Social Skills Job Trends in Cambridge

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 188 88 145
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 16.03% 25.36% 23.31%
As % of the General category 37.30% 44.00% 47.08%
Number of salaries quoted 102 55 79
10th Percentile £30,323 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,900 £28,125 £35,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -15.66% -27.83%
75th Percentile £73,750 £55,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £86,116 £68,750 £74,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -10.53% -5.00%

All General Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 504 200 308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 42.97% 57.64% 49.52%
Number of salaries quoted 344 126 213
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £30,200
25th Percentile £42,125 £30,956 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,350 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% -1.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,000 £80,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £53,700 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.89% +7.40% -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Cambridge over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Cambridge

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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 27 (14.36%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.06%) Drupal
4 1 (0.53%) CMS
4 1 (0.53%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.53%) Moodle
Applications
1 16 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.79%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.13%) Simulink
4 1 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.53%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.53%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.53%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 49 (26.06%) Azure
2 29 (15.43%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (11.17%) Power Platform
4 18 (9.57%) Power Automate
5 14 (7.45%) Azure AI
6 13 (6.91%) Microsoft Copilot
7 11 (5.85%) AWS
8 9 (4.79%) Anthropic Claude
8 9 (4.79%) PowerApps
9 8 (4.26%) Entra ID
9 8 (4.26%) Lucidchart
9 8 (4.26%) Zapier
10 3 (1.60%) GitHub
10 3 (1.60%) SaaS
11 2 (1.06%) ChatGPT
11 2 (1.06%) GCP
11 2 (1.06%) Google Gemini
11 2 (1.06%) Google Sheets
11 2 (1.06%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.98%) Firewall
2 8 (4.26%) VPN
3 6 (3.19%) DHCP
3 6 (3.19%) DNS
3 6 (3.19%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.06%) Intranet
5 2 (1.06%) LAN
5 2 (1.06%) SMS
5 2 (1.06%) WAN
6 1 (0.53%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.17%) Power BI
2 9 (4.79%) Tableau
3 4 (2.13%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.06%) MariaDB
4 2 (1.06%) MySQL
5 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (2.13%) Git
2 2 (1.06%) JIRA
3 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.53%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.53%) Toad
General
1 31 (16.49%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (13.30%) Organisational Skills
3 18 (9.57%) Finance
4 10 (5.32%) Legal
5 9 (4.79%) Electronics
6 8 (4.26%) Automotive
6 8 (4.26%) Legal Technology
6 8 (4.26%) Marketing
7 7 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.19%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.66%) Back Office
10 4 (2.13%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.13%) Multimedia
11 3 (1.60%) Cantonese Language
11 3 (1.60%) Games
11 3 (1.60%) Mandarin Language
11 3 (1.60%) Punjabi Language
12 2 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.06%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.06%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (15.96%) Lead
2 23 (12.23%) Analyst
3 18 (9.57%) Junior
4 16 (8.51%) Junior Analyst
5 15 (7.98%) IT Support
6 12 (6.38%) Security Analyst
6 12 (6.38%) Software Engineer
7 10 (5.32%) Administrator
7 10 (5.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 10 (5.32%) Data Analyst
7 10 (5.32%) IT Engineer
7 10 (5.32%) IT Support Engineer
7 10 (5.32%) Support Engineer
8 9 (4.79%) Architect
9 8 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 8 (4.26%) Ethical Hacker
9 8 (4.26%) Junior Data Analyst
9 8 (4.26%) Junior Security Analyst
9 8 (4.26%) Lead Software Engineer
9 8 (4.26%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.26%) React
2 7 (3.72%) Web Services
3 4 (2.13%) Google JAX
3 4 (2.13%) JAX
3 4 (2.13%) Keras
3 4 (2.13%) PyTorch
3 4 (2.13%) TensorFlow
4 3 (1.60%) CarPlay
5 2 (1.06%) CSS
5 2 (1.06%) Flash
5 2 (1.06%) HTML
6 1 (0.53%) .NET
6 1 (0.53%) Django
6 1 (0.53%) Spring
6 1 (0.53%) Spring MVC
6 1 (0.53%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.04%) AI Agents
2 12 (6.38%) Onboarding
2 12 (6.38%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.26%) Cyberattack
4 8 (4.26%) Low-Code
5 7 (3.72%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.72%) e-Learning
6 5 (2.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (2.13%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.13%) Educational Technology
7 4 (2.13%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.60%) FPGA
8 3 (1.60%) IoT
8 3 (1.60%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.60%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.60%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (1.60%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.06%) Housing Association
9 2 (1.06%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.32%) Windows
2 4 (2.13%) Linux
3 3 (1.60%) Android
3 3 (1.60%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.60%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.60%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (32.98%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (29.26%) AI
3 33 (17.55%) Cybersecurity
4 32 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (13.30%) Stakeholder Management
6 23 (12.23%) Business Intelligence
7 21 (11.17%) Agile
8 19 (10.11%) Mentoring
8 19 (10.11%) Project Management
8 19 (10.11%) Software Engineering
8 19 (10.11%) User Experience
9 15 (7.98%) Collaborative Working
10 14 (7.45%) Decision-Making
10 14 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 13 (6.91%) Computer Science
11 13 (6.91%) Information Security
11 13 (6.91%) Risk Management
11 13 (6.91%) Workflow
12 12 (6.38%) Roadmaps
13 11 (5.85%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 30 (15.96%) Python
2 14 (7.45%) SQL
3 13 (6.91%) JavaScript
4 11 (5.85%) Java
5 7 (3.72%) TypeScript
6 6 (3.19%) C++
6 6 (3.19%) Embedded C++
7 4 (2.13%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.60%) C
8 3 (1.60%) Embedded C
9 2 (1.06%) PHP
9 2 (1.06%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.53%) C#
10 1 (0.53%) Clojure
10 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (22.34%) Degree
2 36 (19.15%) Azure Certification
3 26 (13.83%) DBS Check
4 11 (5.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (5.32%) Security Cleared
6 9 (4.79%) CEH
7 8 (4.26%) CompTIA CySA+
7 8 (4.26%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (4.26%) PhD
8 6 (3.19%) A+ Certification
8 6 (3.19%) CCNA
8 6 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (3.19%) CRISC
8 6 (3.19%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (2.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 3 (1.60%) HNC
10 3 (1.60%) HND
11 2 (1.06%) ACCA
11 2 (1.06%) CIMA
11 2 (1.06%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (6.38%) QA
3 11 (5.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (4.79%) GRC
5 8 (4.26%) GDPR
6 6 (3.19%) ISO 31000
6 6 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 6 (3.19%) NIST
7 5 (2.66%) Data Quality
8 4 (2.13%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.06%) GAAP
9 2 (1.06%) IFRS
9 2 (1.06%) PMO
10 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 8 (4.26%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.19%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (3.19%) Firmware
3 2 (1.06%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.53%) Docker
4 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 66 (35.11%) Microsoft
2 28 (14.89%) ForeScout
3 8 (4.26%) DocuSign
3 8 (4.26%) RedGate
4 6 (3.19%) Cisco
5 4 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.60%) Apple
6 3 (1.60%) EMC
6 3 (1.60%) IFS
6 3 (1.60%) SAP
7 2 (1.06%) Google
7 2 (1.06%) Oracle
8 1 (0.53%) Adobe
8 1 (0.53%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.53%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.53%) dotdigital
8 1 (0.53%) Panasonic
8 1 (0.53%) Sony
8 1 (0.53%) TippingPoint
8 1 (0.53%) Workday