Social Skills Jobs in the Thames Valley

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 1,609 1,876 1,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 23.91% 30.58% 23.05%
As % of the General category 45.59% 47.25% 39.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,171 841 786
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £64,000 £67,344
90th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £78,750
South East median annual salary £44,155 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.69% - +2.04%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,529 3,970 4,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 52.44% 64.72% 58.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,250 1,757 2,155
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,825 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £35,427 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £61,000 £67,500 £69,880
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £81,550
South East median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +10.00%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Berkshire -1 726 £45,000 -10.00% 298
Buckinghamshire 0 496 £45,000 -0.22% 216
Oxfordshire 0 387 £44,435 -6.45% 203
Social Skills
South East

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 71 (4.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (3.60%) SharePoint
3 37 (2.30%) CMS
4 26 (1.62%) WebLogic
5 18 (1.12%) Confluence
6 14 (0.87%) WordPress
7 11 (0.68%) Drupal
8 7 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.31%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.31%) Joomla!
11 4 (0.25%) Apache
11 4 (0.25%) nginx
12 3 (0.19%) Alfresco
12 3 (0.19%) Documentum
12 3 (0.19%) FileNet
12 3 (0.19%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
13 2 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
13 2 (0.12%) Kentico
Applications
1 252 (15.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 166 (10.32%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 9 (0.56%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.31%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.31%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.31%) InDesign
10 4 (0.25%) Adobe Captivate
10 4 (0.25%) Maya
10 4 (0.25%) MotionBuilder
10 4 (0.25%) Sketch
10 4 (0.25%) Solid Edge
10 4 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
11 3 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.19%) Revit
Business Applications
1 25 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.62%) Primavera
3 7 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.25%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.25%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
7 3 (0.19%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.19%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.12%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.062%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.062%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.062%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.062%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 239 (14.85%) Azure
2 188 (11.68%) Microsoft 365
3 134 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 66 (4.10%) AWS
5 45 (2.80%) Entra ID
5 45 (2.80%) SaaS
6 36 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
7 35 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
8 26 (1.62%) PowerApps
9 23 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
9 23 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (1.31%) Power Automate
11 18 (1.12%) Azure Storage
12 16 (0.99%) WhatsApp
13 15 (0.93%) GitHub
13 15 (0.93%) Serverless
14 13 (0.81%) Snowflake
15 12 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (0.75%) OCI
16 11 (0.68%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 99 (6.15%) Firewall
2 75 (4.66%) DNS
3 61 (3.79%) DHCP
4 59 (3.67%) Broadband
5 38 (2.36%) Wireless
6 25 (1.55%) VoIP
7 24 (1.49%) TCP/IP
8 23 (1.43%) LAN
9 21 (1.31%) VPN
10 19 (1.18%) Network Security
10 19 (1.18%) SAN
11 16 (0.99%) WAN
12 14 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (0.75%) Intranet
14 10 (0.62%) 5G
14 10 (0.62%) BGP
14 10 (0.62%) SSL
15 8 (0.50%) VLAN
16 6 (0.37%) Internet
16 6 (0.37%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (5.22%) Power BI
2 65 (4.04%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (1.93%) Relational Database
5 30 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
6 19 (1.18%) MySQL
7 15 (0.93%) Data Lake
8 13 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (0.81%) Tableau
9 10 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.56%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.50%) CouchDB
12 7 (0.44%) MS Access
13 6 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.37%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.37%) RDBMS
14 5 (0.31%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 51 (3.17%) JIRA
2 25 (1.55%) Git
3 11 (0.68%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.56%) Gradle
5 8 (0.50%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.44%) NUnit
7 6 (0.37%) GitLab
7 6 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.31%) MSI
9 4 (0.25%) AdminStudio
9 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.25%) InstallShield
9 4 (0.25%) Selenium
10 3 (0.19%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.19%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.19%) JUnit
11 2 (0.12%) ERwin
11 2 (0.12%) Maven
11 2 (0.12%) SoapUI
General
1 369 (22.93%) Analytical Skills
2 252 (15.66%) Finance
3 150 (9.32%) Organisational Skills
4 122 (7.58%) Marketing
5 110 (6.84%) Retail
6 89 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 76 (4.72%) Legal
8 73 (4.54%) Manufacturing
9 70 (4.35%) Public Sector
10 68 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
11 67 (4.16%) Presentation Skills
12 50 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
13 44 (2.73%) Telecoms
14 42 (2.61%) Pharmaceutical
15 39 (2.42%) Law
16 34 (2.11%) Police
17 30 (1.86%) Back Office
18 21 (1.31%) Banking
18 21 (1.31%) Electronics
19 20 (1.24%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 224 (13.92%) Analyst
2 180 (11.19%) Senior
3 132 (8.20%) Lead
4 90 (5.59%) Developer
5 85 (5.28%) Support Engineer
6 79 (4.91%) IT Support
6 79 (4.91%) Project Manager
7 72 (4.47%) Consultant
8 67 (4.16%) Architect
9 63 (3.92%) Support Analyst
10 56 (3.48%) Senior Analyst
11 54 (3.36%) Administrator
12 52 (3.23%) Technical Support
13 49 (3.05%) IT Engineer
14 47 (2.92%) Applications Support
15 44 (2.73%) Software Engineer
16 43 (2.67%) Applications Support Analyst
16 43 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
17 38 (2.36%) IT Manager
18 35 (2.18%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (3.98%) .NET
2 45 (2.80%) React
3 39 (2.42%) Spring
4 35 (2.18%) CSS
5 33 (2.05%) HTML
6 22 (1.37%) EDI
6 22 (1.37%) J2EE
6 22 (1.37%) Java EE
7 18 (1.12%) .NET Core
8 16 (0.99%) AngularJS
8 16 (0.99%) Spring Boot
8 16 (0.99%) Web Services
9 15 (0.93%) ARM Templates
9 15 (0.93%) JSON
9 15 (0.93%) Node.js
10 13 (0.81%) Kafka
10 13 (0.81%) XML
11 11 (0.68%) ASP.NET
12 9 (0.56%) .NET Framework
12 9 (0.56%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 193 (12.00%) Self-Motivation
2 120 (7.46%) Management Information System
3 66 (4.10%) Driving Licence
4 35 (2.18%) Algorithms
5 33 (2.05%) Social Media
6 32 (1.99%) Data Centre
7 30 (1.86%) Onboarding
8 28 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 24 (1.49%) PKI
10 23 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (1.43%) Product Ownership
11 22 (1.37%) PMI
12 21 (1.31%) Replication
13 18 (1.12%) Biopharmaceutical
14 17 (1.06%) FMCG
15 16 (0.99%) Data Structures
15 16 (0.99%) IoT
16 15 (0.93%) CCTV
16 15 (0.93%) Digital Signage
17 14 (0.87%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 227 (14.11%) Windows
2 90 (5.59%) Linux
3 80 (4.97%) Windows Server
4 76 (4.72%) Windows 10
5 35 (2.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 33 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 32 (1.99%) Unix
8 31 (1.93%) Windows 7
9 22 (1.37%) Mac OS
10 21 (1.31%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (1.06%) Windows XP
12 14 (0.87%) Apple iOS
13 12 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 11 (0.68%) VMS
15 10 (0.62%) Android
16 9 (0.56%) Mac OS X
17 7 (0.44%) Windows 8
18 2 (0.12%) SUSE
19 1 (0.062%) Embedded Linux
19 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 623 (38.72%) Problem-Solving
2 275 (17.09%) Project Management
3 249 (15.48%) Agile
4 236 (14.67%) Decision-Making
5 226 (14.05%) Mentoring
6 212 (13.18%) Customer Service
7 167 (10.38%) ITIL
8 165 (10.25%) Actionable Insight
9 151 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 128 (7.96%) Coaching
11 126 (7.83%) Collaborative Working
12 110 (6.84%) Analytics
13 105 (6.53%) Service Management
14 99 (6.15%) DevOps
15 96 (5.97%) Computer Science
16 89 (5.53%) Business Intelligence
17 87 (5.41%) Service Delivery
18 82 (5.10%) Data Analysis
19 77 (4.79%) CRM
20 76 (4.72%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 169 (10.50%) SQL
2 102 (6.34%) Python
3 91 (5.66%) Java
4 90 (5.59%) C#
5 75 (4.66%) JavaScript
6 55 (3.42%) PowerShell
7 30 (1.86%) C
8 24 (1.49%) VB
9 23 (1.43%) Shell Script
10 21 (1.31%) VBScript
11 20 (1.24%) Bash
11 20 (1.24%) C++
12 18 (1.12%) Fortran
13 17 (1.06%) PHP
13 17 (1.06%) T-SQL
14 16 (0.99%) Bicep
15 15 (0.93%) VB.NET
16 9 (0.56%) Perl
16 9 (0.56%) Scala
17 8 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 396 (24.61%) Degree
2 208 (12.93%) Security Cleared
3 148 (9.20%) SC Cleared
4 102 (6.34%) DV Cleared
5 60 (3.73%) DBS Check
6 52 (3.23%) ACCA
7 48 (2.98%) Master's Degree
8 43 (2.67%) CIMA
8 43 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 38 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 32 (1.99%) PhD
11 31 (1.93%) PMI Certification
12 25 (1.55%) A+ Certification
13 24 (1.49%) Azure Certification
14 23 (1.43%) CIPD
14 23 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
14 23 (1.43%) MCP
15 21 (1.31%) CCNA
16 20 (1.24%) HNC
17 19 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (6.77%) SLA
2 87 (5.41%) QA
3 56 (3.48%) PMO
4 43 (2.67%) GDPR
5 35 (2.18%) Data Quality
6 32 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 23 (1.43%) ISO 9001
8 17 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.62%) NIST
10 9 (0.56%) IFRS
10 9 (0.56%) ISO 14001
11 8 (0.50%) ISO 13485
11 8 (0.50%) NEBOSH
12 7 (0.44%) Good Clinical Practice
12 7 (0.44%) IEC 62304
12 7 (0.44%) ISO 22301
13 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.31%) GxP
13 5 (0.31%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 158 (9.82%) Active Directory
2 71 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (2.49%) Hyper-V
4 39 (2.42%) Docker
5 23 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (1.24%) Firmware
7 18 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (0.93%) KVM
9 14 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.37%) vSphere
11 4 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.12%) HDFS
13 1 (0.062%) NFS
Systems Management
1 71 (4.41%) SCCM
2 54 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 47 (2.92%) SCOM
4 40 (2.49%) Kubernetes
5 35 (2.18%) WSUS
6 24 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 22 (1.37%) OpenSSO
7 22 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.81%) NetBackup
9 12 (0.75%) Ansible
9 12 (0.75%) EMC NetWorker
9 12 (0.75%) vCenter Server
10 11 (0.68%) Terraform
11 5 (0.31%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.19%) Grafana
13 2 (0.12%) Icinga
13 2 (0.12%) Nessus
13 2 (0.12%) Netcool
13 2 (0.12%) SolarWinds Orion
13 2 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 501 (31.14%) Microsoft
2 84 (5.22%) Oracle
3 82 (5.10%) Salesforce
4 78 (4.85%) VMware
5 47 (2.92%) HP
6 43 (2.67%) SAP
7 36 (2.24%) ServiceNow
8 34 (2.11%) Veeam
9 33 (2.05%) Cisco
10 32 (1.99%) Google
11 29 (1.80%) Citrix
12 25 (1.55%) Adobe
13 24 (1.49%) Dell
14 23 (1.43%) MuleSoft
15 22 (1.37%) EMC
15 22 (1.37%) Remedy
16 19 (1.18%) Juniper
17 16 (0.99%) YouTube
18 15 (0.93%) Dynatrace
18 15 (0.93%) Palo Alto