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 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 18
Rank change year-on-year -1 +17 -17
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 103 185 170
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 14.74% 24.77% 16.93%
As % of the General category 30.29% 40.31% 22.67%
Number of salaries quoted 45 74 97
10th Percentile £22,129 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £40,438 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +3.77% +0.95%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,750 £68,500
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £50,500 £38,750
% change year-on-year -33.66% +30.32% -29.55%

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 common skills in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 340 459 750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 48.64% 61.45% 74.70%
Number of salaries quoted 193 190 282
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% +2.27% +5.77%
75th Percentile £60,000 £78,438 £66,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £102,125 £78,000
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.36% +4.76% -8.70%

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 22 December 2025.

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 5 (4.85%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.94%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (1.94%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.94%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 18 (17.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (7.77%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.88%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.97%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.97%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.88%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 21 (20.39%) Azure
2 10 (9.71%) Power Platform
3 9 (8.74%) AWS
4 8 (7.77%) SaaS
5 5 (4.85%) Azure AI
6 4 (3.88%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.91%) GitHub
7 3 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.94%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.94%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.97%) Amazon Bedrock
9 1 (0.97%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.97%) Amazon SageMaker
9 1 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.97%) Datadog
9 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.97%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.97%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.97%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.88%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (2.91%) Network Security
2 3 (2.91%) WAN
3 2 (1.94%) LAN
4 1 (0.97%) DHCP
4 1 (0.97%) DNS
4 1 (0.97%) Internet
4 1 (0.97%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.97%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.97%) VLAN
4 1 (0.97%) VPN
4 1 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.71%) Power BI
2 7 (6.80%) SQL Server
2 7 (6.80%) Tableau
3 3 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.94%) Metadata
4 2 (1.94%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (1.94%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.97%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.97%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 6 (5.83%) JIRA
2 2 (1.94%) Git
3 1 (0.97%) JUnit
3 1 (0.97%) Selenium
3 1 (0.97%) TestNG
General
1 30 (29.13%) Finance
2 23 (22.33%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (13.59%) Public Sector
4 8 (7.77%) Fire and Rescue
5 7 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (5.83%) Electronics
6 6 (5.83%) Law
6 6 (5.83%) Telecoms
7 5 (4.85%) Marketing
7 5 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.85%) Police
8 4 (3.88%) General Ledger
8 4 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.88%) Legal
9 3 (2.91%) Banking
9 3 (2.91%) Local Government
9 3 (2.91%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.91%) Multimedia
9 3 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.91%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (16.50%) Analyst
2 10 (9.71%) Junior
2 10 (9.71%) Junior Analyst
3 9 (8.74%) Senior
4 8 (7.77%) Lead
4 8 (7.77%) Senior Manager
5 7 (6.80%) Consultant
6 6 (5.83%) Data Analyst
6 6 (5.83%) Innovation Manager
6 6 (5.83%) Sales Executive
7 5 (4.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 5 (4.85%) IT Manager
7 5 (4.85%) Junior Data Analyst
7 5 (4.85%) Junior Security Analyst
7 5 (4.85%) Sales Manager
7 5 (4.85%) Security Analyst
7 5 (4.85%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.88%) Installations Engineer
8 4 (3.88%) IT Support
8 4 (3.88%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.91%) Hibernate
1 3 (2.91%) React
1 3 (2.91%) RESTful
1 3 (2.91%) Spring
2 2 (1.94%) .NET
3 1 (0.97%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.97%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.97%) Hugging Face
3 1 (0.97%) LangChain
3 1 (0.97%) Next.js
3 1 (0.97%) Node.js
3 1 (0.97%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.65%) Driving Licence
1 12 (11.65%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (6.80%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.91%) Learning Management System
4 2 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.94%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.94%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.97%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.97%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.97%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.97%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.97%) Life Science
5 1 (0.97%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.85%) Windows
2 2 (1.94%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.94%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (1.94%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (36.89%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (19.42%) AI
2 20 (19.42%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (17.48%) Customer Experience
4 16 (15.53%) Decision-Making
5 14 (13.59%) Business Intelligence
6 13 (12.62%) Analytics
6 13 (12.62%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (10.68%) ITIL
8 10 (9.71%) Project Management
9 9 (8.74%) Agile
9 9 (8.74%) ITSM
9 9 (8.74%) Mentoring
10 7 (6.80%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (6.80%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 7 (6.80%) Telesales
11 6 (5.83%) Due Diligence
11 6 (5.83%) Root Cause Analysis
11 6 (5.83%) Service Delivery
11 6 (5.83%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 18 (17.48%) SQL
2 9 (8.74%) Python
3 6 (5.83%) Java
4 3 (2.91%) Bash
4 3 (2.91%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.91%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.94%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.97%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.97%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (18.45%) Degree
2 10 (9.71%) Azure Certification
3 6 (5.83%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (4.85%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (3.88%) NVQ Level 3
5 4 (3.88%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 3 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.91%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.94%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.94%) ACCA
7 2 (1.94%) CCIE
7 2 (1.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.94%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.97%) CCNA
8 1 (0.97%) CCNP
8 1 (0.97%) HNC
8 1 (0.97%) HND
8 1 (0.97%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.97%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.62%) QA
2 4 (3.88%) SLA
3 3 (2.91%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.97%) GDPR
4 1 (0.97%) GRC
4 1 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (5.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.97%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.97%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.94%) SCCM
2 1 (0.97%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (21.36%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.85%) ForeScout
3 4 (3.88%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.91%) Cisco
4 3 (2.91%) Dell
4 3 (2.91%) SAP
5 2 (1.94%) Alteryx
5 2 (1.94%) Oracle
6 1 (0.97%) Citrix
6 1 (0.97%) Dataiku
6 1 (0.97%) Datto
6 1 (0.97%) Hitachi
6 1 (0.97%) Intel
6 1 (0.97%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.97%) Veeam
6 1 (0.97%) VMware