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

6 months to
26 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 234 133 397
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 21.12% 18.79% 13.60%
As % of the General category 47.37% 26.23% 17.41%
Number of salaries quoted 94 55 179
10th Percentile £26,475 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,938 £31,000 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -21.18% -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 494 507 2,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 44.58% 71.61% 78.11%
Number of salaries quoted 250 172 398
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,313 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £69,272 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £44,000 £40,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.64% -19.00% -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 26 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 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.28%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.43%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 21 (8.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.56%) 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 (37.61%) Azure
2 25 (10.68%) Power Platform
3 22 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (8.97%) Azure AI
5 11 (4.70%) AWS
6 9 (3.85%) SaaS
7 7 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.14%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.14%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.28%) Copilot Studio
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 S3
12 1 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.43%) Miro
12 1 (0.43%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.56%) Firewall
2 5 (2.14%) Network Security
3 4 (1.71%) DNS
3 4 (1.71%) VLAN
4 1 (0.43%) Broadband
4 1 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.43%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.97%) Power BI
2 16 (6.84%) Tableau
3 6 (2.56%) 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%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.99%) JIRA
2 3 (1.28%) Git
3 2 (0.85%) GitLab
4 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
General
1 43 (18.38%) Finance
2 36 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (7.26%) Marketing
4 16 (6.84%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.98%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.85%) Legal
8 8 (3.42%) Electronics
8 8 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.99%) Banking
10 5 (2.14%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.71%) Law
11 4 (1.71%) Local Government
11 4 (1.71%) Retail
12 3 (1.28%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.85%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.43%) Corporate Banking
14 1 (0.43%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (17.95%) Analyst
2 31 (13.25%) Junior
3 30 (12.82%) Junior Analyst
4 20 (8.55%) Senior
5 17 (7.26%) Business Development Manager
5 17 (7.26%) Business Manager
5 17 (7.26%) Development Manager
6 16 (6.84%) Security Analyst
7 15 (6.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 15 (6.41%) Data Analyst
7 15 (6.41%) Ethical Hacker
7 15 (6.41%) Junior Data Analyst
7 15 (6.41%) Junior Security Analyst
8 13 (5.56%) Account Manager
8 13 (5.56%) Sales Account Manager
8 13 (5.56%) Sales Manager
9 11 (4.70%) Sales Executive
10 10 (4.27%) Lead
10 10 (4.27%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.99%) .NET
1 7 (2.99%) Jakarta EE
1 7 (2.99%) JSP
1 7 (2.99%) Next.js
1 7 (2.99%) React
2 2 (0.85%) ODBC
2 2 (0.85%) SAP Basis
2 2 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.43%) CSS
3 1 (0.43%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.26%) Driving Licence
2 15 (6.41%) Cyberattack
3 13 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.42%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.99%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.99%) Podcast
6 7 (2.99%) Web Conferencing
7 6 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.14%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.71%) IoT
10 3 (1.28%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.28%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.28%) Shadow IT
11 2 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.85%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.85%) Social Media
12 1 (0.43%) Derivative
12 1 (0.43%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.70%) Windows
2 5 (2.14%) 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 (21.79%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (15.38%) AI
3 36 (15.38%) Business Development
4 33 (14.10%) Decision-Making
5 31 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (12.82%) Agile
7 25 (10.68%) Mentoring
8 22 (9.40%) Analytics
8 22 (9.40%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 21 (8.97%) Change Management
9 21 (8.97%) Service Delivery
10 20 (8.55%) Customer Service
10 20 (8.55%) Disaster Recovery
10 20 (8.55%) ITIL
11 19 (8.12%) Business Strategy
11 19 (8.12%) Telesales
12 18 (7.69%) Lead Generation
12 18 (7.69%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.68%) Python
2 21 (8.97%) SQL
3 11 (4.70%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.42%) Java
5 7 (2.99%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.56%) C#
7 3 (1.28%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.43%) Bash
8 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (24.36%) Azure Certification
2 27 (11.54%) Degree
3 15 (6.41%) CEH
3 15 (6.41%) CompTIA CySA+
3 15 (6.41%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (2.56%) A+ Certification
4 6 (2.56%) CCNA
4 6 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (2.56%) IRCA
4 6 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
5 5 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.71%) CISM
6 4 (1.71%) CISSP
6 4 (1.71%) CRISC
7 3 (1.28%) CSPO
7 3 (1.28%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.28%) PMP
8 2 (0.85%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.85%) MBA
8 2 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.68%) QA
2 10 (4.27%) GDPR
3 7 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.56%) ISO 9001
4 6 (2.56%) NIST
5 4 (1.71%) COBIT
6 2 (0.85%) GRC
7 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (4.27%) 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 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.28%) Terraform
3 1 (0.43%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 91 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 42 (17.95%) ForeScout
3 12 (5.13%) Dell
4 11 (4.70%) Cisco
5 4 (1.71%) VMware
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%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.43%) BT
8 1 (0.43%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.43%) Juniper
8 1 (0.43%) NEC
8 1 (0.43%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.43%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.43%) Sophos