Social Skills Jobs in the North West

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 2,188 2,232 2,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 21.30% 29.45% 22.51%
As % of the General category 40.39% 43.98% 36.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,614 952 1,141
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £34,990
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +8.42% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,123 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,935 £82,500 £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
North West

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 North West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,417 5,075 5,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 52.74% 66.95% 61.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,979 2,371 3,112
10th Percentile £26,100 £27,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,960
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +3.02% +7.28%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,140
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £80,000
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the North West 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
Manchester +2 1,198 £48,000 -16.52% 596
Cheshire 0 440 £39,000 -9.30% 243
Merseyside -2 255 £35,000 -17.65% 130
Lancashire -5 196 £38,750 -3.13% 148
Cumbria +3 85 £37,500 -16.67% 52
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 54 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 53 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.05%) Confluence
4 17 (0.78%) WordPress
5 15 (0.69%) CMS
5 15 (0.69%) SAS
6 14 (0.64%) IIS
7 8 (0.37%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.37%) WebLogic
8 7 (0.32%) OpenEdge
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.091%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.091%) Drupal
11 1 (0.046%) Apache
11 1 (0.046%) Jetty
11 1 (0.046%) nginx
11 1 (0.046%) OpenStack
Applications
1 180 (8.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 139 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
3 86 (3.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (0.69%) Photoshop
5 13 (0.59%) AutoCAD
5 13 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.37%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.32%) Sketch
7 7 (0.32%) Trello
8 6 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.23%) InDesign
10 4 (0.18%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.14%) 3ds Max
12 2 (0.091%) InVision
12 2 (0.091%) MadCap Flare
12 2 (0.091%) RoboHelp
12 2 (0.091%) SPSS
12 2 (0.091%) Stata
Business Applications
1 22 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.78%) Shopify
4 14 (0.64%) SAP Business One
5 10 (0.46%) Magento
6 9 (0.41%) NEC Housing
6 9 (0.41%) SAP BPC
6 9 (0.41%) SAP CX
7 8 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 7 (0.32%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.27%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.23%) SAP PP
10 5 (0.23%) SAP SD
11 4 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
11 4 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.18%) Primavera
11 4 (0.18%) SAP APO
11 4 (0.18%) SAP MM
11 4 (0.18%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 300 (13.71%) Azure
2 203 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
3 185 (8.46%) AWS
4 145 (6.63%) Power Platform
5 66 (3.02%) SaaS
6 58 (2.65%) GCP
7 36 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
9 31 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
10 26 (1.19%) Amazon Kinesis
11 22 (1.01%) Entra ID
12 20 (0.91%) Serverless
13 19 (0.87%) GitHub
14 18 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (0.69%) Amazon SQS
15 15 (0.69%) Figma
16 13 (0.59%) PaaS
17 12 (0.55%) Amazon EKS
18 11 (0.50%) IaaS
19 10 (0.46%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 76 (3.47%) Firewall
2 57 (2.61%) LAN
3 50 (2.29%) WAN
4 48 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
5 45 (2.06%) TCP/IP
6 43 (1.97%) DNS
7 35 (1.60%) Broadband
8 34 (1.55%) VoIP
9 32 (1.46%) Wireless
10 31 (1.42%) Internet
11 27 (1.23%) DHCP
12 22 (1.01%) BGP
12 22 (1.01%) Network Security
13 20 (0.91%) PPP
14 16 (0.73%) SAN
15 15 (0.69%) VPN
16 14 (0.64%) OSPF
17 10 (0.46%) Ethernet
18 9 (0.41%) MPLS
18 9 (0.41%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (5.39%) Power BI
2 102 (4.66%) SQL Server
3 59 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
4 44 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (1.97%) NoSQL
6 32 (1.46%) DynamoDB
6 32 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 31 (1.42%) Tableau
8 30 (1.37%) Amazon Aurora
8 30 (1.37%) MySQL
8 30 (1.37%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 21 (0.96%) Redis
11 16 (0.73%) Power Query
12 15 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
12 15 (0.69%) Oracle Database
13 14 (0.64%) Data Lake
14 13 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
15 12 (0.55%) MongoDB
16 11 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 89 (4.07%) Git
2 63 (2.88%) JIRA
3 24 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 17 (0.78%) Gatling
4 17 (0.78%) TeamCity
5 9 (0.41%) Eclipse
5 9 (0.41%) Subversion
6 7 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.23%) Selenium
8 4 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.18%) GitLab
8 4 (0.18%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.18%) JUnit
8 4 (0.18%) Mockito
8 4 (0.18%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.14%) IBM UrbanCode
9 3 (0.14%) JMeter
9 3 (0.14%) Spinnaker
General
1 474 (21.66%) Finance
2 396 (18.10%) Analytical Skills
3 213 (9.73%) Retail
4 142 (6.49%) Organisational Skills
5 129 (5.90%) Legal
6 127 (5.80%) Marketing
7 124 (5.67%) Public Sector
8 111 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 108 (4.94%) Presentation Skills
10 78 (3.56%) Law
11 67 (3.06%) Manufacturing
12 56 (2.56%) Billing
13 54 (2.47%) Games
14 52 (2.38%) Telecoms
15 49 (2.24%) Banking
16 41 (1.87%) Local Government
17 37 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
18 34 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
19 33 (1.51%) Electronics
20 30 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 241 (11.01%) Developer
2 239 (10.92%) Analyst
3 228 (10.42%) Senior
4 151 (6.90%) Project Manager
5 138 (6.31%) Lead
6 108 (4.94%) IT Support
7 103 (4.71%) IT Manager
8 102 (4.66%) Architect
9 81 (3.70%) Software Engineer
10 77 (3.52%) Consultant
11 66 (3.02%) Administrator
11 66 (3.02%) Support Analyst
12 61 (2.79%) IT Engineer
12 61 (2.79%) Support Engineer
13 57 (2.61%) Business Manager
14 54 (2.47%) Coordinator
15 52 (2.38%) Development Manager
16 46 (2.10%) Business Development Manager
16 46 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
17 45 (2.06%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (4.20%) .NET
1 92 (4.20%) HTML
2 78 (3.56%) CSS
3 39 (1.78%) Web Services
4 38 (1.74%) React
4 38 (1.74%) REST
5 37 (1.69%) Laravel
6 36 (1.65%) GraphQL
7 33 (1.51%) AngularJS
8 32 (1.46%) Node.js
9 30 (1.37%) RESTful
10 27 (1.23%) Vue
11 26 (1.19%) http4s
11 26 (1.19%) Scalaz
12 23 (1.05%) .NET Framework
13 21 (0.96%) RabbitMQ
14 19 (0.87%) JSON
15 18 (0.82%) HTML5
16 16 (0.73%) .NET Core
16 16 (0.73%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 198 (9.05%) Self-Motivation
2 88 (4.02%) Management Information System
3 79 (3.61%) Driving Licence
4 55 (2.51%) Product Ownership
5 36 (1.65%) Blog
5 36 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
6 33 (1.51%) NHS
7 29 (1.33%) EPoS
8 27 (1.23%) Algorithms
8 27 (1.23%) Cloud Native
9 26 (1.19%) Media Streaming
10 25 (1.14%) Mobile App
11 24 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
12 22 (1.01%) Housing Association
13 21 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
14 20 (0.91%) PMI
14 20 (0.91%) Security Posture
15 19 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
15 19 (0.87%) Data Centre
15 19 (0.87%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 200 (9.14%) Windows
2 83 (3.79%) Linux
3 80 (3.66%) Windows Server
4 48 (2.19%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.10%) Android
6 22 (1.01%) Apple iOS
7 17 (0.78%) VMS
7 17 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (0.73%) Unix
9 15 (0.69%) Mac OS
10 12 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
11 8 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
13 6 (0.27%) Windows 8
13 6 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.18%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.18%) Windows Vista
15 3 (0.14%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.091%) Windows Server 2003
17 1 (0.046%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 682 (31.17%) Problem-Solving
2 431 (19.70%) Agile
3 338 (15.45%) Project Management
4 279 (12.75%) Customer Service
5 224 (10.24%) Mentoring
6 195 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 192 (8.78%) DevOps
8 183 (8.36%) Decision-Making
9 170 (7.77%) Analytics
10 166 (7.59%) ITIL
11 163 (7.45%) Stakeholder Management
12 155 (7.08%) Business Intelligence
13 152 (6.95%) Computer Science
14 141 (6.44%) Coaching
15 126 (5.76%) Software Engineering
15 126 (5.76%) Time Management
16 125 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
17 118 (5.39%) Roadmaps
18 116 (5.30%) ERP
19 114 (5.21%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 219 (10.01%) SQL
2 138 (6.31%) JavaScript
3 113 (5.16%) C#
4 108 (4.94%) Python
5 68 (3.11%) Java
6 54 (2.47%) PHP
7 31 (1.42%) PowerShell
7 31 (1.42%) T-SQL
8 30 (1.37%) Scala
9 21 (0.96%) C
10 19 (0.87%) Bash
11 18 (0.82%) TypeScript
12 14 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 13 (0.59%) Go
14 12 (0.55%) SystemVerilog
15 9 (0.41%) Embedded C
16 8 (0.37%) Rust
16 8 (0.37%) Swift
17 7 (0.32%) C++
17 7 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 471 (21.53%) Degree
2 124 (5.67%) Security Cleared
3 99 (4.52%) SC Cleared
4 92 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (2.47%) DBS Check
6 52 (2.38%) PMI Certification
7 49 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.78%) ACCA
9 38 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
10 37 (1.69%) PMP
11 30 (1.37%) Master's Degree
12 25 (1.14%) CIMA
12 25 (1.14%) HND
13 23 (1.05%) Azure Certification
13 23 (1.05%) CCNP
14 21 (0.96%) CCNA
14 21 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 20 (0.91%) HNC
16 18 (0.82%) AWS Certification
16 18 (0.82%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (4.07%) SLA
2 87 (3.98%) QA
3 57 (2.61%) GDPR
4 55 (2.51%) Data Quality
5 44 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 36 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 33 (1.51%) PMO
8 30 (1.37%) Accessibility
9 22 (1.01%) IFRS
10 16 (0.73%) NIST
11 15 (0.69%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.64%) GAAP
12 14 (0.64%) GMP
13 12 (0.55%) ISO 9001
14 8 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.37%) IFRS 9
15 7 (0.32%) Good Clinical Practice
15 7 (0.32%) GxP
16 6 (0.27%) GLP
17 5 (0.23%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 160 (7.31%) Active Directory
2 54 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (2.19%) Docker
4 47 (2.15%) Hyper-V
5 25 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.41%) Firmware
6 9 (0.41%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.091%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.091%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.046%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.046%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.046%) Lustre
9 1 (0.046%) Postfix
9 1 (0.046%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.046%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (1.28%) Terraform
3 20 (0.91%) Kubernetes
4 12 (0.55%) Ansible
5 11 (0.50%) Progress Chef
6 7 (0.32%) SCCM
7 5 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.18%) Autotask
8 4 (0.18%) Grafana
8 4 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.18%) Nessus
8 4 (0.18%) Opsgenie
8 4 (0.18%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.18%) VxRail
8 4 (0.18%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.14%) Puppet
9 3 (0.14%) SELinux
9 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.046%) Plesk
Vendors
1 466 (21.30%) Microsoft
2 85 (3.88%) SAP
3 66 (3.02%) VMware
4 45 (2.06%) Cisco
5 41 (1.87%) Oracle
6 37 (1.69%) Apple
7 36 (1.65%) Google
8 34 (1.55%) Virgin Media
9 33 (1.51%) NEC
10 32 (1.46%) Adobe
11 26 (1.19%) ServiceNow
12 25 (1.14%) Salesforce
13 21 (0.96%) HP
14 20 (0.91%) IBM
15 19 (0.87%) Cadence
16 18 (0.82%) Veeam
17 17 (0.78%) CA
18 16 (0.73%) Dell
19 15 (0.69%) Sophos
20 14 (0.64%) Facebook