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 14 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 157 218 262
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 15.01% 25.59% 18.50%
As % of the General category 36.18% 31.82% 30.93%
Number of salaries quoted 55 61 178
10th Percentile £24,250 £25,020 £27,500
25th Percentile £24,875 £41,375 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +2.44% -13.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £66,875
90th Percentile £90,750 £80,000 £81,250
Scotland median annual salary £37,000 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -23.71% +7.78% -18.18%

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 434 685 847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 41.49% 80.40% 59.82%
Number of salaries quoted 250 287 664
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,851 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,474 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% -13.04%

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 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Edinburgh

Social Skills
Job Locations in Edinburgh

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Edinburgh region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Balerno - 1 - -
Social Skills
Scotland

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 5 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.55%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 16 (10.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.91%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 75 (47.77%) Azure
2 23 (14.65%) Azure AI
3 18 (11.46%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.73%) AWS
4 9 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (3.82%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.82%) SaaS
6 4 (2.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 4 (2.55%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (2.55%) Amazon S3
6 4 (2.55%) AWS CodePipeline
6 4 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (2.55%) AWS Step Functions
6 4 (2.55%) GitHub
6 4 (2.55%) Serverless
7 3 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.27%) GitHub Copilot
8 2 (1.27%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.27%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.64%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.10%) Broadband
2 5 (3.18%) VoIP
3 2 (1.27%) DNS
3 2 (1.27%) Network Security
4 1 (0.64%) Firewall
4 1 (0.64%) LAN
4 1 (0.64%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.64%) Wireless
4 1 (0.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.46%) Power BI
2 17 (10.83%) Tableau
3 7 (4.46%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (2.55%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.64%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.64%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.64%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.64%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.64%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (2.55%) Git
2 1 (0.64%) JIRA
2 1 (0.64%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.64%) SonarQube
General
1 26 (16.56%) Finance
2 17 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (8.28%) Legal
4 10 (6.37%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.18%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.55%) Marketing
7 3 (1.91%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.91%) Games
7 3 (1.91%) Retail
8 2 (1.27%) Advertising
8 2 (1.27%) Banking
8 2 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.27%) Legal Technology
8 2 (1.27%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.64%) Electronics
9 1 (0.64%) Law
9 1 (0.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 45 (28.66%) Analyst
2 32 (20.38%) Junior
2 32 (20.38%) Junior Analyst
3 16 (10.19%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 16 (10.19%) Data Analyst
3 16 (10.19%) Junior Data Analyst
3 16 (10.19%) Junior Security Analyst
3 16 (10.19%) Security Analyst
4 15 (9.55%) Ethical Hacker
5 13 (8.28%) Consultant
6 12 (7.64%) Architect
6 12 (7.64%) IT Support
6 12 (7.64%) Support Engineer
7 11 (7.01%) Recruitment Consultant
7 11 (7.01%) Sales Manager
7 11 (7.01%) Trainee
7 11 (7.01%) Trainee Consultant
7 11 (7.01%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
8 10 (6.37%) Senior
9 9 (5.73%) Sales Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.73%) REST
1 9 (5.73%) SOAP
2 3 (1.91%) .NET
3 2 (1.27%) GraphQL
3 2 (1.27%) LDAP
3 2 (1.27%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (1.27%) OAuth
3 2 (1.27%) OpenID
3 2 (1.27%) SAML
4 1 (0.64%) ADO
4 1 (0.64%) JSON
4 1 (0.64%) React
4 1 (0.64%) WPF
4 1 (0.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.46%) Driving Licence
2 17 (10.83%) Cyberattack
3 8 (5.10%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.55%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.91%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.27%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) Replication
8 1 (0.64%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.64%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.64%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.64%) IoT
8 1 (0.64%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.64%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.73%) Windows
2 5 (3.18%) Mac OS
3 4 (2.55%) Linux
3 4 (2.55%) Unix
4 3 (1.91%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (22.29%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (19.11%) AI
3 27 (17.20%) Mentoring
4 18 (11.46%) Business Intelligence
5 17 (10.83%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (9.55%) Agile
6 15 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (9.55%) Ethical Hacking
7 14 (8.92%) Business Development
8 13 (8.28%) Workshop Facilitation
9 12 (7.64%) CI/CD
9 12 (7.64%) Customer Service
10 11 (7.01%) Lead Generation
11 10 (6.37%) Asset Management
11 10 (6.37%) Data Integration
12 9 (5.73%) Coaching
12 9 (5.73%) Telesales
13 8 (5.10%) Line Management
13 8 (5.10%) Process Improvement
13 8 (5.10%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 27 (17.20%) Python
2 22 (14.01%) SQL
3 4 (2.55%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.55%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.27%) Apex Code
4 2 (1.27%) Bash
4 2 (1.27%) C#
4 2 (1.27%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (37.58%) Azure Certification
2 16 (10.19%) CEH
2 16 (10.19%) CompTIA CySA+
2 16 (10.19%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (5.73%) A+ Certification
4 8 (5.10%) Degree
5 7 (4.46%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (3.82%) CCNA
6 6 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.82%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (3.82%) PMI Certification
6 6 (3.82%) PMP
7 4 (2.55%) Security Cleared
8 3 (1.91%) Server+ Certification
9 1 (0.64%) CCIE
9 1 (0.64%) CCNP
9 1 (0.64%) CISM
9 1 (0.64%) CISSP
9 1 (0.64%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.64%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.82%) QA
2 5 (3.18%) SLA
3 4 (2.55%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.55%) NIST
4 3 (1.91%) NCSC
5 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (5.10%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.91%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.27%) Docker
4 1 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (2.55%) Control-M
1 4 (2.55%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.27%) Terraform
4 1 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.64%) Forefront Identity Manager
4 1 (0.64%) Grafana
4 1 (0.64%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 72 (45.86%) Microsoft
2 43 (27.39%) ForeScout
3 8 (5.10%) Oracle
4 6 (3.82%) Cisco
5 5 (3.18%) Anaplan
6 4 (2.55%) Informatica
7 3 (1.91%) Hyperion
7 3 (1.91%) IBM
7 3 (1.91%) SAP
8 2 (1.27%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.64%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.64%) Citrix
9 1 (0.64%) Databricks
9 1 (0.64%) F5
9 1 (0.64%) Foundry
9 1 (0.64%) Google
9 1 (0.64%) Intapp
9 1 (0.64%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.64%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.64%) Xamarin