Social Skills Job Trends in Brentwood

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Essex > Brentwood

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Brentwood. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 29 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 5 6 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Brentwood 29.41% 66.67% 40.38%
As % of the General category 55.56% 75.00% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,000 - £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £40,000 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +53.85% -8.77%
75th Percentile £33,000 - £27,875
90th Percentile - - £28,400
Essex median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% -8.15%

All General Skills
Brentwood

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 Brentwood.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9 8 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Brentwood 52.94% 88.89% 67.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 15
10th Percentile - £42,500 £25,500
25th Percentile - £46,250 £27,108
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 £55,000 £27,965
Median % change year-on-year -56.36% +96.67% -4.39%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £29,400 - -
Essex median annual salary £40,000 £48,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.95% +8.33% -5.26%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Brentwood

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Brentwood

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Brentwood

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Brentwood citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Brentwood citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brentwood 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) GCP
1 3 (60.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) SSL
2 1 (20.00%) Broadband
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DOCSIS
2 1 (20.00%) DSL
2 1 (20.00%) GPON
2 1 (20.00%) IPv4
2 1 (20.00%) IPv6
2 1 (20.00%) PPP
2 1 (20.00%) RTP
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) VoIP
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) IT Support
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Graduate
2 1 (20.00%) Graduate
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) JSON
1 3 (60.00%) OAuth
1 3 (60.00%) REST
1 3 (60.00%) SOAP
1 3 (60.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) API Integration
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (60.00%) Fintech
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (60.00%) Ticket Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Open Source
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) SDLC
2 1 (20.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
2 1 (20.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Splunk
2 1 (20.00%) IBM