Social Skills Job Trends in Glasgow

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 1 28
Rank change year-on-year -1 +27 -27
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 113 175 221
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 16.14% 25.89% 14.06%
As % of the General category 31.48% 42.07% 18.40%
Number of salaries quoted 51 68 109
10th Percentile £22,129 £31,250 £25,450
25th Percentile £25,726 £41,188 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,813 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £90,750 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £52,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +50.00% -36.36%

All General Skills
Glasgow

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 general skills in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 359 416 1,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 51.29% 61.54% 76.40%
Number of salaries quoted 198 162 302
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £41,250 £36,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.74% +10.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £57,500 £79,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £110,000 £79,875
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -36.36% +10.00% -16.00%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Glasgow over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Glasgow

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (6.19%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.65%) WebSphere
2 3 (2.65%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (1.77%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 20 (17.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.54%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.77%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.88%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 26 (23.01%) Azure
2 12 (10.62%) Power Platform
3 10 (8.85%) AWS
4 9 (7.96%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (7.96%) SaaS
5 6 (5.31%) Azure AI
5 6 (5.31%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.65%) GitHub
7 2 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.77%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.77%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon Bedrock
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.88%) Datadog
8 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.88%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.54%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (2.65%) Network Security
2 3 (2.65%) WAN
3 2 (1.77%) Broadband
3 2 (1.77%) LAN
4 1 (0.88%) DHCP
4 1 (0.88%) DNS
4 1 (0.88%) Internet
4 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.88%) VLAN
4 1 (0.88%) VPN
4 1 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.73%) Power BI
2 8 (7.08%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.31%) Tableau
4 3 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.77%) Metadata
5 2 (1.77%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (1.77%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.88%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.88%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.88%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (4.42%) JIRA
2 3 (2.65%) Git
3 1 (0.88%) JUnit
3 1 (0.88%) Selenium
3 1 (0.88%) TestNG
General
1 35 (30.97%) Finance
2 19 (16.81%) Public Sector
3 16 (14.16%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.96%) General Ledger
5 8 (7.08%) Fire and Rescue
6 7 (6.19%) Electronics
6 7 (6.19%) Telecoms
7 5 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.42%) Marketing
7 5 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.42%) Police
8 4 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.54%) Law
8 4 (3.54%) Legal
9 3 (2.65%) Banking
9 3 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.65%) Local Government
9 3 (2.65%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.65%) Multimedia
9 3 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (22.12%) Analyst
2 12 (10.62%) Junior
2 12 (10.62%) Junior Analyst
3 11 (9.73%) Senior
4 8 (7.08%) Senior Manager
5 7 (6.19%) Consultant
5 7 (6.19%) Data Analyst
5 7 (6.19%) Sales Executive
6 6 (5.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 6 (5.31%) IT Manager
6 6 (5.31%) Junior Data Analyst
6 6 (5.31%) Junior Security Analyst
6 6 (5.31%) Lead
6 6 (5.31%) Security Analyst
6 6 (5.31%) Support Engineer
7 5 (4.42%) Support Analyst
8 4 (3.54%) Applications Support
8 4 (3.54%) Installations Engineer
8 4 (3.54%) QA Manager
8 4 (3.54%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.65%) .NET
1 3 (2.65%) Hibernate
1 3 (2.65%) React
1 3 (2.65%) RESTful
1 3 (2.65%) Spring
2 1 (0.88%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.88%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.88%) Hugging Face
2 1 (0.88%) LangChain
2 1 (0.88%) Next.js
2 1 (0.88%) Node.js
2 1 (0.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.62%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (8.85%) Driving Licence
3 9 (7.96%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.65%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.77%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.77%) Smart Home
5 2 (1.77%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.88%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.88%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.88%) Life Science
6 1 (0.88%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.96%) Windows
2 4 (3.54%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.77%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (37.17%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (22.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (15.93%) AI
4 17 (15.04%) Customer Experience
4 17 (15.04%) ITIL
5 15 (13.27%) Business Intelligence
6 13 (11.50%) Service Delivery
7 12 (10.62%) Analytics
8 11 (9.73%) Decision-Making
8 11 (9.73%) ITSM
8 11 (9.73%) Mentoring
8 11 (9.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (8.85%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (7.96%) Migration
11 8 (7.08%) Agile
11 8 (7.08%) Data Migration
11 8 (7.08%) Project Management
11 8 (7.08%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (7.08%) Telesales
11 8 (7.08%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (17.70%) SQL
2 10 (8.85%) Python
3 7 (6.19%) Java
4 4 (3.54%) T-SQL
5 3 (2.65%) Bash
5 3 (2.65%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.77%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (19.47%) Degree
2 12 (10.62%) Azure Certification
3 7 (6.19%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (5.31%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (3.54%) NVQ Level 3
5 4 (3.54%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.54%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 3 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.77%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.77%) ACCA
7 2 (1.77%) CCIE
7 2 (1.77%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (1.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.77%) MCP
7 2 (1.77%) MCSE
7 2 (1.77%) MOS
7 2 (1.77%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.16%) QA
2 6 (5.31%) SLA
3 3 (2.65%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.88%) GDPR
4 1 (0.88%) GRC
4 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (7.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.88%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (3.54%) SCCM
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (23.01%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.31%) ForeScout
2 6 (5.31%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.42%) Cisco
4 4 (3.54%) Dell
5 3 (2.65%) Citrix
5 3 (2.65%) SAP
6 2 (1.77%) BT
6 2 (1.77%) Oracle
7 1 (0.88%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.88%) Datto
7 1 (0.88%) Hitachi
7 1 (0.88%) Intel
7 1 (0.88%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.88%) Veeam
7 1 (0.88%) VMware