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 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 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,207 2,211 2,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 20.94% 29.64% 22.56%
As % of the General category 39.95% 44.26% 36.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,608 951 1,146
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 £60,741 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,782 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,991 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.54% +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 5,525 4,996 5,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 52.42% 66.97% 61.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4,005 2,369 3,092
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +2.94% +7.37%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,168
90th Percentile £75,772 £81,250 £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 31 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 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
Manchester +1 1,217 £47,500 -17.39% 567
Cheshire 0 443 £39,000 -8.24% 219
Merseyside -3 255 £35,000 -17.65% 142
Lancashire -5 193 £38,500 -3.75% 135
Cumbria +3 85 £37,500 -16.67% 46
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 53 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.09%) Confluence
4 18 (0.82%) WordPress
5 15 (0.68%) CMS
5 15 (0.68%) SAS
6 14 (0.63%) IIS
7 8 (0.36%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.36%) WebLogic
8 7 (0.32%) OpenEdge
9 4 (0.18%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.14%) Drupal
10 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.045%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.045%) Apache
11 1 (0.045%) Jetty
11 1 (0.045%) nginx
11 1 (0.045%) OpenStack
Applications
1 187 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 144 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
3 90 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (0.68%) Photoshop
5 13 (0.59%) AutoCAD
5 13 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.36%) Sketch
7 7 (0.32%) Trello
8 6 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.23%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.23%) InDesign
10 3 (0.14%) 3ds Max
10 3 (0.14%) InVision
10 3 (0.14%) MadCap Flare
10 3 (0.14%) RoboHelp
11 2 (0.091%) SPSS
11 2 (0.091%) Stata
Business Applications
1 24 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.77%) Shopify
4 14 (0.63%) SAP Business One
5 11 (0.50%) Magento
6 9 (0.41%) NEC Housing
6 9 (0.41%) SAP CX
7 8 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.36%) SAP BPC
7 8 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 7 (0.32%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.23%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.23%) SAP PP
9 5 (0.23%) SAP SD
10 4 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
10 4 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.18%) Primavera
10 4 (0.18%) SAP APO
10 4 (0.18%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.18%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 305 (13.82%) Azure
2 204 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
3 189 (8.56%) AWS
4 146 (6.62%) Power Platform
5 70 (3.17%) SaaS
6 54 (2.45%) GCP
7 37 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
8 30 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
9 28 (1.27%) Amazon Kinesis
10 22 (1.00%) Entra ID
11 20 (0.91%) Serverless
12 19 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
13 18 (0.82%) GitHub
14 16 (0.72%) Figma
15 15 (0.68%) Amazon SQS
16 13 (0.59%) PaaS
17 12 (0.54%) Amazon EKS
18 11 (0.50%) IaaS
19 10 (0.45%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 78 (3.53%) Firewall
2 59 (2.67%) LAN
3 52 (2.36%) WAN
4 48 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
5 47 (2.13%) TCP/IP
6 44 (1.99%) DNS
7 35 (1.59%) Broadband
7 35 (1.59%) VoIP
8 32 (1.45%) Internet
8 32 (1.45%) Wireless
9 27 (1.22%) DHCP
10 22 (1.00%) BGP
10 22 (1.00%) Network Security
11 21 (0.95%) PPP
12 16 (0.72%) SAN
13 15 (0.68%) VPN
14 14 (0.63%) OSPF
15 10 (0.45%) Ethernet
15 10 (0.45%) MPLS
15 10 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (5.48%) Power BI
2 104 (4.71%) SQL Server
3 61 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
4 46 (2.08%) NoSQL
5 45 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (1.54%) DynamoDB
6 34 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 32 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
8 30 (1.36%) Relational Database
9 29 (1.31%) MySQL
10 28 (1.27%) Tableau
11 23 (1.04%) Redis
11 23 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 18 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
13 16 (0.72%) Data Lake
13 16 (0.72%) Power Query
14 15 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
14 15 (0.68%) Oracle Database
15 12 (0.54%) MongoDB
15 12 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 92 (4.17%) Git
2 64 (2.90%) JIRA
3 23 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 19 (0.86%) Gatling
5 17 (0.77%) TeamCity
6 9 (0.41%) Eclipse
6 9 (0.41%) Subversion
7 7 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.23%) Selenium
9 4 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.18%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.18%) JUnit
9 4 (0.18%) Mockito
9 4 (0.18%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.14%) GitLab
10 3 (0.14%) JMeter
10 3 (0.14%) MSBuild
10 3 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.14%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 472 (21.39%) Finance
2 399 (18.08%) Analytical Skills
3 220 (9.97%) Retail
4 141 (6.39%) Organisational Skills
5 131 (5.94%) Legal
6 127 (5.75%) Marketing
7 121 (5.48%) Public Sector
8 112 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 108 (4.89%) Presentation Skills
10 81 (3.67%) Law
11 66 (2.99%) Manufacturing
12 58 (2.63%) Billing
13 54 (2.45%) Games
14 52 (2.36%) Telecoms
15 44 (1.99%) Banking
16 43 (1.95%) Local Government
17 37 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
18 35 (1.59%) Electronics
19 34 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
20 30 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 243 (11.01%) Developer
2 241 (10.92%) Analyst
3 228 (10.33%) Senior
4 152 (6.89%) Project Manager
5 135 (6.12%) Lead
6 108 (4.89%) IT Support
7 105 (4.76%) Architect
8 103 (4.67%) IT Manager
9 81 (3.67%) Software Engineer
10 77 (3.49%) Consultant
11 66 (2.99%) Administrator
11 66 (2.99%) Support Analyst
12 61 (2.76%) Business Manager
12 61 (2.76%) IT Engineer
13 60 (2.72%) Support Engineer
14 56 (2.54%) Development Manager
15 54 (2.45%) Coordinator
16 50 (2.27%) Business Development Manager
17 45 (2.04%) IT Support Engineer
17 45 (2.04%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (4.30%) HTML
2 94 (4.26%) .NET
3 80 (3.62%) CSS
4 42 (1.90%) Web Services
5 40 (1.81%) React
5 40 (1.81%) REST
6 38 (1.72%) GraphQL
6 38 (1.72%) Laravel
7 33 (1.50%) Node.js
8 32 (1.45%) AngularJS
9 29 (1.31%) RESTful
10 28 (1.27%) http4s
10 28 (1.27%) Scalaz
10 28 (1.27%) Vue
11 25 (1.13%) .NET Framework
12 21 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
13 20 (0.91%) JSON
14 19 (0.86%) HTML5
15 17 (0.77%) .NET Core
16 16 (0.72%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 198 (8.97%) Self-Motivation
2 89 (4.03%) Management Information System
3 79 (3.58%) Driving Licence
4 52 (2.36%) Product Ownership
5 38 (1.72%) Blog
6 36 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
7 33 (1.50%) NHS
8 29 (1.31%) EPoS
9 28 (1.27%) Algorithms
9 28 (1.27%) Media Streaming
10 27 (1.22%) Mobile App
11 26 (1.18%) Cloud Native
12 25 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
13 22 (1.00%) Housing Association
14 21 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
14 21 (0.95%) Data Centre
14 21 (0.95%) Security Posture
15 20 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
15 20 (0.91%) PMI
16 19 (0.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 201 (9.11%) Windows
2 82 (3.72%) Linux
3 81 (3.67%) Windows Server
4 49 (2.22%) Windows 10
5 28 (1.27%) Android
6 25 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 17 (0.77%) VMS
7 17 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 15 (0.68%) Mac OS
8 15 (0.68%) Unix
9 12 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (0.27%) Windows 8
12 6 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.18%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.18%) Windows Vista
14 3 (0.14%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.091%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.045%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 685 (31.04%) Problem-Solving
2 434 (19.66%) Agile
3 341 (15.45%) Project Management
4 278 (12.60%) Customer Service
5 224 (10.15%) Mentoring
6 198 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 197 (8.93%) DevOps
8 186 (8.43%) Decision-Making
9 174 (7.88%) Analytics
10 166 (7.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 165 (7.48%) ITIL
12 156 (7.07%) Business Intelligence
13 155 (7.02%) Computer Science
14 141 (6.39%) Coaching
15 129 (5.85%) Time Management
16 128 (5.80%) Software Engineering
17 126 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
18 117 (5.30%) Roadmaps
19 114 (5.17%) Collaborative Working
19 114 (5.17%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 223 (10.10%) SQL
2 142 (6.43%) JavaScript
3 115 (5.21%) C#
4 109 (4.94%) Python
5 69 (3.13%) Java
6 56 (2.54%) PHP
7 33 (1.50%) T-SQL
8 32 (1.45%) Scala
9 30 (1.36%) PowerShell
10 21 (0.95%) C
11 19 (0.86%) Bash
12 18 (0.82%) TypeScript
13 14 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 13 (0.59%) Go
15 12 (0.54%) SystemVerilog
16 9 (0.41%) Embedded C
16 9 (0.41%) Swift
17 8 (0.36%) Rust
18 7 (0.32%) C++
18 7 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 476 (21.57%) Degree
2 124 (5.62%) Security Cleared
3 98 (4.44%) SC Cleared
4 95 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (2.45%) DBS Check
6 53 (2.40%) PMI Certification
7 49 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.77%) ACCA
8 39 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
9 38 (1.72%) PMP
10 30 (1.36%) Master's Degree
11 25 (1.13%) CIMA
11 25 (1.13%) HND
12 24 (1.09%) CCNP
13 22 (1.00%) Azure Certification
14 21 (0.95%) CCNA
14 21 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 20 (0.91%) HNC
16 19 (0.86%) CISSP
17 18 (0.82%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (4.08%) QA
2 89 (4.03%) SLA
3 60 (2.72%) GDPR
4 56 (2.54%) Data Quality
5 45 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 36 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 33 (1.50%) PMO
8 30 (1.36%) Accessibility
9 22 (1.00%) IFRS
10 16 (0.72%) NIST
11 15 (0.68%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.63%) GAAP
12 14 (0.63%) GMP
13 12 (0.54%) ISO 9001
14 8 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.36%) 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
1 162 (7.34%) Active Directory
2 54 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (2.13%) Docker
3 47 (2.13%) Hyper-V
4 26 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.41%) Firmware
5 9 (0.41%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.091%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.091%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.045%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.045%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.045%) Lustre
8 1 (0.045%) Postfix
8 1 (0.045%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.045%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.045%) vSphere
8 1 (0.045%) XenApp
8 1 (0.045%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 44 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (1.18%) Terraform
3 19 (0.86%) Kubernetes
4 12 (0.54%) Ansible
5 10 (0.45%) 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%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.18%) Nessus
8 4 (0.18%) Opsgenie
8 4 (0.18%) VxRail
8 4 (0.18%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.14%) Grafana
9 3 (0.14%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.14%) Puppet
9 3 (0.14%) SELinux
9 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.045%) Plesk
Vendors
1 471 (21.34%) Microsoft
2 83 (3.76%) SAP
3 67 (3.04%) VMware
4 46 (2.08%) Cisco
5 43 (1.95%) Oracle
6 37 (1.68%) Apple
7 34 (1.54%) Google
7 34 (1.54%) Virgin Media
8 33 (1.50%) NEC
9 32 (1.45%) Adobe
10 26 (1.18%) Salesforce
10 26 (1.18%) ServiceNow
11 21 (0.95%) HP
12 19 (0.86%) Cadence
12 19 (0.86%) IBM
13 18 (0.82%) Veeam
14 17 (0.77%) CA
15 16 (0.72%) Dell
16 15 (0.68%) Facebook
16 15 (0.68%) Sophos