Social Skills Jobs with Work from Home Options

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 9,164 10,259 16,022
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.06% 24.67% 23.32%
As % of the General category 44.11% 37.37% 37.06%
Number of salaries quoted 6,187 6,952 8,815
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £39,235 £45,300 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,774 27,449 43,229
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.35% 66.02% 62.92%
Number of salaries quoted 15,088 18,261 24,404
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,751 £79,406
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Social Skills
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Social Skills trend for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Skills.

Social Skills salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Social Skills over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Social Skills salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 339 (3.70%) SAS
2 256 (2.79%) SharePoint
3 228 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 84 (0.92%) WordPress
5 82 (0.89%) CMS
6 71 (0.77%) Confluence
7 60 (0.65%) Apache Spark
8 46 (0.50%) WebLogic
9 40 (0.44%) Apache
10 39 (0.43%) IIS
11 29 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
12 20 (0.22%) OpenEdge
12 20 (0.22%) OpenStack
13 19 (0.21%) nginx
14 15 (0.16%) Anypoint
14 15 (0.16%) Documentum
15 14 (0.15%) Drupal
16 9 (0.098%) Exchange Server 2013
17 7 (0.076%) BizTalk Server
18 6 (0.065%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 970 (10.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 499 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
3 193 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 55 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
5 38 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 33 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 31 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 31 (0.34%) Photoshop
8 21 (0.23%) Adobe XD
8 21 (0.23%) InDesign
9 20 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
9 20 (0.22%) Sketch
10 18 (0.20%) Trello
11 16 (0.17%) Simulink
12 11 (0.12%) AutoCAD
13 8 (0.087%) Adobe After Effects
13 8 (0.087%) Chatbot
14 7 (0.076%) Adobe Captivate
14 7 (0.076%) SOLIDWORKS
15 6 (0.065%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 307 (3.35%) SAP ERP
2 88 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 71 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 47 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 37 (0.40%) Shopify
5 37 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
6 20 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 20 (0.22%) SAP CO
6 20 (0.22%) SAP FI
6 20 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
7 19 (0.21%) SAP HR
8 16 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
9 13 (0.14%) TrackWise
10 10 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
10 10 (0.11%) SAP Business One
10 10 (0.11%) SAP CX
11 9 (0.098%) Maximo
11 9 (0.098%) Oracle Payables
11 9 (0.098%) Primavera
11 9 (0.098%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1,713 (18.69%) Azure
2 909 (9.92%) AWS
3 751 (8.20%) Power Platform
4 734 (8.01%) Microsoft 365
5 517 (5.64%) SaaS
6 284 (3.10%) GCP
7 215 (2.35%) Entra ID
8 195 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
9 170 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
10 148 (1.62%) Serverless
11 146 (1.59%) PowerApps
12 143 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
13 122 (1.33%) Power Automate
14 101 (1.10%) GitHub
15 89 (0.97%) Amazon S3
15 89 (0.97%) Snowflake
16 87 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
16 87 (0.95%) PaaS
17 75 (0.82%) IaaS
18 74 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 882 (9.62%) Broadband
2 376 (4.10%) Firewall
3 234 (2.55%) DNS
4 224 (2.44%) WAN
5 191 (2.08%) LAN
6 178 (1.94%) Wireless
7 156 (1.70%) VPN
8 154 (1.68%) TCP/IP
9 141 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
10 123 (1.34%) DHCP
11 118 (1.29%) SAN
12 103 (1.12%) Internet
13 93 (1.01%) VoIP
14 82 (0.89%) BGP
15 69 (0.75%) Network Security
15 69 (0.75%) VLAN
16 58 (0.63%) SSL
17 49 (0.53%) Remote Desktop
18 46 (0.50%) SD-WAN
19 45 (0.49%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 634 (6.92%) SQL Server
2 621 (6.78%) Power BI
3 281 (3.07%) Tableau
4 261 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
5 242 (2.64%) Relational Database
6 209 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 162 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
8 146 (1.59%) MySQL
9 125 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
10 122 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
11 93 (1.01%) Oracle Database
12 90 (0.98%) Big Data
13 84 (0.92%) RDBMS
14 79 (0.86%) MongoDB
15 75 (0.82%) Data Lake
16 74 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 63 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
18 58 (0.63%) NoSQL
19 46 (0.50%) BigQuery
20 45 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 467 (5.10%) Git
2 251 (2.74%) JIRA
3 98 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 63 (0.69%) GitLab
4 63 (0.69%) Visual Studio
5 46 (0.50%) Selenium
6 31 (0.34%) Bitbucket
7 27 (0.29%) JUnit
8 26 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
9 21 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
10 20 (0.22%) Cypress.io
11 19 (0.21%) Maven
11 19 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
12 18 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
13 17 (0.19%) webpack
14 15 (0.16%) Rational Rhapsody
15 14 (0.15%) Postman
16 13 (0.14%) TeamCity
17 12 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 12 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2,769 (30.22%) Finance
2 1,790 (19.53%) Analytical Skills
3 709 (7.74%) Retail
4 661 (7.21%) Marketing
5 646 (7.05%) Influencing Skills
6 600 (6.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 533 (5.82%) Presentation Skills
8 525 (5.73%) Public Sector
9 430 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
10 421 (4.59%) Legal
11 330 (3.60%) Law
12 243 (2.65%) Banking
13 219 (2.39%) Manufacturing
14 174 (1.90%) Telecoms
15 145 (1.58%) Games
16 111 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
17 105 (1.15%) Electronics
18 102 (1.11%) Advertising
19 97 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
20 79 (0.86%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,553 (16.95%) Analyst
2 1,486 (16.22%) Senior
3 1,212 (13.23%) Developer
4 920 (10.04%) Architect
5 735 (8.02%) Lead
6 647 (7.06%) Solutions Architect
7 506 (5.52%) Consultant
8 482 (5.26%) Project Manager
9 409 (4.46%) Senior Analyst
10 353 (3.85%) Senior Developer
11 251 (2.74%) IT Manager
12 243 (2.65%) Software Engineer
13 230 (2.51%) Support Engineer
14 228 (2.49%) Software Developer
15 210 (2.29%) IT Support
16 208 (2.27%) Administrator
17 207 (2.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 206 (2.25%) Data Analyst
19 180 (1.96%) Business Analyst
20 179 (1.95%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 474 (5.17%) .NET
2 371 (4.05%) HTML
3 335 (3.66%) CSS
4 248 (2.71%) React
5 177 (1.93%) Node.js
6 166 (1.81%) AngularJS
6 166 (1.81%) RESTful
7 163 (1.78%) REST
8 137 (1.49%) Kafka
9 136 (1.48%) Web Services
10 120 (1.31%) GraphQL
11 113 (1.23%) .NET Core
12 112 (1.22%) RabbitMQ
13 111 (1.21%) JSON
14 110 (1.20%) Vue
15 108 (1.18%) ASP.NET
16 101 (1.10%) Spring Boot
17 95 (1.04%) .NET Framework
18 93 (1.01%) Laravel
19 82 (0.89%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 490 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
2 342 (3.73%) Management Information System
3 244 (2.66%) Client/Server
4 239 (2.61%) Product Ownership
5 215 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 205 (2.24%) Data Centre
7 196 (2.14%) Driving Licence
8 194 (2.12%) Algorithms
9 137 (1.49%) Data Structures
9 137 (1.49%) Social Media
10 133 (1.45%) Public Cloud
11 127 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
12 120 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
13 105 (1.15%) Cloud Native
14 101 (1.10%) Mobile App
15 91 (0.99%) IoT
16 78 (0.85%) NHS
17 77 (0.84%) Life Science
18 76 (0.83%) Virtual Team
19 65 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 805 (8.78%) Windows
2 536 (5.85%) Linux
3 332 (3.62%) Windows Server
4 140 (1.53%) Windows 10
5 138 (1.51%) Apple iOS
6 136 (1.48%) Android
7 117 (1.28%) VMS
8 108 (1.18%) Unix
9 70 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 56 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
11 53 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
12 52 (0.57%) Ubuntu
13 45 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
14 40 (0.44%) Mac OS
15 28 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
16 27 (0.29%) zOS
17 22 (0.24%) Windows 7
18 20 (0.22%) Mac OS X
19 16 (0.17%) Solaris
20 15 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,707 (29.54%) Agile
2 2,542 (27.74%) Problem-Solving
3 1,238 (13.51%) Mentoring
4 1,099 (11.99%) Project Management
5 1,071 (11.69%) Decision-Making
6 1,054 (11.50%) Actionable Insight
7 959 (10.46%) Roadmaps
8 782 (8.53%) Business Intelligence
9 747 (8.15%) Analytics
10 700 (7.64%) Customer Service
11 699 (7.63%) DevOps
12 691 (7.54%) Business Case
12 691 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
13 676 (7.38%) Stakeholder Management
14 661 (7.21%) Software Engineering
15 634 (6.92%) Computer Science
16 625 (6.82%) ITIL
17 586 (6.39%) ERP
18 560 (6.11%) Change Management
19 543 (5.93%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,420 (15.50%) SQL
2 873 (9.53%) Python
3 589 (6.43%) C#
4 578 (6.31%) JavaScript
5 420 (4.58%) Java
6 231 (2.52%) T-SQL
7 203 (2.22%) PHP
8 195 (2.13%) PowerShell
9 187 (2.04%) C
10 161 (1.76%) TypeScript
11 112 (1.22%) Go
12 98 (1.07%) Bash
13 95 (1.04%) C++
14 79 (0.86%) R
15 70 (0.76%) Embedded C
16 60 (0.65%) Scala
17 39 (0.43%) VB
18 35 (0.38%) PL/SQL
19 31 (0.34%) Kotlin
20 28 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,958 (21.37%) Degree
2 802 (8.75%) Security Cleared
3 544 (5.94%) SC Cleared
4 519 (5.66%) ACCA
5 471 (5.14%) CIMA
6 389 (4.24%) DBS Check
7 353 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 206 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 205 (2.24%) Master's Degree
10 151 (1.65%) PMI Certification
11 136 (1.48%) DV Cleared
12 124 (1.35%) Azure Certification
13 116 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
14 108 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
15 103 (1.12%) CISSP
16 98 (1.07%) PMP
17 93 (1.01%) AWS Certification
18 82 (0.89%) CCNA
19 75 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
20 69 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 402 (4.39%) QA
2 174 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 170 (1.86%) SLA
4 132 (1.44%) Data Quality
5 105 (1.15%) GDPR
6 101 (1.10%) Accessibility
6 101 (1.10%) PMO
7 91 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
8 62 (0.68%) NIST
9 54 (0.59%) IFRS
10 46 (0.50%) PCI DSS
11 40 (0.44%) ISO 9001
12 27 (0.29%) GRC
13 22 (0.24%) Good Clinical Practice
14 20 (0.22%) JSP 440
15 18 (0.20%) ITGC
15 18 (0.20%) NCSC
16 17 (0.19%) GMP
17 16 (0.17%) GxP
18 15 (0.16%) COBIT
System Software
1 542 (5.91%) Active Directory
2 282 (3.08%) Docker
3 194 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 163 (1.78%) Hyper-V
5 145 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
6 111 (1.21%) Firmware
7 77 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
8 51 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
9 43 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
10 20 (0.22%) vSphere
11 8 (0.087%) Terminal Services
11 8 (0.087%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (0.076%) NFS
13 6 (0.065%) KVM
14 4 (0.044%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.044%) XenApp
14 4 (0.044%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.033%) Time Sharing Option
15 3 (0.033%) VMware Server
15 3 (0.033%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 264 (2.88%) Kubernetes
2 227 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 203 (2.22%) Terraform
4 150 (1.64%) Ansible
5 77 (0.84%) SCCM
6 43 (0.47%) vCenter Server
6 43 (0.47%) WSUS
7 41 (0.45%) SCOM
8 39 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
9 30 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 30 (0.33%) Grafana
10 29 (0.32%) Puppet
11 24 (0.26%) Progress Chef
12 19 (0.21%) FortiGate
12 19 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
13 16 (0.17%) Nagios
13 16 (0.17%) Prometheus
14 15 (0.16%) ZABBIX
15 14 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
16 13 (0.14%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 2,358 (25.73%) Microsoft
2 617 (6.73%) SAP
3 553 (6.03%) Oracle
4 308 (3.36%) VMware
5 305 (3.33%) Hyperion
6 299 (3.26%) Anaplan
7 273 (2.98%) Google
8 235 (2.56%) Databricks
9 205 (2.24%) Cisco
10 155 (1.69%) Salesforce
11 126 (1.37%) Dell
12 111 (1.21%) IBM
13 106 (1.16%) Adobe
14 104 (1.13%) ServiceNow
15 90 (0.98%) HP
16 73 (0.80%) Fortinet
17 68 (0.74%) Citrix
18 54 (0.59%) Aruba
19 53 (0.58%) Facebook
20 52 (0.57%) Meraki