Social Skills Jobs in Central London

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 804 964 1,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 33.50% 25.50% 23.06%
As % of the General category 46.61% 41.00% 35.10%
Number of salaries quoted 509 662 872
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,898 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £95,313
90th Percentile £112,500 £109,750 £120,000
London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%

All General Skills
Central London

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 common skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,725 2,351 3,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 71.88% 62.18% 65.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,108 1,747 2,633
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,800 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £52,873
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,975 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.82% -3.45% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £110,000 £117,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,037 £73,500
% change year-on-year +7.09% -4.71% +5.00%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Central London

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Central London.

Salary trend for Social Skills in Central London

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Central London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Central London

Social Skills
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Central London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +2 649 £65,000 -7.14% 349
City of Westminster -1 66 £62,500 - 17
Camden +7 44 £55,000 +52.15% 3
West End of London -1 32 £102,500 +28.13% 50
Southwark -1 22 £60,000 +39.69% 4
Kensington and Chelsea +8 12 - - 2
Lambeth -4 2 - - 1
Social Skills
London

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 38 (4.73%) SharePoint
2 33 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (2.61%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.74%) CMS
5 6 (0.75%) Confluence
6 4 (0.50%) Apache
7 3 (0.37%) Drupal
7 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.37%) IIS
7 3 (0.37%) nginx
7 3 (0.37%) SAS
8 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.25%) CoreMedia CMS
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Liferay
9 1 (0.12%) MTS
Applications
1 85 (10.57%) Microsoft Office
2 70 (8.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 33 (4.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.50%) Stata
6 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.25%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.25%) Sketch
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.12%) Blender
8 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.12%) Maya
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.50%) Adaptiv
2 4 (0.50%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.37%) Orchestrade
3 3 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.25%) Eikon
4 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.25%) Shopify
5 1 (0.12%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.12%) Endur
5 1 (0.12%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.12%) Primavera
5 1 (0.12%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 186 (23.13%) Azure
2 84 (10.45%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (10.32%) AWS
4 63 (7.84%) Power Platform
5 49 (6.09%) SaaS
6 36 (4.48%) GitHub
7 34 (4.23%) GCP
8 32 (3.98%) Entra ID
9 28 (3.48%) Azure Data Factory
10 22 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (2.36%) PowerApps
12 17 (2.11%) Power Automate
12 17 (2.11%) Serverless
13 16 (1.99%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (1.99%) OneDrive
14 14 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
15 13 (1.62%) Google Workspace
16 12 (1.49%) Google Analytics
17 10 (1.24%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.23%) Broadband
2 21 (2.61%) HTTP
3 20 (2.49%) Firewall
4 17 (2.11%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.99%) DNS
6 15 (1.87%) DHCP
7 14 (1.74%) VLAN
8 12 (1.49%) SSL
8 12 (1.49%) Wireless
9 11 (1.37%) WAN
9 11 (1.37%) WebEx
10 10 (1.24%) LAN
10 10 (1.24%) VPN
11 9 (1.12%) Network Security
12 7 (0.87%) Internet
12 7 (0.87%) IPsec
12 7 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.75%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (0.75%) VoIP
14 5 (0.62%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.34%) SQL Server
2 44 (5.47%) Power BI
3 42 (5.22%) Tableau
4 27 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (3.11%) NoSQL
6 21 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 14 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (1.49%) MySQL
9 11 (1.37%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.24%) DB2
11 9 (1.12%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.00%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.62%) Big Data
14 5 (0.62%) BigQuery
15 4 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (0.50%) Data Mining
15 4 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
16 3 (0.37%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 51 (6.34%) Git
2 29 (3.61%) JIRA
3 15 (1.87%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.49%) Gradle
5 9 (1.12%) SonarQube
6 7 (0.87%) Maven
7 5 (0.62%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.50%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.50%) JUnit
9 3 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.37%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.25%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.25%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.25%) Mockito
10 2 (0.25%) Postman
10 2 (0.25%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.25%) Subversion
10 2 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.25%) Xcode
10 2 (0.25%) XCTest
General
1 257 (31.97%) Finance
2 156 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (8.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 67 (8.33%) Law
5 62 (7.71%) Legal
6 57 (7.09%) Marketing
7 54 (6.72%) Banking
8 47 (5.85%) Organisational Skills
8 47 (5.85%) Retail
9 45 (5.60%) Games
10 33 (4.10%) Advertising
11 32 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (2.99%) Public Sector
13 23 (2.86%) Telecoms
14 16 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.24%) Multimedia
17 9 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (1.12%) Public Speaking
18 8 (1.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 164 (20.40%) Senior
2 144 (17.91%) Analyst
3 82 (10.20%) Lead
4 78 (9.70%) Developer
5 52 (6.47%) IT Support
5 52 (6.47%) Support Analyst
6 43 (5.35%) Senior Analyst
7 42 (5.22%) Software Engineer
8 34 (4.23%) Applications Support
9 32 (3.98%) Architect
10 31 (3.86%) Data Analyst
11 25 (3.11%) Applications Support Analyst
11 25 (3.11%) IT Analyst
12 24 (2.99%) Support Engineer
13 23 (2.86%) Data Engineer
13 23 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
14 22 (2.74%) IT Support Specialist
14 22 (2.74%) Support Specialist
15 21 (2.61%) IT Manager
15 21 (2.61%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (6.59%) .NET
2 34 (4.23%) Kafka
3 25 (3.11%) React
4 24 (2.99%) HTML
5 22 (2.74%) CSS
6 20 (2.49%) RESTful
7 19 (2.36%) JSON
8 16 (1.99%) REST
9 15 (1.87%) AngularJS
10 13 (1.62%) Pandas
11 12 (1.49%) Node.js
11 12 (1.49%) RabbitMQ
12 11 (1.37%) Web Services
13 10 (1.24%) HTML5
14 9 (1.12%) .NET Core
14 9 (1.12%) .NET Framework
14 9 (1.12%) EDI
15 8 (1.00%) OAuth
15 8 (1.00%) Spring
15 8 (1.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
2 33 (4.10%) Onboarding
3 28 (3.48%) Cloud Native
4 26 (3.23%) Social Media
5 25 (3.11%) Video Conferencing
6 23 (2.86%) Algorithms
6 23 (2.86%) Mobile Games
7 22 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
7 22 (2.74%) Management Information System
8 20 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
8 20 (2.49%) Product Ownership
9 18 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (1.99%) Life Science
10 16 (1.99%) Mobile App
11 13 (1.62%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.24%) Credit Risk
12 10 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
12 10 (1.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 9 (1.12%) Data Centre
13 9 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 120 (14.93%) Windows
2 34 (4.23%) Linux
3 31 (3.86%) Windows Server
4 25 (3.11%) Windows 10
5 22 (2.74%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (1.62%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.62%) Unix
7 8 (1.00%) Android
8 7 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.75%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.37%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.25%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.25%) Rocky
13 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.12%) CentOS
14 1 (0.12%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (36.19%) Problem-Solving
2 188 (23.38%) Agile
3 144 (17.91%) Analytics
4 131 (16.29%) Computer Science
5 127 (15.80%) Mentoring
6 104 (12.94%) Project Management
7 102 (12.69%) DevOps
8 96 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 94 (11.69%) Software Engineering
10 91 (11.32%) ITIL
11 82 (10.20%) Coaching
12 79 (9.83%) Decision-Making
12 79 (9.83%) Stakeholder Management
13 66 (8.21%) Roadmaps
14 64 (7.96%) CI/CD
14 64 (7.96%) Collaborative Working
15 63 (7.84%) Data Analytics
16 60 (7.46%) Visualisation
17 54 (6.72%) Data Management
17 54 (6.72%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 180 (22.39%) SQL
2 130 (16.17%) Python
3 66 (8.21%) C#
4 65 (8.08%) JavaScript
5 62 (7.71%) Java
6 41 (5.10%) PowerShell
7 26 (3.23%) TypeScript
8 18 (2.24%) Scala
9 15 (1.87%) T-SQL
10 11 (1.37%) C++
11 10 (1.24%) PL/SQL
11 10 (1.24%) VB.NET
12 9 (1.12%) Bash
13 8 (1.00%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.87%) Objective-C
14 7 (0.87%) R
14 7 (0.87%) Swift
14 7 (0.87%) VBA
15 4 (0.50%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 278 (34.58%) Degree
2 69 (8.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (4.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (4.23%) DBS Check
5 32 (3.98%) Master's Degree
6 21 (2.61%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.11%) A+ Certification
7 17 (2.11%) ACCA
7 17 (2.11%) CIMA
7 17 (2.11%) Security Cleared
8 16 (1.99%) PhD
9 14 (1.74%) CISSP
9 14 (1.74%) PMI Certification
10 13 (1.62%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.62%) CCAB
10 13 (1.62%) CIPFA
10 13 (1.62%) ICAEW
10 13 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
10 13 (1.62%) PMP
11 11 (1.37%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.61%) QA
2 18 (2.24%) GDPR
3 17 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.62%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.37%) SLA
6 10 (1.24%) NIST
7 7 (0.87%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.87%) PMO
7 7 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.62%) NCSC
9 4 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.37%) GRC
11 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.12%) COBIT
12 1 (0.12%) GLP
12 1 (0.12%) MiFID
System Software
1 69 (8.58%) Active Directory
2 27 (3.36%) Docker
3 25 (3.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.75%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.12%) Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (3.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (3.73%) Kubernetes
3 28 (3.48%) Terraform
4 17 (2.11%) Ansible
5 16 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.37%) Prometheus
7 9 (1.12%) Grafana
8 8 (1.00%) SCCM
9 6 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.62%) Argo
10 5 (0.62%) QRadar
11 3 (0.37%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.25%) Kibana
12 2 (0.25%) logstash
12 2 (0.25%) Puppet
13 1 (0.12%) AirWatch
13 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.12%) Plesk
13 1 (0.12%) Salt
Vendors
1 244 (30.35%) Microsoft
2 62 (7.71%) Google
3 45 (5.60%) Databricks
4 33 (4.10%) VMware
5 32 (3.98%) Apple
6 29 (3.61%) Salesforce
7 26 (3.23%) Oracle
8 25 (3.11%) Cisco
9 17 (2.11%) ServiceNow
10 14 (1.74%) HP
11 13 (1.62%) SAP
12 12 (1.49%) New Relic
13 11 (1.37%) Guidewire
14 10 (1.24%) Alteryx
14 10 (1.24%) Citrix
14 10 (1.24%) Meraki
14 10 (1.24%) Murex
15 9 (1.12%) Dell
16 8 (1.00%) Adobe
16 8 (1.00%) Sun