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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 37
Rank change year-on-year 0 +35 -36
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 218 108 502
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 22.27% 26.41% 13.25%
As % of the General category 48.77% 38.99% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 86 54 209
10th Percentile £27,125 £31,075 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,125 £41,688 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +20.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £68,125 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,625 £100,000 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £37,000 £50,445 £45,000
% change year-on-year -26.65% +12.10% -18.18%

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 447 277 3,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 45.66% 67.73% 84.03%
Number of salaries quoted 227 144 438
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £28,675
25th Percentile £29,750 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,875 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £86,750 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.33% +3.00% -13.16%

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 16 May 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 8 (3.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.38%) WebSphere
3 3 (1.38%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.92%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (11.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 94 (43.12%) Azure
2 29 (13.30%) Power Platform
3 27 (12.39%) Azure AI
4 22 (10.09%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.13%) SaaS
6 7 (3.21%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.29%) AWS
8 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.38%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.92%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.92%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.46%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.46%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.46%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.46%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.46%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.46%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.83%) DNS
2 3 (1.38%) Broadband
3 2 (0.92%) Firewall
4 1 (0.46%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.46%) Internet
4 1 (0.46%) Network Security
4 1 (0.46%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (11.01%) Power BI
2 21 (9.63%) Tableau
3 8 (3.67%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.92%) MySQL
5 1 (0.46%) Metadata
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.75%) JIRA
2 4 (1.83%) Git
3 1 (0.46%) GitLab
3 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
General
1 44 (20.18%) Finance
2 38 (17.43%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (8.26%) Public Sector
4 14 (6.42%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (4.59%) General Ledger
5 10 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (3.67%) Electronics
6 8 (3.67%) Marketing
7 7 (3.21%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.75%) Banking
8 6 (2.75%) Legal
8 6 (2.75%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.29%) Retail
10 3 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.38%) Local Government
11 2 (0.92%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.92%) Law
11 2 (0.92%) Police
Job Titles
1 55 (25.23%) Analyst
2 43 (19.72%) Junior
3 42 (19.27%) Junior Analyst
4 21 (9.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 21 (9.63%) Data Analyst
4 21 (9.63%) Junior Data Analyst
4 21 (9.63%) Junior Security Analyst
4 21 (9.63%) Security Analyst
5 18 (8.26%) Senior
6 15 (6.88%) Ethical Hacker
7 11 (5.05%) Account Manager
7 11 (5.05%) Sales Account Manager
7 11 (5.05%) Sales Manager
8 9 (4.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 9 (4.13%) IT Manager
8 9 (4.13%) Project Manager
8 9 (4.13%) Senior Manager
9 8 (3.67%) Account Executive
9 8 (3.67%) Support Engineer
10 7 (3.21%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.83%) .NET
2 2 (0.92%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.80%) Driving Licence
2 15 (6.88%) Cyberattack
3 13 (5.96%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.83%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.83%) Podcast
6 4 (1.83%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.83%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (1.38%) IoT
7 3 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.38%) Smart Home
8 2 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.92%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.92%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.92%) Social Media
9 1 (0.46%) FMCG
9 1 (0.46%) Life Science
9 1 (0.46%) PMI
9 1 (0.46%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.05%) Windows
2 4 (1.83%) Windows 10
2 4 (1.83%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.92%) Linux
4 1 (0.46%) AIX
4 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.46%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (23.39%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (16.97%) AI
4 36 (16.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (12.39%) ITIL
5 27 (12.39%) Mentoring
6 26 (11.93%) Business Intelligence
6 26 (11.93%) Service Delivery
7 25 (11.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 22 (10.09%) Business Development
9 21 (9.63%) Analytics
10 20 (9.17%) Agile
10 20 (9.17%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (8.72%) Decision-Making
12 18 (8.26%) Telesales
13 17 (7.80%) Change Management
14 16 (7.34%) Customer Service
15 15 (6.88%) Ethical Hacking
15 15 (6.88%) Lead Generation
16 14 (6.42%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 31 (14.22%) Python
2 29 (13.30%) SQL
3 3 (1.38%) Java
3 3 (1.38%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.92%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.46%) Bash
5 1 (0.46%) C#
Qualifications
1 69 (31.65%) Azure Certification
2 29 (13.30%) Degree
3 21 (9.63%) CompTIA CySA+
3 21 (9.63%) CompTIA Security+
4 15 (6.88%) CEH
5 8 (3.67%) A+ Certification
6 6 (2.75%) CCNA
6 6 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.75%) IRCA
6 6 (2.75%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.83%) CISM
7 4 (1.83%) CISSP
7 4 (1.83%) CRISC
7 4 (1.83%) Security Cleared
8 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.38%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.38%) PMP
9 2 (0.92%) MCSE
9 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.88%) QA
2 7 (3.21%) GDPR
3 6 (2.75%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.83%) COBIT
5 4 (1.83%) NIST
5 4 (1.83%) SLA
6 2 (0.92%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.92%) GRC
7 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.46%) Docker
3 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.46%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 5 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.38%) SCCM
3 2 (0.92%) Terraform
4 1 (0.46%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 97 (44.50%) Microsoft
2 48 (22.02%) ForeScout
3 9 (4.13%) Cisco
4 6 (2.75%) Dell
4 6 (2.75%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.38%) BT
5 3 (1.38%) OpenAI
5 3 (1.38%) VMware
6 2 (0.92%) Citrix
6 2 (0.92%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.92%) SAP
7 1 (0.46%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.46%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.46%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.46%) Juniper
7 1 (0.46%) NEC
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle
7 1 (0.46%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.46%) Sophos
7 1 (0.46%) Zscaler