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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 4 1
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 132 190 196
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 16.71% 17.40% 27.34%
As % of the General category 23.96% 32.48% 42.52%
Number of salaries quoted 59 73 134
10th Percentile £24,588 £32,550 £32,875
25th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £49,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% -5.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,000 £78,500 £73,750
Scotland median annual salary £32,000 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -34.02% +7.78% -18.18%

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 551 585 461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 69.75% 53.57% 64.30%
Number of salaries quoted 196 226 360
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £39,250 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £53,445 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.16% -2.83% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,563 £70,000 £66,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £33,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -35.92% -1.90% -4.55%

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 October 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 8 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.79%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.03%) Cloud Foundry
4 2 (1.52%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.76%) CMS
5 1 (0.76%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (5.30%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.03%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.76%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.79%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (21.21%) AWS
2 13 (9.85%) Azure
3 12 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.55%) Amazon S3
4 6 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (4.55%) Serverless
5 5 (3.79%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (3.03%) Amazon ECS
6 4 (3.03%) Amazon EMR
6 4 (3.03%) Amazon MSK
6 4 (3.03%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.03%) SaaS
7 3 (2.27%) GCP
7 3 (2.27%) GitHub
7 3 (2.27%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.27%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.76%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.55%) DHCP
1 6 (4.55%) DNS
2 5 (3.79%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.03%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (2.27%) Firewall
4 3 (2.27%) LAN
4 3 (2.27%) WAN
5 2 (1.52%) BGP
5 2 (1.52%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.52%) EIGRP
5 2 (1.52%) OSPF
5 2 (1.52%) Wireless
6 1 (0.76%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.76%) Internet
6 1 (0.76%) MPLS
6 1 (0.76%) Network Security
6 1 (0.76%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.76%) VPN
6 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.79%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.03%) Amazon Athena
2 4 (3.03%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (2.27%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.52%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.52%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.52%) Power BI
4 2 (1.52%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (1.52%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.52%) Tableau
5 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.76%) DB2
5 1 (0.76%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.76%) Metadata
5 1 (0.76%) MySQL
5 1 (0.76%) QlikView
5 1 (0.76%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (8.33%) Git
2 10 (7.58%) Jenkins
2 10 (7.58%) Maven
3 7 (5.30%) JIRA
4 4 (3.03%) Subversion
5 3 (2.27%) JUnit
6 2 (1.52%) Selenium
7 1 (0.76%) Ant
7 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.76%) GitLab
7 1 (0.76%) Gradle
7 1 (0.76%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.76%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.76%) Karma Test Runner
7 1 (0.76%) Mockito
7 1 (0.76%) Protractor
7 1 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.76%) TestNG
7 1 (0.76%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.76%) webpack
General
1 44 (33.33%) Finance
2 37 (28.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 30 (22.73%) Law
4 25 (18.94%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (17.42%) Banking
6 13 (9.85%) Marketing
7 10 (7.58%) Electronics
8 7 (5.30%) Public Sector
9 6 (4.55%) Fire and Rescue
10 4 (3.03%) Investment Banking
10 4 (3.03%) Legal
10 4 (3.03%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.27%) Local Government
11 3 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.27%) Police
12 2 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.52%) Private Banking
12 2 (1.52%) Retail
13 1 (0.76%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (19.70%) Software Engineer
2 18 (13.64%) Java Engineer
3 17 (12.88%) Java Software Engineer
4 16 (12.12%) Support Engineer
5 13 (9.85%) Lead
6 12 (9.09%) Sales Executive
6 12 (9.09%) Senior
7 10 (7.58%) Developer
8 9 (6.82%) Account Executive
8 9 (6.82%) Electrical Engineer
8 9 (6.82%) Sales Account Executive
8 9 (6.82%) Technical Engineer
8 9 (6.82%) Technical Support
8 9 (6.82%) Technical Support Engineer
8 9 (6.82%) Telesales Executive
9 8 (6.06%) Java Developer
10 7 (5.30%) IT Engineer
11 6 (4.55%) IT Support
11 6 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
11 6 (4.55%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (16.67%) Spring
2 16 (12.12%) React
3 11 (8.33%) AngularJS
4 10 (7.58%) Kafka
5 9 (6.82%) Hibernate
6 6 (4.55%) HTML
6 6 (4.55%) Spring Boot
7 5 (3.79%) jQuery
7 5 (3.79%) Pandas
7 5 (3.79%) RESTful
8 4 (3.03%) Django
9 2 (1.52%) CSS
9 2 (1.52%) Hugging Face
9 2 (1.52%) Node.js
9 2 (1.52%) PyTorch
9 2 (1.52%) REST
10 1 (0.76%) AWS CDK
10 1 (0.76%) Blazor
10 1 (0.76%) LangChain
10 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.61%) Driving Licence
2 8 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.79%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.03%) Derivative
4 4 (3.03%) Equities
4 4 (3.03%) Fixed Income
4 4 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.52%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.52%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.52%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.52%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.76%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.76%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.76%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.76%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.76%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.33%) Windows
2 6 (4.55%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.52%) Android
4 2 (1.52%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.52%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.76%) Linux
5 1 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (29.55%) Agile
3 30 (22.73%) Software Engineering
4 18 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (13.64%) SDLC
5 15 (11.36%) CI/CD
6 13 (9.85%) AI
6 13 (9.85%) Collaborative Working
7 12 (9.09%) Customer Experience
7 12 (9.09%) Project Management
7 12 (9.09%) Scrum
7 12 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (8.33%) DevOps
8 11 (8.33%) Roadmaps
9 10 (7.58%) Community of Practice
9 10 (7.58%) Decision-Making
9 10 (7.58%) Presales
9 10 (7.58%) Telesales
10 9 (6.82%) ITIL
10 9 (6.82%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 23 (17.42%) Java
2 16 (12.12%) SQL
3 11 (8.33%) JavaScript
4 10 (7.58%) Python
5 6 (4.55%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.27%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.52%) Bash
8 1 (0.76%) C
8 1 (0.76%) C++
8 1 (0.76%) PHP
8 1 (0.76%) R
8 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.76%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (21.97%) Degree
2 9 (6.82%) HNC
2 9 (6.82%) HND
3 7 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.03%) NVQ Level 3
6 3 (2.27%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.27%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.27%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
7 1 (0.76%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.76%) CCIE
7 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.76%) CISSP
7 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.76%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.76%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.76%) PMP
7 1 (0.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.33%) QA
2 2 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.52%) SLA
3 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.76%) GDPR
3 1 (0.76%) NIST
3 1 (0.76%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.55%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.52%) Docker
5 1 (0.76%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.76%) vSphere
5 1 (0.76%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (7.58%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.76%) Ansible
3 1 (0.76%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (0.76%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.76%) SCCM
3 1 (0.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.33%) Oracle
3 9 (6.82%) Dell
4 8 (6.06%) VMware
5 4 (3.03%) Cisco
6 2 (1.52%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.52%) Aruba
6 2 (1.52%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.52%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.76%) Citrix
7 1 (0.76%) F5
7 1 (0.76%) Google
7 1 (0.76%) IBM
7 1 (0.76%) Intel
7 1 (0.76%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.76%) Pega
7 1 (0.76%) Riverbed
7 1 (0.76%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.76%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.76%) Splunk