Social Skills Job Trends in the East of England

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 1,179 970 1,042
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 16.03% 27.97% 22.26%
As % of the General category 36.97% 41.49% 43.76%
Number of salaries quoted 716 545 546
10th Percentile £25,900 £25,950 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,076 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% -15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,250 £66,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £48,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -5.83% -10.43%

All General Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,189 2,338 2,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 43.35% 67.42% 50.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,019 1,186 1,462
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,050 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.16% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in the East of England

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the East of England

Social Skills
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 August 2026. 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
Cambridgeshire -1 277 £45,000 +12.50% 108
Hertfordshire -2 259 £40,000 -11.11% 146
Essex 0 251 £37,500 +7.14% 87
Norfolk 0 160 £38,550 +2.80% 68
Suffolk +5 129 £34,750 +13.01% 38
Bedfordshire +9 106 £36,000 -15.29% 56
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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
1 112 (9.50%) SharePoint
2 61 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.19%) CMS
4 8 (0.68%) WebLogic
4 8 (0.68%) WebSphere
5 7 (0.59%) WordPress
6 3 (0.25%) Confluence
6 3 (0.25%) IIS
7 2 (0.17%) Drupal
7 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.085%) Apache
8 1 (0.085%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.085%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.085%) Moodle
8 1 (0.085%) WinCC
Applications
1 115 (9.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 109 (9.25%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.59%) Simulink
4 4 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.25%) Maple
5 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.17%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
6 2 (0.17%) Trello
7 1 (0.085%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.085%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.085%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.085%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 11 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.51%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.34%) Shopify
4 3 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.25%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite
5 2 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.17%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.085%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.085%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.085%) Primavera
6 1 (0.085%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.085%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.085%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.085%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.085%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.085%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.085%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 341 (28.92%) Azure
2 243 (20.61%) Microsoft 365
3 92 (7.80%) Power Platform
4 73 (6.19%) Entra ID
5 70 (5.94%) Azure AI
6 44 (3.73%) OneDrive
6 44 (3.73%) Power Automate
7 38 (3.22%) AWS
8 34 (2.88%) PowerApps
9 24 (2.04%) SaaS
10 22 (1.87%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (1.70%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 19 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (1.02%) GCP
15 11 (0.93%) Google Ads
16 9 (0.76%) Anthropic Claude
16 9 (0.76%) GitHub
16 9 (0.76%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 61 (5.17%) Firewall
2 47 (3.99%) DNS
3 40 (3.39%) VPN
4 39 (3.31%) DHCP
4 39 (3.31%) Wireless
5 33 (2.80%) TCP/IP
6 27 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
7 21 (1.78%) WAN
8 17 (1.44%) VoIP
9 15 (1.27%) LAN
10 14 (1.19%) Broadband
11 13 (1.10%) VLAN
12 11 (0.93%) Modbus
12 11 (0.93%) Profibus
13 10 (0.85%) Bluetooth
13 10 (0.85%) Internet
13 10 (0.85%) ZigBee
14 9 (0.76%) RS-232
14 9 (0.76%) RS-485
15 7 (0.59%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (7.55%) Power BI
2 46 (3.90%) Tableau
3 28 (2.37%) Relational Database
4 24 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
5 22 (1.87%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.42%) Metadata
6 5 (0.42%) MySQL
7 4 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.25%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.25%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.25%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.25%) Spotfire
9 2 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.17%) DTS
9 2 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.17%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.17%) SQLite
10 1 (0.085%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 31 (2.63%) JIRA
2 30 (2.54%) Git
3 10 (0.85%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.34%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.34%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.25%) git-flow
5 3 (0.25%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.17%) GitLab
6 2 (0.17%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.085%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.085%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.085%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.085%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.085%) Toad
General
1 177 (15.01%) Finance
2 139 (11.79%) Organisational Skills
3 132 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 69 (5.85%) Legal
4 69 (5.85%) Manufacturing
5 66 (5.60%) Marketing
6 59 (5.00%) Electronics
7 45 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
8 39 (3.31%) Aerospace
9 35 (2.97%) Law
10 33 (2.80%) Retail
10 33 (2.80%) Telecoms
11 24 (2.04%) Public Sector
12 17 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.02%) Local Government
13 12 (1.02%) Military
14 11 (0.93%) Swedish Language
15 10 (0.85%) Aviation
15 10 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 179 (15.18%) Analyst
2 130 (11.03%) IT Support
3 112 (9.50%) Junior
4 90 (7.63%) Junior Analyst
5 88 (7.46%) Support Engineer
6 82 (6.96%) IT Engineer
7 80 (6.79%) Senior
8 78 (6.62%) Lead
9 69 (5.85%) Developer
10 68 (5.77%) IT Support Engineer
11 62 (5.26%) Consultant
12 58 (4.92%) IT Technician
13 51 (4.33%) Security Analyst
14 48 (4.07%) Data Analyst
14 48 (4.07%) Ethical Hacker
15 44 (3.73%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 44 (3.73%) Junior Data Analyst
15 44 (3.73%) Junior Security Analyst
16 42 (3.56%) IT Manager
17 41 (3.48%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (4.24%) .NET
1 50 (4.24%) HTML
2 46 (3.90%) CSS
3 28 (2.37%) .NET Core
4 22 (1.87%) JSON
5 20 (1.70%) HTML5 Canvas
6 19 (1.61%) Microsoft Graph
6 19 (1.61%) SPFx
7 13 (1.10%) jQuery
7 13 (1.10%) React
8 12 (1.02%) HTML5
9 10 (0.85%) ASP.NET
10 9 (0.76%) Middleware
11 8 (0.68%) Web Services
12 7 (0.59%) Node.js
13 6 (0.51%) .NET Framework
13 6 (0.51%) Entity Framework
13 6 (0.51%) REST
13 6 (0.51%) RESTful
13 6 (0.51%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 118 (10.01%) Driving Licence
2 105 (8.91%) Onboarding
3 92 (7.80%) Self-Motivation
4 50 (4.24%) Management Information System
5 48 (4.07%) Cyberattack
6 27 (2.29%) Product Ownership
7 21 (1.78%) Data Centre
7 21 (1.78%) Social Media
8 15 (1.27%) AI Agents
9 14 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
10 13 (1.10%) Embedded Systems
11 12 (1.02%) CCTV
12 11 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (0.85%) Cloud Native
14 9 (0.76%) Low-Code
14 9 (0.76%) Security Posture
15 8 (0.68%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 182 (15.44%) Windows
2 92 (7.80%) Windows Server
3 34 (2.88%) Windows 10
4 32 (2.71%) Linux
5 18 (1.53%) Apple iOS
5 18 (1.53%) Mac OS
6 11 (0.93%) Android
7 9 (0.76%) FreeRTOS
8 7 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.34%) Unix
12 3 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.17%) CentOS
13 2 (0.17%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.17%) Rocky
14 1 (0.085%) VMS
14 1 (0.085%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (27.14%) Problem-Solving
2 186 (15.78%) Cybersecurity
3 179 (15.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 159 (13.49%) Customer Service
5 151 (12.81%) AI
6 114 (9.67%) Mentoring
7 108 (9.16%) Agile
8 97 (8.23%) Project Management
8 97 (8.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 90 (7.63%) Business Intelligence
9 90 (7.63%) Decision-Making
10 87 (7.38%) Service Delivery
11 70 (5.94%) ITIL
12 68 (5.77%) Project Delivery
13 65 (5.51%) User Experience
14 64 (5.43%) Business Development
15 60 (5.09%) CRM
16 55 (4.66%) ITSM
17 49 (4.16%) Ethical Hacking
17 49 (4.16%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 155 (13.15%) SQL
2 119 (10.09%) Python
3 62 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 58 (4.92%) C#
5 38 (3.22%) PowerShell
6 30 (2.54%) TypeScript
7 24 (2.04%) C
7 24 (2.04%) C++
8 19 (1.61%) Java
9 9 (0.76%) PHP
9 9 (0.76%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.68%) Embedded C
11 7 (0.59%) MATLAB
12 5 (0.42%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.34%) Bicep
13 4 (0.34%) Delphi
13 4 (0.34%) Embedded C++
14 2 (0.17%) VBA
15 1 (0.085%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.085%) VB
Qualifications
1 190 (16.12%) Azure Certification
2 180 (15.27%) Degree
3 75 (6.36%) Security Cleared
4 49 (4.16%) CEH
5 48 (4.07%) SC Cleared
6 46 (3.90%) CompTIA Security+
7 45 (3.82%) CompTIA CySA+
8 44 (3.73%) DBS Check
9 40 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 39 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
11 33 (2.80%) CCNA
12 28 (2.37%) A+ Certification
13 25 (2.12%) Network+ Certification
14 22 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
14 22 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
15 17 (1.44%) ACCA
15 17 (1.44%) DV Cleared
16 16 (1.36%) CIMA
17 14 (1.19%) HNC
18 12 (1.02%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.65%) SLA
2 42 (3.56%) QA
3 27 (2.29%) Accessibility
3 27 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 18 (1.53%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.53%) NIST
6 15 (1.27%) GDPR
7 12 (1.02%) GRC
8 11 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (0.85%) IFRS
9 10 (0.85%) PMO
10 7 (0.59%) ISO 31000
11 6 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.42%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.42%) NCSC
13 4 (0.34%) DO-254
13 4 (0.34%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 114 (9.67%) Active Directory
2 31 (2.63%) Hyper-V
3 29 (2.46%) Firmware
4 17 (1.44%) Embedded Firmware
5 15 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.59%) Docker
7 5 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.25%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.085%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.085%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 47 (3.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (0.76%) SCCM
3 6 (0.51%) Terraform
4 5 (0.42%) Ansible
5 3 (0.25%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
5 3 (0.25%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.17%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.17%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.17%) WSUS
7 1 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 497 (42.15%) Microsoft
2 140 (11.87%) ForeScout
3 39 (3.31%) Cisco
4 28 (2.37%) Google
4 28 (2.37%) Oracle
5 26 (2.21%) Adobe
5 26 (2.21%) Apple
6 24 (2.04%) VMware
7 23 (1.95%) SAP
8 20 (1.70%) Dell
9 19 (1.61%) Salesforce
9 19 (1.61%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.02%) HubSpot
11 11 (0.93%) Facebook
11 11 (0.93%) JD Edwards
12 10 (0.85%) DocuSign
12 10 (0.85%) Meraki
13 9 (0.76%) IBM
13 9 (0.76%) Sage
14 8 (0.68%) RedGate