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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 13 34
Rank change year-on-year +11 +21 -33
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 220 128 474
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 22.34% 21.16% 13.11%
As % of the General category 48.14% 27.23% 16.45%
Number of salaries quoted 91 54 210
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,125 £31,063 £37,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £51,250 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% +3.02% -5.24%
75th Percentile £63,125 £67,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £92,875 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £37,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -26.00% +11.11% -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 457 470 2,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 46.40% 77.69% 79.70%
Number of salaries quoted 229 149 458
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,851 £39,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.14% -10.91%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,750 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% -13.04%

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 13 June 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 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.91%) IIS
3 2 (0.91%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.91%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 18 (8.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.45%) C-CURE
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 85 (38.64%) Azure
2 23 (10.45%) Power Platform
3 22 (10.00%) Azure AI
3 22 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.55%) SaaS
5 7 (3.18%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.73%) AWS
7 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.36%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.91%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.91%) OCI
10 1 (0.45%) Amazon Bedrock
10 1 (0.45%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.45%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.45%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.82%) DNS
2 3 (1.36%) Broadband
3 2 (0.91%) Firewall
4 1 (0.45%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.45%) Internet
4 1 (0.45%) Network Security
4 1 (0.45%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.18%) Power BI
2 16 (7.27%) Tableau
3 6 (2.73%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.91%) MySQL
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.73%) JIRA
2 3 (1.36%) Git
3 1 (0.45%) GitLab
3 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
General
1 42 (19.09%) Finance
2 37 (16.82%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (6.82%) Public Sector
4 13 (5.91%) Marketing
4 13 (5.91%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (3.64%) Legal
7 7 (3.18%) Banking
7 7 (3.18%) General Ledger
8 6 (2.73%) Electronics
9 5 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.27%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.27%) Retail
9 5 (2.27%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.82%) Law
10 4 (1.82%) Local Government
11 2 (0.91%) Back Office
11 2 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 45 (20.45%) Analyst
2 33 (15.00%) Junior
3 32 (14.55%) Junior Analyst
4 20 (9.09%) Senior
5 16 (7.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 16 (7.27%) Data Analyst
5 16 (7.27%) Junior Data Analyst
5 16 (7.27%) Junior Security Analyst
5 16 (7.27%) Security Analyst
6 15 (6.82%) Ethical Hacker
7 11 (5.00%) Account Manager
7 11 (5.00%) Business Development Manager
7 11 (5.00%) Business Manager
7 11 (5.00%) Development Manager
7 11 (5.00%) Sales Account Manager
7 11 (5.00%) Sales Manager
7 11 (5.00%) Senior Manager
8 10 (4.55%) Project Manager
8 10 (4.55%) Sales Executive
9 9 (4.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.36%) .NET
2 2 (0.91%) ODBC
3 1 (0.45%) J2EE
3 1 (0.45%) JSP
3 1 (0.45%) Next.js
3 1 (0.45%) React
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.73%) Driving Licence
2 15 (6.82%) Cyberattack
3 13 (5.91%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.73%) Podcast
6 6 (2.73%) Web Conferencing
7 5 (2.27%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.82%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.36%) IoT
9 3 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.36%) Smart Home
10 2 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.91%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.91%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.91%) Social Media
11 1 (0.45%) FMCG
11 1 (0.45%) PMI
11 1 (0.45%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.00%) Windows
2 4 (1.82%) Windows 10
2 4 (1.82%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.91%) Linux
4 1 (0.45%) AIX
4 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.45%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (21.36%) Cybersecurity
3 36 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (15.45%) AI
5 30 (13.64%) Business Development
6 26 (11.82%) ITIL
7 22 (10.00%) Agile
7 22 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 21 (9.55%) Analytics
8 21 (9.55%) Decision-Making
8 21 (9.55%) Mentoring
8 21 (9.55%) Service Delivery
9 20 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
10 19 (8.64%) Business Intelligence
10 19 (8.64%) Customer Service
11 18 (8.18%) Lead Generation
12 17 (7.73%) Telesales
13 16 (7.27%) Change Management
14 15 (6.82%) Ethical Hacking
15 14 (6.36%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 25 (11.36%) Python
2 23 (10.45%) SQL
3 3 (1.36%) Java
4 2 (0.91%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.91%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.45%) Bash
5 1 (0.45%) C#
5 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 59 (26.82%) Azure Certification
2 30 (13.64%) Degree
3 16 (7.27%) CompTIA CySA+
3 16 (7.27%) CompTIA Security+
4 15 (6.82%) CEH
5 6 (2.73%) A+ Certification
5 6 (2.73%) CCNA
5 6 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.73%) IRCA
5 6 (2.73%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.82%) CISM
7 4 (1.82%) CISSP
7 4 (1.82%) CRISC
8 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.36%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.36%) PMP
9 2 (0.91%) MBA
9 2 (0.91%) MCSE
9 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.73%) QA
2 7 (3.18%) GDPR
3 6 (2.73%) ISO 9001
3 6 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.27%) NIST
5 4 (1.82%) COBIT
6 2 (0.91%) SLA
7 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.45%) GRC
7 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.45%) Docker
3 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.45%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 5 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.91%) SCCM
2 2 (0.91%) Terraform
3 1 (0.45%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 89 (40.45%) Microsoft
2 43 (19.55%) ForeScout
3 12 (5.45%) Cisco
4 9 (4.09%) Dell
5 6 (2.73%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.36%) BT
6 3 (1.36%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.36%) Oracle
6 3 (1.36%) VMware
7 2 (0.91%) Citrix
7 2 (0.91%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.91%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.45%) Arista
8 1 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.45%) Databricks
8 1 (0.45%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.45%) Juniper
8 1 (0.45%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.45%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.45%) Zscaler