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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 21,833 24,633 34,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 24.15% 29.08% 24.35%
As % of the General category 41.70% 42.81% 37.43%
Number of salaries quoted 14,740 12,671 16,485
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £29,210
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,991 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.54% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +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 52,352 57,544 91,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 57.91% 67.93% 65.04%
Number of salaries quoted 36,102 31,966 45,591
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 31 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 31 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 6,529 £65,000 -7.14% 3,545
South East 0 4,446 £45,000 -10.00% 1,875
North of England +1 4,172 £43,000 -12.24% 1,983
Midlands 0 2,874 £42,500 -15.00% 1,502
North West +1 2,207 £45,000 -12.62% 1,102
South West +1 2,025 £45,000 - 1,096
West Midlands +1 1,838 £45,000 -13.46% 910
East of England 0 1,548 £43,250 -13.50% 909
Yorkshire +1 1,462 £45,000 - 644
East Midlands 0 1,022 £39,984 -15.82% 594
North East 0 505 £39,000 -8.24% 276
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
1 860 (3.94%) SharePoint
2 763 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 425 (1.95%) SAS
4 266 (1.22%) Confluence
5 195 (0.89%) CMS
6 140 (0.64%) WordPress
7 103 (0.47%) Apache
8 87 (0.40%) Apache Spark
9 59 (0.27%) IIS
10 56 (0.26%) WebLogic
11 53 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
12 36 (0.16%) nginx
13 29 (0.13%) Drupal
14 27 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
15 25 (0.11%) Skype for Business
16 24 (0.11%) Umbraco
17 23 (0.11%) WebSphere
18 21 (0.096%) OpenEdge
19 20 (0.092%) ArcGIS
20 17 (0.078%) Documentum
Applications
1 2,370 (10.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1,986 (9.10%) Microsoft Office
3 762 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 195 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 135 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
6 121 (0.55%) MS Visio
7 97 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 93 (0.43%) Photoshop
9 92 (0.42%) AutoCAD
10 64 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
11 54 (0.25%) InDesign
12 50 (0.23%) Trello
13 42 (0.19%) Simulink
14 34 (0.16%) Adobe XD
14 34 (0.16%) Sketch
15 27 (0.12%) SPSS
16 25 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
16 25 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
17 18 (0.082%) SOLIDWORKS
18 15 (0.069%) Revit
Business Applications
1 333 (1.53%) SAP ERP
2 190 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 96 (0.44%) 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 (0.16%) NEC Housing
8 35 (0.16%) Magento
8 35 (0.16%) Primavera
9 32 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 26 (0.12%) SAP HR
11 23 (0.11%) Teamcenter
12 22 (0.10%) SAP Business One
13 21 (0.096%) Maximo
13 21 (0.096%) Unit4 Business World
14 20 (0.092%) SAP FI
15 18 (0.082%) Elite 3E
16 16 (0.073%) Oracle Applications
16 16 (0.073%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 3,453 (15.82%) Azure
2 2,269 (10.39%) Microsoft 365
3 1,817 (8.32%) AWS
4 1,442 (6.60%) Power Platform
5 829 (3.80%) SaaS
6 504 (2.31%) Entra ID
7 458 (2.10%) GCP
8 428 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
9 378 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
10 282 (1.29%) Serverless
11 260 (1.19%) PowerApps
12 251 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
13 250 (1.15%) Power Automate
14 229 (1.05%) GitHub
15 167 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
16 156 (0.71%) PaaS
17 137 (0.63%) IaaS
18 136 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
19 135 (0.62%) Snowflake
20 133 (0.61%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1,009 (4.62%) Firewall
2 943 (4.32%) Broadband
3 591 (2.71%) WAN
4 523 (2.40%) DNS
5 485 (2.22%) LAN
6 404 (1.85%) Wireless
7 378 (1.73%) VPN
8 366 (1.68%) TCP/IP
9 338 (1.55%) DHCP
10 332 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
11 294 (1.35%) Network Security
12 280 (1.28%) Internet
13 243 (1.11%) VoIP
14 225 (1.03%) SAN
15 180 (0.82%) SD-WAN
16 179 (0.82%) VLAN
17 157 (0.72%) Intranet
18 107 (0.49%) Remote Desktop
19 99 (0.45%) 5G
20 91 (0.42%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,174 (5.38%) Power BI
2 1,150 (5.27%) SQL Server
3 478 (2.19%) Tableau
4 408 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
5 333 (1.53%) MySQL
6 313 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
7 293 (1.34%) Relational Database
8 243 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 220 (1.01%) NoSQL
10 184 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
11 170 (0.78%) Data Lake
12 152 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
13 148 (0.68%) Big Data
14 145 (0.66%) MongoDB
15 140 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 125 (0.57%) DynamoDB
17 109 (0.50%) Oracle Database
18 90 (0.41%) Redis
19 85 (0.39%) Data Mining
20 84 (0.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 957 (4.38%) Git
2 754 (3.45%) JIRA
3 258 (1.18%) Jenkins
4 185 (0.85%) GitLab
5 136 (0.62%) Visual Studio
6 77 (0.35%) Selenium
7 59 (0.27%) TeamCity
8 58 (0.27%) Bitbucket
9 49 (0.22%) JUnit
10 42 (0.19%) Cucumber
11 41 (0.19%) Subversion
11 41 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
12 37 (0.17%) NUnit
13 34 (0.16%) Postman
14 32 (0.15%) Burp Suite
14 32 (0.15%) Metasploit
14 32 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
15 31 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
16 30 (0.14%) CircleCI
17 29 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 5,240 (24.00%) Finance
2 4,812 (22.04%) Analytical Skills
3 1,847 (8.46%) Retail
4 1,651 (7.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1,461 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1,446 (6.62%) Marketing
7 1,265 (5.79%) Presentation Skills
8 1,086 (4.97%) Legal
9 1,085 (4.97%) Influencing Skills
10 955 (4.37%) Public Sector
11 926 (4.24%) Law
12 821 (3.76%) Manufacturing
13 658 (3.01%) Banking
14 548 (2.51%) Telecoms
15 365 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
16 341 (1.56%) Billing
17 301 (1.38%) Electronics
18 281 (1.29%) Games
19 278 (1.27%) Local Government
20 276 (1.26%) German Language
Job Titles
1 3,143 (14.40%) Analyst
2 2,919 (13.37%) Senior
3 2,104 (9.64%) Developer
4 1,512 (6.93%) Lead
5 1,346 (6.16%) Architect
6 1,274 (5.84%) Project Manager
7 980 (4.49%) Consultant
8 972 (4.45%) IT Support
9 752 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
10 747 (3.42%) Support Engineer
11 634 (2.90%) IT Manager
11 634 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
12 603 (2.76%) Administrator
13 541 (2.48%) IT Engineer
14 523 (2.40%) Software Engineer
15 512 (2.35%) Senior Manager
16 473 (2.17%) Senior Developer
17 464 (2.13%) Support Analyst
18 430 (1.97%) Coordinator
19 415 (1.90%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,018 (4.66%) .NET
2 827 (3.79%) HTML
3 742 (3.40%) CSS
4 535 (2.45%) React
5 323 (1.48%) REST
6 300 (1.37%) AngularJS
7 295 (1.35%) Web Services
8 282 (1.29%) RESTful
9 272 (1.25%) .NET Framework
10 264 (1.21%) Node.js
11 254 (1.16%) ASP.NET
12 234 (1.07%) .NET Core
13 224 (1.03%) Vue
14 211 (0.97%) JSON
15 185 (0.85%) XML
16 182 (0.83%) HTML5
17 166 (0.76%) Laravel
18 164 (0.75%) GraphQL
19 154 (0.71%) Kafka
20 153 (0.70%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1,917 (8.78%) Self-Motivation
2 1,097 (5.02%) Management Information System
3 897 (4.11%) Driving Licence
4 520 (2.38%) Product Ownership
5 505 (2.31%) Onboarding
6 382 (1.75%) Data Centre
7 342 (1.57%) Algorithms
8 288 (1.32%) Social Media
9 283 (1.30%) Client/Server
10 257 (1.18%) Mobile App
11 254 (1.16%) IoT
12 240 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
13 224 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
14 218 (1.00%) NHS
15 204 (0.93%) Data Structures
16 203 (0.93%) Public Cloud
17 186 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
18 178 (0.82%) Life Science
19 177 (0.81%) Cloud Native
20 172 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2,675 (12.25%) Windows
2 1,100 (5.04%) Linux
3 946 (4.33%) Windows Server
4 730 (3.34%) Windows 10
5 363 (1.66%) Android
6 290 (1.33%) Apple iOS
7 207 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
8 193 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 186 (0.85%) Mac OS
10 185 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
11 174 (0.80%) Unix
12 136 (0.62%) VMS
13 109 (0.50%) Windows 7
14 98 (0.45%) Ubuntu
15 66 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 49 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
17 44 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
18 39 (0.18%) Windows 8
19 32 (0.15%) Kali Linux
20 30 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6,994 (32.03%) Problem-Solving
2 4,617 (21.15%) Agile
3 3,059 (14.01%) Project Management
4 2,900 (13.28%) Customer Service
5 2,368 (10.85%) Mentoring
6 2,020 (9.25%) Decision-Making
7 1,872 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 1,810 (8.29%) Computer Science
9 1,621 (7.42%) ITIL
10 1,527 (6.99%) DevOps
11 1,523 (6.98%) Roadmaps
12 1,415 (6.48%) Analytics
13 1,392 (6.38%) Business Intelligence
14 1,373 (6.29%) Stakeholder Management
15 1,277 (5.85%) Actionable Insight
16 1,240 (5.68%) Project Delivery
17 1,176 (5.39%) Software Engineering
18 1,161 (5.32%) Time Management
19 1,141 (5.23%) Coaching
20 1,101 (5.04%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2,758 (12.63%) SQL
2 1,746 (8.00%) Python
3 1,314 (6.02%) JavaScript
4 1,244 (5.70%) C#
5 791 (3.62%) Java
6 581 (2.66%) PowerShell
7 351 (1.61%) PHP
8 327 (1.50%) C
8 327 (1.50%) T-SQL
9 320 (1.47%) TypeScript
10 313 (1.43%) C++
11 230 (1.05%) Bash
12 192 (0.88%) R
13 110 (0.50%) Go
14 98 (0.45%) Scala
15 85 (0.39%) VB
16 73 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 73 (0.33%) MATLAB
17 68 (0.31%) Perl
17 68 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5,391 (24.69%) Degree
2 1,439 (6.59%) Security Cleared
3 1,134 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 1,009 (4.62%) DBS Check
5 833 (3.82%) SC Cleared
6 627 (2.87%) ACCA
7 624 (2.86%) Master's Degree
8 541 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 518 (2.37%) CIMA
10 342 (1.57%) PMI Certification
11 310 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
12 308 (1.41%) DV Cleared
13 286 (1.31%) Azure Certification
14 225 (1.03%) PMP
15 222 (1.02%) CISSP
16 196 (0.90%) CCNA
17 167 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
18 162 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
19 161 (0.74%) HNC
20 152 (0.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 984 (4.51%) QA
2 918 (4.20%) SLA
3 529 (2.42%) GDPR
4 459 (2.10%) Data Quality
5 425 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 356 (1.63%) PMO
7 259 (1.19%) Accessibility
8 222 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
9 184 (0.84%) NIST
10 152 (0.70%) ISO 9001
11 145 (0.66%) IFRS
12 122 (0.56%) GMP
13 87 (0.40%) PCI DSS
14 66 (0.30%) Good Clinical Practice
15 61 (0.28%) GAAP
16 56 (0.26%) GRC
17 49 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 17025
18 43 (0.20%) IFRS 9
19 41 (0.19%) NEBOSH
20 35 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1,801 (8.25%) Active Directory
2 559 (2.56%) Docker
3 541 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 441 (2.02%) Hyper-V
5 200 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
6 182 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
7 140 (0.64%) Firmware
8 92 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 80 (0.37%) XenApp
10 79 (0.36%) XenDesktop
11 75 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
12 73 (0.33%) vSphere
13 31 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
14 25 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
15 23 (0.11%) KVM
16 21 (0.096%) Terminal Services
17 11 (0.050%) NFS
17 11 (0.050%) VMware Workstation
18 9 (0.041%) vCloud
19 7 (0.032%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 504 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 499 (2.29%) Kubernetes
3 426 (1.95%) Terraform
4 311 (1.42%) SCCM
5 210 (0.96%) Ansible
6 87 (0.40%) WSUS
7 83 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 73 (0.33%) AirWatch
9 69 (0.32%) vCenter Server
10 68 (0.31%) SCOM
11 67 (0.31%) Puppet
12 48 (0.22%) Progress Chef
13 47 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 44 (0.20%) Grafana
15 38 (0.17%) FortiGate
16 36 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
16 36 (0.16%) Nagios
17 35 (0.16%) Functional Safety
18 32 (0.15%) Prometheus
19 30 (0.14%) EnCase
Vendors
1 5,830 (26.70%) Microsoft
2 874 (4.00%) SAP
3 833 (3.82%) VMware
4 820 (3.76%) Oracle
5 549 (2.51%) Cisco
6 507 (2.32%) Google
7 388 (1.78%) Salesforce
8 373 (1.71%) ServiceNow
9 348 (1.59%) Databricks
10 314 (1.44%) Hyperion
11 304 (1.39%) Anaplan
12 283 (1.30%) Citrix
13 281 (1.29%) Adobe
14 248 (1.14%) HP
15 243 (1.11%) Dell
16 203 (0.93%) Veeam
17 193 (0.88%) Apple
18 177 (0.81%) IBM
19 114 (0.52%) Meraki
20 102 (0.47%) Splunk