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 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 1,777 3,966 4,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 22.42% 25.34% 29.88%
As % of the General category 35.33% 44.55% 46.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 2,888 2,151
10th Percentile £27,500 £24,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £35,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £43,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.17% -13.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £66,250 £58,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -15.25% +7.27%

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 5,030 8,902 10,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 63.47% 56.89% 64.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,250 5,883 4,803
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.02% -10.48% -0.94%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,836 £52,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year +10.16% -13.93% +1.67%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 0 704 £52,609 +16.91% 825
Berkshire +1 369 £50,000 +17.65% 455
Hampshire -2 344 £50,000 +11.11% 405
Surrey 0 277 £55,000 +37.50% 271
Buckinghamshire +1 180 £52,500 +16.67% 207
Oxfordshire 0 155 £57,500 +27.78% 233
Kent -3 115 £40,101 +6.93% 193
East Sussex 0 96 £50,000 +25.00% 129
West Sussex 0 84 £47,500 +6.74% 131
Middlesex -10 79 £62,500 +47.06% 49
Isle of Wight -28 63 £65,000 +52.94% 4
Sussex +10 4 £30,500 -32.22% 60
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 60 (3.38%) SharePoint
2 32 (1.80%) CMS
3 21 (1.18%) IIS
4 15 (0.84%) Oracle Application Server
5 14 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.73%) Apache Spark
6 13 (0.73%) Kentico
7 12 (0.68%) IBM Domino
8 8 (0.45%) Apache
9 6 (0.34%) Confluence
9 6 (0.34%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.34%) WordPress
10 2 (0.11%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.11%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.056%) Mule
11 1 (0.056%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.056%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.056%) Sitefinity
11 1 (0.056%) TPMS
Applications
1 173 (9.74%) Microsoft Office
2 88 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (2.03%) Simulink
4 26 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.51%) Acrobat
7 7 (0.39%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.39%) Trello
8 6 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
8 6 (0.34%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.28%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
11 2 (0.11%) InDesign
11 2 (0.11%) Zemax
12 1 (0.056%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.056%) Mingle
12 1 (0.056%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 35 (1.97%) Teamcenter
2 21 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.90%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 16 (0.90%) SAP FI
5 8 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.28%) SAP Business One
8 4 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.17%) Maximo
9 3 (0.17%) SAP GRC
10 2 (0.11%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
11 1 (0.056%) Dynamics GP
11 1 (0.056%) Fidessa
11 1 (0.056%) Oracle Financials
11 1 (0.056%) SAP MM
11 1 (0.056%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 311 (17.50%) Azure
2 188 (10.58%) Microsoft 365
3 139 (7.82%) AWS
4 110 (6.19%) Power Platform
5 92 (5.18%) SaaS
6 43 (2.42%) GCP
7 42 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
8 40 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
9 30 (1.69%) PaaS
9 30 (1.69%) PowerApps
10 28 (1.58%) Azure Data Factory
10 28 (1.58%) GitHub
11 25 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 22 (1.24%) Power Automate
13 21 (1.18%) Entra ID
13 21 (1.18%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 20 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (0.96%) Serverless
15 17 (0.96%) Vertex AI
16 16 (0.90%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 70 (3.94%) Firewall
2 62 (3.49%) TCP/IP
3 60 (3.38%) DNS
4 44 (2.48%) VPN
5 41 (2.31%) VLAN
6 40 (2.25%) WAN
7 39 (2.19%) LAN
8 38 (2.14%) DHCP
9 35 (1.97%) Network Security
10 25 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
11 23 (1.29%) Intrusion Detection
11 23 (1.29%) VoIP
12 18 (1.01%) Wireless
13 16 (0.90%) BGP
13 16 (0.90%) OSPF
14 15 (0.84%) SD-WAN
15 14 (0.79%) Cisco Firepower
15 14 (0.79%) IPsec
15 14 (0.79%) LTE
15 14 (0.79%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (4.61%) Power BI
2 78 (4.39%) SQL Server
3 42 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (1.74%) Relational Database
5 28 (1.58%) Big Data
6 25 (1.41%) NoSQL
7 24 (1.35%) Data Mining
8 23 (1.29%) MongoDB
8 23 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (1.13%) Data Lake
10 19 (1.07%) MySQL
11 17 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (0.84%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 15 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
13 14 (0.79%) Tableau
14 13 (0.73%) Redis
15 8 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
16 7 (0.39%) Hadoop
16 7 (0.39%) Metadata
17 6 (0.34%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 87 (4.90%) Rational DOORS
2 73 (4.11%) JIRA
3 47 (2.64%) Git
4 34 (1.91%) Jenkins
5 20 (1.13%) Visual Studio
6 18 (1.01%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
8 10 (0.56%) Artifactory
9 9 (0.51%) Gradle
10 8 (0.45%) git-flow
10 8 (0.45%) Postman
10 8 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
11 7 (0.39%) Appium
11 7 (0.39%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.39%) JUnit
11 7 (0.39%) Selenium
12 5 (0.28%) TestComplete
13 4 (0.23%) Subversion
13 4 (0.23%) TestRail
14 3 (0.17%) TestNG
General
1 406 (22.85%) Finance
2 347 (19.53%) Analytical Skills
3 167 (9.40%) Law
4 135 (7.60%) Marketing
5 125 (7.03%) Manufacturing
6 110 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
7 95 (5.35%) Telecoms
8 91 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 87 (4.90%) Legal
10 79 (4.45%) Electronics
11 78 (4.39%) Retail
12 70 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
13 56 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
14 54 (3.04%) Public Sector
15 53 (2.98%) Aerospace
16 38 (2.14%) Advertising
17 31 (1.74%) Banking
18 26 (1.46%) Local Government
19 19 (1.07%) Automotive
20 18 (1.01%) Military
Job Titles
1 242 (13.62%) Senior
2 223 (12.55%) Analyst
3 165 (9.29%) Lead
4 141 (7.93%) Architect
5 139 (7.82%) Developer
6 133 (7.48%) Project Manager
7 101 (5.68%) Support Engineer
8 87 (4.90%) IT Support
9 55 (3.10%) IT Engineer
9 55 (3.10%) Junior
9 55 (3.10%) Technical Manager
10 53 (2.98%) Senior Manager
11 51 (2.87%) IT Analyst
11 51 (2.87%) Systems Engineer
12 48 (2.70%) Systems Architect
13 46 (2.59%) IT Manager
14 41 (2.31%) IT Support Engineer
15 39 (2.19%) Applications Support
16 38 (2.14%) Support Analyst
17 36 (2.03%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (8.72%) .NET
2 82 (4.61%) HTML
3 59 (3.32%) REST
4 49 (2.76%) CSS
5 35 (1.97%) .NET Framework
5 35 (1.97%) SOAP
6 29 (1.63%) Middleware
7 26 (1.46%) RabbitMQ
8 25 (1.41%) HTML5
8 25 (1.41%) Lightning Web Components
9 24 (1.35%) Kafka
10 22 (1.24%) Blazor
10 22 (1.24%) React
11 19 (1.07%) AngularJS
12 16 (0.90%) RESTful
12 16 (0.90%) Spring Boot
13 14 (0.79%) Bootstrap
14 13 (0.73%) .NET Core
14 13 (0.73%) JSON
14 13 (0.73%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 174 (9.79%) Management Information System
2 82 (4.61%) Driving Licence
3 72 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
4 57 (3.21%) Data Centre
5 53 (2.98%) Onboarding
6 48 (2.70%) Product Ownership
7 47 (2.64%) Algorithms
8 46 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (1.69%) IoT
10 29 (1.63%) Digital Media
11 27 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
12 25 (1.41%) Marketing Technology
12 25 (1.41%) Virtual Team
13 23 (1.29%) Client/Server
13 23 (1.29%) Social Media
14 21 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
15 19 (1.07%) Private Cloud
16 18 (1.01%) Cyberattack
17 15 (0.84%) Robotics
18 14 (0.79%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 182 (10.24%) Windows
2 70 (3.94%) Linux
3 44 (2.48%) Mac OS
4 41 (2.31%) Windows Server
5 28 (1.58%) Apple iOS
6 26 (1.46%) Windows 10
7 18 (1.01%) Unix
8 12 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (0.62%) Android
10 4 (0.23%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.17%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.056%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 680 (38.27%) Problem-Solving
2 371 (20.88%) Project Management
3 324 (18.23%) Agile
4 297 (16.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 224 (12.61%) Computer Science
6 213 (11.99%) Mentoring
7 175 (9.85%) Customer Service
8 168 (9.45%) DevOps
9 156 (8.78%) ITIL
10 152 (8.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 146 (8.22%) Strategic Thinking
12 142 (7.99%) Analytics
13 140 (7.88%) Process Improvement
13 140 (7.88%) Project Delivery
14 139 (7.82%) Information Security
15 138 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
16 137 (7.71%) Risk Management
17 135 (7.60%) Coaching
18 133 (7.48%) Service Delivery
19 131 (7.37%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 223 (12.55%) SQL
2 146 (8.22%) Python
3 124 (6.98%) C#
4 97 (5.46%) JavaScript
5 82 (4.61%) Java
6 62 (3.49%) PowerShell
7 41 (2.31%) MATLAB
8 29 (1.63%) C++
9 25 (1.41%) Apex Code
10 24 (1.35%) C
11 22 (1.24%) Bash
12 19 (1.07%) PHP
13 13 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (0.68%) R
15 10 (0.56%) Scala
16 7 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.39%) PL/SQL
16 7 (0.39%) TypeScript
16 7 (0.39%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 439 (24.70%) Degree
2 97 (5.46%) BPSS Clearance
3 92 (5.18%) Security Cleared
4 84 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.38%) Master's Degree
6 52 (2.93%) CISSP
6 52 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 49 (2.76%) DBS Check
8 48 (2.70%) Chartered Engineer
9 46 (2.59%) DV Cleared
10 45 (2.53%) NVQ Level 3
10 45 (2.53%) NVQ Level 4
11 44 (2.48%) PMI Certification
12 43 (2.42%) SC Cleared
13 39 (2.19%) Azure Certification
14 38 (2.14%) PMP
15 33 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
15 33 (1.86%) CISM
16 28 (1.58%) CBAP
16 28 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (3.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (3.66%) QA
3 64 (3.60%) SLA
4 48 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 42 (2.36%) Data Quality
6 37 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 35 (1.97%) Accessibility
8 32 (1.80%) GDPR
9 25 (1.41%) PCI DSS
10 19 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 17 (0.96%) HIPAA
12 16 (0.90%) GRC
13 15 (0.84%) NIST
14 10 (0.56%) PMO
14 10 (0.56%) SOC 2
15 9 (0.51%) PERC
16 8 (0.45%) ISO 9001
17 7 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 6 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 5 (0.28%) GMP
System Software
1 100 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 49 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (2.48%) Docker
4 23 (1.29%) Hyper-V
5 18 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.62%) vSphere
7 10 (0.56%) Firmware
8 7 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.23%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.17%) HDFS
11 2 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.056%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.056%) NFS
12 1 (0.056%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 51 (2.87%) Kubernetes
2 33 (1.86%) Terraform
3 26 (1.46%) Ansible
4 22 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.62%) Puppet
6 8 (0.45%) vCenter Server
7 7 (0.39%) WSUS
8 5 (0.28%) SCCM
8 5 (0.28%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.17%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.17%) QRadar
10 2 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.11%) Hadoop YARN
10 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.11%) Nagios
10 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.056%) Nessus
11 1 (0.056%) Netcool
11 1 (0.056%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 446 (25.10%) Microsoft
2 93 (5.23%) IBM
2 93 (5.23%) SAP
3 84 (4.73%) Google
4 66 (3.71%) Oracle
5 60 (3.38%) Cisco
6 58 (3.26%) VMware
7 55 (3.10%) Salesforce
8 29 (1.63%) Databricks
9 21 (1.18%) Adobe
9 21 (1.18%) Concur
9 21 (1.18%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 20 (1.13%) Workday
11 16 (0.90%) Apple
11 16 (0.90%) Meraki
11 16 (0.90%) OpenAI
12 15 (0.84%) Citrix
13 12 (0.68%) EMC
13 12 (0.68%) ServiceNow
14 11 (0.62%) Dell