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 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 16
Rank change year-on-year -1 +15 -15
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 105 184 172
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 15.04% 23.12% 17.86%
As % of the General category 30.79% 39.74% 24.19%
Number of salaries quoted 47 74 102
10th Percentile £22,129 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £29,500 £40,438 £35,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £54,695 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.21% +4.18% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,000 £87,750 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £50,309 £40,000
% change year-on-year -33.41% +25.77% -27.27%

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 common skills in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 341 463 711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 48.85% 58.17% 73.83%
Number of salaries quoted 196 193 292
10th Percentile £27,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% - +5.77%
75th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £65,250
90th Percentile £74,375 £100,500 £77,950
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.36% +4.76% -8.70%

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 14 December 2025.

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 5 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.90%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (1.90%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.90%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 18 (17.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.81%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.95%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.95%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.81%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 21 (20.00%) Azure
2 10 (9.52%) AWS
2 10 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 8 (7.62%) SaaS
4 5 (4.76%) Azure AI
5 4 (3.81%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.86%) GitHub
7 2 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.90%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.95%) Amazon Bedrock
8 1 (0.95%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.95%) Datadog
8 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.95%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.95%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.81%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (2.86%) Network Security
2 3 (2.86%) WAN
3 2 (1.90%) DHCP
3 2 (1.90%) DNS
3 2 (1.90%) LAN
3 2 (1.90%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.95%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.95%) VLAN
4 1 (0.95%) VPN
4 1 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.52%) Power BI
2 7 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 7 (6.67%) Tableau
3 3 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.90%) Metadata
4 2 (1.90%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (1.90%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.95%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.95%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (6.67%) JIRA
2 2 (1.90%) Git
3 1 (0.95%) JUnit
3 1 (0.95%) Selenium
3 1 (0.95%) TestNG
General
1 30 (28.57%) Finance
2 20 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (15.24%) Public Sector
4 8 (7.62%) Fire and Rescue
4 8 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (5.71%) Electronics
5 6 (5.71%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.76%) Marketing
6 5 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.76%) Police
7 4 (3.81%) General Ledger
7 4 (3.81%) Law
7 4 (3.81%) Legal
8 3 (2.86%) Banking
8 3 (2.86%) Local Government
8 3 (2.86%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.86%) Multimedia
8 3 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.86%) Private Banking
9 2 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (16.19%) Analyst
2 10 (9.52%) Junior
2 10 (9.52%) Junior Analyst
3 8 (7.62%) Lead
4 7 (6.67%) Consultant
4 7 (6.67%) Support Engineer
5 6 (5.71%) Data Analyst
5 6 (5.71%) Innovation Manager
5 6 (5.71%) Sales Executive
5 6 (5.71%) Sales Manager
5 6 (5.71%) Senior
6 5 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (4.76%) IT Engineer
6 5 (4.76%) Junior Data Analyst
6 5 (4.76%) Junior Security Analyst
6 5 (4.76%) Security Analyst
6 5 (4.76%) Senior Manager
7 4 (3.81%) ERP Consultant
7 4 (3.81%) Senior QA Manager
7 4 (3.81%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.86%) Hibernate
1 3 (2.86%) React
1 3 (2.86%) RESTful
1 3 (2.86%) Spring
2 2 (1.90%) .NET
3 1 (0.95%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.95%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.95%) Hugging Face
3 1 (0.95%) LangChain
3 1 (0.95%) Next.js
3 1 (0.95%) Node.js
3 1 (0.95%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.38%) Driving Licence
2 12 (11.43%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.86%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.90%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.90%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.95%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.95%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.95%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.95%) Life Science
6 1 (0.95%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.95%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.71%) Windows
2 2 (1.90%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.90%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.95%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (19.05%) AI
3 18 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (17.14%) Customer Experience
4 16 (15.24%) Decision-Making
5 14 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (12.38%) Analytics
7 12 (11.43%) Project Management
8 11 (10.48%) Agile
9 9 (8.57%) Mentoring
10 8 (7.62%) ITIL
10 8 (7.62%) ITSM
11 7 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (6.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 7 (6.67%) Telesales
12 6 (5.71%) Due Diligence
12 6 (5.71%) Service Delivery
12 6 (5.71%) Sprint Planning
12 6 (5.71%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 18 (17.14%) SQL
2 9 (8.57%) Python
3 6 (5.71%) Java
4 3 (2.86%) Bash
4 3 (2.86%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.86%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.90%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.95%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.95%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (19.05%) Degree
2 10 (9.52%) Azure Certification
3 6 (5.71%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (4.76%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (3.81%) NVQ Level 3
5 4 (3.81%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 3 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.86%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.86%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.90%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.90%) ACCA
7 2 (1.90%) CCIE
7 2 (1.90%) HNC
7 2 (1.90%) HND
7 2 (1.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.95%) CCNA
8 1 (0.95%) CCNP
8 1 (0.95%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.38%) QA
2 4 (3.81%) SLA
3 3 (2.86%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.95%) GDPR
4 1 (0.95%) GRC
4 1 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.90%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.95%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.90%) SCCM
2 1 (0.95%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (21.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.76%) ForeScout
3 3 (2.86%) Cisco
3 3 (2.86%) Dell
3 3 (2.86%) SAP
4 2 (1.90%) Alteryx
4 2 (1.90%) Oracle
4 2 (1.90%) VMware
5 1 (0.95%) Citrix
5 1 (0.95%) Dataiku
5 1 (0.95%) Datto
5 1 (0.95%) Hitachi
5 1 (0.95%) Intel
5 1 (0.95%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.95%) Pega
5 1 (0.95%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.95%) Veeam