Social Skills Jobs in the West Midlands

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +3
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 1,802 2,121 1,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 24.93% 31.53% 25.04%
As % of the General category 42.94% 41.30% 40.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,267 829 1,075
10th Percentile £24,696 £26,020 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,875 £37,500 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +9.47% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £48,559 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.70% +7.27% +4.76%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,197 5,136 4,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 58.07% 76.36% 61.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,017 2,283 2,817
10th Percentile £25,650 £29,550 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +9.95% +3.80%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,970 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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
Birmingham +2 626 £50,000 -9.09% 261
Staffordshire 0 308 £32,500 -18.75% 142
Warwickshire +1 198 £40,000 -22.75% 102
Worcestershire +1 123 £27,500 -33.73% 58
Shropshire 0 75 £43,072 -28.21% 44
Coventry +9 56 £50,000 -4.76% 66
Solihull -1 55 £50,000 +53.85% 27
Wolverhampton +7 48 £34,500 +30.19% 30
Herefordshire +3 30 £33,250 -21.30% 11
Walsall +12 25 £35,000 -24.32% 14
Dudley +10 15 £25,000 -58.33% 11
Halesowen - 13 £35,000 - 6
Tipton -2 11 £25,000 -23.08% 5
Brierley Hill - 9 £33,500 - 1
Sutton Coldfield -4 8 £29,500 -70.50% 9
Wednesbury +1 5 £37,500 +36.36% 3
Rowley Regis 0 4 - - 1
West Bromwich -1 4 - - 4
Willenhall - 4 - - 3
Bilston - 4 - - 2
Smethwick - 4 - - 1
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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
1 121 (6.71%) SharePoint
2 61 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.67%) Skype for Business
4 11 (0.61%) SAS
5 10 (0.55%) Confluence
6 9 (0.50%) WordPress
7 8 (0.44%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.33%) Appian
9 5 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
9 5 (0.28%) CMS
9 5 (0.28%) nginx
10 4 (0.22%) Office Communications Server
11 3 (0.17%) IBM Notes
11 3 (0.17%) MQSeries
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 3 (0.17%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.11%) JBoss
12 2 (0.11%) MTS
12 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 298 (16.54%) Microsoft Office
2 167 (9.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 62 (3.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.67%) Trello
6 9 (0.50%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.44%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.33%) CANalyzer
9 4 (0.22%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.22%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.22%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.22%) Simulink
9 4 (0.22%) Sketch
9 4 (0.22%) SketchUp
10 3 (0.17%) InDesign
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.11%) Revit
11 2 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 27 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.00%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.28%) SAP SD
5 5 (0.28%) Shopify
6 4 (0.22%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.17%) Maximo
7 3 (0.17%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.17%) Sage 300 ERP
7 3 (0.17%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.11%) Misys Midas
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.11%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.11%) SAP FSCM
8 2 (0.11%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.11%) SAP PP
8 2 (0.11%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 254 (14.10%) Azure
2 205 (11.38%) Microsoft 365
3 158 (8.77%) Power Platform
4 62 (3.44%) SaaS
5 57 (3.16%) Entra ID
6 52 (2.89%) AWS
6 52 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
7 27 (1.50%) GitHub
7 27 (1.50%) Power Automate
8 26 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (1.44%) PowerApps
9 21 (1.17%) GCP
10 14 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (0.72%) OneDrive
11 13 (0.72%) Smartsheet
11 13 (0.72%) Snowflake
12 12 (0.67%) Figma
12 12 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (0.44%) Mavenlink
13 8 (0.44%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 82 (4.55%) Firewall
2 81 (4.50%) WAN
3 75 (4.16%) LAN
4 39 (2.16%) TCP/IP
5 35 (1.94%) DNS
6 30 (1.66%) DHCP
7 27 (1.50%) Intranet
7 27 (1.50%) VoIP
8 25 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
9 20 (1.11%) SAN
9 20 (1.11%) Wireless
10 17 (0.94%) Ethernet
10 17 (0.94%) PBX
11 16 (0.89%) VLAN
12 15 (0.83%) VPN
13 14 (0.78%) BIG-IP
13 14 (0.78%) SD-WAN
13 14 (0.78%) WLAN
14 13 (0.72%) Internet
14 13 (0.72%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (7.88%) SQL Server
2 132 (7.33%) Power BI
3 42 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.28%) MySQL
4 23 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 17 (0.94%) Tableau
6 16 (0.89%) Relational Database
7 14 (0.78%) Data Mining
7 14 (0.78%) Metadata
8 12 (0.67%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (0.55%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 7 (0.39%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.39%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.39%) Power Query
12 4 (0.22%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 66 (3.66%) JIRA
2 49 (2.72%) Git
3 9 (0.50%) CANoe
4 8 (0.44%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.28%) GitLab
6 5 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.28%) webpack
7 4 (0.22%) Maven
8 3 (0.17%) IBM UrbanCode
8 3 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.11%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.11%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.11%) LSMW
9 2 (0.11%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.11%) sqlmap
10 1 (0.055%) NUnit
10 1 (0.055%) Subversion
General
1 460 (25.53%) Analytical Skills
2 427 (23.70%) Finance
3 272 (15.09%) Organisational Skills
4 163 (9.05%) Influencing Skills
5 144 (7.99%) Retail
6 120 (6.66%) Manufacturing
7 116 (6.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 112 (6.22%) Public Sector
9 109 (6.05%) Law
10 101 (5.60%) Marketing
11 83 (4.61%) Legal
12 60 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
13 51 (2.83%) Local Government
14 36 (2.00%) Telecoms
15 35 (1.94%) Automotive
16 33 (1.83%) Games
17 27 (1.50%) Banking
17 27 (1.50%) Electronics
18 26 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
19 25 (1.39%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 343 (19.03%) Analyst
2 173 (9.60%) Developer
3 161 (8.93%) Senior
4 157 (8.71%) Project Manager
5 120 (6.66%) Product Analyst
6 118 (6.55%) Consultant
7 116 (6.44%) Sales Analyst
8 103 (5.72%) IT Support
9 95 (5.27%) Lead
10 66 (3.66%) IT Manager
11 59 (3.27%) Support Engineer
12 53 (2.94%) IT Engineer
13 48 (2.66%) Administrator
14 45 (2.50%) Software Developer
15 42 (2.33%) Graduate
16 40 (2.22%) Support Technician
17 39 (2.16%) IT Technician
18 38 (2.11%) Architect
19 36 (2.00%) Support Analyst
20 35 (1.94%) Graduate Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (6.16%) .NET
2 74 (4.11%) HTML
3 46 (2.55%) CSS
4 29 (1.61%) ASP.NET
5 25 (1.39%) ASP.NET MVC
5 25 (1.39%) React
6 22 (1.22%) RESTful
7 21 (1.17%) .NET Core
7 21 (1.17%) JSON
8 20 (1.11%) Vue
9 16 (0.89%) EDI
10 15 (0.83%) HTML5
11 14 (0.78%) AngularJS
11 14 (0.78%) Laravel
11 14 (0.78%) Web Services
11 14 (0.78%) XML
12 13 (0.72%) .NET Framework
12 13 (0.72%) EDIFACT
12 13 (0.72%) jQuery
13 10 (0.55%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 140 (7.77%) Self-Motivation
2 124 (6.88%) Management Information System
3 89 (4.94%) Driving Licence
4 52 (2.89%) Mobile App
5 48 (2.66%) Product Ownership
6 33 (1.83%) NHS
7 29 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (1.22%) Data Centre
9 21 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
10 20 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
11 19 (1.05%) Social Media
12 18 (1.00%) Replication
13 17 (0.94%) FMCG
13 17 (0.94%) Onboarding
14 16 (0.89%) Low-Code
14 16 (0.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 14 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
16 13 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
17 12 (0.67%) Infotainment
17 12 (0.67%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 218 (12.10%) Windows
2 82 (4.55%) Windows 10
3 71 (3.94%) Windows Server
4 64 (3.55%) Linux
5 25 (1.39%) Apple iOS
6 21 (1.17%) Windows 7
7 20 (1.11%) Android
7 20 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (0.94%) Mac OS
9 14 (0.78%) Unix
10 10 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
11 8 (0.44%) VMS
12 7 (0.39%) CentOS
13 5 (0.28%) SUSE
13 5 (0.28%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 5 (0.28%) Windows 8
13 5 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
14 4 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 657 (36.46%) Problem-Solving
2 429 (23.81%) Customer Service
3 301 (16.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 290 (16.09%) Project Management
5 260 (14.43%) Agile
6 175 (9.71%) Mathematics
7 157 (8.71%) Customer Requirements
7 157 (8.71%) Mentoring
8 148 (8.21%) Stakeholder Management
9 139 (7.71%) Business Intelligence
10 134 (7.44%) Cybersecurity
11 125 (6.94%) Time Management
12 120 (6.66%) ITIL
13 115 (6.38%) Decision-Making
14 113 (6.27%) CRM
15 109 (6.05%) ERP
16 103 (5.72%) Project Delivery
17 94 (5.22%) Risk Management
18 89 (4.94%) Service Delivery
19 83 (4.61%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 229 (12.71%) SQL
2 96 (5.33%) C#
3 79 (4.38%) JavaScript
4 78 (4.33%) Python
5 38 (2.11%) PowerShell
6 34 (1.89%) Java
7 22 (1.22%) TypeScript
8 21 (1.17%) PHP
8 21 (1.17%) T-SQL
9 18 (1.00%) C++
10 12 (0.67%) C
10 12 (0.67%) Perl
10 12 (0.67%) VB.NET
11 11 (0.61%) R
12 8 (0.44%) ActionScript
12 8 (0.44%) ActionScript 2.0
13 7 (0.39%) VB
14 4 (0.22%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.17%) Dart
15 3 (0.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 434 (24.08%) Degree
2 144 (7.99%) Security Cleared
3 48 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 48 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
4 32 (1.78%) SC Cleared
5 27 (1.50%) DBS Check
6 23 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (1.17%) A+ Certification
8 20 (1.11%) ACCA
9 16 (0.89%) Master's Degree
9 16 (0.89%) PMI Certification
9 16 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 14 (0.78%) CCNA
10 14 (0.78%) HND
11 13 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
11 13 (0.72%) MCSE
12 11 (0.61%) PMP
13 10 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
14 9 (0.50%) Azure Certification
14 9 (0.50%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (4.11%) GDPR
2 71 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 57 (3.16%) QA
5 49 (2.72%) ISO 9001
5 49 (2.72%) SLA
6 46 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 26 (1.44%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.05%) PMO
9 17 (0.94%) Accessibility
9 17 (0.94%) GMP
10 11 (0.61%) IFRS
11 10 (0.55%) NIST
12 9 (0.50%) ISO 26262
13 7 (0.39%) GRC
14 5 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.28%) GAAP
15 4 (0.22%) IFRS 9
16 3 (0.17%) AUTOSAR
16 3 (0.17%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 153 (8.49%) Active Directory
2 61 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (2.55%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.00%) Docker
5 17 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.50%) Firmware
7 8 (0.44%) VMware Workstation
8 7 (0.39%) NFS
8 7 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.28%) vSphere
10 4 (0.22%) pfSense
11 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.055%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.055%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 45 (2.50%) EnCase
2 39 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 25 (1.39%) SCCM
4 20 (1.11%) Terraform
5 14 (0.78%) Kubernetes
6 7 (0.39%) Functional Safety
7 5 (0.28%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 4 (0.22%) AirWatch
8 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.17%) Nagios
10 2 (0.11%) WSUS
11 1 (0.055%) Ansible
11 1 (0.055%) Autotask
11 1 (0.055%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.055%) Icinga
11 1 (0.055%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.055%) Kibana
11 1 (0.055%) Nessus
11 1 (0.055%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.055%) VxRail
Vendors
1 512 (28.41%) Microsoft
2 87 (4.83%) VMware
3 55 (3.05%) Cisco
4 33 (1.83%) SAP
5 29 (1.61%) Veeam
6 24 (1.33%) Citrix
6 24 (1.33%) IFS
6 24 (1.33%) Sage
7 23 (1.28%) Adobe
7 23 (1.28%) Sophos
8 21 (1.17%) Salesforce
9 19 (1.05%) IBM
10 18 (1.00%) Oracle
10 18 (1.00%) ServiceNow
11 17 (0.94%) Remedy
12 16 (0.89%) Google
12 16 (0.89%) Workday
13 15 (0.83%) Dell
14 14 (0.78%) F5
14 14 (0.78%) HP