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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 13 33
Rank change year-on-year +11 +20 -32
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 233 134 384
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 21.11% 18.77% 13.62%
As % of the General category 47.55% 26.27% 17.49%
Number of salaries quoted 92 56 170
10th Percentile £26,325 £29,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £32,784 £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 £62,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £33,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -22.35% -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 490 510 2,195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 44.38% 71.43% 77.84%
Number of salaries quoted 244 173 388
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £35,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £64,584 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £43,668 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.17% -20.00% -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 29 July 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 (3.86%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.29%) IIS
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 21 (9.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.86%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.43%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 90 (38.63%) Azure
2 26 (11.16%) Power Platform
3 22 (9.44%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (9.01%) Azure AI
5 13 (5.58%) AWS
6 8 (3.43%) SaaS
7 7 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.15%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.15%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.29%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (1.29%) GCP
11 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.86%) OCI
11 2 (0.86%) PaaS
12 1 (0.43%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.43%) Datadog
12 1 (0.43%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.00%) Firewall
2 6 (2.58%) Network Security
3 5 (2.15%) VLAN
4 4 (1.72%) 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 22 (9.44%) Power BI
2 18 (7.73%) Tableau
3 6 (2.58%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.86%) MySQL
4 2 (0.86%) 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
Development Applications
1 7 (3.00%) JIRA
2 3 (1.29%) Git
3 2 (0.86%) Claude Code
3 2 (0.86%) GitLab
4 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
General
1 44 (18.88%) Finance
2 37 (15.88%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (8.15%) Marketing
4 14 (6.01%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.58%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.86%) Legal
9 8 (3.43%) Banking
9 8 (3.43%) Electronics
10 7 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (3.00%) Law
11 5 (2.15%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.72%) Local Government
12 4 (1.72%) Retail
13 3 (1.29%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.86%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.43%) Front Office
15 1 (0.43%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.43%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 42 (18.03%) Analyst
2 31 (13.30%) Junior
3 30 (12.88%) Junior Analyst
4 21 (9.01%) Senior
5 17 (7.30%) Business Development Manager
5 17 (7.30%) Business Manager
5 17 (7.30%) Development Manager
6 16 (6.87%) Data Analyst
6 16 (6.87%) Security Analyst
7 15 (6.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 15 (6.44%) Ethical Hacker
7 15 (6.44%) Junior Data Analyst
7 15 (6.44%) Junior Security Analyst
8 12 (5.15%) Account Manager
8 12 (5.15%) Lead
8 12 (5.15%) Sales Account Manager
8 12 (5.15%) Sales Manager
9 11 (4.72%) Sales Executive
10 9 (3.86%) Project Manager
10 9 (3.86%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.00%) .NET
1 7 (3.00%) Jakarta EE
1 7 (3.00%) JSP
1 7 (3.00%) Next.js
1 7 (3.00%) React
2 2 (0.86%) ODBC
2 2 (0.86%) SAP Basis
2 2 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.43%) CSS
3 1 (0.43%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.87%) Driving Licence
2 15 (6.44%) Cyberattack
3 13 (5.58%) Management Information System
4 12 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.43%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.00%) Podcast
6 7 (3.00%) Web Conferencing
7 6 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.15%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.72%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.29%) IoT
10 3 (1.29%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.29%) Shadow IT
11 2 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.86%) Social Media
12 1 (0.43%) Derivative
12 1 (0.43%) PMI
12 1 (0.43%) Reference Data
12 1 (0.43%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.72%) Windows
2 5 (2.15%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.29%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.86%) Linux
5 1 (0.43%) AIX
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.43%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (22.32%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (19.31%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (16.74%) AI
4 35 (15.02%) Business Development
4 35 (15.02%) Decision-Making
5 32 (13.73%) Agile
6 31 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (11.59%) Mentoring
8 23 (9.87%) Analytics
8 23 (9.87%) Business Intelligence
9 21 (9.01%) Change Management
9 21 (9.01%) Disaster Recovery
10 20 (8.58%) Business Strategy
10 20 (8.58%) Customer Service
10 20 (8.58%) ITIL
10 20 (8.58%) Service Delivery
10 20 (8.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 19 (8.15%) Project Delivery
12 18 (7.73%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (7.73%) Telesales
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.16%) Python
2 22 (9.44%) SQL
3 11 (4.72%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.43%) Java
5 7 (3.00%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.58%) C#
7 3 (1.29%) 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 57 (24.46%) Azure Certification
2 27 (11.59%) Degree
3 15 (6.44%) CEH
3 15 (6.44%) CompTIA CySA+
3 15 (6.44%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (2.58%) A+ Certification
4 6 (2.58%) CCNA
4 6 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (2.58%) IRCA
4 6 (2.58%) Network+ Certification
5 5 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.72%) CISM
6 4 (1.72%) CISSP
6 4 (1.72%) CRISC
7 3 (1.29%) CSPO
7 3 (1.29%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.29%) PMP
8 2 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.43%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.87%) QA
2 10 (4.29%) GDPR
3 7 (3.00%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.58%) ISO 9001
4 6 (2.58%) NIST
5 4 (1.72%) COBIT
6 2 (0.86%) GRC
7 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.43%) SLA
7 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (4.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.86%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.86%) 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 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.29%) Terraform
3 2 (0.86%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.43%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 91 (39.06%) Microsoft
2 42 (18.03%) ForeScout
3 12 (5.15%) Dell
4 11 (4.72%) Cisco
5 4 (1.72%) VMware
6 3 (1.29%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.29%) Oracle
7 2 (0.86%) Alteryx
7 2 (0.86%) Databricks
7 2 (0.86%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.86%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.86%) SAP
8 1 (0.43%) Arista
8 1 (0.43%) BT
8 1 (0.43%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.43%) Juniper
8 1 (0.43%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.43%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.43%) Sophos