsoft
2 146 (5.12%) VMware
3 77 (2.70%) Cisco
4 74 (2.59%) Veeam
5 54 (1.89%) SAP
6 43 (1.51%) HP
7 38 (1.33%) Adobe
7 38 (1.33%) Google
8 37 (1.30%) Databricks
8 37 (1.30%) Oracle
9 35 (1.23%) Salesforce
10 31 (1.09%) Citrix
11 30 (1.05%) ServiceNow
12 29 (1.02%) Apple
12 29 (1.02%) Sophos
13 27 (0.95%) Sage
14 26 (0.91%) NEC
15 25 (0.88%) Dell
16 24 (0.84%) IBM
17 23 (0.81%) IFS