Social Skills Jobs in Cheshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -12 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 123 436 318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 15.73% 28.02% 35.10%
As % of the General category 18.25% 52.09% 50.48%
Number of salaries quoted 77 295 152
10th Percentile £29,750 £24,500 £22,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £27,418 £29,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £39,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,625 £72,063
90th Percentile £79,650 £72,500 £96,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £45,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +11.23% -12.62% +8.42%

All General Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 674 837 630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 86.19% 53.79% 69.54%
Number of salaries quoted 229 560 313
10th Percentile - £23,125 £25,250
25th Percentile £23,504 £28,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -9.57% -1.05%
75th Percentile £52,500 £59,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £87,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Cheshire

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in Cheshire

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Cheshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Cheshire

Social Skills
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 17 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
Warrington -6 27 £35,000 -2.24% 64
Chester 0 18 £34,500 -27.37% 44
Northwich +1 15 £34,755 -7.32% 1
Crewe -3 14 £55,000 +50.68% 11
Ellesmere Port 0 10 £55,000 -57.69% 5
Runcorn -7 4 £52,500 +23.53% 6
Knutsford 0 3 £80,000 +128.57% 13
Winsford +8 2 £42,500 +36.00% 2
Wilmslow -5 2 £72,500 +11.54% 9
Middlewich - 2 £23,000 - 1
Widnes -5 1 £52,500 +77.97% 3
Social Skills
North West

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 9 (7.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.69%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.25%) SAS
4 3 (2.44%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.81%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 22 (17.89%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (10.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.88%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.81%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.81%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (5.69%) Unit4 Business World
2 3 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (2.44%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (24.39%) Azure
2 21 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (8.13%) AWS
3 10 (8.13%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.25%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.44%) GCP
6 2 (1.63%) IaaS
7 1 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.81%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.81%) Figma
7 1 (0.81%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.20%) Firewall
2 9 (7.32%) DNS
3 8 (6.50%) DHCP
4 4 (3.25%) LAN
4 4 (3.25%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.25%) WAN
5 3 (2.44%) Internet
5 3 (2.44%) Skype
5 3 (2.44%) VoIP
5 3 (2.44%) VPN
6 2 (1.63%) Broadband
7 1 (0.81%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.13%) Power BI
2 4 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.25%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.44%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (2.44%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.81%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Git
1 2 (1.63%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.81%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.81%) IntelliJ
2 1 (0.81%) JIRA
2 1 (0.81%) JUnit
2 1 (0.81%) Mockito
2 1 (0.81%) TeamCity
General
1 32 (26.02%) Finance
2 21 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (17.07%) Manufacturing
3 15 (12.20%) Legal
4 13 (10.57%) Marketing
5 12 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (5.69%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (4.07%) Automotive
8 3 (2.44%) Banking
8 3 (2.44%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.81%) Advertising
10 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.81%) Electronics
10 1 (0.81%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (16.26%) Support Specialist
2 16 (13.01%) Analyst
3 15 (12.20%) Senior
4 14 (11.38%) Technical Support
5 12 (9.76%) Customer Executive
5 12 (9.76%) Developer
6 9 (7.32%) .NET Developer
6 9 (7.32%) Support Engineer
6 9 (7.32%) Technical Specialist
6 9 (7.32%) Technical Support Specialist
6 9 (7.32%) WinForms Developer
7 7 (5.69%) Architect
8 6 (4.88%) 3rd Line Support
8 6 (4.88%) IT Support
8 6 (4.88%) Project Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) Data Analyst
9 5 (4.07%) Project Manager
9 5 (4.07%) Senior Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.94%) .NET
2 9 (7.32%) WinForms
3 2 (1.63%) CSS
3 2 (1.63%) HTML
3 2 (1.63%) RESTful
4 1 (0.81%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.81%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.81%) AWS CDK
4 1 (0.81%) Keras
4 1 (0.81%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.81%) REST
4 1 (0.81%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.69%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.07%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.44%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.44%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.44%) e-Learning
3 3 (2.44%) PMI
3 3 (2.44%) Public Cloud
3 3 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.63%) IoT
5 1 (0.81%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.81%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.81%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.82%) Windows
2 7 (5.69%) Linux
3 6 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.25%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.81%) Android
6 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.81%) Unix
6 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (45.53%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (14.63%) Decision-Making
3 16 (13.01%) Customer Service
3 16 (13.01%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 16 (13.01%) ERP
3 16 (13.01%) Time Management
4 15 (12.20%) Computer Science
5 14 (11.38%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (9.76%) Business Development
6 12 (9.76%) Contract Negotiation
7 10 (8.13%) Analytics
7 10 (8.13%) Infrastructure Management
7 10 (8.13%) OO
7 10 (8.13%) OOP
7 10 (8.13%) Project Management
8 9 (7.32%) Code Quality
8 9 (7.32%) Data Analysis
8 9 (7.32%) Design Patterns
8 9 (7.32%) E-Commerce
8 9 (7.32%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.45%) SQL
2 11 (8.94%) C#
3 6 (4.88%) Python
4 5 (4.07%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.44%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.63%) Java
6 2 (1.63%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.81%) Bash
7 1 (0.81%) Bicep
7 1 (0.81%) C++
7 1 (0.81%) VB
7 1 (0.81%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 35 (28.46%) Degree
2 14 (11.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 14 (11.38%) DBS Check
3 9 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (4.88%) Master's Degree
5 5 (4.07%) AWS Certification
5 5 (4.07%) Azure Certification
6 4 (3.25%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.25%) MCSE
7 3 (2.44%) CCNA
7 3 (2.44%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (2.44%) PMI Certification
7 3 (2.44%) PMP
7 3 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.63%) ACCA
8 2 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.63%) CIMA
8 2 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.50%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.88%) SLA
3 5 (4.07%) QA
4 2 (1.63%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.81%) NCSC
5 1 (0.81%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (11.38%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.76%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.44%) Docker
5 1 (0.81%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.81%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.81%) SCCM
3 1 (0.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (25.20%) Microsoft
2 18 (14.63%) Salesforce
3 14 (11.38%) Cisco
4 9 (7.32%) Citrix
4 9 (7.32%) Fortinet
4 9 (7.32%) Meraki
4 9 (7.32%) SonicWALL
4 9 (7.32%) WatchGuard
5 6 (4.88%) SAP
6 5 (4.07%) VMware
7 4 (3.25%) Oracle
8 3 (2.44%) Acronis
8 3 (2.44%) Kaseya
8 3 (2.44%) Remedy
8 3 (2.44%) Sage
9 2 (1.63%) Adobe
9 2 (1.63%) Dell
9 2 (1.63%) Google
9 2 (1.63%) Sun
10 1 (0.81%) HP