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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 13 31
Rank change year-on-year +11 +18 -30
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 235 134 380
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 20.96% 18.61% 13.54%
As % of the General category 47.00% 26.12% 17.37%
Number of salaries quoted 93 55 168
10th Percentile £26,400 £29,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £33,212 £31,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £33,106 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -22.10% -10.53% -13.64%

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 500 513 2,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 44.60% 71.25% 77.95%
Number of salaries quoted 250 174 386
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £35,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £44,000 £37,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.33% -25.00% -9.09%

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 August 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 9 (3.83%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.28%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.43%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 20 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.85%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Revit
5 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.85%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.43%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 88 (37.45%) Azure
2 25 (10.64%) Power Platform
3 21 (8.94%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (8.51%) Azure AI
5 14 (5.96%) AWS
6 8 (3.40%) SaaS
7 7 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.13%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.13%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.28%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (1.28%) GCP
11 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.85%) OCI
11 2 (0.85%) PaaS
12 1 (0.43%) Amazon Bedrock
12 1 (0.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.43%) IaaS
12 1 (0.43%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.98%) Firewall
2 6 (2.55%) Network Security
3 5 (2.13%) VLAN
4 4 (1.70%) DNS
5 1 (0.43%) Broadband
5 1 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.43%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.94%) Power BI
2 18 (7.66%) Tableau
3 6 (2.55%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.85%) MySQL
4 2 (0.85%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.43%) Looker
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.43%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 7 (2.98%) JIRA
2 3 (1.28%) Git
3 2 (0.85%) Claude Code
3 2 (0.85%) GitLab
4 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
General
1 46 (19.57%) Finance
2 37 (15.74%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (8.51%) Marketing
4 16 (6.81%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (5.96%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.11%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.83%) Legal
9 8 (3.40%) Banking
9 8 (3.40%) Electronics
9 8 (3.40%) Law
10 7 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.13%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.70%) Local Government
13 3 (1.28%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.28%) Retail
13 3 (1.28%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.43%) Front Office
14 1 (0.43%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.43%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 39 (16.60%) Analyst
2 29 (12.34%) Junior
3 28 (11.91%) Junior Analyst
4 21 (8.94%) Senior
5 17 (7.23%) Business Development Manager
5 17 (7.23%) Business Manager
5 17 (7.23%) Development Manager
6 15 (6.38%) Data Analyst
6 15 (6.38%) Ethical Hacker
6 15 (6.38%) Security Analyst
7 14 (5.96%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 14 (5.96%) Junior Data Analyst
7 14 (5.96%) Junior Security Analyst
7 14 (5.96%) Lead
8 12 (5.11%) Account Manager
8 12 (5.11%) Sales Account Manager
8 12 (5.11%) Sales Manager
9 11 (4.68%) Sales Executive
9 11 (4.68%) Technical Leader
10 9 (3.83%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.40%) Jakarta EE
1 8 (3.40%) JSP
1 8 (3.40%) Next.js
1 8 (3.40%) React
2 7 (2.98%) .NET
3 2 (0.85%) ODBC
3 2 (0.85%) SAP Basis
3 2 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.43%) CSS
4 1 (0.43%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.81%) Driving Licence
2 15 (6.38%) Cyberattack
3 13 (5.53%) Management Information System
4 12 (5.11%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.83%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.98%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.98%) Podcast
6 7 (2.98%) Web Conferencing
7 6 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.13%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.70%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.70%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.28%) IoT
10 3 (1.28%) Shadow IT
11 2 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.85%) PMI
11 2 (0.85%) Social Media
12 1 (0.43%) FMCG
12 1 (0.43%) Reference Data
12 1 (0.43%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.68%) Windows
2 5 (2.13%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.28%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.85%) Linux
5 1 (0.43%) AIX
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.43%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (21.70%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (16.60%) AI
4 36 (15.32%) Decision-Making
5 35 (14.89%) Business Development
6 33 (14.04%) Agile
7 30 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (11.49%) Mentoring
9 24 (10.21%) Analytics
10 22 (9.36%) Business Intelligence
11 21 (8.94%) Change Management
11 21 (8.94%) Disaster Recovery
11 21 (8.94%) Service Delivery
12 20 (8.51%) Business Strategy
12 20 (8.51%) Customer Service
12 20 (8.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 19 (8.09%) ITIL
13 19 (8.09%) Project Delivery
13 19 (8.09%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (7.66%) Telesales
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.64%) Python
2 21 (8.94%) SQL
3 12 (5.11%) JavaScript
4 9 (3.83%) Java
5 8 (3.40%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.55%) C#
7 3 (1.28%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.43%) Bash
8 1 (0.43%) Go
8 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.43%) R
8 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (23.40%) Azure Certification
2 27 (11.49%) Degree
3 15 (6.38%) CEH
4 14 (5.96%) CompTIA CySA+
4 14 (5.96%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (2.55%) A+ Certification
5 6 (2.55%) CCNA
5 6 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.55%) IRCA
5 6 (2.55%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.70%) CISM
7 4 (1.70%) CISSP
7 4 (1.70%) CRISC
7 4 (1.70%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.28%) CSPO
8 3 (1.28%) PMP
9 2 (0.85%) HND
9 2 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.21%) QA
2 10 (4.26%) GDPR
3 7 (2.98%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.55%) ISO 9001
4 6 (2.55%) NIST
5 4 (1.70%) COBIT
6 2 (0.85%) GRC
7 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.43%) SLA
7 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (4.26%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.43%) Docker
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.43%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.28%) Terraform
3 2 (0.85%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.43%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 89 (37.87%) Microsoft
2 41 (17.45%) ForeScout
3 12 (5.11%) Dell
4 11 (4.68%) Cisco
5 4 (1.70%) VMware
6 3 (1.28%) Alteryx
6 3 (1.28%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.28%) Oracle
7 2 (0.85%) Databricks
7 2 (0.85%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.85%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.85%) SAP
8 1 (0.43%) Arista
8 1 (0.43%) BT
8 1 (0.43%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.43%) Juniper
8 1 (0.43%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.43%) Sophos
8 1 (0.43%) Zscaler