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 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 14 7
Rank change year-on-year +12 -7 -6
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 203 128 221
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 14.05% 16.67% 17.33%
As % of the General category 33.50% 23.97% 30.40%
Number of salaries quoted 94 57 85
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,973 £36,000
25th Percentile £30,313 £30,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £37,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -27.18% -1.90%
75th Percentile £66,563 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £66,600 £78,250
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £32,000 £49,990
% change year-on-year +4.69% -35.99% +11.09%

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 606 534 727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 41.94% 69.53% 57.02%
Number of salaries quoted 313 179 246
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -19.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £74,000 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £32,976 £50,000
% change year-on-year +36.46% -34.05% -4.76%

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 1 October 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 11 (5.42%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.97%) IIS
4 2 (0.99%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.49%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.49%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 11 (5.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.97%) Revit
4 3 (1.48%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.99%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.49%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.49%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 54 (26.60%) Azure
2 22 (10.84%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (7.88%) AWS
3 16 (7.88%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.43%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.94%) Azure AI
6 7 (3.45%) GCP
6 7 (3.45%) SaaS
7 6 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.46%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.48%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.48%) OCI
11 2 (0.99%) PaaS
11 2 (0.99%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.49%) Datadog
12 1 (0.49%) Google Analytics
12 1 (0.49%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.43%) Firewall
2 8 (3.94%) DNS
2 8 (3.94%) VLAN
3 7 (3.45%) Network Security
4 4 (1.97%) Broadband
4 4 (1.97%) DHCP
5 1 (0.49%) Internet
5 1 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.49%) Modbus
5 1 (0.49%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.40%) Power BI
2 10 (4.93%) Tableau
3 6 (2.96%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.97%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.99%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.99%) Spatial Data
5 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.49%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.49%) Looker
6 1 (0.49%) MySQL
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (3.94%) Git
2 5 (2.46%) JIRA
3 4 (1.97%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.49%) GitLab
4 1 (0.49%) Hudson
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
General
1 42 (20.69%) Finance
2 29 (14.29%) Marketing
3 25 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (7.88%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (7.88%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.90%) Law
6 14 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (5.91%) Legal
8 7 (3.45%) Banking
9 5 (2.46%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.46%) Local Government
10 4 (1.97%) Electronics
10 4 (1.97%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.97%) Retail
11 3 (1.48%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.99%) Brand Awareness
12 2 (0.99%) Front Office
13 1 (0.49%) Advertising
13 1 (0.49%) German Language
Job Titles
1 24 (11.82%) Analyst
2 19 (9.36%) Development Manager
3 18 (8.87%) Business Development Manager
3 18 (8.87%) Business Manager
3 18 (8.87%) Lead
3 18 (8.87%) Senior
4 13 (6.40%) Technical Leader
5 12 (5.91%) Sales Executive
6 9 (4.43%) Junior
6 9 (4.43%) Security Engineer
7 8 (3.94%) Administrator
7 8 (3.94%) Corporate Sales Executive
7 8 (3.94%) Junior Analyst
8 7 (3.45%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 7 (3.45%) Developer
8 7 (3.45%) Senior Security Engineer
9 6 (2.96%) Account Manager
9 6 (2.96%) Consultant
9 6 (2.96%) Risk Manager
9 6 (2.96%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.94%) Jakarta EE
1 8 (3.94%) JSP
1 8 (3.94%) Next.js
1 8 (3.94%) React
2 7 (3.45%) .NET
3 2 (0.99%) SAP Basis
3 2 (0.99%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.49%) CSS
4 1 (0.49%) HTML
4 1 (0.49%) NestJS
4 1 (0.49%) Node.js
4 1 (0.49%) ODBC
4 1 (0.49%) PySpark
4 1 (0.49%) Terraform
4 1 (0.49%) XML
4 1 (0.49%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.91%) Cloud Native
1 12 (5.91%) Driving Licence
1 12 (5.91%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.94%) Podcast
2 8 (3.94%) Web Conferencing
3 6 (2.96%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.46%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.46%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.97%) Cyberattack
5 4 (1.97%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.48%) Shadow IT
6 3 (1.48%) Social Media
7 2 (0.99%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.99%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.99%) Reference Data
7 2 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.99%) SCADA
8 1 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.88%) Windows
2 8 (3.94%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.46%) Linux
4 4 (1.97%) Debian
4 4 (1.97%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.48%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.49%) AIX
6 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.49%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (25.62%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (21.67%) Decision-Making
3 37 (18.23%) AI
3 37 (18.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (14.78%) Agile
5 29 (14.29%) Business Development
6 27 (13.30%) Customer Service
7 26 (12.81%) Cybersecurity
8 23 (11.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 22 (10.84%) Mentoring
10 20 (9.85%) CI/CD
10 20 (9.85%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (9.36%) Analytics
11 19 (9.36%) Service Delivery
12 18 (8.87%) Project Delivery
12 18 (8.87%) Software Engineering
13 17 (8.37%) Business Strategy
13 17 (8.37%) Customer Experience
14 16 (7.88%) DevOps
15 15 (7.39%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.87%) Python
2 15 (7.39%) JavaScript
2 15 (7.39%) SQL
3 13 (6.40%) Java
4 11 (5.42%) TypeScript
5 6 (2.96%) C#
5 6 (2.96%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.49%) Bash
6 1 (0.49%) Go
6 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.49%) R
6 1 (0.49%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.49%) XPath
Qualifications
1 20 (9.85%) Azure Certification
1 20 (9.85%) Degree
2 6 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (2.46%) A+ Certification
4 4 (1.97%) CCNA
4 4 (1.97%) CEH
4 4 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (1.97%) CompTIA CySA+
4 4 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (1.97%) HND
4 4 (1.97%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (1.48%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.99%) CSPO
6 2 (0.99%) HNC
6 2 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.49%) AAT
7 1 (0.49%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.49%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.49%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.49%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.85%) QA
2 9 (4.43%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.97%) NIST
3 4 (1.97%) SLA
4 3 (1.48%) GDPR
4 3 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.99%) GRC
6 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.49%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 11 (5.42%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.96%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (4.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.48%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.49%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 64 (31.53%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.88%) ForeScout
3 12 (5.91%) Cisco
4 11 (5.42%) Dell
5 5 (2.46%) Alteryx
6 4 (1.97%) BT
6 4 (1.97%) Databricks
6 4 (1.97%) Oracle
7 3 (1.48%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.48%) VMware
8 2 (0.99%) Google
8 2 (0.99%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.99%) SAP
9 1 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.49%) DIgSILENT
9 1 (0.49%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.49%) IFS
9 1 (0.49%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.49%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.49%) Siemens