Social Skills Job Trends in Bedford

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Bedford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 7 28 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedford 7.14% 45.16% 21.79%
As % of the General category 36.84% 84.85% 36.96%
Number of salaries quoted 7 27 13
10th Percentile £31,400 - £30,100
25th Percentile - £46,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £39,800
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +25.63% -30.78%
75th Percentile - £52,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £43,900 £53,000 £58,250
Bedfordshire median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £39,800
% change year-on-year -32.00% +25.63% -30.78%

All General Skills
Bedford

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 Bedford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 19 33 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedford 19.39% 53.23% 58.97%
Number of salaries quoted 18 30 35
10th Percentile £32,050 £45,625 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £46,250 £27,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £39,800
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.63% -30.78%
75th Percentile £85,000 £53,000 £48,750
90th Percentile - £55,000 £52,500
Bedfordshire median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% -17.39%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Bedford

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Bedford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Bedford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Bedford over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Bedford

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle APEX
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (71.43%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Executive
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
1 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
1 5 (71.43%) Performance Tuning
1 5 (71.43%) Problem Management
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (14.29%) Business Case
3 1 (14.29%) Business Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
1 5 (71.43%) SolarWinds
2 1 (14.29%) Atlassian
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle