Social Skills Job Trends in England

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	1	1	1
Rank change year-on-year	0	0	0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills	17,296	13,719	14,304
As % of all permanent jobs in England	16.00%	30.34%	23.76%
As % of the General category	34.50%	46.29%	40.37%
Number of salaries quoted	10,968	7,558	6,127
10^th Percentile	£28,000	£26,500	£30,500
25^th Percentile	£33,000	£31,250	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	£47,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-13.64%	-
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£70,000	£73,750
90^th Percentile	£93,000	£90,000	£90,000
UK median annual salary	£47,500	£47,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	-	-13.64%	-

All General Skills
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 citing general skills in England.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	50,136	29,639	35,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England	46.37%	65.55%	58.86%
Number of salaries quoted	31,593	16,958	16,956
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,000	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£39,000	£35,000	£43,227
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£52,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+4.76%	-12.50%	-
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£75,000	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£96,250	£96,250	£100,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£51,275	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+7.26%	-14.54%	-

Social Skills Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Social Skills Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Social Skills.

Social Skills Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in England over the 6 months to 11 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in England

Social Skills 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 Skills within the England region over the 6 months to 11 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
London	0	5,159	£70,000	-	6,187
South East	0	3,334	£42,500	+6.25%	1,826
North of England	-1	3,108	£45,000	+12.50%	1,641
Midlands	0	2,589	£42,000	+5.00%	1,160
North West	-1	1,599	£45,000	+5.88%	874
South West	-1	1,598	£44,285	+7.68%	708
West Midlands	0	1,459	£42,500	-6.59%	679
East of England	0	1,389	£40,000	+3.23%	859
East Midlands	0	1,127	£40,000	+23.08%	479
Yorkshire	-1	939	£42,500	+13.33%	548
North East	+1	576	£50,000	+53.85%	232
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Social Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, job vacancies citing Social Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region citing Social Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	31.8%	5,499
2	Microsoft	28.6%	4,949
3	Continuous Improvement	23.5%	4,071
4	Stakeholder Management	21.0%	3,628
5	Degree	16.6%	2,876
6	Azure	15.8%	2,736
7	Customer Service	15.2%	2,623
8	AI	14.5%	2,516
9	Agile	13.4%	2,323
10	Decision-Making	12.6%	2,180
11	Microsoft 365	12.4%	2,148
12	Windows	10.6%	1,837
13	Mentoring	10.4%	1,804
14	SQL	10.1%	1,742
15	Analytics	9.3%	1,609
16	Security Cleared	9.2%	1,599
17	CRM	9.2%	1,595
18	Microsoft Office	9.2%	1,586
19	AWS	9.1%	1,571
20	Python	9.0%	1,550
21	Cybersecurity	8.6%	1,495
22	Project Delivery	8.5%	1,478
23	Roadmaps	8.4%	1,458
24	Microsoft Excel	8.2%	1,412
25	Stakeholder Engagement	8.1%	1,394
26	CI/CD	7.7%	1,324
27	Collaborative Working	7.0%	1,208
28	Business Development	6.9%	1,200
29	Active Directory	6.9%	1,192
30	Project Management	6.8%	1,177

Social Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Finance	23.6%	4,074
2	Analytical Skills	18.2%	3,152
3	Organisational Skills	13.5%	2,334
4	Marketing	8.5%	1,464
5	Manufacturing	8.3%	1,432
6	Inclusion and Diversity	8.2%	1,413
7	Retail	6.0%	1,037
8	Law	5.6%	972
9	Legal	5.5%	948
10	Public Sector	5.3%	925
11	Presentation Skills	4.7%	808
12	Banking	4.6%	792
13	Influencing Skills	4.1%	717
14	Electronics	3.1%	543
15	Aerospace	3.1%	535
16	Telecoms	3.0%	521
17	Military	1.8%	307
18	Documentation Skills	1.7%	290
19	Automotive	1.4%	235
20	Advertising	1.4%	234