Social Skills Jobs 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 13,265 21,579 25,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.45% 24.91% 28.76%
As % of the General category 39.22% 42.18% 42.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6,600 14,771 12,863
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,452 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,734 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% -15.25% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.25% -15.65% +4.55%

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 requiring common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 33,824 51,162 59,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 69.99% 59.05% 68.24%
Number of salaries quoted 15,571 35,712 32,579
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,410 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in England

Social Skills
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in England.

Salary trend for Social Skills in England

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

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 23 May 2025. 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London 0 4,256 £65,000 - 10,484
North of England -1 2,957 £50,055 +11.23% 9,538
South East -1 2,467 £47,500 +5.56% 11,920
North West -3 1,770 £50,055 +11.23% 4,700
Midlands -3 1,342 £42,500 - 7,745
Yorkshire 0 1,008 £40,101 -10.89% 3,675
East of England -1 928 £42,500 -2.86% 5,923
West Midlands -3 869 £45,500 +1.11% 4,190
South West -1 804 £40,101 -10.89% 4,860
East Midlands -4 471 £38,500 -3.75% 3,091
North East -7 177 £45,000 +12.50% 1,204
Social Skills
UK

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 372 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 263 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 139 (1.05%) CMS
4 136 (1.03%) Confluence
5 77 (0.58%) Apache Spark
6 60 (0.45%) Oracle Application Server
7 56 (0.42%) IIS
8 43 (0.32%) Apache
9 40 (0.30%) OpenEdge
9 40 (0.30%) WordPress
10 36 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
10 36 (0.27%) SAS
11 28 (0.21%) Umbraco
12 26 (0.20%) nginx
13 21 (0.16%) IBM Domino
14 16 (0.12%) Headless CMS
14 16 (0.12%) Tomcat
15 15 (0.11%) OpenStack
16 12 (0.090%) Drupal
17 10 (0.075%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 1,094 (8.25%) Microsoft Office
2 896 (6.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 712 (5.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 155 (1.17%) Simulink
5 88 (0.66%) MS Visio
6 87 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
7 52 (0.39%) Trello
8 38 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
9 37 (0.28%) Chatbot
10 32 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 30 (0.23%) Photoshop
12 26 (0.20%) AutoCAD
13 23 (0.17%) Maya
14 19 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
15 18 (0.14%) Adobe XD
15 18 (0.14%) Sketch
16 15 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
16 15 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
17 14 (0.11%) InDesign
18 13 (0.098%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 292 (2.20%) Teamcenter
2 153 (1.15%) NetSuite
3 93 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 67 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
5 50 (0.38%) Shopify
6 49 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
7 31 (0.23%) Magento
8 26 (0.20%) SAP FI
9 22 (0.17%) Sage 200
10 20 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
11 19 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
12 18 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
12 18 (0.14%) Oracle SCM
13 16 (0.12%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 16 (0.12%) Sage CRM
14 15 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
15 13 (0.098%) Payment Gateway
15 13 (0.098%) SAP IBP
16 12 (0.090%) Dynamics AX
17 10 (0.075%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,720 (12.97%) Azure
2 1,227 (9.25%) AWS
3 1,012 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
4 658 (4.96%) Power Platform
5 484 (3.65%) SaaS
6 366 (2.76%) GCP
7 278 (2.10%) Entra ID
8 246 (1.85%) Serverless
9 199 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
10 198 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
11 183 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
12 178 (1.34%) GitHub
13 122 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
14 113 (0.85%) OneDrive
15 110 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
16 109 (0.82%) Power Automate
17 107 (0.81%) Google Analytics
18 101 (0.76%) PaaS
19 100 (0.75%) Amazon S3
20 93 (0.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 953 (7.18%) Broadband
2 500 (3.77%) Firewall
3 296 (2.23%) WAN
4 287 (2.16%) VPN
5 281 (2.12%) DNS
6 279 (2.10%) LAN
7 265 (2.00%) TCP/IP
8 186 (1.40%) DHCP
9 173 (1.30%) VoIP
10 163 (1.23%) Network Security
11 138 (1.04%) VLAN
12 117 (0.88%) SSL
13 114 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
14 93 (0.70%) SSH
15 69 (0.52%) Wireless
16 68 (0.51%) SAN
17 61 (0.46%) SD-WAN
18 58 (0.44%) BGP
19 57 (0.43%) Intranet
20 55 (0.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 550 (4.15%) Power BI
2 434 (3.27%) SQL Server
3 281 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
4 214 (1.61%) Tableau
5 151 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
6 145 (1.09%) NoSQL
7 133 (1.00%) MySQL
8 132 (1.00%) Data Lake
9 123 (0.93%) Relational Database
10 107 (0.81%) Big Data
11 95 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 93 (0.70%) MongoDB
13 80 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
14 76 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 70 (0.53%) Metadata
16 63 (0.47%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
17 60 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
18 45 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
19 44 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
20 43 (0.32%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 417 (3.14%) JIRA
2 334 (2.52%) Git
3 172 (1.30%) Rational DOORS
4 156 (1.18%) Jenkins
5 80 (0.60%) GitLab
6 79 (0.60%) Cucumber
7 68 (0.51%) Robot Framework
8 49 (0.37%) Selenium
9 46 (0.35%) Postman
10 38 (0.29%) SonarQube
11 30 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
12 28 (0.21%) Visual Studio
13 27 (0.20%) Cypress.io
13 27 (0.20%) JUnit
14 25 (0.19%) TeamCity
15 22 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
16 19 (0.14%) Bitbucket
16 19 (0.14%) Gradle
17 18 (0.14%) JMeter
18 17 (0.13%) Maven
General
1 3,772 (28.44%) Finance
2 2,746 (20.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1,593 (12.01%) Marketing
4 1,023 (7.71%) Presentation Skills
5 993 (7.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 847 (6.39%) Banking
7 767 (5.78%) Organisational Skills
8 657 (4.95%) Manufacturing
9 640 (4.82%) Law
10 622 (4.69%) Legal
11 604 (4.55%) Public Sector
12 584 (4.40%) Retail
13 555 (4.18%) Electronics
14 456 (3.44%) Financial Institution
15 397 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
16 370 (2.79%) German Language
17 369 (2.78%) French Language
18 362 (2.73%) Aerospace
19 304 (2.29%) Telecoms
20 264 (1.99%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,937 (14.60%) Analyst
2 1,648 (12.42%) Senior
3 1,071 (8.07%) Lead
4 811 (6.11%) IT Support
5 754 (5.68%) Support Engineer
6 740 (5.58%) Developer
7 697 (5.25%) Systems Engineer
8 547 (4.12%) Development Manager
9 508 (3.83%) Architect
10 468 (3.53%) Business Manager
11 454 (3.42%) Project Manager
12 433 (3.26%) Business Development Manager
13 393 (2.96%) Senior Manager
14 381 (2.87%) Support Analyst
15 372 (2.80%) Consultant
16 331 (2.50%) Research Analyst
17 330 (2.49%) Credit Analyst
18 286 (2.16%) Product Manager
19 273 (2.06%) Junior
20 243 (1.83%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 405 (3.05%) .NET
2 336 (2.53%) HTML
3 288 (2.17%) CSS
4 240 (1.81%) React
5 217 (1.64%) RESTful
6 199 (1.50%) REST
7 158 (1.19%) Web Services
8 144 (1.09%) Node.js
9 127 (0.96%) AngularJS
9 127 (0.96%) Kafka
10 125 (0.94%) XML
11 97 (0.73%) ASP.NET
11 97 (0.73%) SOAP
12 94 (0.71%) .NET Framework
13 92 (0.69%) JSON
14 90 (0.68%) Middleware
15 88 (0.66%) Spring
16 81 (0.61%) HTML5
17 72 (0.54%) .NET Core
18 63 (0.47%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 674 (5.08%) Management Information System
2 546 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
3 397 (2.99%) Credit Risk
4 394 (2.97%) Product Ownership
5 379 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 364 (2.74%) Driving Licence
7 351 (2.65%) Fixed Income
8 331 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
9 291 (2.19%) Social Media
10 207 (1.56%) Data Centre
11 200 (1.51%) Cloud Native
12 177 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
13 153 (1.15%) Algorithms
14 139 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
15 133 (1.00%) Digital Media
15 133 (1.00%) FMCG
16 122 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
17 116 (0.87%) PKI
18 112 (0.84%) Mobile App
19 110 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1,686 (12.71%) Windows
2 499 (3.76%) Linux
3 358 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 250 (1.88%) Windows Server 2012
5 248 (1.87%) Windows 10
6 148 (1.12%) Mac OS
7 137 (1.03%) Android
8 120 (0.90%) Apple iOS
9 99 (0.75%) Unix
10 62 (0.47%) Windows Vista
11 58 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
12 47 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
13 33 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 32 (0.24%) Windows 7
15 31 (0.23%) Ubuntu
16 21 (0.16%) Mac OS X
17 15 (0.11%) CentOS
18 11 (0.083%) Debian
18 11 (0.083%) Windows Server 2008
19 10 (0.075%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,712 (35.52%) Problem-Solving
2 2,015 (15.19%) Agile
3 1,783 (13.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 1,724 (13.00%) Project Management
5 1,633 (12.31%) Mentoring
6 1,549 (11.68%) Computer Science
7 1,418 (10.69%) Roadmaps
8 1,415 (10.67%) Analytics
9 1,227 (9.25%) Decision-Making
10 1,083 (8.16%) Collaborative Working
11 1,058 (7.98%) Risk Management
12 1,056 (7.96%) Customer Service
13 1,041 (7.85%) DevOps
14 997 (7.52%) Stakeholder Management
15 895 (6.75%) Coaching
16 891 (6.72%) Business Development
17 868 (6.54%) Mathematics
18 859 (6.48%) Cybersecurity
19 822 (6.20%) ITIL
20 790 (5.96%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 1,368 (10.31%) SQL
2 1,002 (7.55%) Python
3 600 (4.52%) JavaScript
4 500 (3.77%) Java
5 471 (3.55%) C#
6 399 (3.01%) PowerShell
7 288 (2.17%) MATLAB
8 168 (1.27%) Bash
8 168 (1.27%) TypeScript
9 127 (0.96%) C++
9 127 (0.96%) PHP
10 92 (0.69%) T-SQL
11 91 (0.69%) C
12 86 (0.65%) R
13 61 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 51 (0.38%) PL/SQL
15 50 (0.38%) Scala
16 47 (0.35%) Go
17 43 (0.32%) VB.NET
18 41 (0.31%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 4,584 (34.56%) Degree
2 1,083 (8.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 927 (6.99%) BPSS Clearance
4 727 (5.48%) Master's Degree
5 469 (3.54%) Security Cleared
6 377 (2.84%) DBS Check
7 334 (2.52%) CFA
8 315 (2.37%) HND
9 298 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 294 (2.22%) SC Cleared
11 287 (2.16%) HNC
12 234 (1.76%) CISSP
13 197 (1.49%) PMI Certification
14 185 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
15 177 (1.33%) Azure Certification
16 174 (1.31%) PMP
17 147 (1.11%) CISM
18 138 (1.04%) MBA
19 113 (0.85%) CBAP
20 112 (0.84%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 576 (4.34%) QA
2 382 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 319 (2.40%) GDPR
4 262 (1.98%) SLA
5 254 (1.91%) Data Quality
6 242 (1.82%) NIST
7 174 (1.31%) Accessibility
8 120 (0.90%) Def Stans
9 114 (0.86%) IEC 61508
10 105 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
11 76 (0.57%) PMO
12 75 (0.57%) PCI DSS
13 57 (0.43%) HIPAA
14 56 (0.42%) GRC
15 55 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 51 (0.38%) SOC 2
17 48 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 15288
18 38 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
19 36 (0.27%) WCAG
20 34 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1,057 (7.97%) Active Directory
2 363 (2.74%) Docker
3 236 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 142 (1.07%) Hyper-V
5 76 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
6 68 (0.51%) Firmware
7 56 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 38 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
9 31 (0.23%) vSphere
10 22 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
11 18 (0.14%) VMware NSX
12 14 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.045%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 6 (0.045%) Postfix
13 6 (0.045%) XenApp
14 5 (0.038%) DFS Replication
14 5 (0.038%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.023%) HDFS
15 3 (0.023%) KVM
16 2 (0.015%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 394 (2.97%) Terraform
2 361 (2.72%) Kubernetes
3 219 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 159 (1.20%) Ansible
5 101 (0.76%) Prometheus
6 97 (0.73%) Grafana
7 64 (0.48%) SCCM
8 49 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
9 27 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 25 (0.19%) Puppet
11 20 (0.15%) QRadar
12 19 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 19 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
13 15 (0.11%) WSUS
14 13 (0.098%) FortiGate
14 13 (0.098%) PaperCut
15 12 (0.090%) Argo
15 12 (0.090%) NetBackup
16 11 (0.083%) Proxmox
17 10 (0.075%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2,808 (21.17%) Microsoft
2 448 (3.38%) Google
3 424 (3.20%) Salesforce
4 411 (3.10%) Cisco
5 359 (2.71%) Bloomberg
6 349 (2.63%) SAP
7 322 (2.43%) Oracle
8 313 (2.36%) VMware
9 283 (2.13%) ServiceNow
10 225 (1.70%) Sun
11 214 (1.61%) IBM
12 190 (1.43%) Adobe
13 162 (1.22%) Databricks
14 161 (1.21%) ANSYS
15 127 (0.96%) Apple
16 125 (0.94%) Dell
17 114 (0.86%) Citrix
18 101 (0.76%) Fortinet
19 85 (0.64%) Meraki
19 85 (0.64%) Thales