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 13 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 29 1
Rank change year-on-year +17 -28 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 121 303 238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 16.46% 14.44% 29.10%
As % of the General category 23.59% 19.91% 45.42%
Number of salaries quoted 54 100 151
10th Percentile £25,203 £36,000 £35,733
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% -4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,688 £61,835
90th Percentile £67,050 £72,625 £71,250
Scotland median annual salary £32,750 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -34.50% +5.26% -9.52%

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 513 1,522 524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 69.80% 72.51% 64.06%
Number of salaries quoted 167 269 389
10th Percentile £27,650 £35,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -9.09% +9.48%
75th Percentile £61,875 £67,500 £66,500
90th Percentile £75,400 £83,750 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £33,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -34.00% -4.76% -4.55%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills 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 13 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Glasgow

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.31%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (1.65%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.83%) CMS
4 1 (0.83%) IIS
4 1 (0.83%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 4 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.31%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.13%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (22.31%) AWS
2 12 (9.92%) Azure
2 12 (9.92%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.96%) Amazon S3
3 6 (4.96%) AWS Lambda
3 6 (4.96%) Serverless
4 5 (4.13%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (3.31%) Amazon ECS
5 4 (3.31%) Amazon EMR
5 4 (3.31%) Amazon MSK
5 4 (3.31%) GCP
5 4 (3.31%) SaaS
6 3 (2.48%) GitHub
6 3 (2.48%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.48%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.65%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.96%) DHCP
1 6 (4.96%) DNS
2 5 (4.13%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.31%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (2.48%) Firewall
4 3 (2.48%) LAN
4 3 (2.48%) WAN
5 2 (1.65%) BGP
5 2 (1.65%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.65%) EIGRP
5 2 (1.65%) OSPF
5 2 (1.65%) Wireless
6 1 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.83%) Internet
6 1 (0.83%) MPLS
6 1 (0.83%) Network Security
6 1 (0.83%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.83%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.13%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.31%) Amazon Athena
2 4 (3.31%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (2.48%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.48%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.48%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.65%) MySQL
4 2 (1.65%) Power BI
4 2 (1.65%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (1.65%) Tableau
5 1 (0.83%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.83%) DB2
5 1 (0.83%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.83%) Metadata
5 1 (0.83%) QlikView
5 1 (0.83%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (9.92%) Git
2 11 (9.09%) Jenkins
2 11 (9.09%) Maven
3 7 (5.79%) JIRA
4 4 (3.31%) JUnit
4 4 (3.31%) Subversion
5 2 (1.65%) GitLab
5 2 (1.65%) Gradle
5 2 (1.65%) Mockito
5 2 (1.65%) Selenium
6 1 (0.83%) Ant
6 1 (0.83%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.83%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.83%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (0.83%) Protractor
6 1 (0.83%) Snyk
6 1 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.83%) TestNG
6 1 (0.83%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.83%) webpack
General
1 40 (33.06%) Finance
2 37 (30.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 30 (24.79%) Law
4 25 (20.66%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (19.01%) Banking
6 14 (11.57%) Marketing
7 11 (9.09%) Electronics
8 7 (5.79%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.31%) Investment Banking
9 4 (3.31%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.48%) Fire and Rescue
10 3 (2.48%) Legal
10 3 (2.48%) Local Government
10 3 (2.48%) Police
11 2 (1.65%) Private Banking
11 2 (1.65%) Retail
12 1 (0.83%) Front Office
12 1 (0.83%) Games
12 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.83%) Military
Job Titles
1 26 (21.49%) Software Engineer
2 18 (14.88%) Java Engineer
3 17 (14.05%) Java Software Engineer
4 16 (13.22%) Support Engineer
5 13 (10.74%) Sales Executive
6 11 (9.09%) Developer
7 10 (8.26%) Account Executive
7 10 (8.26%) Lead
7 10 (8.26%) Sales Account Executive
7 10 (8.26%) Senior
7 10 (8.26%) Telesales Executive
8 9 (7.44%) Electrical Engineer
8 9 (7.44%) Java Developer
8 9 (7.44%) Technical Engineer
8 9 (7.44%) Technical Support
8 9 (7.44%) Technical Support Engineer
9 7 (5.79%) IT Engineer
9 7 (5.79%) IT Support
10 6 (4.96%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (4.96%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (19.01%) Spring
2 16 (13.22%) React
3 11 (9.09%) AngularJS
3 11 (9.09%) Kafka
4 10 (8.26%) Hibernate
5 7 (5.79%) Spring Boot
6 6 (4.96%) HTML
6 6 (4.96%) RESTful
7 5 (4.13%) jQuery
7 5 (4.13%) Pandas
8 4 (3.31%) Django
9 2 (1.65%) CSS
9 2 (1.65%) JPA
9 2 (1.65%) PyTorch
9 2 (1.65%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (1.65%) REST
9 2 (1.65%) Spring MVC
10 1 (0.83%) Blazor
10 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.83%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 5 (4.13%) Algorithms
3 4 (3.31%) Derivative
3 4 (3.31%) Equities
3 4 (3.31%) Fixed Income
3 4 (3.31%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.65%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.65%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.65%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.83%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (0.83%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.83%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.83%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.83%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.83%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.83%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.79%) Windows
2 6 (4.96%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.65%) Android
3 2 (1.65%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.65%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.83%) Linux
4 1 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (34.71%) Agile
2 40 (33.06%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (24.79%) Software Engineering
4 17 (14.05%) SDLC
5 15 (12.40%) CI/CD
5 15 (12.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (11.57%) Collaborative Working
7 13 (10.74%) Scrum
8 12 (9.92%) Artificial Intelligence
8 12 (9.92%) Project Management
8 12 (9.92%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (9.09%) Roadmaps
10 10 (8.26%) Community of Practice
10 10 (8.26%) Decision-Making
10 10 (8.26%) DevOps
10 10 (8.26%) Presales
10 10 (8.26%) Telesales
11 9 (7.44%) ITIL
11 9 (7.44%) Strategic Planning
11 9 (7.44%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (19.83%) Java
2 16 (13.22%) SQL
3 10 (8.26%) JavaScript
3 10 (8.26%) Python
4 5 (4.13%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.65%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.83%) Bash
6 1 (0.83%) C
6 1 (0.83%) C++
6 1 (0.83%) PHP
6 1 (0.83%) R
6 1 (0.83%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.83%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (22.31%) Degree
2 9 (7.44%) HNC
2 9 (7.44%) HND
3 7 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.31%) NVQ Level 3
5 4 (3.31%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.48%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.83%) ACCA
7 1 (0.83%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.83%) CCIE
7 1 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.83%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.83%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.83%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.83%) PMP
7 1 (0.83%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.13%) QA
2 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (0.83%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.83%) NIST
2 1 (0.83%) PMO
2 1 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (6.61%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.96%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.48%) Docker
5 1 (0.83%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.83%) vSphere
5 1 (0.83%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.83%) Ansible
3 1 (0.83%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (0.83%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.83%) SCCM
3 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (14.05%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.26%) Dell
2 10 (8.26%) Oracle
3 8 (6.61%) VMware
4 4 (3.31%) Cisco
5 3 (2.48%) SAP
6 2 (1.65%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.65%) Aruba
6 2 (1.65%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.65%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.83%) Citrix
7 1 (0.83%) F5
7 1 (0.83%) Google
7 1 (0.83%) IBM
7 1 (0.83%) Pega
7 1 (0.83%) Riverbed
7 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.83%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.83%) Splunk
7 1 (0.83%) Sybase