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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 1 29
Rank change year-on-year -1 +28 -28
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 119 172 243
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 16.76% 26.06% 13.79%
As % of the General category 32.78% 42.16% 17.87%
Number of salaries quoted 54 67 121
10th Percentile £22,990 £31,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,031 £41,125 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,125 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £91,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £36,000 £52,218 £35,000
% change year-on-year -31.06% +49.19% -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 363 408 1,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 51.13% 61.82% 77.19%
Number of salaries quoted 199 159 313
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £26,050
25th Percentile £29,750 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +13.86% -5.19%
75th Percentile £60,000 £78,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £110,000 £79,750
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -36.36% +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 30 January 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 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.52%) WebSphere
2 3 (2.52%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (1.68%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 20 (16.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (7.56%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.36%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.68%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.84%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.36%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 25 (21.01%) Azure
2 11 (9.24%) Power Platform
3 10 (8.40%) AWS
3 10 (8.40%) SaaS
4 8 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (5.04%) Azure AI
5 6 (5.04%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.52%) GitHub
7 2 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.68%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.68%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.84%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (0.84%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.84%) Datadog
8 1 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.84%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.84%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.36%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (2.52%) Network Security
2 3 (2.52%) WAN
3 2 (1.68%) Broadband
3 2 (1.68%) LAN
4 1 (0.84%) DHCP
4 1 (0.84%) DNS
4 1 (0.84%) Internet
4 1 (0.84%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.84%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.84%) VLAN
4 1 (0.84%) VPN
4 1 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.40%) Power BI
2 8 (6.72%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.04%) Tableau
4 3 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.68%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (1.68%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.84%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.84%) Metadata
6 1 (0.84%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (4.20%) JIRA
2 3 (2.52%) Git
3 1 (0.84%) JUnit
3 1 (0.84%) Selenium
3 1 (0.84%) TestNG
General
1 37 (31.09%) Finance
2 21 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 17 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.40%) General Ledger
5 8 (6.72%) Fire and Rescue
5 8 (6.72%) Telecoms
6 7 (5.88%) Electronics
7 6 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (4.20%) Marketing
8 5 (4.20%) Police
9 4 (3.36%) Law
10 3 (2.52%) Banking
10 3 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.52%) Legal
10 3 (2.52%) Local Government
10 3 (2.52%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.52%) Multimedia
10 3 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (21.01%) Analyst
2 12 (10.08%) Junior
2 12 (10.08%) Junior Analyst
3 11 (9.24%) Senior
4 8 (6.72%) Senior Manager
5 7 (5.88%) Consultant
5 7 (5.88%) Sales Executive
6 6 (5.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 6 (5.04%) Data Analyst
6 6 (5.04%) IT Manager
6 6 (5.04%) Junior Data Analyst
6 6 (5.04%) Junior Security Analyst
6 6 (5.04%) Security Analyst
6 6 (5.04%) Support Engineer
7 5 (4.20%) Lead
7 5 (4.20%) Support Analyst
8 4 (3.36%) Account Manager
8 4 (3.36%) Applications Support
8 4 (3.36%) QA Manager
8 4 (3.36%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.52%) .NET
1 3 (2.52%) Hibernate
1 3 (2.52%) React
1 3 (2.52%) RESTful
1 3 (2.52%) Spring
2 1 (0.84%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.84%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.84%) Hugging Face
2 1 (0.84%) LangChain
2 1 (0.84%) Next.js
2 1 (0.84%) Node.js
2 1 (0.84%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.08%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (9.24%) Driving Licence
3 9 (7.56%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.52%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.68%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.68%) Smart Home
5 2 (1.68%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.84%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.84%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.84%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.84%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.84%) IoT
6 1 (0.84%) Life Science
6 1 (0.84%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.84%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.56%) Windows
2 4 (3.36%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.68%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.97%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (21.85%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (15.13%) AI
4 17 (14.29%) Customer Experience
4 17 (14.29%) ITIL
5 15 (12.61%) Service Delivery
6 14 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (10.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (10.08%) Analytics
8 12 (10.08%) Decision-Making
8 12 (10.08%) ITSM
9 11 (9.24%) Mentoring
10 10 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (8.40%) Migration
11 9 (7.56%) Accounts Payable
11 9 (7.56%) Data Cleansing
11 9 (7.56%) Data Migration
11 9 (7.56%) Project Management
11 9 (7.56%) Telesales
11 9 (7.56%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.97%) SQL
2 10 (8.40%) Python
3 7 (5.88%) Java
4 4 (3.36%) T-SQL
5 3 (2.52%) Bash
5 3 (2.52%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.68%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.84%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.84%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (19.33%) Degree
2 12 (10.08%) Azure Certification
3 7 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (5.04%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (3.36%) NVQ Level 3
5 4 (3.36%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.36%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 3 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.68%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.68%) ACCA
7 2 (1.68%) CCIE
7 2 (1.68%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (1.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.68%) MCSE
7 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (1.68%) MOS
7 2 (1.68%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.84%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.13%) QA
2 6 (5.04%) SLA
3 2 (1.68%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.84%) GDPR
4 1 (0.84%) GRC
4 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (6.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.84%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.52%) SCCM
2 1 (0.84%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (22.69%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.04%) ForeScout
2 6 (5.04%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.20%) Cisco
4 4 (3.36%) Dell
5 3 (2.52%) SAP
6 2 (1.68%) BT
6 2 (1.68%) Citrix
6 2 (1.68%) Oracle
7 1 (0.84%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.84%) Datto
7 1 (0.84%) Hitachi
7 1 (0.84%) Intel
7 1 (0.84%) NEC
7 1 (0.84%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.84%) Veeam
7 1 (0.84%) VMware