Social Skills Job Trends in Alderley Edge

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Cheshire > Alderley Edge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Alderley Edge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 21 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Alderley Edge 25.00% - 14.81%
As % of the General category 43.75% - 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile £70,000 - -
25th Percentile £71,313 - £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 - £25,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.05%
75th Percentile £75,250 - £25,500
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £38,500 £39,750 £38,000
% change year-on-year -3.14% +4.61% -9.52%

All General Skills
Alderley Edge

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 general skills in Alderley Edge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 48 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Alderley Edge 57.14% 33.33% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 33 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18,000 - £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £25,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.05%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £25,500
90th Percentile £75,250 - -
Cheshire median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.56%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Alderley Edge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Alderley Edge.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Alderley Edge

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Alderley Edge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Alderley Edge citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Alderley Edge citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Alderley Edge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 12 (57.14%) Cloud Computing
2 8 (38.10%) Azure
2 8 (38.10%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (38.10%) Boomi
2 8 (38.10%) Dynamics 365
2 8 (38.10%) GitHub
2 8 (38.10%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 12 (57.14%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (38.10%) Power BI
1 8 (38.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (38.10%) JIRA
General
1 12 (57.14%) Banking
1 12 (57.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 9 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (38.10%) Marketing
3 8 (38.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Lecturer
2 8 (38.10%) Developer
2 8 (38.10%) Senior
2 8 (38.10%) Senior Developer
3 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (38.10%) EDI
1 8 (38.10%) JSON
1 8 (38.10%) Middleware
1 8 (38.10%) REST
1 8 (38.10%) SOAP
1 8 (38.10%) XML
2 1 (4.76%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) IoT
2 6 (28.57%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Machine Learning
2 12 (57.14%) AI
2 12 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (57.14%) User Experience
2 12 (57.14%) Web Development
3 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (38.10%) API Integration
4 8 (38.10%) B2B
4 8 (38.10%) Change Advisory Board
4 8 (38.10%) Collaborative Working
4 8 (38.10%) CRM
4 8 (38.10%) Customer Insight
4 8 (38.10%) Customer Service
4 8 (38.10%) Development Roadmap
4 8 (38.10%) DevOps
4 8 (38.10%) ERP
4 8 (38.10%) Issue Tracking
4 8 (38.10%) Release Management
4 8 (38.10%) Roadmaps
5 1 (4.76%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) Degree
1 12 (57.14%) Master's Degree
1 12 (57.14%) PhD
1 12 (57.14%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (38.10%) TickIT
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft