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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 10 33
Rank change year-on-year +8 +23 -32
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 237 134 365
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 19.98% 18.38% 13.18%
As % of the General category 44.72% 26.07% 16.83%
Number of salaries quoted 94 55 153
10th Percentile £26,475 £29,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £31,928 £31,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £59,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £81,750
Scotland median annual salary £33,106 £42,500 £49,990
% change year-on-year -22.10% -14.98% -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 530 514 2,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 44.69% 70.51% 78.30%
Number of salaries quoted 270 166 360
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,203 £36,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% -10.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £64,688 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,125 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -30.00% -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 13 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 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.69%) IIS
4 2 (0.84%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 17 (7.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.27%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.42%) Revit
5 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.84%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.42%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 85 (35.86%) Azure
2 23 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (9.28%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.59%) Azure AI
5 17 (7.17%) AWS
6 8 (3.38%) SaaS
7 7 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.95%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.11%) GCP
9 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.69%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.27%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.84%) OCI
11 2 (0.84%) PaaS
12 1 (0.42%) Amazon Bedrock
12 1 (0.42%) Datadog
12 1 (0.42%) IaaS
12 1 (0.42%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.80%) Firewall
2 8 (3.38%) Network Security
3 7 (2.95%) VLAN
4 6 (2.53%) DNS
5 2 (0.84%) Broadband
5 2 (0.84%) DHCP
6 1 (0.42%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.42%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.02%) Power BI
2 18 (7.59%) Tableau
3 5 (2.11%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.27%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.84%) MySQL
5 2 (0.84%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.84%) 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
Development Applications
1 6 (2.53%) JIRA
2 4 (1.69%) Git
3 3 (1.27%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.84%) GitLab
5 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
General
1 50 (21.10%) Finance
2 41 (17.30%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (10.13%) Marketing
4 18 (7.59%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (6.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.49%) Law
7 12 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (5.06%) Public Sector
8 10 (4.22%) Legal
9 9 (3.80%) Banking
10 8 (3.38%) Electronics
11 7 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.11%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.11%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.69%) Local Government
14 3 (1.27%) Retail
15 2 (0.84%) Front Office
15 2 (0.84%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.42%) Corporate Banking
16 1 (0.42%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 36 (15.19%) Analyst
2 25 (10.55%) Junior
3 24 (10.13%) Junior Analyst
4 22 (9.28%) Senior
5 18 (7.59%) Lead
6 17 (7.17%) Business Development Manager
6 17 (7.17%) Business Manager
6 17 (7.17%) Development Manager
7 14 (5.91%) Security Analyst
8 13 (5.49%) Data Analyst
8 13 (5.49%) Ethical Hacker
8 13 (5.49%) Technical Leader
9 12 (5.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 12 (5.06%) Junior Data Analyst
9 12 (5.06%) Junior Security Analyst
10 11 (4.64%) Account Manager
10 11 (4.64%) Sales Account Manager
10 11 (4.64%) Sales Manager
11 10 (4.22%) Sales Executive
12 9 (3.80%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.38%) Jakarta EE
1 8 (3.38%) JSP
1 8 (3.38%) Next.js
1 8 (3.38%) React
2 6 (2.53%) .NET
3 2 (0.84%) ODBC
3 2 (0.84%) SAP Basis
3 2 (0.84%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.42%) CSS
4 1 (0.42%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.33%) Driving Licence
2 13 (5.49%) Cyberattack
2 13 (5.49%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.64%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.95%) Podcast
5 7 (2.95%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.95%) Web Conferencing
6 6 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.11%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.69%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.27%) Shadow IT
10 2 (0.84%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.84%) IoT
10 2 (0.84%) PMI
10 2 (0.84%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.84%) Social Media
11 1 (0.42%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.91%) Windows
2 8 (3.38%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.69%) Linux
4 3 (1.27%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.84%) Debian
5 2 (0.84%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.42%) AIX
6 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.42%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (22.36%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (20.68%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (18.14%) AI
4 41 (17.30%) Decision-Making
5 37 (15.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (14.77%) Agile
7 34 (14.35%) Business Development
8 28 (11.81%) Analytics
9 26 (10.97%) Disaster Recovery
9 26 (10.97%) Mentoring
10 22 (9.28%) Service Delivery
11 21 (8.86%) Business Strategy
11 21 (8.86%) Customer Service
11 21 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (8.44%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (8.44%) Change Management
13 19 (8.02%) CI/CD
14 18 (7.59%) ITIL
15 17 (7.17%) Collaborative Working
15 17 (7.17%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 27 (11.39%) Python
2 19 (8.02%) SQL
3 14 (5.91%) JavaScript
4 12 (5.06%) Java
5 10 (4.22%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.53%) C#
7 5 (2.11%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.42%) Bash
8 1 (0.42%) Go
8 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 49 (20.68%) Azure Certification
2 27 (11.39%) Degree
3 13 (5.49%) CEH
4 12 (5.06%) CompTIA CySA+
4 12 (5.06%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (2.53%) A+ Certification
5 6 (2.53%) CCNA
5 6 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.53%) IRCA
5 6 (2.53%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.69%) CISM
7 4 (1.69%) CISSP
7 4 (1.69%) CRISC
8 3 (1.27%) CSPO
9 2 (0.84%) HND
9 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.42%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.42%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.13%) QA
2 10 (4.22%) GDPR
3 8 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.95%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.95%) NIST
5 6 (2.53%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.69%) COBIT
7 3 (1.27%) GRC
8 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.84%) SLA
9 1 (0.42%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (5.06%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.69%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.84%) 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 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.27%) Terraform
3 2 (0.84%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.42%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 86 (36.29%) Microsoft
2 37 (15.61%) ForeScout
3 11 (4.64%) Cisco
3 11 (4.64%) Dell
4 5 (2.11%) Alteryx
5 4 (1.69%) Databricks
5 4 (1.69%) VMware
6 3 (1.27%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.27%) Oracle
7 2 (0.84%) BT
7 2 (0.84%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.84%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.84%) SAP
8 1 (0.42%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.42%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.42%) Juniper
8 1 (0.42%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.42%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.42%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.42%) Sophos