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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 1 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 -6
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 112 192 156
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 14.85% 21.87% 20.69%
As % of the General category 28.07% 39.34% 30.47%
Number of salaries quoted 48 76 104
10th Percentile £22,129 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £40,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £54,195 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +3.23% +2.44%
75th Percentile £55,625 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £66,500 £86,250 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -33.00% +25.00% -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 399 488 512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 52.92% 55.58% 67.90%
Number of salaries quoted 200 205 303
10th Percentile £28,225 £34,400 £31,400
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £76,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £73,875 £96,500 £78,000
Scotland median annual salary £34,550 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.02% +2.86% -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 8 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 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.79%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.89%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.89%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.89%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 16 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (8.04%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.89%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.57%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 19 (16.96%) Azure
2 14 (12.50%) AWS
3 8 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.25%) SaaS
5 6 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (3.57%) Azure AI
6 4 (3.57%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.68%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.68%) GitHub
7 3 (2.68%) Serverless
8 2 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.79%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.89%) Amazon Bedrock
9 1 (0.89%) Amazon MSK
9 1 (0.89%) Amazon SageMaker
9 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.57%) Structured Cabling
1 4 (3.57%) WAN
2 3 (2.68%) DHCP
2 3 (2.68%) DNS
2 3 (2.68%) LAN
2 3 (2.68%) Network Security
2 3 (2.68%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.79%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.89%) BGP
4 1 (0.89%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.89%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.89%) Firewall
4 1 (0.89%) Internet
4 1 (0.89%) OSPF
4 1 (0.89%) VLAN
4 1 (0.89%) VPN
4 1 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.89%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.14%) Power BI
2 6 (5.36%) Tableau
3 5 (4.46%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.79%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (1.79%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.89%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.89%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.89%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.89%) Metadata
6 1 (0.89%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (6.25%) JIRA
2 4 (3.57%) Git
3 3 (2.68%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.68%) Maven
4 2 (1.79%) Selenium
5 1 (0.89%) Ant
5 1 (0.89%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.89%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.89%) JUnit
5 1 (0.89%) Karma Test Runner
5 1 (0.89%) Protractor
5 1 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.89%) Subversion
5 1 (0.89%) TestNG
5 1 (0.89%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.89%) webpack
General
1 36 (32.14%) Finance
2 22 (19.64%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (16.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (11.61%) Public Sector
5 12 (10.71%) Law
6 8 (7.14%) Banking
6 8 (7.14%) Marketing
7 7 (6.25%) Fire and Rescue
8 5 (4.46%) Electronics
8 5 (4.46%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.57%) General Ledger
9 4 (3.57%) Legal
9 4 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.57%) Police
10 3 (2.68%) Local Government
10 3 (2.68%) Multimedia
10 3 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.68%) Private Banking
11 2 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (12.50%) Analyst
2 9 (8.04%) Lead
2 9 (8.04%) Support Engineer
3 8 (7.14%) Junior
3 8 (7.14%) Junior Analyst
3 8 (7.14%) Software Engineer
4 7 (6.25%) Consultant
4 7 (6.25%) Senior
5 6 (5.36%) Innovation Manager
5 6 (5.36%) Java Engineer
5 6 (5.36%) Sales Executive
5 6 (5.36%) Sales Manager
6 5 (4.46%) Data Analyst
6 5 (4.46%) IT Engineer
6 5 (4.46%) Java Software Engineer
6 5 (4.46%) Senior Manager
7 4 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (3.57%) Developer
7 4 (3.57%) Junior Security Analyst
7 4 (3.57%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.14%) Spring
2 6 (5.36%) React
3 5 (4.46%) Hibernate
4 4 (3.57%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.68%) RESTful
6 2 (1.79%) HTML
6 2 (1.79%) Hugging Face
6 2 (1.79%) jQuery
6 2 (1.79%) Kafka
6 2 (1.79%) Node.js
6 2 (1.79%) REST
7 1 (0.89%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.89%) Bootstrap
7 1 (0.89%) HTML5
7 1 (0.89%) LangChain
7 1 (0.89%) Next.js
7 1 (0.89%) Pandas
7 1 (0.89%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.89%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.89%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 12 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.68%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.79%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.79%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.79%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.89%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.89%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.89%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.89%) Derivative
6 1 (0.89%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.89%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.89%) Equities
6 1 (0.89%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.89%) Life Science
6 1 (0.89%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.89%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.25%) Windows
2 2 (1.79%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.79%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.79%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (33.93%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (17.86%) AI
2 20 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (16.96%) Agile
4 18 (16.07%) Customer Experience
5 14 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 13 (11.61%) Analytics
6 13 (11.61%) Project Management
6 13 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (9.82%) Business Intelligence
7 11 (9.82%) Software Engineering
8 8 (7.14%) CI/CD
8 8 (7.14%) Mentoring
8 8 (7.14%) SDLC
9 7 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (6.25%) ITIL
9 7 (6.25%) Sprint Planning
9 7 (6.25%) Visualisation
10 6 (5.36%) Risk Management
10 6 (5.36%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.29%) SQL
2 10 (8.93%) Java
2 10 (8.93%) Python
3 5 (4.46%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.68%) Bash
4 3 (2.68%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.68%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.79%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.89%) R
6 1 (0.89%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (19.64%) Degree
2 8 (7.14%) Azure Certification
3 5 (4.46%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (3.57%) CompTIA CySA+
4 4 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.57%) HNC
4 4 (3.57%) HND
4 4 (3.57%) NVQ Level 3
4 4 (3.57%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 3 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.68%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.68%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.79%) CCIE
6 2 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.89%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.89%) CCNA
7 1 (0.89%) CCNP
7 1 (0.89%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.89%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.71%) QA
2 3 (2.68%) SLA
3 2 (1.79%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.89%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.89%) GDPR
4 1 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.89%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.68%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.89%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.68%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.79%) SCCM
3 1 (0.89%) Ansible
3 1 (0.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (20.54%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.57%) Cisco
2 4 (3.57%) ForeScout
2 4 (3.57%) Oracle
3 3 (2.68%) Dell
3 3 (2.68%) VMware
4 2 (1.79%) Alteryx
4 2 (1.79%) SAP
5 1 (0.89%) Aruba
5 1 (0.89%) Citrix
5 1 (0.89%) Datto
5 1 (0.89%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.89%) Hitachi
5 1 (0.89%) Intel
5 1 (0.89%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.89%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.89%) Pega
5 1 (0.89%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.89%) Veeam