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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 12 31
Rank change year-on-year +10 +19 -30
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 236 126 350
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 19.46% 17.50% 13.46%
As % of the General category 43.62% 24.85% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 98 55 144
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £59,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £76,750
Scotland median annual salary £33,212 £38,962 £49,990
% change year-on-year -14.76% -22.06% -4.78%

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 541 507 2,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 44.60% 70.42% 77.00%
Number of salaries quoted 281 166 347
10th Percentile £27,675 £25,203 £36,150
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -11.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,125 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £33,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +34.33% -33.00% -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 19 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 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.69%) IIS
4 2 (0.85%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 16 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.27%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.85%) Revit
6 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.85%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.42%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 84 (35.59%) Azure
2 24 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (8.90%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.63%) AWS
5 17 (7.20%) Azure AI
6 9 (3.81%) SaaS
7 8 (3.39%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.54%) GCP
10 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.69%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.27%) Copilot Studio
11 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.85%) OCI
12 2 (0.85%) PaaS
13 1 (0.42%) Amazon Bedrock
13 1 (0.42%) Datadog
13 1 (0.42%) IaaS
13 1 (0.42%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.39%) Firewall
1 8 (3.39%) Network Security
2 7 (2.97%) DNS
2 7 (2.97%) VLAN
3 3 (1.27%) DHCP
4 2 (0.85%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.63%) Power BI
2 17 (7.20%) Tableau
3 6 (2.54%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.27%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.85%) MySQL
5 2 (0.85%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.85%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.42%) Looker
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.42%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (2.54%) JIRA
2 5 (2.12%) Git
3 3 (1.27%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.85%) GitLab
5 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
General
1 49 (20.76%) Finance
2 40 (16.95%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (10.59%) Marketing
4 18 (7.63%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.51%) Law
6 13 (5.51%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.66%) Legal
9 10 (4.24%) Banking
10 7 (2.97%) Electronics
10 7 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.12%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.12%) Local Government
11 5 (2.12%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.27%) Retail
13 2 (0.85%) Front Office
14 1 (0.42%) Corporate Banking
14 1 (0.42%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (14.41%) Analyst
2 23 (9.75%) Junior
3 22 (9.32%) Junior Analyst
3 22 (9.32%) Senior
4 18 (7.63%) Development Manager
4 18 (7.63%) Lead
5 17 (7.20%) Business Development Manager
5 17 (7.20%) Business Manager
6 13 (5.51%) Security Analyst
6 13 (5.51%) Technical Leader
7 12 (5.08%) Data Analyst
7 12 (5.08%) Ethical Hacker
8 11 (4.66%) Account Manager
8 11 (4.66%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 11 (4.66%) Junior Data Analyst
8 11 (4.66%) Junior Security Analyst
8 11 (4.66%) Sales Account Manager
8 11 (4.66%) Sales Manager
9 10 (4.24%) Sales Executive
10 9 (3.81%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.39%) Jakarta EE
1 8 (3.39%) JSP
1 8 (3.39%) Next.js
1 8 (3.39%) React
2 6 (2.54%) .NET
3 2 (0.85%) ODBC
3 2 (0.85%) SAP Basis
3 2 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.42%) CSS
4 1 (0.42%) HTML
4 1 (0.42%) NestJS
4 1 (0.42%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.36%) Driving Licence
2 13 (5.51%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.08%) Cyberattack
3 12 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.66%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.39%) Podcast
5 8 (3.39%) Web Conferencing
6 7 (2.97%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.12%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.69%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.27%) Shadow IT
10 3 (1.27%) Social Media
11 2 (0.85%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.85%) IoT
11 2 (0.85%) PMI
11 2 (0.85%) Reference Data
12 1 (0.42%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.93%) Windows
2 8 (3.39%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.69%) Linux
4 3 (1.27%) Debian
4 3 (1.27%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.27%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.42%) AIX
5 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.42%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (19.92%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (18.64%) AI
4 43 (18.22%) Decision-Making
5 39 (16.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (14.83%) Agile
7 34 (14.41%) Business Development
8 28 (11.86%) Disaster Recovery
9 27 (11.44%) Analytics
10 25 (10.59%) Mentoring
11 23 (9.75%) Customer Service
12 21 (8.90%) Business Strategy
12 21 (8.90%) Service Delivery
13 20 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
14 19 (8.05%) Change Management
14 19 (8.05%) CI/CD
15 18 (7.63%) Collaborative Working
15 18 (7.63%) ITIL
15 18 (7.63%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.02%) Python
2 18 (7.63%) SQL
3 15 (6.36%) JavaScript
4 13 (5.51%) Java
5 11 (4.66%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.54%) C#
6 6 (2.54%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.42%) Bash
7 1 (0.42%) Go
7 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 46 (19.49%) Azure Certification
2 27 (11.44%) Degree
3 12 (5.08%) CEH
4 11 (4.66%) CompTIA CySA+
4 11 (4.66%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (2.54%) A+ Certification
5 6 (2.54%) CCNA
5 6 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.54%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.12%) IRCA
7 4 (1.69%) CISM
7 4 (1.69%) CISSP
7 4 (1.69%) CRISC
8 3 (1.27%) CSPO
9 2 (0.85%) HND
9 2 (0.85%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.42%) HNC
10 1 (0.42%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.17%) QA
2 9 (3.81%) GDPR
3 8 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.97%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.97%) NIST
5 5 (2.12%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.69%) COBIT
7 3 (1.27%) GRC
7 3 (1.27%) SLA
8 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.42%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (5.51%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.12%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.42%) Docker
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.42%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 9 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.27%) Terraform
3 2 (0.85%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.42%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 85 (36.02%) Microsoft
2 35 (14.83%) ForeScout
3 10 (4.24%) Cisco
3 10 (4.24%) Dell
4 5 (2.12%) Alteryx
5 4 (1.69%) Databricks
5 4 (1.69%) VMware
6 3 (1.27%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.27%) Oracle
7 2 (0.85%) BT
7 2 (0.85%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.85%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.85%) SAP
8 1 (0.42%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.42%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.42%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.42%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.42%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.42%) Sophos
8 1 (0.42%) Zscaler