Social Skills Jobs in the South West

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,013 1,715 1,831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 20.72% 25.53% 21.71%
As % of the General category 39.38% 40.38% 35.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,394 809 1,016
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,294 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £58,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £76,250
England median annual salary £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,112 4,247 5,195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 52.63% 63.22% 61.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,467 2,311 3,145
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,750 £37,117
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,238 £48,525
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +3.53% +7.83%
75th Percentile £60,709 £67,285 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,715
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Bristol +2 656 £50,000 -8.90% 330
Gloucestershire -5 316 £40,482 -19.04% 145
Dorset 0 289 £50,000 - 81
Wiltshire +2 284 £42,500 -1.74% 127
Devon -2 203 £36,984 +26.44% 114
Somerset 0 182 £41,500 +7.79% 228
Cornwall +2 64 £39,005 -13.32% 39
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 83 (4.12%) SharePoint
2 74 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (2.43%) Confluence
4 15 (0.75%) Apache
5 12 (0.60%) ArcGIS
6 9 (0.45%) SAS
7 8 (0.40%) CMS
8 7 (0.35%) JBoss
8 7 (0.35%) nginx
9 5 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.25%) Luigi
9 5 (0.25%) SharePoint 2010
9 5 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
10 4 (0.20%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.20%) Site Server
10 4 (0.20%) WebLogic
10 4 (0.20%) WordPress
11 3 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
11 3 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 183 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 132 (6.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 58 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.34%) MS Visio
5 20 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.60%) AutoCAD
7 11 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.40%) GNU Octave
9 7 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
9 7 (0.35%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.30%) Simulink
11 4 (0.20%) Sketch
12 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.099%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 2 (0.099%) Gliffy
13 2 (0.099%) SketchUp
13 2 (0.099%) Trello
14 1 (0.050%) Revit
14 1 (0.050%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 16 (0.79%) Maximo
2 8 (0.40%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.35%) HFM
3 7 (0.35%) Hyperion Planning
3 7 (0.35%) SAP QM
4 5 (0.25%) Primavera
5 4 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.20%) Magento
5 4 (0.20%) SAP PLM
5 4 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.20%) Teamcenter
5 4 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.099%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 2 (0.099%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.099%) Shopify
7 1 (0.050%) HiPortfolio
7 1 (0.050%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.050%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.050%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.050%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 315 (15.65%) Azure
2 217 (10.78%) Microsoft 365
3 160 (7.95%) Power Platform
4 127 (6.31%) AWS
5 63 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (3.03%) SaaS
7 43 (2.14%) Entra ID
8 41 (2.04%) PowerApps
9 38 (1.89%) Power Automate
10 29 (1.44%) OneDrive
11 26 (1.29%) GCP
12 18 (0.89%) Serverless
13 14 (0.70%) IaaS
14 13 (0.65%) Snowflake
15 12 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (0.60%) PaaS
15 12 (0.60%) WhatsApp
16 11 (0.55%) OCI
17 10 (0.50%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 66 (3.28%) WAN
2 63 (3.13%) Firewall
3 46 (2.29%) DNS
4 40 (1.99%) Wireless
5 39 (1.94%) 5G
5 39 (1.94%) Network Security
6 38 (1.89%) LAN
6 38 (1.89%) SD-WAN
7 35 (1.74%) TCP/IP
8 31 (1.54%) VPN
9 29 (1.44%) DHCP
10 27 (1.34%) SAN
11 26 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
12 23 (1.14%) Broadband
13 18 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (0.70%) VoIP
15 11 (0.55%) Internet
16 8 (0.40%) OFDM
16 8 (0.40%) SSL
16 8 (0.40%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (6.86%) Power BI
2 134 (6.66%) SQL Server
3 38 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (1.89%) Tableau
4 37 (1.84%) MySQL
5 28 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 27 (1.34%) Relational Database
7 17 (0.84%) Data Lake
7 17 (0.84%) Data Mining
8 15 (0.75%) Qlik Sense
8 15 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 14 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (0.60%) Big Data
11 12 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
12 11 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
12 11 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
13 9 (0.45%) Oracle BI EE
14 7 (0.35%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.35%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 100 (4.97%) Git
2 83 (4.12%) JIRA
3 20 (0.99%) Rational DOORS
4 19 (0.94%) Selenium
5 12 (0.60%) TeamCity
6 10 (0.50%) Cucumber
6 10 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.50%) Visual Studio
7 7 (0.35%) LabVIEW
8 6 (0.30%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.30%) RStudio
9 5 (0.25%) MSTest
9 5 (0.25%) NUnit
9 5 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
9 5 (0.25%) Subversion
10 4 (0.20%) ERwin
10 4 (0.20%) Jasmine
10 4 (0.20%) Mocha
10 4 (0.20%) Moq
10 4 (0.20%) Toad
General
1 405 (20.12%) Analytical Skills
2 395 (19.62%) Finance
3 217 (10.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 192 (9.54%) Organisational Skills
5 180 (8.94%) Law
6 146 (7.25%) Banking
7 142 (7.05%) Presentation Skills
8 128 (6.36%) Retail
9 120 (5.96%) Marketing
10 116 (5.76%) Investment Banking
11 94 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
12 87 (4.32%) Telecoms
13 64 (3.18%) Electronics
14 59 (2.93%) Manufacturing
15 58 (2.88%) Public Sector
16 57 (2.83%) Legal
17 54 (2.68%) Fire and Rescue
18 51 (2.53%) Aerospace
19 47 (2.33%) Military
20 28 (1.39%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 284 (14.11%) Analyst
2 251 (12.47%) Senior
3 250 (12.42%) Developer
4 139 (6.91%) Consultant
5 134 (6.66%) Lead
6 126 (6.26%) Project Manager
7 92 (4.57%) Architect
8 91 (4.52%) IT Support
9 83 (4.12%) Support Engineer
10 78 (3.87%) Senior Developer
11 73 (3.63%) Software Developer
12 65 (3.23%) IT Engineer
13 62 (3.08%) Software Engineer
14 59 (2.93%) Service Analyst
14 59 (2.93%) Systems Engineer
15 55 (2.73%) Administrator
16 54 (2.68%) Solutions Architect
17 51 (2.53%) .NET Developer
18 50 (2.48%) Security Consultant
19 47 (2.33%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (6.21%) .NET
2 103 (5.12%) HTML
3 93 (4.62%) CSS
4 70 (3.48%) React
5 60 (2.98%) .NET Framework
6 58 (2.88%) .NET Core
7 56 (2.78%) ASP.NET
8 52 (2.58%) Entity Framework
9 44 (2.19%) AngularJS
10 41 (2.04%) Vue
11 32 (1.59%) LESS
12 31 (1.54%) Laravel
13 29 (1.44%) Node.js
14 20 (0.99%) REST
14 20 (0.99%) RESTful
15 16 (0.79%) XML
16 15 (0.75%) HTML5
17 13 (0.65%) ASP.NET Core
18 11 (0.55%) ASP.NET Web API
18 11 (0.55%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 138 (6.86%) Self-Motivation
2 75 (3.73%) Driving Licence
3 58 (2.88%) Onboarding
4 57 (2.83%) Product Ownership
5 49 (2.43%) Management Information System
6 38 (1.89%) Mobile App
7 29 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
8 27 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 24 (1.19%) Algorithms
10 23 (1.14%) Data Centre
10 23 (1.14%) Robotics
11 22 (1.09%) IoT
11 22 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
12 21 (1.04%) Cloud Native
13 20 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
13 20 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
14 19 (0.94%) FPGA
15 18 (0.89%) Client/Server
15 18 (0.89%) Public Cloud
15 18 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 279 (13.86%) Windows
2 147 (7.30%) Linux
3 81 (4.02%) Windows Server
4 64 (3.18%) Windows 10
5 34 (1.69%) Apple iOS
6 33 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
7 24 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 23 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (0.94%) Unix
10 18 (0.89%) Android
11 17 (0.84%) Mac OS
12 16 (0.79%) Ubuntu
12 16 (0.79%) Windows 7
13 15 (0.75%) AIX
14 11 (0.55%) VMS
15 10 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 9 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
17 8 (0.40%) Debian
18 5 (0.25%) Solaris
19 4 (0.20%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 645 (32.04%) Problem-Solving
2 390 (19.37%) Agile
3 284 (14.11%) Customer Service
4 279 (13.86%) Project Management
5 208 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 207 (10.28%) Mentoring
7 171 (8.49%) DevOps
8 158 (7.85%) Collaborative Working
9 153 (7.60%) ITIL
10 149 (7.40%) Business Intelligence
11 146 (7.25%) Computer Science
12 145 (7.20%) Time Management
13 141 (7.00%) Project Delivery
13 141 (7.00%) Scrum
14 138 (6.86%) Software Engineering
15 132 (6.56%) Analytics
16 124 (6.16%) User Experience
17 119 (5.91%) Cybersecurity
18 116 (5.76%) Coaching
19 108 (5.37%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 255 (12.67%) SQL
2 155 (7.70%) C#
3 148 (7.35%) Python
4 139 (6.91%) JavaScript
5 118 (5.86%) Java
6 56 (2.78%) C
7 52 (2.58%) C++
8 48 (2.38%) PHP
9 47 (2.33%) PowerShell
10 38 (1.89%) T-SQL
10 38 (1.89%) TypeScript
11 28 (1.39%) MATLAB
12 25 (1.24%) Bash
13 21 (1.04%) SystemVerilog
14 17 (0.84%) R
14 17 (0.84%) Tcl
14 17 (0.84%) VB
14 17 (0.84%) VBA
15 12 (0.60%) Scala
16 10 (0.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 464 (23.05%) Degree
2 279 (13.86%) Security Cleared
3 141 (7.00%) SC Cleared
4 72 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 68 (3.38%) DV Cleared
6 64 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 62 (3.08%) DBS Check
8 43 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (1.19%) PMI Certification
10 21 (1.04%) A+ Certification
11 20 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
12 18 (0.89%) CCNA
12 18 (0.89%) HNC
12 18 (0.89%) HND
12 18 (0.89%) Master's Degree
13 17 (0.84%) AWS Certification
13 17 (0.84%) ISTQB
13 17 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
14 16 (0.79%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (4.42%) QA
2 79 (3.92%) SLA
3 39 (1.94%) Data Quality
4 36 (1.79%) NIST
5 32 (1.59%) PMO
6 20 (0.99%) JSP 440
6 20 (0.99%) NIST 800
7 19 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (0.89%) GDPR
9 17 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.70%) Accessibility
10 14 (0.70%) Def Stans
10 14 (0.70%) IEC 61508
11 10 (0.50%) NEBOSH
12 9 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.45%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.30%) SEPA
14 5 (0.25%) TARGET2
15 4 (0.20%) MISRA
15 4 (0.20%) MISRA C
System Software
1 178 (8.84%) Active Directory
2 48 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (1.64%) Docker
4 25 (1.24%) Hyper-V
5 22 (1.09%) Firmware
6 20 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
8 10 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.25%) vSphere
10 4 (0.20%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.15%) KVM
11 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.15%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.15%) XenApp
12 2 (0.099%) Kamailio
12 2 (0.099%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.099%) Terminal Server
12 2 (0.099%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 45 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (1.49%) Kubernetes
3 21 (1.04%) SCCM
4 15 (0.75%) Terraform
5 13 (0.65%) Ansible
6 12 (0.60%) Backup Exec
6 12 (0.60%) NetBackup
7 9 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.35%) Icinga
9 6 (0.30%) Puppet
10 5 (0.25%) Graphite
10 5 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.25%) Nagios
10 5 (0.25%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.25%) Rancher
11 4 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.20%) Functional Safety
11 4 (0.20%) WSUS
12 3 (0.15%) Oracle Statspack
12 3 (0.15%) VxRail
Vendors
1 534 (26.53%) Microsoft
2 84 (4.17%) Oracle
3 58 (2.88%) VMware
4 37 (1.84%) Google
5 31 (1.54%) Cisco
6 30 (1.49%) IBM
7 29 (1.44%) ServiceNow
8 27 (1.34%) Salesforce
9 26 (1.29%) Alteryx
10 25 (1.24%) SAP
11 21 (1.04%) Citrix
12 19 (0.94%) Adobe
12 19 (0.94%) HP
12 19 (0.94%) Xamarin
13 17 (0.84%) Databricks
14 13 (0.65%) Apple
14 13 (0.65%) SolarWinds
15 12 (0.60%) Hitachi
15 12 (0.60%) NetApp
15 12 (0.60%) Veritas