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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 135 181 160
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 15.85% 18.83% 24.54%
As % of the General category 24.15% 37.09% 39.41%
Number of salaries quoted 60 65 113
10th Percentile £24,895 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £30,750 £40,000 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,186 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.35% -0.60% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £81,000 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -33.00% +25.00% -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 559 488 406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 65.61% 50.78% 62.27%
Number of salaries quoted 218 209 320
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £31,000 £39,250 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.27% +0.48%
75th Percentile £61,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £93,350 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £34,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -35.24% - -7.08%

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 15 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 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.96%) Cloud Foundry
4 2 (1.48%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.74%) IIS
5 1 (0.74%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.74%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (8.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.96%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.74%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.70%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (19.26%) AWS
2 15 (11.11%) Azure
3 12 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.19%) SaaS
5 6 (4.44%) Amazon S3
5 6 (4.44%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (4.44%) Serverless
6 5 (3.70%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (3.70%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.70%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.96%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (2.96%) Amazon EMR
7 4 (2.96%) Amazon MSK
8 3 (2.22%) GitHub
9 2 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.48%) GCP
9 2 (1.48%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.19%) DHCP
1 7 (5.19%) DNS
2 6 (4.44%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.96%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (2.96%) WAN
4 3 (2.22%) LAN
4 3 (2.22%) Network Security
5 2 (1.48%) Firewall
5 2 (1.48%) 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 (3.70%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.96%) Amazon Athena
2 4 (2.96%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (2.96%) Power BI
3 3 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.48%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (1.48%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.48%) 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 (8.15%) Git
2 9 (6.67%) Jenkins
2 9 (6.67%) Maven
3 8 (5.93%) JIRA
4 4 (2.96%) Subversion
5 2 (1.48%) 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 53 (39.26%) Finance
2 38 (28.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 31 (22.96%) Law
4 29 (21.48%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (17.78%) Banking
6 13 (9.63%) Marketing
7 10 (7.41%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.44%) Fire and Rescue
9 5 (3.70%) Electronics
10 4 (2.96%) Investment Banking
10 4 (2.96%) Legal
10 4 (2.96%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.22%) Local Government
11 3 (2.22%) Multimedia
11 3 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.22%) Police
11 3 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.22%) Private Banking
12 2 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (19.26%) Software Engineer
2 18 (13.33%) Java Engineer
3 17 (12.59%) Java Software Engineer
4 14 (10.37%) Support Engineer
5 13 (9.63%) Lead
6 11 (8.15%) Senior
7 8 (5.93%) Analyst
7 8 (5.93%) Consultant
7 8 (5.93%) Developer
8 7 (5.19%) Electrical Engineer
8 7 (5.19%) IT Engineer
8 7 (5.19%) Sales Executive
8 7 (5.19%) Technical Engineer
8 7 (5.19%) Technical Support
8 7 (5.19%) Technical Support Engineer
9 6 (4.44%) Innovation Manager
9 6 (4.44%) IT Support
9 6 (4.44%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (4.44%) React Developer
9 6 (4.44%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (14.81%) Spring
2 15 (11.11%) React
3 10 (7.41%) AngularJS
4 8 (5.93%) Hibernate
4 8 (5.93%) Kafka
5 6 (4.44%) HTML
6 5 (3.70%) jQuery
6 5 (3.70%) Pandas
7 4 (2.96%) Django
7 4 (2.96%) RESTful
7 4 (2.96%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.48%) .NET
8 2 (1.48%) CSS
8 2 (1.48%) Hugging Face
8 2 (1.48%) Node.js
8 2 (1.48%) PyTorch
8 2 (1.48%) REST
9 1 (0.74%) AWS CDK
9 1 (0.74%) LangChain
9 1 (0.74%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.85%) Driving Licence
2 11 (8.15%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.93%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.70%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.96%) Derivative
5 4 (2.96%) Equities
5 4 (2.96%) Fixed Income
6 3 (2.22%) Learning Management System
6 3 (2.22%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.48%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.48%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.48%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.48%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.74%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.74%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.74%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.74%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.15%) Windows
2 5 (3.70%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.22%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.48%) Android
4 2 (1.48%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.48%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (34.81%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (28.15%) Agile
3 30 (22.22%) Software Engineering
4 22 (16.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (12.59%) AI
5 17 (12.59%) Customer Experience
5 17 (12.59%) SDLC
6 15 (11.11%) Project Management
7 14 (10.37%) Analytics
7 14 (10.37%) CI/CD
7 14 (10.37%) Decision-Making
8 13 (9.63%) Collaborative Working
8 13 (9.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (8.15%) Roadmaps
9 11 (8.15%) Scrum
10 10 (7.41%) Community of Practice
10 10 (7.41%) DevOps
10 10 (7.41%) ITIL
10 10 (7.41%) Visualisation
11 9 (6.67%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.30%) Java
2 17 (12.59%) SQL
3 11 (8.15%) JavaScript
4 10 (7.41%) Python
5 6 (4.44%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.96%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.22%) Bash
8 2 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.48%) 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 29 (21.48%) Degree
2 7 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (5.19%) HNC
2 7 (5.19%) HND
2 7 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (2.96%) NVQ Level 3
3 4 (2.96%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 3 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.22%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.48%) CCIE
5 2 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (1.48%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.74%) ACCA
6 1 (0.74%) CCNA
6 1 (0.74%) CCNP
6 1 (0.74%) CISSP
6 1 (0.74%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.74%) PMP
6 1 (0.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.89%) QA
2 2 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (1.48%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.48%) 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 12 (8.89%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.19%) Hyper-V
2 7 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.74%) Docker
3 1 (0.74%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.74%) Ansible
3 1 (0.74%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.74%) SCCM
3 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (17.04%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.15%) Oracle
3 7 (5.19%) VMware
4 4 (2.96%) Cisco
4 4 (2.96%) Dell
5 2 (1.48%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.74%) Aruba
6 1 (0.74%) Citrix
6 1 (0.74%) Datto
6 1 (0.74%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.74%) Google
6 1 (0.74%) Hitachi
6 1 (0.74%) Intel
6 1 (0.74%) OpenAI
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%) Veeam