Social Skills Jobs in the City of London

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 3 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 627 815 993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 32.32% 24.50% 21.61%
As % of the General category 45.83% 39.70% 32.92%
Number of salaries quoted 435 603 785
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,617 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,085 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £86,125 £87,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £102,650 £107,500 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% - -

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,368 2,053 3,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 70.52% 61.71% 65.64%
Number of salaries quoted 966 1,600 2,454
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,451 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,063 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £98,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - -3.45% -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the City of London

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the City of London.

Salary trend for Social Skills in the City of London

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the City of London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the City of London

Social Skills
Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 22 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
Moorgate - 3 £32,500 - 1
London Bridge -5 1 £120,000 +41.18% 1
Social Skills
Central London

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 34 (5.42%) SharePoint
2 27 (4.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (3.83%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.44%) CMS
5 5 (0.80%) Confluence
6 4 (0.64%) Apache
6 4 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.48%) Drupal
7 3 (0.48%) SAS
8 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.32%) CoreMedia CMS
8 2 (0.32%) nginx
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Liferay
9 1 (0.16%) MTS
9 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 73 (11.64%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (10.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (4.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.44%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.32%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.32%) Sketch
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.16%) Blender
7 1 (0.16%) Maya
7 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.64%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.48%) Orchestrade
4 2 (0.32%) Eikon
4 2 (0.32%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.16%) Endur
5 1 (0.16%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.16%) Primavera
5 1 (0.16%) RMDS
5 1 (0.16%) Shopify
5 1 (0.16%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 158 (25.20%) Azure
2 70 (11.16%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (7.81%) Power Platform
4 45 (7.18%) AWS
5 36 (5.74%) SaaS
6 30 (4.78%) Entra ID
7 27 (4.31%) Azure Data Factory
8 21 (3.35%) GitHub
9 20 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (2.71%) GCP
11 16 (2.55%) OneDrive
11 16 (2.55%) PowerApps
12 13 (2.07%) Serverless
13 12 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (1.75%) Power Automate
15 9 (1.44%) Google Analytics
16 8 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (1.28%) Google Workspace
17 7 (1.12%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.83%) HTTP
2 16 (2.55%) Firewall
3 12 (1.91%) VLAN
4 11 (1.75%) DNS
4 11 (1.75%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.59%) DHCP
5 10 (1.59%) SSL
5 10 (1.59%) WebEx
5 10 (1.59%) Wireless
6 9 (1.44%) VPN
7 8 (1.28%) Network Security
8 7 (1.12%) IPsec
9 6 (0.96%) Broadband
10 5 (0.80%) Internet
10 5 (0.80%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.80%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.80%) WAN
11 4 (0.64%) LAN
11 4 (0.64%) VoIP
11 4 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (8.61%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.58%) Power BI
3 28 (4.47%) Tableau
4 27 (4.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (2.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (2.23%) DB2
8 12 (1.91%) NoSQL
9 11 (1.75%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.28%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.96%) MySQL
13 5 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.64%) Data Mining
15 3 (0.48%) Big Data
15 3 (0.48%) ClickHouse
15 3 (0.48%) Metadata
15 3 (0.48%) MongoDB
15 3 (0.48%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 26 (4.15%) Git
2 25 (3.99%) JIRA
3 5 (0.80%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.80%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.48%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.32%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.32%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.32%) JUnit
5 2 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.16%) GitLab
6 1 (0.16%) JetBrains Rider
6 1 (0.16%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.16%) Selenium
6 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.16%) Storybook
6 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.16%) TestRail
6 1 (0.16%) Vagrant
General
1 215 (34.29%) Finance
2 115 (18.34%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (9.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (8.77%) Law
5 53 (8.45%) Legal
6 49 (7.81%) Retail
7 43 (6.86%) Marketing
8 37 (5.90%) Banking
9 33 (5.26%) Advertising
10 32 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (3.51%) Games
12 21 (3.35%) Telecoms
13 18 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (2.87%) Public Sector
14 11 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.59%) Local Government
16 9 (1.44%) Public Speaking
17 8 (1.28%) Electronics
17 8 (1.28%) Multimedia
18 6 (0.96%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 132 (21.05%) Senior
2 117 (18.66%) Analyst
3 56 (8.93%) Developer
4 55 (8.77%) Support Analyst
5 44 (7.02%) IT Support
5 44 (7.02%) Lead
6 38 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
7 37 (5.90%) Applications Support
8 32 (5.10%) Software Engineer
9 29 (4.63%) Applications Support Analyst
10 26 (4.15%) Data Analyst
11 25 (3.99%) Data Engineer
12 24 (3.83%) Architect
13 22 (3.51%) IT Analyst
13 22 (3.51%) Senior Software Engineer
14 21 (3.35%) IT Support Specialist
14 21 (3.35%) Support Specialist
15 19 (3.03%) IT Support Analyst
16 18 (2.87%) Senior Support Analyst
16 18 (2.87%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (7.34%) .NET
2 23 (3.67%) HTML
2 23 (3.67%) Kafka
3 21 (3.35%) CSS
3 21 (3.35%) JSON
4 17 (2.71%) React
5 13 (2.07%) AngularJS
5 13 (2.07%) REST
6 10 (1.59%) EDI
6 10 (1.59%) Pandas
7 9 (1.44%) XML
8 8 (1.28%) OAuth
8 8 (1.28%) Web Services
9 7 (1.12%) .NET Framework
9 7 (1.12%) HTML5
9 7 (1.12%) RESTful
9 7 (1.12%) WPF
10 6 (0.96%) ASP.NET Web API
10 6 (0.96%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (0.96%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.74%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (3.83%) Video Conferencing
3 23 (3.67%) Onboarding
3 23 (3.67%) Social Media
4 20 (3.19%) Management Information System
5 19 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (2.71%) Product Ownership
7 14 (2.23%) Legacy Applications
8 12 (1.91%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.12%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 6 (0.96%) PKI
11 6 (0.96%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.80%) Derivative
12 5 (0.80%) FMCG
12 5 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 105 (16.75%) Windows
2 25 (3.99%) Linux
3 24 (3.83%) Windows Server
4 21 (3.35%) Windows 10
5 14 (2.23%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (1.75%) Unix
7 6 (0.96%) Windows 7
8 5 (0.80%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.80%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.32%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.32%) Rocky
10 2 (0.32%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.16%) CentOS
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (35.41%) Problem-Solving
2 161 (25.68%) Agile
3 97 (15.47%) Analytics
4 92 (14.67%) Mentoring
5 76 (12.12%) ITIL
6 75 (11.96%) Project Management
7 74 (11.80%) Stakeholder Management
8 71 (11.32%) Computer Science
8 71 (11.32%) DevOps
9 67 (10.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 61 (9.73%) Coaching
10 61 (9.73%) Decision-Making
11 51 (8.13%) Data Analytics
12 47 (7.50%) Customer Service
13 44 (7.02%) CI/CD
13 44 (7.02%) Software Engineering
14 43 (6.86%) Data Management
15 41 (6.54%) Risk Management
16 40 (6.38%) Roadmaps
17 38 (6.06%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 149 (23.76%) SQL
2 97 (15.47%) Python
3 51 (8.13%) C#
4 48 (7.66%) JavaScript
5 36 (5.74%) PowerShell
6 26 (4.15%) Java
7 23 (3.67%) TypeScript
8 21 (3.35%) Scala
9 16 (2.55%) T-SQL
10 14 (2.23%) PL/SQL
10 14 (2.23%) VB.NET
11 10 (1.59%) C++
12 7 (1.12%) VBA
13 6 (0.96%) Bash
14 4 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.48%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.48%) PHP
15 3 (0.48%) R
16 2 (0.32%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 177 (28.23%) Degree
2 32 (5.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (3.35%) DBS Check
5 18 (2.87%) Azure Certification
6 17 (2.71%) ACCA
6 17 (2.71%) CIMA
6 17 (2.71%) Security Cleared
7 16 (2.55%) A+ Certification
8 15 (2.39%) CISSP
9 13 (2.07%) CCAB
9 13 (2.07%) CIPFA
9 13 (2.07%) ICAEW
10 12 (1.91%) CISM
10 12 (1.91%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.59%) CISA
12 8 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.96%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.96%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.55%) QA
2 13 (2.07%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.59%) SLA
5 9 (1.44%) GDPR
6 8 (1.28%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.96%) NIST
8 6 (0.96%) PMO
9 5 (0.80%) NCSC
10 3 (0.48%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.32%) GRC
11 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.16%) COBIT
12 1 (0.16%) MiFID
12 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.16%) PSD2
12 1 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 59 (9.41%) Active Directory
2 21 (3.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.87%) Docker
4 5 (0.80%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.16%) Firmware
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (4.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (3.51%) Terraform
3 18 (2.87%) Kubernetes
4 14 (2.23%) Ansible
5 12 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.44%) Grafana
7 8 (1.28%) SCCM
8 6 (0.96%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.80%) QRadar
10 2 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.32%) Kibana
10 2 (0.32%) logstash
10 2 (0.32%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.16%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.16%) Avamar
11 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.16%) Plesk
11 1 (0.16%) Puppet
11 1 (0.16%) Salt
Vendors
1 216 (34.45%) Microsoft
2 44 (7.02%) Google
3 40 (6.38%) Databricks
4 36 (5.74%) Apple
5 27 (4.31%) VMware
6 20 (3.19%) Oracle
7 19 (3.03%) Cisco
7 19 (3.03%) Salesforce
7 19 (3.03%) ServiceNow
8 13 (2.07%) HP
9 10 (1.59%) Citrix
10 9 (1.44%) Alteryx
10 9 (1.44%) Guidewire
11 8 (1.28%) Dell
11 8 (1.28%) Meraki
12 7 (1.12%) SAP
13 6 (0.96%) Splunk
14 5 (0.80%) Adobe
14 5 (0.80%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.80%) SolarWinds