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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 136 185 165
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 16.31% 19.01% 24.96%
As % of the General category 24.11% 37.37% 39.95%
Number of salaries quoted 61 67 113
10th Percentile £25,203 £31,250 £28,600
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% -1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,250 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -29.47% +18.75% -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 564 495 413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 67.63% 50.87% 62.48%
Number of salaries quoted 218 214 322
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,575 £32,050
25th Percentile £31,000 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +3.77% +0.95%
75th Percentile £62,188 £70,656 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £92,500 £74,875
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -35.58% -0.95% -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 8 November 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 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.41%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.94%) Cloud Foundry
4 2 (1.47%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.74%) CMS
5 1 (0.74%) IIS
5 1 (0.74%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.74%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.94%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.74%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.68%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (19.12%) AWS
2 15 (11.03%) Azure
3 12 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.41%) Amazon S3
4 6 (4.41%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (4.41%) SaaS
4 6 (4.41%) Serverless
5 5 (3.68%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (3.68%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.68%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.94%) Amazon ECS
6 4 (2.94%) Amazon EMR
6 4 (2.94%) Amazon MSK
7 3 (2.21%) GitHub
8 2 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.47%) GCP
8 2 (1.47%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.15%) DHCP
1 7 (5.15%) DNS
2 6 (4.41%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.94%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (2.94%) WAN
4 3 (2.21%) LAN
4 3 (2.21%) Network Security
5 2 (1.47%) Firewall
5 2 (1.47%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.74%) BGP
6 1 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.74%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.74%) Internet
6 1 (0.74%) OSPF
6 1 (0.74%) VLAN
6 1 (0.74%) VPN
6 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.68%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (3.68%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.94%) Amazon Athena
2 4 (2.94%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (2.94%) Power BI
3 3 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.47%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (1.47%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.47%) Tableau
5 1 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.74%) Metadata
5 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.74%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 11 (8.09%) Git
2 9 (6.62%) Jenkins
2 9 (6.62%) Maven
3 8 (5.88%) JIRA
4 4 (2.94%) Subversion
5 2 (1.47%) Selenium
6 1 (0.74%) Ant
6 1 (0.74%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.74%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.74%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.74%) JUnit
6 1 (0.74%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (0.74%) Protractor
6 1 (0.74%) Snyk
6 1 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.74%) TestNG
6 1 (0.74%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.74%) webpack
General
1 51 (37.50%) Finance
2 38 (27.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 31 (22.79%) Law
4 29 (21.32%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (17.65%) Banking
6 13 (9.56%) Marketing
7 9 (6.62%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.41%) Electronics
8 6 (4.41%) Fire and Rescue
9 4 (2.94%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.94%) Legal
9 4 (2.94%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.21%) Local Government
10 3 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.21%) Police
10 3 (2.21%) Private Banking
11 2 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.47%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (19.12%) Software Engineer
2 18 (13.24%) Java Engineer
3 17 (12.50%) Java Software Engineer
4 14 (10.29%) Lead
4 14 (10.29%) Support Engineer
5 11 (8.09%) Senior
6 8 (5.88%) Analyst
6 8 (5.88%) Developer
6 8 (5.88%) Sales Executive
7 7 (5.15%) Consultant
7 7 (5.15%) Electrical Engineer
7 7 (5.15%) IT Engineer
7 7 (5.15%) Technical Engineer
7 7 (5.15%) Technical Support
7 7 (5.15%) Technical Support Engineer
8 6 (4.41%) Innovation Manager
8 6 (4.41%) IT Support
8 6 (4.41%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (4.41%) Java Developer
8 6 (4.41%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (14.71%) Spring
2 15 (11.03%) React
3 10 (7.35%) AngularJS
4 8 (5.88%) Hibernate
4 8 (5.88%) Kafka
5 6 (4.41%) HTML
6 5 (3.68%) jQuery
6 5 (3.68%) Pandas
7 4 (2.94%) Django
7 4 (2.94%) RESTful
7 4 (2.94%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.47%) .NET
8 2 (1.47%) CSS
8 2 (1.47%) Hugging Face
8 2 (1.47%) Node.js
8 2 (1.47%) PyTorch
8 2 (1.47%) REST
9 1 (0.74%) AWS CDK
9 1 (0.74%) Blazor
9 1 (0.74%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.76%) Driving Licence
2 10 (7.35%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (5.15%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.68%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.94%) Derivative
5 4 (2.94%) Equities
5 4 (2.94%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.47%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.47%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.47%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.47%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.47%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.47%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.74%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.74%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.74%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.82%) Windows
2 6 (4.41%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.94%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.47%) Android
4 2 (1.47%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (34.56%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (27.94%) Agile
3 30 (22.06%) Software Engineering
4 22 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (12.50%) SDLC
6 16 (11.76%) AI
6 16 (11.76%) Customer Experience
7 14 (10.29%) CI/CD
7 14 (10.29%) Collaborative Working
7 14 (10.29%) Project Management
8 13 (9.56%) Analytics
8 13 (9.56%) Decision-Making
8 13 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (8.09%) ITIL
9 11 (8.09%) Roadmaps
9 11 (8.09%) Scrum
10 10 (7.35%) Community of Practice
10 10 (7.35%) DevOps
10 10 (7.35%) Visualisation
11 9 (6.62%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.18%) Java
2 17 (12.50%) SQL
3 11 (8.09%) JavaScript
4 10 (7.35%) Python
5 6 (4.41%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.94%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.21%) Bash
8 2 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.47%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.74%) C
9 1 (0.74%) C++
9 1 (0.74%) PHP
9 1 (0.74%) R
9 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (22.06%) Degree
2 7 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (5.15%) HNC
2 7 (5.15%) HND
2 7 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (2.94%) NVQ Level 3
3 4 (2.94%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 3 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.21%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.21%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.47%) CCIE
5 2 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.74%) ACCA
6 1 (0.74%) CCNA
6 1 (0.74%) CCNP
6 1 (0.74%) CISM
6 1 (0.74%) CISSP
6 1 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.74%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.82%) QA
2 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (1.47%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.47%) SLA
3 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.74%) GDPR
3 1 (0.74%) NIST
3 1 (0.74%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (9.56%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (5.15%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.74%) Docker
4 1 (0.74%) vSphere
4 1 (0.74%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (6.62%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.74%) Ansible
3 1 (0.74%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.74%) SCCM
3 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.09%) Oracle
3 8 (5.88%) VMware
4 5 (3.68%) Cisco
4 5 (3.68%) Dell
5 2 (1.47%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.74%) Aruba
6 1 (0.74%) Citrix
6 1 (0.74%) Hitachi
6 1 (0.74%) Intel
6 1 (0.74%) Juniper
6 1 (0.74%) McAfee
6 1 (0.74%) NetApp
6 1 (0.74%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.74%) Pega
6 1 (0.74%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.74%) SAP
6 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.74%) Splunk
6 1 (0.74%) Veeam