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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 12 33
Rank change year-on-year +10 +21 -32
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 237 132 367
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 20.70% 18.28% 13.22%
As % of the General category 46.29% 25.78% 16.93%
Number of salaries quoted 93 53 154
10th Percentile £26,400 £29,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £33,000 £42,500 £49,225
% change year-on-year -22.35% -13.66% -10.50%

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 512 512 2,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 44.72% 70.91% 78.10%
Number of salaries quoted 257 169 362
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,070 £36,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -11.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,086 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -30.00% -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 7 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 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.69%) IIS
4 1 (0.42%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.42%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 19 (8.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.84%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.42%) Revit
5 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.84%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.42%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 88 (37.13%) Azure
2 24 (10.13%) Power Platform
3 23 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (8.02%) Azure AI
5 16 (6.75%) AWS
6 8 (3.38%) SaaS
7 7 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.53%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.11%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.69%) GCP
10 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.27%) Copilot Studio
11 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.84%) OCI
12 2 (0.84%) PaaS
13 1 (0.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 1 (0.42%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.42%) Datadog
13 1 (0.42%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.38%) Firewall
2 7 (2.95%) Network Security
3 6 (2.53%) VLAN
4 5 (2.11%) DNS
5 2 (0.84%) Broadband
6 1 (0.42%) DHCP
6 1 (0.42%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.42%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.44%) Power BI
2 18 (7.59%) Tableau
3 6 (2.53%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.84%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.84%) MySQL
4 2 (0.84%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.42%) Looker
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.42%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 7 (2.95%) JIRA
2 4 (1.69%) Git
3 3 (1.27%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.84%) GitLab
5 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
General
1 48 (20.25%) Finance
2 39 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (9.28%) Marketing
4 17 (7.17%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.49%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.64%) Law
9 10 (4.22%) Legal
10 9 (3.80%) Banking
10 9 (3.80%) Electronics
11 7 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.11%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.69%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.69%) Local Government
14 3 (1.27%) Retail
14 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.84%) Front Office
16 1 (0.42%) Corporate Banking
16 1 (0.42%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 38 (16.03%) Analyst
2 27 (11.39%) Junior
3 26 (10.97%) Junior Analyst
4 22 (9.28%) Senior
5 17 (7.17%) Business Development Manager
5 17 (7.17%) Business Manager
5 17 (7.17%) Development Manager
6 16 (6.75%) Lead
7 15 (6.33%) Security Analyst
8 14 (5.91%) Data Analyst
8 14 (5.91%) Ethical Hacker
9 13 (5.49%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 13 (5.49%) Junior Data Analyst
9 13 (5.49%) Junior Security Analyst
10 12 (5.06%) Technical Leader
11 11 (4.64%) Account Manager
11 11 (4.64%) Sales Account Manager
11 11 (4.64%) Sales Executive
11 11 (4.64%) Sales Manager
12 9 (3.80%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.38%) Jakarta EE
1 8 (3.38%) JSP
1 8 (3.38%) Next.js
1 8 (3.38%) React
2 7 (2.95%) .NET
3 2 (0.84%) ODBC
3 2 (0.84%) SAP Basis
3 2 (0.84%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.42%) CSS
4 1 (0.42%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.33%) Driving Licence
2 14 (5.91%) Cyberattack
3 13 (5.49%) Management Information System
4 12 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.22%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.95%) Podcast
6 7 (2.95%) Web Conferencing
7 6 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.53%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.11%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.69%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.27%) Shadow IT
11 2 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.84%) IoT
11 2 (0.84%) PMI
11 2 (0.84%) Reference Data
11 2 (0.84%) Social Media
12 1 (0.42%) Derivative
12 1 (0.42%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.49%) Windows
2 7 (2.95%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.27%) Linux
3 3 (1.27%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.42%) AIX
4 1 (0.42%) Debian
4 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.42%) Solaris
4 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (21.10%) Cybersecurity
1 50 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (17.72%) AI
3 38 (16.03%) Decision-Making
4 34 (14.35%) Agile
4 34 (14.35%) Business Development
5 33 (13.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (11.39%) Mentoring
7 26 (10.97%) Analytics
8 24 (10.13%) Disaster Recovery
9 21 (8.86%) Business Intelligence
9 21 (8.86%) Change Management
9 21 (8.86%) Customer Service
9 21 (8.86%) Service Delivery
10 20 (8.44%) Business Strategy
10 20 (8.44%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (8.02%) ITIL
11 19 (8.02%) Project Delivery
12 18 (7.59%) CI/CD
13 17 (7.17%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.97%) Python
2 21 (8.86%) SQL
3 13 (5.49%) JavaScript
4 11 (4.64%) Java
5 9 (3.80%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.53%) C#
7 4 (1.69%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.42%) Bash
8 1 (0.42%) Go
8 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.42%) R
8 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (21.94%) Azure Certification
2 28 (11.81%) Degree
3 14 (5.91%) CEH
4 13 (5.49%) CompTIA CySA+
4 13 (5.49%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (2.53%) A+ Certification
5 6 (2.53%) CCNA
5 6 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.53%) IRCA
5 6 (2.53%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.69%) CISM
7 4 (1.69%) CISSP
7 4 (1.69%) CRISC
8 3 (1.27%) CSPO
8 3 (1.27%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.84%) HND
9 2 (0.84%) PMP
9 2 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.42%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.13%) QA
2 10 (4.22%) GDPR
3 8 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.95%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.95%) NIST
5 6 (2.53%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.69%) COBIT
7 3 (1.27%) GRC
8 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.84%) SLA
9 1 (0.42%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (4.64%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.27%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.42%) Docker
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.42%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 7 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.27%) Terraform
3 2 (0.84%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.42%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 89 (37.55%) Microsoft
2 39 (16.46%) ForeScout
3 12 (5.06%) Dell
4 11 (4.64%) Cisco
5 4 (1.69%) Alteryx
5 4 (1.69%) VMware
6 3 (1.27%) Databricks
6 3 (1.27%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.27%) Oracle
7 2 (0.84%) BT
7 2 (0.84%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.84%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.84%) SAP
8 1 (0.42%) Arista
8 1 (0.42%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.42%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.42%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.42%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.42%) Sophos
8 1 (0.42%) Zscaler