Social Skills Job Trends in Bournemouth

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Dorset > Bournemouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Bournemouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 19
Rank change year-on-year 0 +18 -1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 38 41 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Bournemouth 26.39% 26.80% 9.09%
As % of the General category 40.86% 44.57% 29.55%
Number of salaries quoted 28 19 11
10th Percentile - £46,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £53,470 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £54,439 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.30% -12.90% +25.00%
75th Percentile £38,250 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,875 £79,500 £73,750
Dorset median annual salary £32,500 £54,439 £52,750
% change year-on-year -40.30% +3.20% +13.44%

All General Skills
Bournemouth

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 Bournemouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 93 92 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bournemouth 64.58% 60.13% 30.77%
Number of salaries quoted 65 50 36
10th Percentile £27,500 £37,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £44,925 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £54,439 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.52% -1.02% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,875 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,875 £67,500
Dorset median annual salary £35,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -32.69% -0.95% +5.00%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Bournemouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Bournemouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Bournemouth over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Bournemouth

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth 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 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (55.26%) Azure
2 12 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (15.79%) Power Platform
4 5 (13.16%) Azure AI
4 5 (13.16%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.26%) AWS
6 1 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.63%) GCP
6 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.79%) DHCP
1 6 (15.79%) DNS
2 3 (7.89%) LAN
2 3 (7.89%) VLAN
2 3 (7.89%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.79%) Power BI
2 5 (13.16%) Tableau
3 2 (5.26%) Big Data
4 1 (2.63%) Airbyte
4 1 (2.63%) BigQuery
4 1 (2.63%) Couchbase
4 1 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.63%) MySQL
4 1 (2.63%) Redis
4 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 8 (21.05%) Manufacturing
2 6 (15.79%) Marketing
3 4 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.26%) Retail
6 1 (2.63%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (28.95%) Analyst
1 11 (28.95%) Junior
2 10 (26.32%) IT Support
2 10 (26.32%) Junior Analyst
2 10 (26.32%) Senior
3 8 (21.05%) Sales Executive
4 7 (18.42%) IT Support Technician
4 7 (18.42%) IT Technician
4 7 (18.42%) Support Technician
4 7 (18.42%) Technical Sales Executive
5 6 (15.79%) Senior IT Support
6 5 (13.16%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (13.16%) Data Analyst
6 5 (13.16%) Junior Data Analyst
6 5 (13.16%) Junior Security Analyst
6 5 (13.16%) Security Analyst
7 4 (10.53%) Account Manager
8 3 (7.89%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (7.89%) Senior Support Engineer
8 3 (7.89%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) Laravel
1 1 (2.63%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.89%) Management Information System
1 3 (7.89%) Web Conferencing
2 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (26.32%) Windows
2 3 (7.89%) Windows 10
2 3 (7.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (31.58%) Customer Service
3 9 (23.68%) CRM
4 8 (21.05%) Business Development
4 8 (21.05%) Lead Generation
5 6 (15.79%) B2B
5 6 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (13.16%) AI
6 5 (13.16%) Demand Generation
6 5 (13.16%) Mentoring
7 4 (10.53%) B2B Sales
7 4 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (7.89%) ITIL
8 3 (7.89%) Market Research
8 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (7.89%) Service Management
8 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (5.26%) Computer Science
9 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Architecture
9 2 (5.26%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.42%) SQL
2 6 (15.79%) Python
3 1 (2.63%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (26.32%) Azure Certification
1 10 (26.32%) Degree
2 5 (13.16%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (13.16%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 8 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (7.89%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (7.89%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (39.47%) Microsoft
2 9 (23.68%) Salesforce
3 5 (13.16%) ForeScout
4 3 (7.89%) Apple
5 1 (2.63%) Databricks
5 1 (2.63%) Google
5 1 (2.63%) New Relic