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 1 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 1 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	17,018	12,614	14,464
As % of all permanent jobs in England	15.80%	28.81%	23.73%
As % of the General category	34.30%	43.26%	40.43%
Number of salaries quoted	10,927	7,444	6,240
10^th Percentile	£28,000	£26,500	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£32,750	£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	£73,708
90^th Percentile	£92,500	£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 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	49,608	29,161	35,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England	46.07%	66.61%	58.69%
Number of salaries quoted	31,742	16,456	17,390
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,000	£32,000
25^th Percentile	£38,772	£35,000	£43,000
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	£96,750	£100,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£52,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+5.77%	-13.33%	-

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 1 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 1 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	5,091	£70,000	-	3,661
South East	0	3,298	£42,500	+6.25%	1,722
North of England	-1	3,048	£45,000	+12.50%	1,252
Midlands	+1	2,506	£42,000	+5.00%	942
South West	0	1,590	£43,500	+5.19%	725
North West	-1	1,572	£45,000	+5.88%	688
West Midlands	0	1,429	£42,500	-5.56%	532
East of England	0	1,359	£39,000	+2.63%	692
East Midlands	+2	1,074	£40,000	+17.65%	410
Yorkshire	-1	920	£42,500	+13.33%	383
North East	+1	559	£50,000	+58.73%	194
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Social Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 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	31.6%	5,380
2	Microsoft	28.7%	4,884
3	Continuous Improvement	23.4%	3,974
4	Stakeholder Management	20.5%	3,488
5	Degree	16.6%	2,824
6	Azure	16.0%	2,719
7	Customer Service	15.4%	2,616
8	AI	14.5%	2,465
9	Agile	13.5%	2,292
10	Microsoft 365	12.7%	2,168
11	Decision-Making	12.4%	2,115
12	Windows	10.8%	1,830
13	Mentoring	10.3%	1,760
14	SQL	10.1%	1,717
15	CRM	9.4%	1,597
16	Microsoft Office	9.3%	1,575
17	AWS	9.2%	1,572
18	Security Cleared	9.1%	1,547
19	Analytics	9.0%	1,538
20	Python	9.0%	1,527
21	Cybersecurity	8.5%	1,455
22	Project Delivery	8.4%	1,422
23	Roadmaps	8.2%	1,392
24	Microsoft Excel	8.1%	1,384
25	Stakeholder Engagement	8.0%	1,358
26	CI/CD	7.7%	1,305
27	Business Development	7.1%	1,209
28	Active Directory	7.0%	1,185
29	Collaborative Working	6.9%	1,168
30	Project Management	6.8%	1,156

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	23.5%	3,993
2	Analytical Skills	17.9%	3,049
3	Organisational Skills	13.5%	2,290
4	Marketing	8.5%	1,450
5	Inclusion and Diversity	8.1%	1,386
6	Manufacturing	8.1%	1,378
7	Retail	5.9%	1,008
8	Legal	5.7%	976
9	Law	5.6%	960
10	Public Sector	5.5%	936
11	Presentation Skills	4.7%	795
12	Banking	4.4%	757
13	Influencing Skills	4.2%	710
14	Electronics	3.1%	520
15	Telecoms	3.0%	519
16	Aerospace	2.8%	484
17	Military	1.8%	304
18	Documentation Skills	1.7%	287
19	Advertising	1.4%	233
20	Automotive	1.4%	232