Social Skills Job Trends in Cheltenham

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 14 8
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 +15
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 26 27 84
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 14.29% 17.65% 22.83%
As % of the General category 34.67% 45.76% 46.15%
Number of salaries quoted 8 14 25
10th Percentile £30,275 £27,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £37,625 £31,375 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,532 £58,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.90% +23.68% -5.00%
75th Percentile £50,114 £69,688 £62,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £74,250 £74,250
Gloucestershire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% +7.95%

All General Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 75 59 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 41.21% 38.56% 49.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53 27 70
10th Percentile £32,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,125 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,720
Median % change year-on-year - +3.19% +1.31%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,375 £69,875
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £78,750
Gloucestershire median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -5.00%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Cheltenham

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) Azure
2 5 (19.23%) Azure AI
2 5 (19.23%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.69%) Intacct
4 1 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) Firewall
1 4 (15.38%) Network Security
2 1 (3.85%) DHCP
2 1 (3.85%) DNS
2 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Power BI
1 5 (19.23%) Tableau
2 1 (3.85%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) Bitbucket
2 1 (3.85%) GitLab
2 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 6 (23.08%) Finance
1 6 (23.08%) Manufacturing
2 3 (11.54%) Military
2 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Electronics
3 2 (7.69%) Marketing
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Junior
2 10 (38.46%) Analyst
2 10 (38.46%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Data Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Junior Data Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Junior Security Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Security Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Lead
4 4 (15.38%) Project Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Network Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Accountant
6 2 (7.69%) Developer
6 2 (7.69%) Lead Network Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Software Developer
6 2 (7.69%) Systems Accountant
7 1 (3.85%) Business Development Executive
7 1 (3.85%) Graduate
7 1 (3.85%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) CSS
1 2 (7.69%) HTML
2 1 (3.85%) .NET
2 1 (3.85%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.85%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.85%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (3.85%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (3.85%) Blazor
2 1 (3.85%) Bootstrap
2 1 (3.85%) CSS3
2 1 (3.85%) Entity Framework
2 1 (3.85%) Flask
2 1 (3.85%) HTML5
2 1 (3.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) CMDB
1 4 (15.38%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.69%) Cyberattack
3 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Linux
1 5 (19.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (26.92%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (26.92%) Mentoring
3 5 (19.23%) AI
3 5 (19.23%) ITIL
3 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (15.38%) Agile
4 4 (15.38%) Asset Management
4 4 (15.38%) Change Control
4 4 (15.38%) ITSM
4 4 (15.38%) Use Case
5 3 (11.54%) Network Design
5 3 (11.54%) Project Management
5 3 (11.54%) Service Management
5 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.69%) Agile Project Management
6 2 (7.69%) Business Continuity
6 2 (7.69%) Coaching
6 2 (7.69%) ERP
6 2 (7.69%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) Python
2 6 (23.08%) SQL
3 2 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.85%) Bash
4 1 (3.85%) C#
4 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Azure Certification
2 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
3 5 (19.23%) CompTIA CySA+
3 5 (19.23%) CompTIA Security+
3 5 (19.23%) SC Cleared
4 4 (15.38%) CCIE
4 4 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (15.38%) Degree
5 2 (7.69%) ACCA
5 2 (7.69%) CIMA
6 1 (3.85%) BC Cleared
6 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
1 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Nagios
2 1 (3.85%) Ansible
2 1 (3.85%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) Cisco
2 5 (19.23%) ForeScout
3 4 (15.38%) CheckPoint
3 4 (15.38%) F5
3 4 (15.38%) Fortinet
4 2 (7.69%) Sage
4 2 (7.69%) SAP
5 1 (3.85%) Dell
5 1 (3.85%) HP
5 1 (3.85%) Juniper
5 1 (3.85%) Veeam
5 1 (3.85%) VMware