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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 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 13,391 21,632 25,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.72% 25.22% 28.60%
As % of the General category 40.31% 42.60% 41.94%
Number of salaries quoted 7,003 14,881 13,112
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,132 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £48,825 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.22% -15.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £98,750
UK median annual salary £53,000 £48,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.28% -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 33,224 50,776 61,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 68.78% 59.20% 68.19%
Number of salaries quoted 16,633 35,647 33,387
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,445 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £103,911
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 10 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 10 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 4,400 £65,000 - 8,781
North of England -2 3,015 £50,055 +11.23% 2,585
South East -1 2,416 £50,000 +12.44% 3,829
North West -3 1,835 £50,055 +11.23% 1,522
Midlands -3 1,444 £42,500 - 1,696
Yorkshire 0 996 £42,000 -6.67% 788
West Midlands -3 934 £45,000 - 1,015
East of England -1 923 £44,250 -0.56% 1,233
South West -1 831 £43,500 -3.33% 1,202
East Midlands -3 508 £40,000 +0.67% 608
North East -4 182 £45,000 +12.50% 315
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
1 396 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 271 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 144 (1.08%) CMS
4 135 (1.01%) Confluence
5 74 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 60 (0.45%) Oracle Application Server
7 55 (0.41%) IIS
8 46 (0.34%) WordPress
9 45 (0.34%) Apache
10 44 (0.33%) OpenEdge
11 43 (0.32%) SAS
12 31 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
13 29 (0.22%) Umbraco
14 28 (0.21%) nginx
15 27 (0.20%) IBM Domino
16 23 (0.17%) Tomcat
17 16 (0.12%) Headless CMS
18 15 (0.11%) OpenStack
19 12 (0.090%) Kentico
20 11 (0.082%) Drupal
Applications
1 1,118 (8.35%) Microsoft Office
2 902 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 793 (5.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 159 (1.19%) Simulink
5 100 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
6 96 (0.72%) MS Visio
7 53 (0.40%) Trello
8 38 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
9 34 (0.25%) Photoshop
10 33 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 33 (0.25%) Chatbot
11 27 (0.20%) Adobe XD
12 26 (0.19%) AutoCAD
13 24 (0.18%) Maya
14 22 (0.16%) Sketch
15 19 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
16 18 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
17 16 (0.12%) InDesign
18 15 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
18 15 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 292 (2.18%) Teamcenter
2 160 (1.19%) NetSuite
3 111 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
4 78 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
5 54 (0.40%) Shopify
6 50 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
7 28 (0.21%) Magento
8 24 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
8 24 (0.18%) SAP FI
9 22 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
10 21 (0.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
11 16 (0.12%) OpenText VIM for SAP
12 14 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
13 12 (0.090%) Oracle ERP
13 12 (0.090%) Payment Gateway
13 12 (0.090%) SAP ERP
13 12 (0.090%) SAP IBP
14 10 (0.075%) Oracle SCM
14 10 (0.075%) Sage 200
15 9 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 1,826 (13.64%) Azure
2 1,199 (8.95%) AWS
3 1,065 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
4 727 (5.43%) Power Platform
5 514 (3.84%) SaaS
6 390 (2.91%) GCP
7 279 (2.08%) Entra ID
8 225 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
9 216 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
10 186 (1.39%) GitHub
11 166 (1.24%) Serverless
12 135 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
13 119 (0.89%) PaaS
14 116 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
14 116 (0.87%) Power Automate
15 111 (0.83%) OneDrive
16 108 (0.81%) Google Analytics
17 105 (0.78%) PowerApps
18 101 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
19 100 (0.75%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 576 (4.30%) Broadband
2 514 (3.84%) Firewall
3 299 (2.23%) WAN
4 293 (2.19%) VPN
5 291 (2.17%) DNS
6 287 (2.14%) LAN
7 273 (2.04%) TCP/IP
8 195 (1.46%) DHCP
9 180 (1.34%) Network Security
10 169 (1.26%) VoIP
11 144 (1.08%) VLAN
12 121 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
13 72 (0.54%) Wireless
14 71 (0.53%) SAN
15 60 (0.45%) BGP
15 60 (0.45%) Internet
15 60 (0.45%) Intranet
16 59 (0.44%) SD-WAN
17 50 (0.37%) OSPF
18 45 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 601 (4.49%) Power BI
2 481 (3.59%) SQL Server
3 290 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
4 244 (1.82%) Tableau
5 156 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
6 152 (1.14%) NoSQL
7 144 (1.08%) MySQL
8 127 (0.95%) Relational Database
9 125 (0.93%) Data Lake
10 114 (0.85%) Big Data
11 99 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 96 (0.72%) MongoDB
13 83 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
14 82 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 80 (0.60%) Metadata
16 63 (0.47%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
17 61 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
18 58 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
19 47 (0.35%) BigQuery
20 42 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 445 (3.32%) JIRA
2 365 (2.73%) Git
3 174 (1.30%) Rational DOORS
4 155 (1.16%) Jenkins
5 84 (0.63%) Cucumber
6 80 (0.60%) GitLab
7 64 (0.48%) Robot Framework
8 58 (0.43%) Selenium
9 57 (0.43%) Postman
10 41 (0.31%) SonarQube
11 31 (0.23%) JUnit
12 27 (0.20%) Visual Studio
13 25 (0.19%) Gradle
13 25 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
14 24 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
15 22 (0.16%) Cypress.io
15 22 (0.16%) TeamCity
16 21 (0.16%) Bitbucket
17 20 (0.15%) Maven
17 20 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3,903 (29.15%) Finance
2 2,917 (21.78%) Analytical Skills
3 1,598 (11.93%) Marketing
4 1,046 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1,038 (7.75%) Presentation Skills
6 928 (6.93%) Banking
7 811 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
8 714 (5.33%) Manufacturing
9 626 (4.67%) Public Sector
10 618 (4.62%) Legal
11 607 (4.53%) Retail
12 606 (4.53%) Law
13 564 (4.21%) Electronics
14 542 (4.05%) Financial Institution
15 448 (3.35%) French Language
16 443 (3.31%) German Language
17 410 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
18 363 (2.71%) Aerospace
19 315 (2.35%) Telecoms
20 271 (2.02%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2,066 (15.43%) Analyst
2 1,651 (12.33%) Senior
3 1,127 (8.42%) Lead
4 810 (6.05%) Developer
5 801 (5.98%) IT Support
6 721 (5.38%) Systems Engineer
7 557 (4.16%) Development Manager
8 545 (4.07%) Support Engineer
9 541 (4.04%) Architect
10 501 (3.74%) Project Manager
11 477 (3.56%) Business Manager
12 439 (3.28%) Business Development Manager
13 406 (3.03%) Consultant
13 406 (3.03%) Research Analyst
14 404 (3.02%) Credit Analyst
15 360 (2.69%) Support Analyst
16 312 (2.33%) Senior Manager
17 296 (2.21%) Product Manager
18 288 (2.15%) Junior
19 244 (1.82%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 467 (3.49%) .NET
2 377 (2.82%) HTML
3 315 (2.35%) CSS
4 246 (1.84%) React
5 200 (1.49%) REST
6 150 (1.12%) Node.js
7 147 (1.10%) RESTful
8 146 (1.09%) AngularJS
9 140 (1.05%) XML
10 113 (0.84%) Kafka
11 112 (0.84%) ASP.NET
12 111 (0.83%) .NET Framework
13 109 (0.81%) SOAP
14 101 (0.75%) JSON
15 91 (0.68%) HTML5
16 90 (0.67%) Web Services
17 87 (0.65%) Middleware
18 84 (0.63%) Spring
19 82 (0.61%) .NET Core
20 69 (0.52%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 547 (4.08%) Management Information System
2 545 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
3 472 (3.52%) Credit Risk
4 423 (3.16%) Fixed Income
5 357 (2.67%) Driving Licence
6 335 (2.50%) Product Ownership
7 331 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
8 315 (2.35%) Onboarding
9 292 (2.18%) Social Media
10 205 (1.53%) Data Centre
11 202 (1.51%) Cloud Native
12 179 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
13 178 (1.33%) Algorithms
14 136 (1.02%) FMCG
15 134 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
16 133 (0.99%) Digital Media
17 120 (0.90%) Mobile App
18 113 (0.84%) Virtual Team
19 108 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
20 107 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1,534 (11.46%) Windows
2 539 (4.03%) Linux
3 385 (2.88%) Windows Server
4 257 (1.92%) Windows 10
5 151 (1.13%) Mac OS
6 139 (1.04%) Android
7 122 (0.91%) Apple iOS
8 107 (0.80%) Unix
9 69 (0.52%) Windows Vista
10 57 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
11 56 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
12 37 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 36 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
14 34 (0.25%) Ubuntu
15 33 (0.25%) Windows 7
16 23 (0.17%) Mac OS X
17 16 (0.12%) CentOS
18 14 (0.10%) Debian
18 14 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
19 9 (0.067%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,902 (36.61%) Problem-Solving
2 2,087 (15.59%) Agile
3 1,833 (13.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 1,811 (13.52%) Project Management
5 1,703 (12.72%) Mentoring
6 1,534 (11.46%) Computer Science
7 1,465 (10.94%) Analytics
8 1,336 (9.98%) Roadmaps
9 1,323 (9.88%) Decision-Making
10 1,140 (8.51%) Risk Management
11 1,132 (8.45%) Collaborative Working
12 1,067 (7.97%) Customer Service
13 1,025 (7.65%) Stakeholder Management
14 998 (7.45%) DevOps
15 881 (6.58%) Business Development
16 879 (6.56%) Mathematics
17 874 (6.53%) ITIL
18 840 (6.27%) Business Strategy
19 798 (5.96%) Product Management
20 773 (5.77%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1,448 (10.81%) SQL
2 1,010 (7.54%) Python
3 667 (4.98%) JavaScript
4 550 (4.11%) C#
5 506 (3.78%) Java
6 418 (3.12%) PowerShell
7 296 (2.21%) MATLAB
8 172 (1.28%) TypeScript
9 168 (1.25%) Bash
10 155 (1.16%) C++
11 144 (1.08%) PHP
12 118 (0.88%) C
13 105 (0.78%) T-SQL
14 94 (0.70%) R
15 59 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 55 (0.41%) PL/SQL
17 50 (0.37%) Scala
18 46 (0.34%) VB.NET
19 45 (0.34%) Go
20 42 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 4,511 (33.69%) Degree
2 1,027 (7.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 954 (7.12%) BPSS Clearance
4 816 (6.09%) Master's Degree
5 484 (3.61%) Security Cleared
6 404 (3.02%) CFA
7 395 (2.95%) DBS Check
8 319 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 318 (2.37%) HND
10 301 (2.25%) SC Cleared
11 287 (2.14%) HNC
12 252 (1.88%) CISSP
13 209 (1.56%) PMI Certification
14 207 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
15 192 (1.43%) Azure Certification
16 182 (1.36%) PMP
17 152 (1.14%) CISM
18 142 (1.06%) MBA
19 127 (0.95%) CCNA
20 112 (0.84%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 627 (4.68%) QA
2 343 (2.56%) GDPR
3 302 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 286 (2.14%) Data Quality
5 266 (1.99%) SLA
6 184 (1.37%) Accessibility
7 156 (1.16%) NIST
8 129 (0.96%) Def Stans
9 123 (0.92%) IEC 61508
10 109 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
11 101 (0.75%) PCI DSS
12 85 (0.63%) PMO
13 61 (0.46%) GRC
14 56 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 55 (0.41%) HIPAA
16 48 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 15288
17 46 (0.34%) SOC 2
18 44 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 41 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
20 36 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 773 (5.77%) Active Directory
2 379 (2.83%) Docker
3 243 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 159 (1.19%) Hyper-V
5 84 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 76 (0.57%) Firmware
7 62 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 42 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
9 34 (0.25%) vSphere
10 24 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
11 22 (0.16%) VMware NSX
12 15 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.045%) XenApp
14 5 (0.037%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 5 (0.037%) Postfix
15 3 (0.022%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.022%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.022%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.022%) HDFS
15 3 (0.022%) KVM
Systems Management
1 369 (2.76%) Kubernetes
2 313 (2.34%) Terraform
3 212 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 158 (1.18%) Ansible
5 87 (0.65%) Prometheus
6 85 (0.63%) Grafana
7 69 (0.52%) SCCM
8 47 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
9 30 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 28 (0.21%) Puppet
11 19 (0.14%) QRadar
11 19 (0.14%) WSUS
12 17 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 15 (0.11%) CASB
13 15 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
14 14 (0.10%) FortiGate
15 13 (0.097%) PaperCut
15 13 (0.097%) vCenter Server
16 12 (0.090%) Argo
16 12 (0.090%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 2,695 (20.13%) Microsoft
2 466 (3.48%) Google
3 431 (3.22%) Salesforce
4 429 (3.20%) Bloomberg
5 407 (3.04%) Cisco
6 359 (2.68%) SAP
7 330 (2.46%) VMware
8 324 (2.42%) Oracle
9 217 (1.62%) ServiceNow
10 209 (1.56%) IBM
11 197 (1.47%) Adobe
12 170 (1.27%) Databricks
13 166 (1.24%) ANSYS
14 127 (0.95%) Apple
15 120 (0.90%) Citrix
15 120 (0.90%) Dell
16 113 (0.84%) Fortinet
17 81 (0.60%) Meraki
18 75 (0.56%) Alteryx
19 71 (0.53%) YouTube