Social Housing Job Trends in England

Social Housing
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Housing in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Housing over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 567 608 706
Rank change year-on-year +41 +98 -175
Permanent jobs citing Social Housing 133 23 132
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.058% 0.14%
As % of the General category 0.34% 0.080% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 116 19 112
10th Percentile £35,250 £38,869 £29,971
25th Percentile £40,938 £40,059 £39,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -5.56% +45.16%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £63,750 £70,425
UK median annual salary £55,000 £43,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.71% -2.78% +45.16%

All General Skills
England

Social Housing 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 39,084 28,656 53,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 46.97% 72.45% 56.79%
Number of salaries quoted 24,882 14,263 36,783
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,537 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £94,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,565 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.02% +5.84% -12.50%

Social Housing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Social Housing job vacancy trend in England

Social Housing
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Social Housing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Social Housing

Social Housing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Housing in England over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Housing in England

Social Housing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Housing within the England region over the 6 months to 17 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
South East +14 33 £100,000 +135.29% 15
North of England -2 32 £42,500 -57.50% 15
Midlands -2 24 £57,500 +44.04% 12
London -17 23 £45,000 -25.00% 15
Yorkshire - 18 £35,000 - 1
West Midlands -1 17 £55,000 +30.95% 4
North West +11 14 £50,000 -50.00% 13
East of England - 13 £37,000 - 4
South West -50 8 £65,000 +8.33% 3
East Midlands -27 7 £65,000 +62.83% 8
Social Housing
UK

Social Housing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 4 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (12.78%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (12.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.50%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Aareon QL
1 3 (2.26%) Academy Housing
1 3 (2.26%) MIS ActiveH
1 3 (2.26%) NEC Housing
1 3 (2.26%) OPENHousing
1 3 (2.26%) Orchard Housing
2 2 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 11 (8.27%) Azure
3 9 (6.77%) SaaS
4 6 (4.51%) Azure Logic Apps
4 6 (4.51%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (4.51%) Microsoft Copilot
4 6 (4.51%) Power Automate
4 6 (4.51%) PowerApps
5 3 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.26%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.50%) AWS
6 2 (1.50%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.50%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.75%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.01%) Firewall
2 3 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.50%) DHCP
3 2 (1.50%) DNS
3 2 (1.50%) Network Security
3 2 (1.50%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.50%) VPN
3 2 (1.50%) WAN
3 2 (1.50%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.50%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (14.29%) Power BI
2 11 (8.27%) Power Query
3 7 (5.26%) BusinessObjects
3 7 (5.26%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (4.51%) Relational Database
4 6 (4.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (3.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (2.26%) MySQL
7 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.75%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.75%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.75%) Tableau
General
1 28 (21.05%) Local Government
2 25 (18.80%) Social Skills
3 20 (15.04%) Public Sector
4 18 (13.53%) Finance
5 15 (11.28%) Legal
6 11 (8.27%) Fire and Rescue
6 11 (8.27%) Law
6 11 (8.27%) Retail
7 9 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (4.51%) Tech for Good
10 4 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (23.31%) Business Development Manager
1 31 (23.31%) Business Manager
1 31 (23.31%) Development Manager
2 13 (9.77%) Security Engineer
2 13 (9.77%) Systems Engineer
3 12 (9.02%) Senior
4 10 (7.52%) Account Manager
5 9 (6.77%) Analyst
6 8 (6.02%) Business Development Director
6 8 (6.02%) Contracts Manager
6 8 (6.02%) Developer
6 8 (6.02%) Development Director
7 7 (5.26%) Build Manager
7 7 (5.26%) Support Analyst
7 7 (5.26%) Systems Analyst
7 7 (5.26%) Systems Support
7 7 (5.26%) Systems Support Analyst
8 6 (4.51%) Senior Business Development Manager
8 6 (4.51%) Senior Business Manager
8 6 (4.51%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.51%) HTML
2 5 (3.76%) React
2 5 (3.76%) Web Services
3 3 (2.26%) Node.js
4 1 (0.75%) CSS
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.75%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.77%) CCTV
2 8 (6.02%) Housing Association
3 7 (5.26%) IoT
3 7 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (4.51%) Smart Home
5 4 (3.01%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.26%) e-Learning
6 3 (2.26%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.50%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.50%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.75%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.75%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (29.32%) Business Development
2 20 (15.04%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (12.78%) Customer Service
3 17 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (9.02%) Change Management
6 9 (6.77%) Collaborative Working
6 9 (6.77%) System Testing
7 8 (6.02%) AI
8 7 (5.26%) Agile
8 7 (5.26%) Computer Science
8 7 (5.26%) Decision-Making
8 7 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (4.51%) Analytics
9 6 (4.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (4.51%) Project Management
9 6 (4.51%) Scrum
10 5 (3.76%) Business Continuity
10 5 (3.76%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (3.76%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.77%) SQL
2 6 (4.51%) JavaScript
3 4 (3.01%) TypeScript
4 3 (2.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.50%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.50%) Python
6 1 (0.75%) C#
6 1 (0.75%) R
6 1 (0.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (7.52%) Degree
2 5 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.01%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.50%) CCNP
4 2 (1.50%) CEH
4 2 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.50%) CISM
4 2 (1.50%) CISSP
4 2 (1.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (1.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (0.75%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.52%) GDPR
2 3 (2.26%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.26%) QA
3 2 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.50%) NIST
4 1 (0.75%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.50%) FortiGate
1 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (15.04%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.01%) Orchard
3 3 (2.26%) Aareon
3 3 (2.26%) Capita
3 3 (2.26%) NEC
4 2 (1.50%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (1.50%) Netskope
4 2 (1.50%) VMware
5 1 (0.75%) Civica
5 1 (0.75%) Google
5 1 (0.75%) Northgate
5 1 (0.75%) SAP