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

	6 months to 2 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	17,032	12,552	14,469
As % of all permanent jobs in England	15.84%	28.81%	23.74%
As % of the General category	34.36%	43.44%	40.42%
Number of salaries quoted	10,930	7,427	6,228
10^th Percentile	£28,000	£26,500	£30,279
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 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	49,573	28,893	35,793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England	46.11%	66.32%	58.73%
Number of salaries quoted	31,709	16,441	17,330
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,000	£32,000
25^th Percentile	£38,772	£35,000	£43,116
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	£51,808	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+6.16%	-13.65%	-

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 2 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 2 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	5,094	£70,000	-	3,240
South East	0	3,305	£42,500	+6.25%	1,530
North of England	-1	3,043	£45,000	+12.50%	1,012
Midlands	0	2,506	£42,000	+5.00%	803
South West	0	1,596	£44,000	+6.67%	628
North West	0	1,567	£45,000	+6.69%	542
West Midlands	0	1,429	£42,500	-5.56%	454
East of England	0	1,362	£39,000	+0.65%	613
East Midlands	+2	1,074	£40,000	+19.32%	349
Yorkshire	-1	918	£42,500	+13.33%	322
North East	+1	561	£50,000	+58.73%	158
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Social Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 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%	5,391
2	Microsoft	28.7%	4,886
3	Continuous Improvement	23.4%	3,988
4	Stakeholder Management	20.5%	3,500
5	Degree	16.6%	2,831
6	Azure	16.0%	2,718
7	Customer Service	15.4%	2,617
8	AI	14.5%	2,474
9	Agile	13.5%	2,292
10	Microsoft 365	12.7%	2,165
11	Decision-Making	12.5%	2,121
12	Windows	10.7%	1,827
13	Mentoring	10.4%	1,770
14	SQL	10.1%	1,722
15	CRM	9.4%	1,596
16	Microsoft Office	9.3%	1,584
17	AWS	9.2%	1,571
18	Security Cleared	9.1%	1,548
19	Analytics	9.0%	1,541
20	Python	9.0%	1,529
21	Cybersecurity	8.6%	1,458
22	Project Delivery	8.4%	1,427
23	Roadmaps	8.2%	1,398
24	Microsoft Excel	8.1%	1,386
25	Stakeholder Engagement	8.0%	1,359
26	CI/CD	7.7%	1,306
27	Business Development	7.1%	1,208
28	Active Directory	6.9%	1,182
29	Collaborative Working	6.9%	1,173
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	23.4%	3,989
2	Analytical Skills	17.9%	3,057
3	Organisational Skills	13.5%	2,299
4	Marketing	8.5%	1,449
5	Manufacturing	8.1%	1,388
6	Inclusion and Diversity	8.1%	1,382
7	Retail	5.9%	1,008
8	Legal	5.7%	975
9	Law	5.6%	959
10	Public Sector	5.5%	932
11	Presentation Skills	4.6%	789
12	Banking	4.5%	759
13	Influencing Skills	4.2%	712
14	Electronics	3.1%	524
15	Telecoms	3.0%	518
16	Aerospace	2.9%	487
17	Military	1.8%	306
18	Documentation Skills	1.7%	288
19	Automotive	1.4%	234
20	Advertising	1.4%	233