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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 35
Rank change year-on-year 0 +33 -34
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 214 106 500
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 21.84% 25.67% 13.22%
As % of the General category 48.42% 38.83% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 84 52 212
10th Percentile £27,075 £31,025 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,875 £40,438 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,875 £100,000 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £37,500 £50,473 £45,000
% change year-on-year -25.70% +12.16% -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 442 273 3,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 45.10% 66.10% 84.01%
Number of salaries quoted 225 140 440
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £28,500
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 £65,000 £67,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,000 £96,600 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +1.94% -10.67%

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 9 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 7 (3.27%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.40%) WebSphere
3 3 (1.40%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.93%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (11.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 94 (43.93%) Azure
2 29 (13.55%) Power Platform
3 27 (12.62%) Azure AI
4 21 (9.81%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.21%) SaaS
6 7 (3.27%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.34%) AWS
8 3 (1.40%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.93%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.93%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.47%) Asana
10 1 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.47%) GCP
10 1 (0.47%) IaaS
10 1 (0.47%) PaaS
10 1 (0.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.87%) DNS
2 3 (1.40%) Broadband
3 2 (0.93%) Firewall
4 1 (0.47%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.47%) Internet
4 1 (0.47%) Network Security
4 1 (0.47%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (11.21%) Power BI
2 21 (9.81%) Tableau
3 8 (3.74%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.93%) MySQL
5 1 (0.47%) Metadata
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.80%) JIRA
2 4 (1.87%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
General
1 42 (19.63%) Finance
2 37 (17.29%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (8.41%) Public Sector
4 13 (6.07%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (4.67%) General Ledger
5 10 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (4.21%) Electronics
7 7 (3.27%) Marketing
7 7 (3.27%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.80%) Banking
9 5 (2.34%) Legal
9 5 (2.34%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.34%) Retail
10 4 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.93%) Back Office
12 2 (0.93%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.93%) Local Government
12 2 (0.93%) Police
Job Titles
1 54 (25.23%) Analyst
2 43 (20.09%) Junior
3 42 (19.63%) Junior Analyst
4 21 (9.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 21 (9.81%) Data Analyst
4 21 (9.81%) Junior Data Analyst
4 21 (9.81%) Junior Security Analyst
4 21 (9.81%) Security Analyst
5 17 (7.94%) Senior
6 15 (7.01%) Ethical Hacker
7 11 (5.14%) Account Manager
7 11 (5.14%) Sales Account Manager
7 11 (5.14%) Sales Manager
8 9 (4.21%) Account Executive
8 9 (4.21%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 9 (4.21%) IT Manager
9 8 (3.74%) Project Manager
9 8 (3.74%) Sales Executive
9 8 (3.74%) Senior Manager
9 8 (3.74%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.87%) .NET
2 2 (0.93%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.48%) Driving Licence
2 15 (7.01%) Cyberattack
3 13 (6.07%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.34%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.40%) IoT
7 3 (1.40%) Podcast
7 3 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.40%) Smart Home
7 3 (1.40%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.40%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.93%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.93%) Social Media
9 1 (0.47%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.47%) FMCG
9 1 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.47%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.14%) Windows
2 4 (1.87%) Windows 10
2 4 (1.87%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.93%) Linux
4 1 (0.47%) AIX
4 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.47%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (25.70%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (23.83%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (17.29%) AI
4 34 (15.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (12.62%) ITIL
5 27 (12.62%) Mentoring
6 26 (12.15%) Business Intelligence
6 26 (12.15%) Service Delivery
7 25 (11.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 21 (9.81%) Analytics
9 20 (9.35%) Business Development
9 20 (9.35%) Disaster Recovery
10 19 (8.88%) Telesales
11 18 (8.41%) Agile
11 18 (8.41%) Decision-Making
12 17 (7.94%) Change Management
13 15 (7.01%) Ethical Hacking
14 14 (6.54%) Lead Generation
14 14 (6.54%) Migration
14 14 (6.54%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 31 (14.49%) Python
2 29 (13.55%) SQL
3 3 (1.40%) Java
3 3 (1.40%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.93%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.47%) Bash
5 1 (0.47%) C#
Qualifications
1 69 (32.24%) Azure Certification
2 29 (13.55%) Degree
3 21 (9.81%) CompTIA CySA+
3 21 (9.81%) CompTIA Security+
4 15 (7.01%) CEH
5 8 (3.74%) A+ Certification
6 6 (2.80%) CCNA
6 6 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.80%) IRCA
6 6 (2.80%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.87%) CISM
7 4 (1.87%) CISSP
7 4 (1.87%) CRISC
7 4 (1.87%) Security Cleared
8 3 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.40%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.40%) PMP
9 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.93%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.01%) QA
2 7 (3.27%) GDPR
3 6 (2.80%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.87%) COBIT
5 4 (1.87%) NIST
5 4 (1.87%) SLA
6 2 (0.93%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.93%) GRC
7 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (5.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.47%) Docker
3 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.47%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.40%) SCCM
3 2 (0.93%) Terraform
4 1 (0.47%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 96 (44.86%) Microsoft
2 48 (22.43%) ForeScout
3 9 (4.21%) Cisco
4 7 (3.27%) Dell
5 6 (2.80%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.40%) BT
6 3 (1.40%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.40%) VMware
7 2 (0.93%) Citrix
7 2 (0.93%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.93%) SAP
8 1 (0.47%) Arista
8 1 (0.47%) Databricks
8 1 (0.47%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.47%) Juniper
8 1 (0.47%) NEC
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle
8 1 (0.47%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.47%) Sophos