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 31 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	1	1	1
Rank change year-on-year	0	0	0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills	16,939	12,614	14,464
As % of all permanent jobs in England	15.82%	28.81%	23.73%
As % of the General category	34.35%	43.26%	40.43%
Number of salaries quoted	10,876	7,444	6,240
10^th Percentile	£28,000	£26,500	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£32,755	£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 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	49,320	29,161	35,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England	46.06%	66.61%	58.69%
Number of salaries quoted	31,568	16,456	17,390
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,000	£32,000
25^th Percentile	£38,984	£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 31 October 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 31 October 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	5,073	£70,000	-	919
South East	0	3,276	£42,500	+6.25%	806
North of England	-1	3,032	£45,000	+12.50%	637
Midlands	+1	2,499	£42,000	+5.00%	505
South West	0	1,581	£44,000	+6.40%	477
North West	-1	1,561	£45,000	+5.88%	347
West Midlands	0	1,425	£42,500	-5.56%	278
East of England	0	1,352	£39,000	+2.63%	331
East Midlands	+2	1,071	£40,000	+17.65%	227
Yorkshire	-1	917	£42,500	+13.33%	189
North East	+1	557	£50,000	+58.73%	109
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Social Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 October 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%	5,356
2	Microsoft	28.7%	4,867
3	Continuous Improvement	23.3%	3,953
4	Stakeholder Management	20.5%	3,472
5	Degree	16.6%	2,811
6	Azure	16.0%	2,718
7	Customer Service	15.3%	2,600
8	AI	14.5%	2,454
9	Agile	13.5%	2,285
10	Microsoft 365	12.8%	2,163
11	Decision-Making	12.4%	2,102
12	Windows	10.8%	1,827
13	Mentoring	10.4%	1,754
14	SQL	10.1%	1,715
15	CRM	9.3%	1,580
16	AWS	9.3%	1,570
17	Microsoft Office	9.2%	1,566
18	Security Cleared	9.1%	1,544
19	Analytics	9.0%	1,529
20	Python	9.0%	1,522
21	Cybersecurity	8.6%	1,450
22	Project Delivery	8.4%	1,418
23	Roadmaps	8.2%	1,389
24	Microsoft Excel	8.1%	1,374
25	Stakeholder Engagement	8.0%	1,356
26	CI/CD	7.7%	1,303
27	Business Development	7.1%	1,198
28	Active Directory	7.0%	1,183
29	Collaborative Working	6.8%	1,159
30	Project Management	6.8%	1,150

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%	3,978
2	Analytical Skills	17.9%	3,032
3	Organisational Skills	13.4%	2,275
4	Marketing	8.5%	1,436
5	Inclusion and Diversity	8.1%	1,378
6	Manufacturing	8.1%	1,365
7	Retail	5.9%	1,006
8	Legal	5.7%	973
9	Law	5.7%	958
10	Public Sector	5.5%	933
11	Presentation Skills	4.7%	792
12	Banking	4.5%	757
13	Influencing Skills	4.2%	709
14	Telecoms	3.1%	517
15	Electronics	3.0%	512
16	Aerospace	2.8%	480
17	Military	1.8%	304
18	Documentation Skills	1.7%	285
19	Advertising	1.4%	230
19	Automotive	1.4%	230