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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 1 28
Rank change year-on-year -1 +27 -27
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 135 169 270
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 18.07% 26.78% 14.55%
As % of the General category 35.43% 42.78% 18.87%
Number of salaries quoted 59 65 143
10th Percentile £24,426 £31,250 £22,900
25th Percentile £29,375 £41,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +22.22% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,500 £91,500 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +50.00% -36.36%

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 381 395 1,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 51.00% 62.60% 77.10%
Number of salaries quoted 209 161 335
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £41,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.96% +15.00% -8.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £80,000 £64,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £110,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% -16.00%

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 February 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 7 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.96%) WebSphere
2 4 (2.96%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.48%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 24 (17.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.96%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (2.22%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.74%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.96%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 36 (26.67%) Azure
2 15 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 10 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (6.67%) AWS
4 9 (6.67%) Azure AI
4 9 (6.67%) SaaS
5 6 (4.44%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.48%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.48%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.74%) Amazon Bedrock
7 1 (0.74%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.74%) Datadog
7 1 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.74%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.74%) Serverless
7 1 (0.74%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.96%) Structured Cabling
1 4 (2.96%) WAN
2 3 (2.22%) Network Security
3 2 (1.48%) Broadband
3 2 (1.48%) LAN
4 1 (0.74%) DHCP
4 1 (0.74%) DNS
4 1 (0.74%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.74%) Firewall
4 1 (0.74%) Internet
4 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.74%) VLAN
4 1 (0.74%) VPN
4 1 (0.74%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.63%) Power BI
2 9 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.67%) Tableau
3 3 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.74%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (4.44%) JIRA
2 4 (2.96%) Git
3 1 (0.74%) JUnit
3 1 (0.74%) Selenium
3 1 (0.74%) TestNG
General
1 42 (31.11%) Finance
2 20 (14.81%) Public Sector
3 19 (14.07%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.15%) General Ledger
4 11 (8.15%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.93%) Electronics
5 8 (5.93%) Fire and Rescue
6 6 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.96%) Law
9 3 (2.22%) Banking
9 3 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.22%) Legal
9 3 (2.22%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.22%) Multimedia
9 3 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.48%) Marketing
10 2 (1.48%) Police
10 2 (1.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (23.70%) Analyst
2 18 (13.33%) Junior
2 18 (13.33%) Junior Analyst
3 12 (8.89%) Senior
4 9 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 9 (6.67%) Data Analyst
4 9 (6.67%) Junior Data Analyst
4 9 (6.67%) Junior Security Analyst
4 9 (6.67%) Security Analyst
5 8 (5.93%) Consultant
5 8 (5.93%) Senior Manager
6 6 (4.44%) IT Manager
6 6 (4.44%) Project Manager
6 6 (4.44%) Support Analyst
6 6 (4.44%) Support Engineer
7 5 (3.70%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (3.70%) Account Manager
7 5 (3.70%) Applications Support
7 5 (3.70%) Sales Executive
7 5 (3.70%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.96%) .NET
2 2 (1.48%) React
3 1 (0.74%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.74%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.74%) Hibernate
3 1 (0.74%) Hugging Face
3 1 (0.74%) LangChain
3 1 (0.74%) Next.js
3 1 (0.74%) Node.js
3 1 (0.74%) REST
3 1 (0.74%) RESTful
3 1 (0.74%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.89%) Driving Licence
1 12 (8.89%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (5.19%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.22%) Cyberattack
4 3 (2.22%) Learning Management System
4 3 (2.22%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.48%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.48%) IoT
5 2 (1.48%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.48%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.48%) Smart Home
5 2 (1.48%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.74%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.74%) Life Science
6 1 (0.74%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.41%) Windows
2 4 (2.96%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.22%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.48%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.74%) Linux
5 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (34.81%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (14.07%) ITIL
4 18 (13.33%) AI
4 18 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 16 (11.85%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (11.85%) ITSM
5 16 (11.85%) Service Delivery
6 15 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (10.37%) Customer Experience
7 14 (10.37%) Mentoring
8 12 (8.89%) Service Management
9 11 (8.15%) Decision-Making
9 11 (8.15%) Migration
9 11 (8.15%) Project Management
9 11 (8.15%) Telesales
10 10 (7.41%) Accounts Payable
10 10 (7.41%) Accounts Receivable
10 10 (7.41%) Analytics
10 10 (7.41%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.07%) SQL
2 14 (10.37%) Python
3 6 (4.44%) Java
4 5 (3.70%) T-SQL
5 3 (2.22%) Bash
5 3 (2.22%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.48%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.74%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (17.78%) Degree
2 21 (15.56%) Azure Certification
3 10 (7.41%) CompTIA Security+
4 9 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (2.96%) NVQ Level 3
5 4 (2.96%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.96%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 3 (2.22%) CEH
6 3 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.48%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.48%) CCIE
7 2 (1.48%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (1.48%) MBA
7 2 (1.48%) MCSE
7 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (1.48%) MOS
7 2 (1.48%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.48%) PMP
7 2 (1.48%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.07%) QA
2 6 (4.44%) SLA
3 2 (1.48%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.74%) GDPR
4 1 (0.74%) GRC
4 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (5.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.22%) SCCM
2 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 38 (28.15%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.89%) ForeScout
3 6 (4.44%) Cisco
3 6 (4.44%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.70%) Dell
5 3 (2.22%) SAP
6 2 (1.48%) BT
6 2 (1.48%) Citrix
6 2 (1.48%) Oracle
7 1 (0.74%) Arista
7 1 (0.74%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.74%) Datto
7 1 (0.74%) Hitachi
7 1 (0.74%) Intel
7 1 (0.74%) Juniper
7 1 (0.74%) NEC
7 1 (0.74%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.74%) Veeam
7 1 (0.74%) VMware