Social Skills Jobs in Edinburgh

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 210 265 470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 26.48% 19.02% 31.08%
As % of the General category 34.31% 32.20% 40.21%
Number of salaries quoted 83 158 269
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £29,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,309 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% -15.48% +8.23%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,875 £72,500
90th Percentile £73,270 £81,250 £81,250
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £49,990 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.02% -4.78% -

All General Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 612 823 1,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 77.18% 59.08% 77.31%
Number of salaries quoted 283 526 710
10th Percentile £25,313 £33,375 £36,175
25th Percentile £32,217 £45,000 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £77,715
90th Percentile £94,756 £92,000 £87,419
Scotland median annual salary £40,101 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.80% -9.09% -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Edinburgh

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in Edinburgh

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Edinburgh

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (0.95%) CICS
1 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.48%) Apache
2 1 (0.48%) Confluence
2 1 (0.48%) IIS
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.48%) SAS
2 1 (0.48%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.48%) Simulink
5 1 (0.48%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.95%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.48%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.52%) Azure
2 17 (8.10%) AWS
3 10 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.86%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.86%) GCP
5 5 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (2.38%) Power Automate
5 5 (2.38%) SaaS
6 4 (1.90%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.43%) Amazon S3
7 3 (1.43%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.48%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.48%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (0.48%) Asana
8 1 (0.48%) Datadog
8 1 (0.48%) GitHub
8 1 (0.48%) IaaS
8 1 (0.48%) PaaS
8 1 (0.48%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.38%) BGP
1 5 (2.38%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.90%) Firewall
2 4 (1.90%) OSPF
2 4 (1.90%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (1.43%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (1.43%) LAN
3 3 (1.43%) Network Security
3 3 (1.43%) NX-OS
3 3 (1.43%) VXLAN
3 3 (1.43%) WAN
4 2 (0.95%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.95%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.95%) VPN
5 1 (0.48%) 802.11
5 1 (0.48%) HSRP
5 1 (0.48%) SpaceWire
5 1 (0.48%) SSL
5 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.81%) Relational Database
2 7 (3.33%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.86%) Tableau
4 5 (2.38%) Big Data
5 4 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.43%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.95%) Metadata
7 2 (0.95%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.95%) OLAP
7 2 (0.95%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.95%) Power BI
7 2 (0.95%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.48%) DB2
8 1 (0.48%) Essbase
8 1 (0.48%) MySQL
8 1 (0.48%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 10 (4.76%) Visual Studio
2 4 (1.90%) Git
2 4 (1.90%) JIRA
3 2 (0.95%) GitLab
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.48%) LabVIEW
General
1 84 (40.00%) Finance
2 70 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (11.43%) Banking
4 22 (10.48%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.81%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.81%) Legal
9 7 (3.33%) Retail
10 6 (2.86%) Marketing
10 6 (2.86%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.38%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.90%) Advertising
13 1 (0.48%) Automotive
13 1 (0.48%) Back Office
13 1 (0.48%) Billing
13 1 (0.48%) Games
13 1 (0.48%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.48%) Law
Job Titles
1 49 (23.33%) Analyst
2 25 (11.90%) Senior
3 20 (9.52%) Developer
4 15 (7.14%) Lead
5 14 (6.67%) Consultant
6 13 (6.19%) Risk Manager
7 10 (4.76%) Graduate
7 10 (4.76%) Java Developer
7 10 (4.76%) Senior Developer
7 10 (4.76%) Senior Java Developer
8 9 (4.29%) Business Analyst
9 8 (3.81%) Architect
9 8 (3.81%) C++ Developer
10 7 (3.33%) C++/Java Developer
10 7 (3.33%) Data Analyst
10 7 (3.33%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.33%) Senior C++ Developer
10 7 (3.33%) Service Analyst
11 6 (2.86%) Graduate Consultant
11 6 (2.86%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.33%) MFC
1 7 (3.33%) Middleware
2 5 (2.38%) HTML
2 5 (2.38%) JSON
3 3 (1.43%) .NET
4 2 (0.95%) ADO
4 2 (0.95%) EDI
4 2 (0.95%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (0.95%) REST
5 1 (0.48%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.48%) Flask
5 1 (0.48%) LangChain
5 1 (0.48%) Pandas
5 1 (0.48%) Playwright
5 1 (0.48%) React
5 1 (0.48%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.48%) SQLAlchemy
5 1 (0.48%) Web Services
5 1 (0.48%) WebGL
5 1 (0.48%) WebGPU
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.81%) Credit Risk
3 7 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.86%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.86%) e-Learning
4 6 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.38%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.38%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.90%) Private Cloud
6 4 (1.90%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.43%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.43%) Life Science
7 3 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.43%) Social Media
8 2 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.95%) EPoS
8 2 (0.95%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.00%) Windows
2 6 (2.86%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.95%) Linux
4 1 (0.48%) Android
4 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (28.10%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (25.71%) Agile
3 49 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 35 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (15.71%) Roadmaps
6 32 (15.24%) Risk Management
7 26 (12.38%) Analytics
7 26 (12.38%) Customer Service
8 25 (11.90%) Coaching
9 22 (10.48%) Decision-Making
9 22 (10.48%) DevOps
10 18 (8.57%) CI/CD
10 18 (8.57%) Collaborative Working
10 18 (8.57%) Data Management
10 18 (8.57%) Mentoring
11 17 (8.10%) Project Management
12 16 (7.62%) Customer Experience
13 15 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
13 15 (7.14%) Migration
14 14 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.43%) SQL
2 20 (9.52%) Python
3 19 (9.05%) Java
4 12 (5.71%) C++
5 5 (2.38%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.90%) VBA
7 2 (0.95%) C
7 2 (0.95%) C#
8 1 (0.48%) Cypher
8 1 (0.48%) Groovy
8 1 (0.48%) JCL
8 1 (0.48%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.48%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.48%) R
8 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (11.43%) Degree
2 7 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.38%) CISA
3 5 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (1.90%) CCA
4 4 (1.90%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (1.43%) CISSP
5 3 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (1.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 3 (1.43%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.43%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.95%) CCNP
7 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.48%) CCNA
7 1 (0.48%) CRISC
7 1 (0.48%) HNC
7 1 (0.48%) HND
7 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.71%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.86%) QA
4 4 (1.90%) ITGC
5 3 (1.43%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.43%) SEPA
6 2 (0.95%) GDPR
6 2 (0.95%) NCSC
6 2 (0.95%) NIST
7 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.48%) ECSS
7 1 (0.48%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.90%) Docker
4 1 (0.48%) Firmware
4 1 (0.48%) RACF
4 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (2.38%) Ansible
1 5 (2.38%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (2.38%) Terraform
2 4 (1.90%) Grafana
3 3 (1.43%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.48%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.48%) Panaseer
4 1 (0.48%) Puppet
Vendors
1 33 (15.71%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.19%) Oracle
3 6 (2.86%) Avaloq
3 6 (2.86%) Cisco
3 6 (2.86%) Citrix
4 5 (2.38%) Apple
4 5 (2.38%) Freshdesk
5 4 (1.90%) Blue Prism
5 4 (1.90%) Google
5 4 (1.90%) UiPath
6 2 (0.95%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.95%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.48%) Cadence
7 1 (0.48%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.48%) Hitachi
7 1 (0.48%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.48%) IBM
7 1 (0.48%) Informatica
7 1 (0.48%) Sage
7 1 (0.48%) VMware