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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 13 29
Rank change year-on-year +11 +16 -28
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 234 124 336
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 18.86% 17.06% 14.46%
As % of the General category 42.62% 24.46% 19.49%
Number of salaries quoted 98 56 138
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,650 £38,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -22.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £69,375 £74,875
Scotland median annual salary £33,000 £37,250 £49,225
% change year-on-year -11.41% -24.33% -1.55%

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 549 507 1,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 44.24% 69.74% 74.18%
Number of salaries quoted 285 167 326
10th Percentile £27,382 £25,203 £36,125
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -12.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £32,951 £50,000
% change year-on-year +36.57% -34.10% -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 28 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 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.71%) IIS
4 2 (0.85%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 15 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.28%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.85%) Revit
6 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.85%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.43%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 81 (34.62%) Azure
2 24 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (8.55%) Power Platform
4 17 (7.26%) AWS
5 16 (6.84%) Azure AI
6 9 (3.85%) SaaS
7 8 (3.42%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (2.99%) GCP
9 4 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.71%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.28%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.28%) OCI
11 2 (0.85%) PaaS
11 2 (0.85%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.43%) Datadog
12 1 (0.43%) IaaS
12 1 (0.43%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.42%) DNS
1 8 (3.42%) Firewall
1 8 (3.42%) Network Security
2 7 (2.99%) VLAN
3 4 (1.71%) Broadband
3 4 (1.71%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.26%) Power BI
2 16 (6.84%) Tableau
3 6 (2.56%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.71%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.85%) MySQL
5 2 (0.85%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.85%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.43%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.43%) Looker
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.43%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (2.56%) Git
1 6 (2.56%) JIRA
2 3 (1.28%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.43%) GitLab
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
General
1 48 (20.51%) Finance
2 38 (16.24%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (11.11%) Marketing
4 18 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (5.56%) Law
5 13 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (4.70%) Legal
8 10 (4.27%) Banking
9 6 (2.56%) Electronics
9 6 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.14%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.14%) Local Government
10 5 (2.14%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.71%) Retail
12 3 (1.28%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.85%) Front Office
14 1 (0.43%) Corporate Banking
14 1 (0.43%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 32 (13.68%) Analyst
2 22 (9.40%) Senior
3 21 (8.97%) Junior
4 20 (8.55%) Junior Analyst
5 18 (7.69%) Development Manager
5 18 (7.69%) Lead
6 17 (7.26%) Business Development Manager
6 17 (7.26%) Business Manager
7 13 (5.56%) Technical Leader
8 12 (5.13%) Security Analyst
9 11 (4.70%) Data Analyst
10 10 (4.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 10 (4.27%) Ethical Hacker
10 10 (4.27%) Junior Data Analyst
10 10 (4.27%) Junior Security Analyst
10 10 (4.27%) Sales Executive
10 10 (4.27%) Security Engineer
11 9 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 9 (3.85%) Sales Account Manager
11 9 (3.85%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.42%) Jakarta EE
1 8 (3.42%) JSP
1 8 (3.42%) Next.js
1 8 (3.42%) React
2 6 (2.56%) .NET
3 2 (0.85%) ODBC
3 2 (0.85%) SAP Basis
3 2 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (0.85%) Terraform
4 1 (0.43%) CSS
4 1 (0.43%) HTML
4 1 (0.43%) NestJS
4 1 (0.43%) Node.js
4 1 (0.43%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.13%) Driving Licence
2 12 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (4.70%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.27%) Cyberattack
5 8 (3.42%) Podcast
5 8 (3.42%) Web Conferencing
6 7 (2.99%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.14%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.71%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.28%) Shadow IT
10 3 (1.28%) Social Media
11 2 (0.85%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.85%) IoT
11 2 (0.85%) PMI
11 2 (0.85%) Reference Data
12 1 (0.43%) FMCG
12 1 (0.43%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.98%) Windows
2 8 (3.42%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.14%) Linux
4 4 (1.71%) Debian
4 4 (1.71%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.28%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.43%) AIX
6 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.43%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (24.79%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (18.80%) Decision-Making
4 43 (18.38%) AI
5 39 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (15.81%) Agile
7 32 (13.68%) Business Development
8 28 (11.97%) Disaster Recovery
9 27 (11.54%) Analytics
10 24 (10.26%) Customer Service
10 24 (10.26%) Mentoring
11 21 (8.97%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (8.55%) Business Strategy
12 20 (8.55%) CI/CD
12 20 (8.55%) Service Delivery
13 19 (8.12%) Change Management
13 19 (8.12%) ITIL
14 18 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
14 18 (7.69%) DevOps
14 18 (7.69%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.68%) Python
2 18 (7.69%) SQL
3 15 (6.41%) JavaScript
4 13 (5.56%) Java
5 11 (4.70%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.56%) C#
6 6 (2.56%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.43%) Bash
7 1 (0.43%) Go
7 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.43%) R
Qualifications
1 42 (17.95%) Azure Certification
2 26 (11.11%) Degree
3 10 (4.27%) CEH
3 10 (4.27%) CompTIA CySA+
3 10 (4.27%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (2.56%) A+ Certification
4 6 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (2.56%) CCNA
4 6 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (1.71%) CISM
5 4 (1.71%) CISSP
5 4 (1.71%) CRISC
5 4 (1.71%) IRCA
6 3 (1.28%) CSPO
7 2 (0.85%) HND
7 2 (0.85%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.43%) HNC
8 1 (0.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.83%) QA
2 8 (3.42%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.42%) GDPR
2 8 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.99%) NIST
4 4 (1.71%) COBIT
4 4 (1.71%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.28%) GRC
5 3 (1.28%) SLA
6 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.56%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.43%) VirtualBox
3 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.85%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.43%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 83 (35.47%) Microsoft
2 32 (13.68%) ForeScout
3 11 (4.70%) Cisco
4 10 (4.27%) Dell
5 5 (2.14%) Alteryx
5 5 (2.14%) Databricks
6 4 (1.71%) BT
6 4 (1.71%) Oracle
7 3 (1.28%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.28%) VMware
8 2 (0.85%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.85%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.85%) SAP
9 1 (0.43%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.43%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.43%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.43%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.43%) Sophos
9 1 (0.43%) Zscaler