Social Skills Job Trends in Bath

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Somerset > Bath

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Bath. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 2 1
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +10
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 65 28 38
As % of all permanent jobs in Bath 37.57% 20.59% 21.97%
As % of the General category 58.04% 31.46% 51.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9 15 29
10th Percentile £27,450 £29,750 £21,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £31,125 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +48.15% -46.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £46,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £71,750 £61,250
Somerset median annual salary £37,500 £38,750 £28,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +38.39% -21.13%

All General Skills
Bath

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 Bath.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 112 89 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bath 64.74% 65.44% 42.77%
Number of salaries quoted 22 51 60
10th Percentile £28,200 £32,500 £24,450
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,757 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% -22.73%
75th Percentile £70,625 £81,250 £57,813
90th Percentile £112,375 £85,000 £66,375
Somerset median annual salary £35,500 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -35.45% +29.41% -15.00%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Bath

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Bath

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bath citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bath citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Bath

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Bath over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Bath

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bath 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 36 (55.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (73.85%) Azure
2 44 (67.69%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (12.31%) Power Platform
4 5 (7.69%) Azure AI
5 1 (1.54%) Apigee
5 1 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 36 (55.38%) DHCP
1 36 (55.38%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (55.38%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (7.69%) Power BI
2 5 (7.69%) Tableau
General
1 37 (56.92%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (13.85%) Back Office
3 3 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (3.08%) Humanities
4 2 (3.08%) Law
4 2 (3.08%) Legal
4 2 (3.08%) Marketing
4 2 (3.08%) Social Science
5 1 (1.54%) Banking
5 1 (1.54%) Finance
5 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.54%) Military
5 1 (1.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (55.38%) Systems Engineer
2 11 (16.92%) Analyst
3 10 (15.38%) Junior
3 10 (15.38%) Junior Analyst
4 8 (12.31%) Desktop Engineer
4 8 (12.31%) Desktop Support
4 8 (12.31%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 8 (12.31%) Site Engineer
4 8 (12.31%) Support Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 5 (7.69%) Data Analyst
5 5 (7.69%) Junior Data Analyst
5 5 (7.69%) Junior Security Analyst
5 5 (7.69%) Security Analyst
6 2 (3.08%) IT Support
6 2 (3.08%) Lecturer
6 2 (3.08%) Senior
7 1 (1.54%) Assistant Project Manager
7 1 (1.54%) Development Consultant
7 1 (1.54%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 36 (55.38%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.08%) NHS
4 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.54%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 46 (70.77%) Windows
2 36 (55.38%) Linux
2 36 (55.38%) Windows Server
2 36 (55.38%) Windows Server 2016
3 8 (12.31%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.54%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (70.77%) Customer Service
2 45 (69.23%) Customer Experience
3 38 (58.46%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (55.38%) Email Filtering
4 36 (55.38%) Kalman Filter
4 36 (55.38%) Migration
4 36 (55.38%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 36 (55.38%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 36 (55.38%) Web Filtering
5 13 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (13.85%) Ticket Management
7 8 (12.31%) AI
7 8 (12.31%) Analytics
7 8 (12.31%) Customer Acquisition
7 8 (12.31%) ITIL
7 8 (12.31%) Patch Management
7 8 (12.31%) People Management
7 8 (12.31%) Software Deployment
8 7 (10.77%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.69%) Python
1 5 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (67.69%) SC Cleared
1 44 (67.69%) Security Cleared
2 12 (18.46%) Degree
3 10 (15.38%) Azure Certification
4 8 (12.31%) CTC Cleared
5 5 (7.69%) CompTIA CySA+
5 5 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (3.08%) PhD
7 1 (1.54%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (55.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 36 (55.38%) PCI DSS
2 8 (12.31%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (55.38%) Active Directory
1 36 (55.38%) Hyper-V
1 36 (55.38%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 50 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 36 (55.38%) Brocade
2 36 (55.38%) Nimble Storage
2 36 (55.38%) SolarWinds
2 36 (55.38%) Splunk
2 36 (55.38%) Tanium
2 36 (55.38%) Veeam
2 36 (55.38%) VMware
3 8 (12.31%) Cisco
4 5 (7.69%) ForeScout
5 2 (3.08%) Google