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 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 14 3
Rank change year-on-year +11 -11 -2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 197 132 195
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 13.26% 16.75% 17.35%
As % of the General category 32.67% 24.00% 32.39%
Number of salaries quoted 89 59 76
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,588 £33,875
25th Percentile £29,392 £30,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,800 £37,500 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% -26.11% -3.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,000 £78,125
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £32,000 £49,745
% change year-on-year +4.69% -35.67% +10.54%

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 603 550 602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 40.58% 69.80% 53.56%
Number of salaries quoted 306 194 236
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,000 £39,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £53,445
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -25.16% -2.83%
75th Percentile £69,688 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £33,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +36.36% -35.92% -1.90%

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 10 October 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 12 (6.09%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.52%) IIS
4 2 (1.02%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.51%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.51%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 11 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.03%) Revit
4 3 (1.52%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.02%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.51%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.51%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 49 (24.87%) Azure
2 22 (11.17%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (8.12%) AWS
3 16 (8.12%) Power Platform
4 10 (5.08%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.06%) SaaS
6 7 (3.55%) GCP
7 6 (3.05%) Azure AI
7 6 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.54%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.52%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.52%) OCI
11 2 (1.02%) IaaS
11 2 (1.02%) PaaS
11 2 (1.02%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.51%) dbt
12 1 (0.51%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.08%) Firewall
2 9 (4.57%) VLAN
3 8 (4.06%) DNS
4 7 (3.55%) Network Security
5 4 (2.03%) Broadband
5 4 (2.03%) DHCP
6 2 (1.02%) Internet
6 2 (1.02%) VPN
7 1 (0.51%) 5G
7 1 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.51%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.60%) Power BI
2 9 (4.57%) Tableau
3 6 (3.05%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.03%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (1.02%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.02%) Spatial Data
7 1 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.51%) Looker
7 1 (0.51%) MySQL
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.51%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (3.55%) Git
2 4 (2.03%) Claude Code
3 3 (1.52%) JIRA
4 2 (1.02%) Hudson
5 1 (0.51%) GitLab
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
General
1 44 (22.34%) Finance
2 28 (14.21%) Marketing
3 23 (11.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (10.15%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (9.14%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (7.61%) Public Sector
7 14 (7.11%) Law
7 14 (7.11%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (5.58%) Legal
9 7 (3.55%) Banking
10 5 (2.54%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.54%) Local Government
10 5 (2.54%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.03%) Electronics
11 4 (2.03%) Retail
11 4 (2.03%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.02%) Brand Awareness
12 2 (1.02%) Front Office
12 2 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.51%) Police
Job Titles
1 22 (11.17%) Analyst
2 19 (9.64%) Development Manager
2 19 (9.64%) Lead
2 19 (9.64%) Senior
3 18 (9.14%) Business Development Manager
3 18 (9.14%) Business Manager
4 13 (6.60%) Technical Leader
5 12 (6.09%) Sales Executive
6 10 (5.08%) Administrator
7 9 (4.57%) Security Engineer
8 8 (4.06%) Corporate Sales Executive
8 8 (4.06%) Developer
9 7 (3.55%) Consultant
9 7 (3.55%) Junior
9 7 (3.55%) Senior Security Engineer
10 6 (3.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 6 (3.05%) Junior Analyst
10 6 (3.05%) Risk Manager
10 6 (3.05%) Software Engineer
10 6 (3.05%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.06%) Jakarta EE
1 8 (4.06%) JSP
1 8 (4.06%) Next.js
1 8 (4.06%) React
2 6 (3.05%) .NET
3 2 (1.02%) SAP Basis
3 2 (1.02%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.51%) CSS
4 1 (0.51%) HTML
4 1 (0.51%) NestJS
4 1 (0.51%) Node.js
4 1 (0.51%) ODBC
4 1 (0.51%) PySpark
4 1 (0.51%) Terraform
4 1 (0.51%) XML
4 1 (0.51%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.09%) Cloud Native
1 12 (6.09%) Driving Licence
2 11 (5.58%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.06%) Podcast
3 8 (4.06%) Web Conferencing
4 7 (3.55%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.05%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.54%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.03%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.52%) Cyberattack
8 3 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.52%) Shadow IT
9 2 (1.02%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.02%) IoT
9 2 (1.02%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.02%) PMI
9 2 (1.02%) Reference Data
9 2 (1.02%) SCADA
9 2 (1.02%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.63%) Windows
2 7 (3.55%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.05%) Linux
4 4 (2.03%) Debian
4 4 (2.03%) Ubuntu
4 4 (2.03%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.51%) AIX
5 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.51%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (22.34%) Decision-Making
3 38 (19.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 35 (17.77%) AI
5 28 (14.21%) Customer Service
6 26 (13.20%) Business Development
6 26 (13.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (12.69%) Agile
8 22 (11.17%) Mentoring
9 21 (10.66%) CI/CD
10 20 (10.15%) Cybersecurity
11 18 (9.14%) Customer Experience
11 18 (9.14%) Service Delivery
11 18 (9.14%) Software Engineering
12 17 (8.63%) Business Strategy
12 17 (8.63%) Coaching
12 17 (8.63%) Project Delivery
13 16 (8.12%) Analytics
13 16 (8.12%) DevOps
13 16 (8.12%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.63%) Python
2 15 (7.61%) JavaScript
2 15 (7.61%) SQL
3 13 (6.60%) Java
4 11 (5.58%) TypeScript
5 6 (3.05%) PowerShell
6 5 (2.54%) C#
7 1 (0.51%) Bash
7 1 (0.51%) Go
7 1 (0.51%) Perl
7 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.51%) R
7 1 (0.51%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.51%) XPath
Qualifications
1 20 (10.15%) Degree
2 15 (7.61%) Azure Certification
3 6 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (2.54%) HND
5 4 (2.03%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.03%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.52%) CCNA
6 3 (1.52%) CEH
6 3 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.52%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (1.52%) HNC
6 3 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.02%) AAT
7 2 (1.02%) CSPO
7 2 (1.02%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.51%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.51%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.64%) QA
2 10 (5.08%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.03%) NIST
3 4 (2.03%) SLA
4 3 (1.52%) GDPR
4 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.02%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.02%) GRC
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 12 (6.09%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.55%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (4.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.52%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.51%) Ansible
3 1 (0.51%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 62 (31.47%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.09%) ForeScout
3 11 (5.58%) Cisco
3 11 (5.58%) Dell
4 5 (2.54%) Alteryx
5 4 (2.03%) BT
5 4 (2.03%) Databricks
5 4 (2.03%) Oracle
5 4 (2.03%) VMware
6 3 (1.52%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.02%) Google
7 2 (1.02%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.02%) IFS
7 2 (1.02%) SAP
8 1 (0.51%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.51%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.51%) SaltStack
8 1 (0.51%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.51%) Siemens
8 1 (0.51%) YouTube