Social Skills Jobs in the South East

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 6 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 1,921 3,508 4,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 21.94% 25.66% 29.44%
As % of the General category 35.09% 44.81% 45.87%
Number of salaries quoted 997 2,560 2,193
10th Percentile £28,400 £24,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £29,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £42,898 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.05% -18.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,250 £58,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -14.53% +6.36%

All General Skills
South East

Social Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,474 7,829 9,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 62.52% 57.27% 64.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,199 5,220 4,869
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,600 £62,500 £71,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +4.17%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the South East

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in the South East

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the South East over the 6 months to 6 March 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the South East

Social Skills
Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 6 March 2025. 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
Thames Valley 0 684 £55,000 +22.22% 572
Hampshire -2 430 £50,000 +11.11% 326
Surrey 0 306 £57,500 +35.29% 209
Berkshire -2 294 £50,000 +17.65% 285
Buckinghamshire -1 212 £57,500 +27.78% 172
Oxfordshire 0 178 £55,000 +22.22% 151
Kent -3 135 £40,101 +6.93% 144
East Sussex -1 119 £50,000 +23.46% 69
West Sussex 0 88 £47,500 +10.47% 82
Isle of Wight -22 73 £65,000 +52.94% 6
Middlesex -11 62 £62,500 +45.35% 19
Sussex +14 12 £30,500 -17.01% 40
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 81 (4.22%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (1.77%) CMS
4 20 (1.04%) IIS
5 17 (0.88%) Kentico
6 15 (0.78%) Oracle Application Server
7 13 (0.68%) Apache Spark
8 12 (0.62%) Apache
9 9 (0.47%) IBM Domino
10 7 (0.36%) Confluence
10 7 (0.36%) OpenStack
10 7 (0.36%) WordPress
11 6 (0.31%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
12 5 (0.26%) Sitefinity
13 3 (0.16%) nginx
14 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
14 2 (0.10%) Joomla!
14 2 (0.10%) Skype for Business
15 1 (0.052%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 172 (8.95%) Microsoft Office
2 106 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (2.08%) Simulink
4 35 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.62%) Acrobat
5 12 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.42%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.36%) Sketch
8 6 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.26%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.26%) Trello
10 4 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
10 4 (0.21%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.10%) Revit
12 2 (0.10%) SketchUp
12 2 (0.10%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 30 (1.56%) Teamcenter
2 23 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (0.36%) SAP Business One
5 6 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.16%) Maximo
7 3 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.16%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Manufacturing
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle SCM
8 2 (0.10%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.052%) Primavera
9 1 (0.052%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.052%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 341 (17.75%) Azure
2 255 (13.27%) Microsoft 365
3 159 (8.28%) AWS
4 135 (7.03%) Power Platform
5 97 (5.05%) SaaS
6 45 (2.34%) PowerApps
7 43 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
9 36 (1.87%) GCP
10 30 (1.56%) PaaS
11 27 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
11 27 (1.41%) Entra ID
11 27 (1.41%) GitHub
12 25 (1.30%) Power Automate
13 22 (1.15%) IaaS
14 20 (1.04%) Google Workspace
14 20 (1.04%) Serverless
15 18 (0.94%) Mimecast
16 17 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (0.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 86 (4.48%) Firewall
2 80 (4.16%) TCP/IP
3 70 (3.64%) DNS
4 58 (3.02%) DHCP
5 48 (2.50%) WAN
6 47 (2.45%) VLAN
7 46 (2.39%) Network Security
7 46 (2.39%) VPN
8 45 (2.34%) LAN
9 36 (1.87%) Wireless
10 30 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
11 29 (1.51%) VoIP
12 26 (1.35%) BGP
12 26 (1.35%) OSPF
12 26 (1.35%) SSL
13 23 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
14 22 (1.15%) Cisco Firepower
14 22 (1.15%) IPsec
15 20 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
15 20 (1.04%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (5.78%) SQL Server
2 106 (5.52%) Power BI
3 44 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (2.03%) MySQL
5 32 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
5 32 (1.67%) Relational Database
6 29 (1.51%) Big Data
7 25 (1.30%) NoSQL
8 23 (1.20%) MongoDB
9 21 (1.09%) Data Lake
9 21 (1.09%) Tableau
10 17 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (0.78%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 15 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (0.47%) Redis
12 9 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.42%) Apache Hive
13 8 (0.42%) Impala
14 7 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
15 6 (0.31%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 96 (5.00%) Rational DOORS
2 94 (4.89%) JIRA
3 60 (3.12%) Git
4 39 (2.03%) Jenkins
5 22 (1.15%) Visual Studio
6 21 (1.09%) Cucumber
6 21 (1.09%) Selenium
7 14 (0.73%) Artifactory
8 13 (0.68%) Postman
9 11 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
10 9 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.47%) Gradle
11 8 (0.42%) git-flow
11 8 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
12 7 (0.36%) Appium
12 7 (0.36%) JUnit
13 6 (0.31%) SoapUI
13 6 (0.31%) SpecFlow
13 6 (0.31%) TestRail
14 5 (0.26%) SonarQube
General
1 411 (21.40%) Finance
2 340 (17.70%) Analytical Skills
3 142 (7.39%) Manufacturing
4 134 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
5 131 (6.82%) Marketing
6 118 (6.14%) Telecoms
7 92 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 90 (4.69%) Electronics
9 72 (3.75%) Legal
9 72 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
10 71 (3.70%) Law
11 66 (3.44%) Public Sector
12 58 (3.02%) Retail
13 52 (2.71%) Aerospace
14 39 (2.03%) Advertising
15 36 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
16 34 (1.77%) Banking
17 26 (1.35%) Automotive
17 26 (1.35%) Local Government
17 26 (1.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 233 (12.13%) Senior
2 215 (11.19%) Analyst
3 167 (8.69%) Developer
4 141 (7.34%) Project Manager
5 122 (6.35%) Lead
6 116 (6.04%) Architect
6 116 (6.04%) Support Engineer
7 98 (5.10%) IT Support
8 74 (3.85%) Senior Manager
9 68 (3.54%) IT Engineer
10 63 (3.28%) Systems Engineer
11 58 (3.02%) Junior
12 57 (2.97%) Applications Support
12 57 (2.97%) Technical Manager
13 48 (2.50%) Systems Architect
14 47 (2.45%) IT Manager
15 46 (2.39%) Consultant
15 46 (2.39%) Network Engineer
16 43 (2.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 43 (2.24%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (9.94%) .NET
2 109 (5.67%) HTML
3 74 (3.85%) CSS
4 51 (2.65%) REST
5 32 (1.67%) .NET Framework
6 27 (1.41%) RabbitMQ
6 27 (1.41%) SOAP
7 26 (1.35%) Kafka
8 25 (1.30%) HTML5
9 24 (1.25%) React
10 23 (1.20%) AngularJS
10 23 (1.20%) RESTful
11 20 (1.04%) Web Services
12 19 (0.99%) Blazor
13 18 (0.94%) Bootstrap
13 18 (0.94%) Spring Boot
14 17 (0.88%) jQuery
15 15 (0.78%) ASP.NET
16 14 (0.73%) .NET Core
17 13 (0.68%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 198 (10.31%) Management Information System
2 100 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
3 97 (5.05%) Driving Licence
4 56 (2.92%) Onboarding
5 52 (2.71%) Product Ownership
6 51 (2.65%) Data Centre
7 40 (2.08%) IoT
8 28 (1.46%) Algorithms
8 28 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
8 28 (1.46%) Digital Media
9 26 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
10 24 (1.25%) Social Media
11 23 (1.20%) Virtual Team
12 22 (1.15%) Client/Server
13 21 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
13 21 (1.09%) Life Science
14 18 (0.94%) Cyberattack
15 17 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
15 17 (0.88%) NB-IoT
15 17 (0.88%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 241 (12.55%) Windows
2 104 (5.41%) Linux
3 64 (3.33%) Windows Server
4 39 (2.03%) Mac OS
5 32 (1.67%) Apple iOS
6 24 (1.25%) Windows 10
7 19 (0.99%) Android
8 12 (0.62%) Unix
9 11 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
10 10 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (0.31%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.21%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.16%) Debian
13 3 (0.16%) SUSE
14 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.052%) CentOS
15 1 (0.052%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.052%) VMS
15 1 (0.052%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 705 (36.70%) Problem-Solving
2 357 (18.58%) Project Management
3 325 (16.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 309 (16.09%) Agile
5 231 (12.02%) Mentoring
6 220 (11.45%) Computer Science
7 210 (10.93%) Customer Service
8 174 (9.06%) ITIL
9 164 (8.54%) Cybersecurity
10 154 (8.02%) Risk Management
11 152 (7.91%) Project Delivery
12 145 (7.55%) Collaborative Working
13 143 (7.44%) Service Delivery
14 142 (7.39%) DevOps
15 141 (7.34%) Information Security
16 138 (7.18%) Decision-Making
17 137 (7.13%) Change Management
18 131 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
18 131 (6.82%) Process Improvement
19 128 (6.66%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 272 (14.16%) SQL
2 181 (9.42%) Python
3 168 (8.75%) C#
4 132 (6.87%) JavaScript
5 96 (5.00%) Java
6 71 (3.70%) PowerShell
7 43 (2.24%) C++
8 41 (2.13%) C
9 36 (1.87%) MATLAB
10 31 (1.61%) PHP
11 23 (1.20%) Bash
12 15 (0.78%) VBA
13 14 (0.73%) R
14 10 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.52%) Scala
15 8 (0.42%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.42%) TypeScript
15 8 (0.42%) VB.NET
16 6 (0.31%) Ruby
17 5 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 501 (26.08%) Degree
2 145 (7.55%) Security Cleared
3 96 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 72 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 71 (3.70%) SC Cleared
6 70 (3.64%) DV Cleared
6 70 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 68 (3.54%) Chartered Engineer
8 55 (2.86%) Azure Certification
9 51 (2.65%) CISSP
9 51 (2.65%) Master's Degree
10 46 (2.39%) NVQ Level 4
11 45 (2.34%) NVQ Level 3
12 44 (2.29%) DBS Check
13 42 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
14 38 (1.98%) CCNA
15 37 (1.93%) ITIL Certification
16 32 (1.67%) CISM
16 32 (1.67%) PMI Certification
17 29 (1.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (4.06%) SLA
2 70 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 63 (3.28%) QA
4 48 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 47 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 44 (2.29%) Accessibility
7 36 (1.87%) GDPR
8 25 (1.30%) PCI DSS
9 23 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 22 (1.15%) Data Quality
11 21 (1.09%) NIST
12 15 (0.78%) HIPAA
13 14 (0.73%) GRC
14 13 (0.68%) PMO
15 11 (0.57%) PERC
16 9 (0.47%) ISO 9001
16 9 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 8 (0.42%) NCSC
18 7 (0.36%) SOC 2
19 5 (0.26%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 113 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 64 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (2.92%) Docker
4 31 (1.61%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (0.73%) Firmware
7 13 (0.68%) vSphere
8 4 (0.21%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 3 (0.16%) HDFS
9 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.052%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.052%) NFS
11 1 (0.052%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 59 (3.07%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.29%) Terraform
3 42 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 38 (1.98%) Ansible
5 12 (0.62%) Puppet
6 11 (0.57%) WSUS
7 9 (0.47%) Nagios
7 9 (0.47%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.21%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.21%) SCCM
9 3 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.16%) Autotask
9 3 (0.16%) Grafana
9 3 (0.16%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.10%) CASB
10 2 (0.10%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.10%) Hadoop YARN
10 2 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.10%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 452 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 85 (4.42%) IBM
3 83 (4.32%) Google
4 80 (4.16%) VMware
5 78 (4.06%) SAP
6 76 (3.96%) Cisco
7 75 (3.90%) Oracle
8 31 (1.61%) Salesforce
9 28 (1.46%) Apple
10 21 (1.09%) Meraki
11 20 (1.04%) Databricks
12 19 (0.99%) Adobe
12 19 (0.99%) Juniper
12 19 (0.99%) Palo Alto
13 17 (0.88%) CheckPoint
14 16 (0.83%) EMC
15 15 (0.78%) HP
16 14 (0.73%) ServiceNow
17 12 (0.62%) Citrix
18 9 (0.47%) Sage