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

	6 months to 7 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	17,153	12,578	14,376
As % of all permanent jobs in England	15.95%	28.41%	23.71%
As % of the General category	34.45%	43.81%	40.35%
Number of salaries quoted	10,961	7,573	6,235
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	£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 7 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	49,793	28,713	35,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England	46.29%	64.85%	58.76%
Number of salaries quoted	31,656	16,962	17,272
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,000	£32,500
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	£51,500	£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 7 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 7 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	5,100	£70,000	-	1,949
South East	0	3,318	£42,500	+6.25%	1,368
North of England	-1	3,069	£45,000	+12.50%	915
Midlands	0	2,560	£42,000	+5.00%	759
South West	0	1,610	£44,285	+8.56%	565
North West	-1	1,572	£45,000	+5.88%	462
West Midlands	0	1,448	£42,500	-6.59%	422
East of England	0	1,379	£39,750	+1.92%	464
East Midlands	+1	1,109	£40,000	+22.14%	337
Yorkshire	-1	934	£42,500	+21.43%	312
North East	+1	569	£50,000	+56.25%	155
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Social Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 7 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%	5,436
2	Microsoft	28.7%	4,920
3	Continuous Improvement	23.5%	4,024
4	Stakeholder Management	20.7%	3,555
5	Degree	16.7%	2,856
6	Azure	15.9%	2,730
7	Customer Service	15.3%	2,631
8	AI	14.5%	2,481
9	Agile	13.4%	2,291
10	Microsoft 365	12.6%	2,154
11	Decision-Making	12.5%	2,143
12	Windows	10.7%	1,830
13	Mentoring	10.5%	1,797
14	SQL	10.0%	1,716
15	CRM	9.3%	1,597
16	Microsoft Office	9.3%	1,594
17	Security Cleared	9.2%	1,578
18	Analytics	9.1%	1,563
19	AWS	9.1%	1,560
20	Python	8.9%	1,523
21	Cybersecurity	8.6%	1,479
22	Project Delivery	8.5%	1,460
23	Roadmaps	8.3%	1,426
24	Microsoft Excel	8.2%	1,409
25	Stakeholder Engagement	8.0%	1,366
26	CI/CD	7.7%	1,314
27	Business Development	7.0%	1,201
28	Active Directory	6.9%	1,185
28	Collaborative Working	6.9%	1,185
30	Project Management	6.8%	1,171

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%	4,005
2	Analytical Skills	18.1%	3,101
3	Organisational Skills	13.6%	2,326
4	Marketing	8.5%	1,462
5	Manufacturing	8.3%	1,416
6	Inclusion and Diversity	8.1%	1,390
7	Retail	5.9%	1,013
8	Law	5.6%	968
9	Legal	5.6%	958
10	Public Sector	5.4%	932
11	Presentation Skills	4.6%	795
12	Banking	4.5%	777
13	Influencing Skills	4.1%	710
14	Electronics	3.1%	540
15	Telecoms	3.0%	520
16	Aerospace	3.0%	512
17	Military	1.8%	308
18	Documentation Skills	1.7%	285
19	Automotive	1.4%	235
20	Advertising	1.3%	230