Social Skills Jobs 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 929 1,543 1,976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 27.71% 25.17% 37.32%
As % of the General category 41.60% 45.25% 52.67%
Number of salaries quoted 478 1,116 700
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,250 £44,500 £48,271
Median % change year-on-year -0.56% -7.81% +1.62%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,793 £49,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.82% -14.78% +4.55%

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 common skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,233 3,410 3,752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 66.60% 55.62% 70.86%
Number of salaries quoted 969 2,463 1,322
10th Percentile £26,450 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,199 £31,250 £35,764
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -16.67% +13.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £73,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the East of England

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the East of England.

Salary trend for Social Skills in the East of England

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 12 May 2025.

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 12 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
Hertfordshire 0 336 £50,967 +13.26% 346
Cambridgeshire 0 168 £47,500 - 365
Essex 0 134 £35,000 -6.67% 213
Suffolk -7 131 £29,500 -23.87% 65
Bedfordshire -12 111 £50,967 +6.69% 109
Norfolk -10 49 £40,101 +14.57% 88
East Anglia - 2 £70,500 - 378
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 55 (5.92%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.83%) IIS
3 14 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.86%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.75%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.22%) CMS
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.11%) Confluence
7 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.11%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 82 (8.83%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (4.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.72%) Simulink
5 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.43%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.43%) Sketch
6 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.22%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.40%) Teamcenter
2 8 (0.86%) Infor M3
3 6 (0.65%) Dynamics GP
4 5 (0.54%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) Primavera
6 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 132 (14.21%) Microsoft 365
2 124 (13.35%) Azure
3 48 (5.17%) SaaS
4 45 (4.84%) Entra ID
5 42 (4.52%) AWS
6 41 (4.41%) Power Platform
7 14 (1.51%) Power Automate
8 13 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.40%) OneDrive
9 11 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
10 9 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (0.86%) Google Workspace
12 7 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (0.75%) GitHub
13 6 (0.65%) Rubrik
14 5 (0.54%) Amazon S3
14 5 (0.54%) Figma
14 5 (0.54%) Nutanix
14 5 (0.54%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.54%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 47 (5.06%) Broadband
2 36 (3.88%) Firewall
3 28 (3.01%) VPN
4 25 (2.69%) TCP/IP
5 24 (2.58%) LAN
5 24 (2.58%) WAN
6 19 (2.05%) DNS
7 17 (1.83%) DHCP
8 12 (1.29%) RS-485
9 11 (1.18%) VoIP
10 8 (0.86%) Wireless
11 7 (0.75%) Bluetooth
11 7 (0.75%) DMARC
11 7 (0.75%) FTP
11 7 (0.75%) Intranet
11 7 (0.75%) Modbus
11 7 (0.75%) Profibus
11 7 (0.75%) SSL
11 7 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.75%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.95%) SQL Server
2 35 (3.77%) Power BI
3 19 (2.05%) Big Data
4 17 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.29%) MySQL
6 11 (1.18%) Data Lake
7 10 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.54%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.43%) GIS
10 4 (0.43%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.43%) Tableau
11 3 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.22%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.22%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 28 (3.01%) JIRA
2 16 (1.72%) Git
3 15 (1.61%) Cucumber
3 15 (1.61%) Robot Framework
4 13 (1.40%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (0.75%) Bitbucket
5 7 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.32%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.32%) webpack
7 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.22%) Vite
8 1 (0.11%) ClearCase
8 1 (0.11%) ClearQuest
8 1 (0.11%) gulp
8 1 (0.11%) JMeter
8 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.11%) PetaLinux
8 1 (0.11%) Postman
8 1 (0.11%) Selenium
General
1 300 (32.29%) Analytical Skills
2 220 (23.68%) Finance
3 138 (14.85%) Marketing
4 101 (10.87%) Public Sector
5 88 (9.47%) Influencing Skills
6 74 (7.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 65 (7.00%) Manufacturing
8 56 (6.03%) Banking
9 55 (5.92%) Electronics
9 55 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
10 42 (4.52%) French Language
11 39 (4.20%) German Language
12 38 (4.09%) Financial Institution
13 28 (3.01%) Telecoms
14 27 (2.91%) Advertising
15 26 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
16 25 (2.69%) Aerospace
17 22 (2.37%) Retail
18 19 (2.05%) Legal
19 18 (1.94%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 207 (22.28%) Analyst
2 73 (7.86%) Business Manager
3 71 (7.64%) Senior
4 70 (7.53%) Business Development Manager
4 70 (7.53%) Development Manager
5 61 (6.57%) Business Change Analyst
5 61 (6.57%) Change Analyst
6 50 (5.38%) IT Support
7 49 (5.27%) Lead
8 45 (4.84%) Support Engineer
9 44 (4.74%) Developer
9 44 (4.74%) Junior
10 39 (4.20%) Applications Support
11 37 (3.98%) Credit Analyst
11 37 (3.98%) Research Analyst
12 30 (3.23%) 1st Line Support
12 30 (3.23%) Support Analyst
13 29 (3.12%) Systems Engineer
14 28 (3.01%) Account Manager
15 27 (2.91%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.01%) .NET
2 24 (2.58%) CSS
3 16 (1.72%) HTML
4 14 (1.51%) .NET Framework
4 14 (1.51%) ASP.NET
5 13 (1.40%) REST
6 11 (1.18%) SOAP
7 10 (1.08%) jQuery
7 10 (1.08%) JSON
8 8 (0.86%) HTML5
8 8 (0.86%) Sass
8 8 (0.86%) XML
9 7 (0.75%) CSS3
9 7 (0.75%) Node.js
9 7 (0.75%) React
9 7 (0.75%) Vue
10 6 (0.65%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.65%) Entity Framework
10 6 (0.65%) Web Services
11 5 (0.54%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
2 37 (3.98%) Credit Risk
2 37 (3.98%) Fixed Income
3 31 (3.34%) Analytical Mindset
4 27 (2.91%) Marketing Technology
5 25 (2.69%) Digital Media
6 23 (2.48%) Product Ownership
7 21 (2.26%) Management Information System
8 19 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
9 18 (1.94%) Algorithms
10 17 (1.83%) Driving Licence
11 14 (1.51%) Social Media
12 13 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.18%) Data Centre
13 11 (1.18%) Life Science
14 9 (0.97%) FPGA
15 8 (0.86%) Verilog
16 7 (0.75%) Data Structures
16 7 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
16 7 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 132 (14.21%) Windows
2 47 (5.06%) Linux
3 29 (3.12%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.94%) Windows 10
5 14 (1.51%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (0.86%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.75%) FreeRTOS
7 7 (0.75%) Unix
8 4 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.32%) Android
9 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.22%) Debian
10 2 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 450 (48.44%) Problem-Solving
2 211 (22.71%) Collaborative Working
3 166 (17.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 138 (14.85%) Project Management
5 134 (14.42%) Customer Service
6 127 (13.67%) Computer Science
7 116 (12.49%) Business Development
8 108 (11.63%) Mentoring
8 108 (11.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 102 (10.98%) Strategic Thinking
10 86 (9.26%) Agile
10 86 (9.26%) Change Management
11 83 (8.93%) Marketing Strategy
11 83 (8.93%) Time Management
12 82 (8.83%) Business Analysis
13 77 (8.29%) Business Case
14 75 (8.07%) Collaborative Culture
15 70 (7.53%) ITIL
16 69 (7.43%) Roadmaps
17 67 (7.21%) Facilities Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (8.29%) SQL
2 47 (5.06%) PowerShell
2 47 (5.06%) Python
3 46 (4.95%) JavaScript
4 36 (3.88%) C++
5 29 (3.12%) C
6 21 (2.26%) C#
6 21 (2.26%) Java
7 19 (2.05%) Bash
8 17 (1.83%) PHP
8 17 (1.83%) T-SQL
9 15 (1.61%) MATLAB
10 7 (0.75%) VBA
11 6 (0.65%) Ada
12 5 (0.54%) Objective-C
12 5 (0.54%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.43%) RPG
13 4 (0.43%) RPG IV
14 3 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.32%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 311 (33.48%) Degree
2 82 (8.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 78 (8.40%) CBAP
4 66 (7.10%) Master's Degree
5 52 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (3.98%) CFA
7 30 (3.23%) Security Cleared
8 25 (2.69%) DBS Check
9 23 (2.48%) PMP
10 22 (2.37%) PMI Certification
11 19 (2.05%) A+ Certification
12 17 (1.83%) SC Cleared
13 14 (1.51%) Azure Certification
14 13 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (0.97%) HNC
16 8 (0.86%) DV Cleared
17 5 (0.54%) CISSP
18 4 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
18 4 (0.43%) CISM
18 4 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.81%) QA
2 14 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (1.51%) SLA
3 11 (1.18%) GDPR
4 9 (0.97%) GxP
5 8 (0.86%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.32%) GMP
6 3 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (0.32%) NIST
6 3 (0.32%) PMO
6 3 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.22%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.22%) IEC 62304
7 2 (0.22%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.11%) JTAG
System Software
1 90 (9.69%) Active Directory
2 28 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.83%) Firmware
3 17 (1.83%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.40%) Embedded Firmware
5 11 (1.18%) Docker
6 5 (0.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 4 (0.43%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.43%) vSphere
8 3 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (2.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 6 (0.65%) NetBackup
3 6 (0.65%) SmoothWall
4 5 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.54%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.43%) Terraform
5 4 (0.43%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.43%) VxRail
6 3 (0.32%) Ansible
6 3 (0.32%) Avamar
6 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.32%) Puppet
7 1 (0.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.11%) QRadar
7 1 (0.11%) SCCM
7 1 (0.11%) vRealize
7 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 213 (22.93%) Microsoft
2 47 (5.06%) YouTube
3 37 (3.98%) Bloomberg
4 30 (3.23%) VMware
5 23 (2.48%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.26%) Citrix
7 20 (2.15%) Google
8 18 (1.94%) Cisco
9 16 (1.72%) IBM
10 14 (1.51%) Oracle
11 12 (1.29%) ServiceNow
12 10 (1.08%) EMC
12 10 (1.08%) IFS
13 8 (0.86%) Infor
13 8 (0.86%) SAP
13 8 (0.86%) Sun
14 7 (0.75%) Dell
15 6 (0.65%) Adobe
15 6 (0.65%) Commvault
15 6 (0.65%) Zerto