Social Skills Job Trends 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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 217 318 308
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 21.15% 26.86% 30.20%
As % of the General category 31.73% 37.02% 39.90%
Number of salaries quoted 77 89 228
10th Percentile £24,150 £31,200 £25,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £41,250 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £55,000 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year -42.73% -2.34% -6.14%
75th Percentile £61,250 £74,145 £72,433
90th Percentile £74,265 £89,756 £84,056
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £52,186 £38,750
% change year-on-year -35.81% +34.67% -29.55%

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 general skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 684 859 772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 66.67% 72.55% 75.69%
Number of salaries quoted 252 328 637
10th Percentile £25,050 £35,105 £30,650
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £57,221 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.83% -11.97% +4.00%
75th Percentile £60,313 £75,313 £76,385
90th Percentile £82,141 £94,144 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.36% +4.76% -8.70%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Edinburgh

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 7 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.84%) Confluence
3 2 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.46%) CICS
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.46%) SAS
4 1 (0.46%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (5.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.84%) Oracle Smart View
4 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.38%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.92%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (3.69%) Oracle Assets
1 8 (3.69%) Oracle ERP
1 8 (3.69%) Oracle Financials
1 8 (3.69%) Oracle General Ledger
1 8 (3.69%) Oracle Payables
1 8 (3.69%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (1.84%) Hyperion Planning
3 2 (0.92%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.46%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 112 (51.61%) Azure
2 48 (22.12%) GitHub
3 46 (21.20%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (15.67%) GitHub Copilot
5 27 (12.44%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (8.76%) Power Platform
7 16 (7.37%) AWS
8 14 (6.45%) Datadog
8 14 (6.45%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (5.99%) Entra ID
10 12 (5.53%) dbt
10 12 (5.53%) Power Automate
10 12 (5.53%) Salesforce Einstein
10 12 (5.53%) Snowflake
11 10 (4.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 10 (4.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 9 (4.15%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 5 (2.30%) Azure AI
14 5 (2.30%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 21 (9.68%) Firewall
1 21 (9.68%) LAN
1 21 (9.68%) Wireless
2 20 (9.22%) WAN
3 16 (7.37%) SD-WAN
3 16 (7.37%) Wireshark
4 4 (1.84%) BGP
4 4 (1.84%) DHCP
4 4 (1.84%) DNS
4 4 (1.84%) MPLS
5 3 (1.38%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.46%) ATM
6 1 (0.46%) Intranet
6 1 (0.46%) Network Security
6 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.46%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.46%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.91%) Power BI
2 13 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (5.99%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.61%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.30%) Tableau
5 4 (1.84%) Essbase
5 4 (1.84%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.92%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.92%) Metadata
7 2 (0.92%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.46%) DB2
8 1 (0.46%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.46%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (5.99%) JIRA
2 8 (3.69%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.92%) Git
General
1 134 (61.75%) Finance
2 45 (20.74%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (12.90%) Telecoms
4 24 (11.06%) Marketing
5 14 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.53%) Legal
7 11 (5.07%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (4.15%) Retail
9 7 (3.23%) Banking
9 7 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.76%) Law
10 6 (2.76%) Public Sector
11 5 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.84%) Advertising
12 4 (1.84%) Front Office
12 4 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.38%) French Language
13 3 (1.38%) Greek Language
13 3 (1.38%) Italian Language
13 3 (1.38%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 46 (21.20%) Analyst
2 42 (19.35%) Senior
3 20 (9.22%) Consultant
4 15 (6.91%) Network Engineer
5 14 (6.45%) Development Engineer
6 13 (5.99%) Senior Analyst
7 11 (5.07%) Graduate
7 11 (5.07%) Lead
8 10 (4.61%) Business Analyst
8 10 (4.61%) Database Consultant
8 10 (4.61%) Graduate Consultant
8 10 (4.61%) Graduate Database Consultant
8 10 (4.61%) Graduate Support Consultant
8 10 (4.61%) Junior
8 10 (4.61%) Junior Analyst
8 10 (4.61%) Support Consultant
9 9 (4.15%) IT Support
9 9 (4.15%) Recruitment Consultant
10 8 (3.69%) Oracle Analyst
10 8 (3.69%) Senior Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (11.06%) REST
1 24 (11.06%) SOAP
2 22 (10.14%) Lightning Web Components
3 15 (6.91%) .NET
4 14 (6.45%) ADO
5 2 (0.92%) CSS
5 2 (0.92%) HTML
5 2 (0.92%) React
6 1 (0.46%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.46%) Django
6 1 (0.46%) Middleware
6 1 (0.46%) NestJS
6 1 (0.46%) Node.js
6 1 (0.46%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 53 (24.42%) Product Ownership
2 25 (11.52%) Onboarding
3 20 (9.22%) Data Centre
3 20 (9.22%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.07%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.61%) e-Learning
6 8 (3.69%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (3.23%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.23%) Low-Code
8 6 (2.76%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.84%) CMDB
9 4 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.84%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.84%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.38%) Life Science
10 3 (1.38%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.92%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.14%) Windows
2 7 (3.23%) Linux
3 6 (2.76%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.84%) Android
4 4 (1.84%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.38%) Unix
6 2 (0.92%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (47.47%) Asset Management
2 102 (47.00%) Coaching
3 81 (37.33%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (33.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 70 (32.26%) DevOps
6 67 (30.88%) Agile
7 62 (28.57%) CI/CD
8 51 (23.50%) AI
9 47 (21.66%) Observability
10 39 (17.97%) Test Automation
11 35 (16.13%) Sprint Planning
11 35 (16.13%) Sprint Retrospective
12 33 (15.21%) Mentoring
13 32 (14.75%) Customer Service
14 31 (14.29%) Data Modelling
15 28 (12.90%) Clean Code
16 27 (12.44%) Business Intelligence
16 27 (12.44%) Stakeholder Management
17 26 (11.98%) Change Management
18 25 (11.52%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 46 (21.20%) SQL
2 37 (17.05%) Python
3 22 (10.14%) Apex Code
4 17 (7.83%) JavaScript
5 12 (5.53%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.84%) Groovy
7 2 (0.92%) C#
7 2 (0.92%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (12.44%) Degree
2 12 (5.53%) Azure Certification
3 5 (2.30%) CISM
3 5 (2.30%) CISSP
3 5 (2.30%) CompTIA CySA+
3 5 (2.30%) CompTIA Security+
3 5 (2.30%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.84%) PMI Certification
4 4 (1.84%) PMP
5 3 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.38%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.92%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.92%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.92%) CCA
6 2 (0.92%) CCNA
6 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.46%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.45%) QA
2 9 (4.15%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.69%) GDPR
4 5 (2.30%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.84%) COBIT
5 4 (1.84%) GxP
6 3 (1.38%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.92%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.92%) SLA
7 2 (0.92%) WCAG
8 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.46%) GRC
8 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.46%) NIST
8 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.46%) P3O
8 1 (0.46%) PMO
8 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (7.83%) Docker
2 12 (5.53%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.92%) vSphere
5 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.46%) RACF
Systems Management
1 26 (11.98%) Terraform
2 19 (8.76%) Grafana
3 18 (8.29%) Prometheus
4 17 (7.83%) Kubernetes
5 9 (4.15%) Ansible
6 7 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.92%) Control-M
8 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.46%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.46%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 49 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.06%) Salesforce
3 23 (10.60%) Oracle
4 20 (9.22%) SolarWinds
5 18 (8.29%) Cisco
6 17 (7.83%) CheckPoint
6 17 (7.83%) Palo Alto
7 16 (7.37%) Meraki
8 8 (3.69%) Apple
9 7 (3.23%) ServiceNow
10 5 (2.30%) Citrix
10 5 (2.30%) F5
10 5 (2.30%) ForeScout
10 5 (2.30%) Freshdesk
10 5 (2.30%) Hyperion
10 5 (2.30%) Splunk
11 4 (1.84%) Charles River
11 4 (1.84%) Fortinet
12 3 (1.38%) Anaplan
12 3 (1.38%) SAP