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

	6 months to 5 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	17,082	12,234	14,347
As % of all permanent jobs in England	15.97%	28.16%	23.64%
As % of the General category	34.49%	43.23%	40.28%
Number of salaries quoted	10,938	7,545	6,206
10^th Percentile	£28,000	£26,500	£30,500
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	£73,750
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 5 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	49,521	28,301	35,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England	46.31%	65.15%	58.69%
Number of salaries quoted	31,566	16,762	17,243
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,000	£32,125
25^th Percentile	£38,750	£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	£96,250	£100,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£51,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+6.80%	-14.17%	-

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 5 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 5 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	5,093	£70,000	-	2,081
South East	0	3,304	£42,500	+6.25%	1,378
North of England	-1	3,057	£45,000	+12.50%	910
Midlands	0	2,530	£42,000	+5.00%	728
South West	0	1,602	£44,000	+7.86%	556
North West	-1	1,570	£45,000	+9.76%	491
West Midlands	0	1,441	£42,500	-7.61%	406
East of England	0	1,379	£39,500	+2.60%	497
East Midlands	+1	1,086	£40,000	+23.08%	322
Yorkshire	0	928	£42,500	+17.24%	292
North East	+1	562	£50,000	+58.73%	140
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Social Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 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	31.7%	5,412
2	Microsoft	28.7%	4,894
3	Continuous Improvement	23.4%	4,004
4	Stakeholder Management	20.7%	3,528
5	Degree	16.7%	2,849
6	Azure	15.9%	2,712
7	Customer Service	15.4%	2,635
8	AI	14.5%	2,478
9	Agile	13.3%	2,271
10	Microsoft 365	12.6%	2,145
11	Decision-Making	12.5%	2,135
12	Windows	10.7%	1,823
13	Mentoring	10.4%	1,784
14	SQL	10.0%	1,713
15	CRM	9.4%	1,607
16	Microsoft Office	9.3%	1,592
17	AWS	9.1%	1,556
18	Security Cleared	9.1%	1,553
19	Analytics	9.0%	1,539
20	Python	8.9%	1,521
21	Cybersecurity	8.6%	1,467
22	Project Delivery	8.5%	1,448
23	Roadmaps	8.3%	1,412
24	Microsoft Excel	8.2%	1,402
25	Stakeholder Engagement	7.9%	1,351
26	CI/CD	7.6%	1,304
27	Business Development	7.0%	1,204
28	Collaborative Working	6.9%	1,178
29	Active Directory	6.9%	1,177
30	Project Management	6.8%	1,162

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	23.3%	3,985
2	Analytical Skills	18.0%	3,083
3	Organisational Skills	13.6%	2,323
4	Marketing	8.6%	1,462
5	Manufacturing	8.2%	1,405
6	Inclusion and Diversity	8.0%	1,370
7	Retail	5.9%	1,007
8	Legal	5.6%	965
9	Law	5.6%	958
10	Public Sector	5.4%	922
11	Presentation Skills	4.6%	787
12	Banking	4.4%	756
13	Influencing Skills	4.1%	708
14	Electronics	3.1%	532
15	Telecoms	3.0%	521
16	Aerospace	2.9%	498
17	Military	1.8%	304
18	Documentation Skills	1.7%	285
19	Automotive	1.4%	236
20	Advertising	1.3%	230