Social Skills Job Trends in Chippenham

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Wiltshire > Chippenham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Chippenham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 6 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 31 19 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Chippenham 43.06% 38.00% 26.45%
As % of the General category 49.21% 95.00% 68.09%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 17
10th Percentile £28,450 £25,000 £34,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £71,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -57.89% +58.33% +4.05%
75th Percentile £34,500 £81,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £34,925 £82,500 -
Wiltshire median annual salary £40,792 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.35% - +3.63%

All General Skills
Chippenham

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 Chippenham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 63 20 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chippenham 87.50% 40.00% 38.84%
Number of salaries quoted 13 11 25
10th Percentile - £25,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £33,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £65,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -49.23% +44.44% +4.05%
75th Percentile £38,750 £81,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,750 £82,500 £68,750
Wiltshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £49,750
% change year-on-year - +0.50% +0.51%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Chippenham

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Chippenham

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Chippenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chippenham 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 15 (48.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (58.06%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (38.71%) Azure
3 4 (12.90%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.23%) IaaS
4 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (51.61%) DNS
2 15 (48.39%) DHCP
3 4 (12.90%) Firewall
4 3 (9.68%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (9.68%) TCP/IP
5 2 (6.45%) LTE
6 1 (3.23%) BGP
6 1 (3.23%) LAN
6 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
6 1 (3.23%) VPN
6 1 (3.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (38.71%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.23%) Power BI
General
1 14 (45.16%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Dutch Language
2 4 (12.90%) French Language
2 4 (12.90%) Spanish Language
3 3 (9.68%) Back Office
3 3 (9.68%) Finance
4 2 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Games
5 1 (3.23%) Law
5 1 (3.23%) Marketing
5 1 (3.23%) Military
5 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Retail
5 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (38.71%) Systems Engineer
2 10 (32.26%) Support Engineer
3 7 (22.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 7 (22.58%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (22.58%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 7 (22.58%) IT Engineer
3 7 (22.58%) IT Support
3 7 (22.58%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Desktop Support
4 3 (9.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Site Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Account Executive
5 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Assistant Project Manager
6 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Junior IT Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Junior IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Sales Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) OAuth
1 2 (6.45%) OAuth2
1 2 (6.45%) OpenID
1 2 (6.45%) SAML
2 1 (3.23%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 12 (38.71%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (9.68%) Driving Licence
2 3 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.45%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.23%) Social Media
4 1 (3.23%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (77.42%) Windows
2 17 (54.84%) Windows Server
3 16 (51.61%) Linux
4 12 (38.71%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (12.90%) Mac OS
6 3 (9.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (70.97%) Customer Service
2 15 (48.39%) Customer Experience
2 15 (48.39%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (41.94%) Migration
4 12 (38.71%) Email Filtering
4 12 (38.71%) Kalman Filter
4 12 (38.71%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 12 (38.71%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 12 (38.71%) Web Filtering
5 9 (29.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (25.81%) ITIL
7 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (16.13%) Service Delivery
8 4 (12.90%) Computer Science
8 4 (12.90%) Decision-Making
8 4 (12.90%) Project Delivery
9 3 (9.68%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (9.68%) Customer Acquisition
9 3 (9.68%) People Management
9 3 (9.68%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (61.29%) Security Cleared
2 15 (48.39%) SC Cleared
3 10 (32.26%) Degree
4 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (12.90%) A+ Certification
5 4 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (12.90%) MCP
6 3 (9.68%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (6.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (38.71%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (38.71%) PCI DSS
2 3 (9.68%) SLA
3 2 (6.45%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.23%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (54.84%) Active Directory
2 12 (38.71%) Hyper-V
2 12 (38.71%) Terminal Server
3 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (6.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (58.06%) Microsoft
2 13 (41.94%) VMware
3 12 (38.71%) Brocade
3 12 (38.71%) Nimble Storage
3 12 (38.71%) SolarWinds
3 12 (38.71%) Splunk
3 12 (38.71%) Tanium
3 12 (38.71%) Veeam
4 4 (12.90%) Cisco
5 1 (3.23%) Dell
5 1 (3.23%) F5
5 1 (3.23%) Infoblox
5 1 (3.23%) Palo Alto