Social Skills Jobs with Work from Home Options

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). 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 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 9,154 9,769 17,632
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.65% 24.56% 24.06%
As % of the General category 43.62% 37.34% 37.58%
Number of salaries quoted 6,162 6,661 9,057
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £39,500 £45,512 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,150 £60,000 £57,732
Median % change year-on-year -11.42% +3.93% +4.97%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £48,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.52% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,988 26,164 46,919
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.09% 65.78% 64.01%
Number of salaries quoted 15,136 17,428 24,959
10th Percentile £31,800 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,254 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,548 £79,600
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Social Skills
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Social Skills trend for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Skills.

Social Skills salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Social Skills over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Social Skills salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 332 (3.63%) SAS
2 247 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 221 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 85 (0.93%) WordPress
5 83 (0.91%) CMS
6 75 (0.82%) Confluence
7 47 (0.51%) Apache Spark
8 46 (0.50%) WebLogic
9 37 (0.40%) IIS
10 34 (0.37%) Apache
11 30 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
12 20 (0.22%) nginx
12 20 (0.22%) OpenEdge
12 20 (0.22%) OpenStack
13 15 (0.16%) Drupal
14 14 (0.15%) Documentum
15 9 (0.098%) Exchange Server 2013
16 7 (0.076%) BizTalk Server
17 6 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2000
17 6 (0.066%) Moodle
Applications
1 957 (10.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 463 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
3 180 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 61 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
5 47 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
7 30 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 27 (0.29%) Photoshop
9 24 (0.26%) Simulink
10 22 (0.24%) Adobe XD
11 21 (0.23%) Sketch
12 20 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
13 18 (0.20%) Trello
14 17 (0.19%) InDesign
15 11 (0.12%) AutoCAD
16 8 (0.087%) Adobe After Effects
16 8 (0.087%) Chatbot
17 7 (0.076%) Adobe Captivate
17 7 (0.076%) SOLIDWORKS
18 6 (0.066%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 308 (3.36%) SAP ERP
2 82 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 67 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 47 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 37 (0.40%) Shopify
5 37 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
6 20 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 18 (0.20%) SAP HR
8 17 (0.19%) SAP CO
8 17 (0.19%) SAP FI
8 17 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
9 16 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
10 14 (0.15%) Maximo
10 14 (0.15%) NEC Housing
11 13 (0.14%) TrackWise
12 10 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
12 10 (0.11%) SAP CX
13 9 (0.098%) Primavera
13 9 (0.098%) SAP Business One
13 9 (0.098%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1,753 (19.15%) Azure
2 959 (10.48%) AWS
3 759 (8.29%) Power Platform
4 734 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
5 486 (5.31%) SaaS
6 275 (3.00%) GCP
7 223 (2.44%) Entra ID
8 196 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
9 173 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
10 160 (1.75%) Serverless
11 152 (1.66%) PowerApps
12 145 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
13 129 (1.41%) Power Automate
14 99 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
15 97 (1.06%) GitHub
16 88 (0.96%) Snowflake
17 86 (0.94%) PaaS
18 85 (0.93%) Amazon S3
19 79 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
20 72 (0.79%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 872 (9.53%) Broadband
2 379 (4.14%) Firewall
3 226 (2.47%) DNS
4 222 (2.43%) WAN
5 184 (2.01%) LAN
6 170 (1.86%) Wireless
7 156 (1.70%) VPN
8 155 (1.69%) TCP/IP
9 139 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
10 121 (1.32%) DHCP
11 116 (1.27%) SAN
12 106 (1.16%) Internet
13 90 (0.98%) VoIP
14 85 (0.93%) BGP
15 73 (0.80%) Network Security
16 62 (0.68%) VLAN
17 57 (0.62%) SSL
18 49 (0.54%) SD-WAN
19 48 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
20 44 (0.48%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 635 (6.94%) Power BI
2 624 (6.82%) SQL Server
3 316 (3.45%) Tableau
4 263 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
5 242 (2.64%) Relational Database
6 208 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 160 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
8 145 (1.58%) MySQL
9 139 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
10 122 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
11 95 (1.04%) Oracle Database
12 81 (0.88%) RDBMS
13 80 (0.87%) Big Data
14 79 (0.86%) MongoDB
15 77 (0.84%) Data Lake
16 70 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 64 (0.70%) NoSQL
18 59 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
19 53 (0.58%) DynamoDB
20 45 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 503 (5.49%) Git
2 252 (2.75%) JIRA
3 95 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 73 (0.80%) GitLab
5 61 (0.67%) Visual Studio
6 40 (0.44%) Selenium
7 28 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 26 (0.28%) JUnit
9 21 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
9 21 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
10 19 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
11 18 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
12 16 (0.17%) Cypress.io
12 16 (0.17%) webpack
13 15 (0.16%) Maven
13 15 (0.16%) Rational Rhapsody
14 14 (0.15%) Postman
14 14 (0.15%) TeamCity
15 12 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 12 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2,758 (30.13%) Finance
2 1,830 (19.99%) Analytical Skills
3 735 (8.03%) Retail
4 684 (7.47%) Marketing
5 629 (6.87%) Influencing Skills
6 594 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 562 (6.14%) Presentation Skills
8 521 (5.69%) Public Sector
9 426 (4.65%) Legal
10 419 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
11 307 (3.35%) Law
12 229 (2.50%) Banking
13 226 (2.47%) Manufacturing
14 168 (1.84%) Telecoms
15 141 (1.54%) Games
16 131 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
17 107 (1.17%) Electronics
18 95 (1.04%) Advertising
19 94 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
20 78 (0.85%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,541 (16.83%) Analyst
2 1,535 (16.77%) Senior
3 1,237 (13.51%) Developer
4 879 (9.60%) Architect
5 706 (7.71%) Lead
6 605 (6.61%) Solutions Architect
7 514 (5.62%) Consultant
8 480 (5.24%) Project Manager
9 434 (4.74%) Senior Analyst
10 345 (3.77%) Senior Developer
11 248 (2.71%) Software Engineer
12 244 (2.67%) IT Manager
13 240 (2.62%) Data Analyst
14 236 (2.58%) Software Developer
15 230 (2.51%) Support Engineer
16 209 (2.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 209 (2.28%) IT Support
17 207 (2.26%) Administrator
18 178 (1.94%) Financial Analyst
19 176 (1.92%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 477 (5.21%) .NET
2 378 (4.13%) HTML
3 344 (3.76%) CSS
4 242 (2.64%) React
5 178 (1.94%) Node.js
6 174 (1.90%) RESTful
7 170 (1.86%) AngularJS
8 162 (1.77%) REST
9 140 (1.53%) Web Services
10 127 (1.39%) Kafka
11 122 (1.33%) GraphQL
12 113 (1.23%) .NET Core
12 113 (1.23%) Vue
13 112 (1.22%) RabbitMQ
14 111 (1.21%) ASP.NET
15 107 (1.17%) JSON
16 98 (1.07%) Spring Boot
17 97 (1.06%) .NET Framework
18 95 (1.04%) Laravel
19 80 (0.87%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 480 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
2 331 (3.62%) Management Information System
3 245 (2.68%) Client/Server
4 239 (2.61%) Product Ownership
5 215 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 210 (2.29%) Data Centre
7 205 (2.24%) Algorithms
8 189 (2.06%) Driving Licence
9 136 (1.49%) Public Cloud
10 134 (1.46%) Social Media
11 130 (1.42%) Data Structures
12 126 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
13 114 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
14 110 (1.20%) Mobile App
15 104 (1.14%) Cloud Native
16 91 (0.99%) IoT
17 90 (0.98%) Life Science
18 86 (0.94%) NHS
19 76 (0.83%) Virtual Team
20 73 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 804 (8.78%) Windows
2 554 (6.05%) Linux
3 329 (3.59%) Windows Server
4 144 (1.57%) Apple iOS
5 142 (1.55%) Android
6 140 (1.53%) Windows 10
7 119 (1.30%) VMS
8 112 (1.22%) Unix
9 71 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 60 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
11 55 (0.60%) Ubuntu
11 55 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
12 43 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
13 40 (0.44%) Mac OS
14 33 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
15 27 (0.29%) zOS
16 20 (0.22%) Mac OS X
16 20 (0.22%) Windows 7
17 16 (0.17%) Solaris
18 15 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,688 (29.36%) Agile
2 2,572 (28.10%) Problem-Solving
3 1,270 (13.87%) Mentoring
4 1,101 (12.03%) Project Management
5 1,060 (11.58%) Decision-Making
6 1,014 (11.08%) Actionable Insight
7 964 (10.53%) Roadmaps
8 782 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
9 742 (8.11%) Analytics
10 715 (7.81%) DevOps
11 703 (7.68%) Customer Service
12 700 (7.65%) Computer Science
13 694 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
14 674 (7.36%) Stakeholder Management
15 669 (7.31%) Software Engineering
16 661 (7.22%) Business Case
17 642 (7.01%) ITIL
18 576 (6.29%) ERP
19 570 (6.23%) Change Management
20 528 (5.77%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,494 (16.32%) SQL
2 918 (10.03%) Python
3 612 (6.69%) C#
4 586 (6.40%) JavaScript
5 415 (4.53%) Java
6 230 (2.51%) T-SQL
7 205 (2.24%) PowerShell
8 200 (2.18%) PHP
9 191 (2.09%) C
10 162 (1.77%) TypeScript
11 110 (1.20%) Go
12 104 (1.14%) C++
13 91 (0.99%) Bash
14 72 (0.79%) R
15 66 (0.72%) Embedded C
16 52 (0.57%) Scala
17 41 (0.45%) VB
18 33 (0.36%) PL/SQL
19 32 (0.35%) Kotlin
20 31 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2,048 (22.37%) Degree
2 798 (8.72%) Security Cleared
3 534 (5.83%) SC Cleared
4 522 (5.70%) ACCA
5 471 (5.15%) CIMA
6 439 (4.80%) DBS Check
7 396 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 217 (2.37%) Master's Degree
9 206 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 161 (1.76%) PMI Certification
11 144 (1.57%) DV Cleared
12 132 (1.44%) Azure Certification
13 113 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
14 107 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
14 107 (1.17%) CISSP
15 105 (1.15%) PMP
16 97 (1.06%) AWS Certification
17 76 (0.83%) CCNA
18 75 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 68 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 420 (4.59%) QA
2 175 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 171 (1.87%) SLA
4 141 (1.54%) Data Quality
5 105 (1.15%) Accessibility
5 105 (1.15%) GDPR
6 95 (1.04%) PMO
7 89 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
8 64 (0.70%) NIST
9 50 (0.55%) IFRS
10 49 (0.54%) PCI DSS
11 41 (0.45%) ISO 9001
12 24 (0.26%) GRC
13 22 (0.24%) Good Clinical Practice
14 20 (0.22%) JSP 440
15 19 (0.21%) GMP
15 19 (0.21%) NCSC
16 17 (0.19%) GxP
17 16 (0.17%) ITGC
18 15 (0.16%) COBIT
System Software
1 543 (5.93%) Active Directory
2 285 (3.11%) Docker
3 189 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 159 (1.74%) Hyper-V
5 148 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
6 112 (1.22%) Firmware
7 75 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
8 58 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
9 41 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
10 22 (0.24%) vSphere
11 9 (0.098%) Virtual Servers
12 8 (0.087%) Terminal Services
13 7 (0.076%) NFS
14 6 (0.066%) KVM
15 4 (0.044%) Microsoft App-V
15 4 (0.044%) XenDesktop
16 3 (0.033%) Time Sharing Option
16 3 (0.033%) VMware Server
16 3 (0.033%) VMware Workstation
16 3 (0.033%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 264 (2.88%) Kubernetes
2 225 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 204 (2.23%) Terraform
4 150 (1.64%) Ansible
5 77 (0.84%) SCCM
6 47 (0.51%) SCOM
7 45 (0.49%) WSUS
8 43 (0.47%) vCenter Server
9 38 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
10 33 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 32 (0.35%) Puppet
12 29 (0.32%) Grafana
13 24 (0.26%) Progress Chef
14 19 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
15 17 (0.19%) FortiGate
16 16 (0.17%) Prometheus
17 15 (0.16%) Nagios
17 15 (0.16%) ZABBIX
18 14 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
19 13 (0.14%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 2,361 (25.79%) Microsoft
2 599 (6.54%) SAP
3 549 (6.00%) Oracle
4 304 (3.32%) Hyperion
5 302 (3.30%) VMware
6 299 (3.27%) Anaplan
7 273 (2.98%) Databricks
8 269 (2.94%) Google
9 199 (2.17%) Cisco
10 142 (1.55%) Salesforce
11 113 (1.23%) ServiceNow
12 103 (1.13%) IBM
13 98 (1.07%) Dell
14 97 (1.06%) Adobe
15 82 (0.90%) HP
16 74 (0.81%) Fortinet
17 65 (0.71%) Citrix
18 52 (0.57%) Aruba
19 51 (0.56%) Facebook
19 51 (0.56%) Meraki