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

	6 months to 12 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	17,330	13,850	14,365
As % of all permanent jobs in England	16.00%	30.41%	23.79%
As % of the General category	34.51%	46.41%	40.41%
Number of salaries quoted	10,993	7,598	6,169
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	£93,750	£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 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	50,216	29,845	35,552
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England	46.36%	65.52%	58.89%
Number of salaries quoted	31,647	17,074	17,052
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,000	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£39,000	£35,000	£43,250
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 12 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 12 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	5,181	£70,000	-	5,790
South East	0	3,338	£42,500	+5.59%	1,736
North of England	-1	3,113	£45,000	+12.50%	1,602
Midlands	0	2,593	£42,000	+5.00%	1,126
North West	-1	1,602	£45,000	+5.88%	859
South West	-1	1,593	£44,285	+7.22%	666
West Midlands	0	1,459	£42,500	-6.59%	668
East of England	0	1,391	£40,000	+2.56%	803
East Midlands	0	1,131	£40,000	+23.08%	458
Yorkshire	-1	943	£42,500	+13.33%	533
North East	+1	574	£50,000	+53.85%	221
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Social Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 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%	5,514
2	Microsoft	28.6%	4,960
3	Continuous Improvement	23.6%	4,089
4	Stakeholder Management	21.0%	3,646
5	Degree	16.6%	2,878
6	Azure	15.9%	2,749
7	Customer Service	15.1%	2,618
8	AI	14.6%	2,527
9	Agile	13.5%	2,334
10	Decision-Making	12.6%	2,186
11	Microsoft 365	12.4%	2,151
12	Windows	10.6%	1,841
13	Mentoring	10.5%	1,812
14	SQL	10.1%	1,742
15	Analytics	9.3%	1,616
16	Security Cleared	9.3%	1,604
17	CRM	9.2%	1,596
18	AWS	9.1%	1,581
19	Microsoft Office	9.1%	1,577
20	Python	9.0%	1,554
21	Cybersecurity	8.7%	1,503
22	Project Delivery	8.5%	1,478
23	Roadmaps	8.5%	1,469
24	Microsoft Excel	8.1%	1,411
25	Stakeholder Engagement	8.1%	1,396
26	CI/CD	7.7%	1,330
27	Collaborative Working	7.0%	1,216
28	Business Development	6.9%	1,201
29	Active Directory	6.9%	1,194
30	Software Engineering	6.8%	1,182

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%	4,094
2	Analytical Skills	18.3%	3,163
3	Organisational Skills	13.5%	2,338
4	Marketing	8.5%	1,466
5	Manufacturing	8.3%	1,435
6	Inclusion and Diversity	8.2%	1,421
7	Retail	6.0%	1,040
8	Law	5.6%	975
9	Legal	5.5%	949
10	Public Sector	5.4%	931
11	Presentation Skills	4.7%	810
12	Banking	4.6%	799
13	Influencing Skills	4.1%	713
14	Electronics	3.2%	548
15	Aerospace	3.1%	541
16	Telecoms	3.0%	521
17	Military	1.8%	308
18	Documentation Skills	1.7%	292
19	Automotive	1.4%	237
20	Advertising	1.3%	233