Social Skills Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 4 2 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 282 133 207
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 13.94% 22.09% 16.24%
As % of the General category 37.40% 35.28% 30.80%
Number of salaries quoted 159 80 151
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,625 £25,759
25th Percentile £31,000 £27,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £31,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% -26.47% -15.00%
75th Percentile £59,639 £50,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £65,800 £72,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £41,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.96%

All General Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 754 377 672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 37.27% 62.62% 52.71%
Number of salaries quoted 463 196 422
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,278 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.13% -13.10% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,625 £54,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
South West median annual salary £48,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -4.76%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Gloucestershire

Social Skills
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 7 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheltenham +5 126 £57,591 +102.07% 33
Gloucester +1 79 £36,750 -26.50% 30
Tewkesbury -1 8 £30,500 -39.00% 4
Filton -1 6 £41,250 -31.25% 3
Cirencester -4 3 £62,318 +126.61% 4
Lydney - 2 £52,771 -
Moreton-in-Marsh - 1 £40,000 -
Stroud - 1 £33,500 - 6
Dursley - 1 - -
Social Skills
South West

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 12 (4.26%) Confluence
1 12 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.48%) Apache
3 5 (1.77%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.77%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.42%) JBoss
4 4 (1.42%) WordPress
5 3 (1.06%) nginx
6 1 (0.35%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 38 (13.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.71%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (3.19%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.06%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.35%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 91 (32.27%) Azure
2 38 (13.48%) Power Platform
3 31 (10.99%) AWS
4 21 (7.45%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (6.74%) Azure AI
6 16 (5.67%) Entra ID
7 14 (4.96%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (4.26%) GCP
9 9 (3.19%) OpenShift
10 6 (2.13%) OCI
10 6 (2.13%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.77%) PaaS
11 5 (1.77%) SaaS
12 4 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.42%) Miro
12 4 (1.42%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.06%) Datadog
13 3 (1.06%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.90%) DHCP
1 11 (3.90%) DNS
1 11 (3.90%) VPN
2 10 (3.55%) Firewall
2 10 (3.55%) Wireless
3 8 (2.84%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.77%) Network Security
5 3 (1.06%) Internet
5 3 (1.06%) LoRaWAN
5 3 (1.06%) LTE
5 3 (1.06%) SSL
5 3 (1.06%) VLAN
6 2 (0.71%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.71%) RFID
6 2 (0.71%) VoIP
7 1 (0.35%) BGP
7 1 (0.35%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.35%) MPLS
7 1 (0.35%) OSPF
7 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (11.35%) Power BI
2 13 (4.61%) Tableau
3 3 (1.06%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.06%) MySQL
4 2 (0.71%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.71%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 21 (7.45%) Git
2 15 (5.32%) JIRA
3 6 (2.13%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.71%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.71%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.71%) GitLab
5 2 (0.71%) Gradle
5 2 (0.71%) JUnit
5 2 (0.71%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.71%) Mockito
5 2 (0.71%) Subversion
6 1 (0.35%) Maven
6 1 (0.35%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.35%) Selenium
6 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.35%) TestRail
6 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 55 (19.50%) Finance
2 42 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (13.12%) Organisational Skills
4 25 (8.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (6.74%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.67%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.55%) Games
8 9 (3.19%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.84%) Aerospace
9 8 (2.84%) Marketing
9 8 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.84%) Retail
10 7 (2.48%) Legal
11 5 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.77%) Law
12 3 (1.06%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.06%) Local Government
12 3 (1.06%) Military
13 2 (0.71%) Advertising
14 1 (0.35%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 51 (18.09%) Analyst
2 32 (11.35%) Junior
3 31 (10.99%) Junior Analyst
4 23 (8.16%) IT Support
5 21 (7.45%) Architect
6 19 (6.74%) Support Engineer
7 15 (5.32%) Lead
8 14 (4.96%) Administrator
8 14 (4.96%) Ethical Hacker
9 13 (4.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 13 (4.61%) Data Analyst
9 13 (4.61%) Junior Data Analyst
9 13 (4.61%) Junior Security Analyst
9 13 (4.61%) Security Analyst
10 11 (3.90%) Developer
10 11 (3.90%) IT Engineer
10 11 (3.90%) IT Support Engineer
10 11 (3.90%) Senior
11 10 (3.55%) Project Manager
11 10 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.42%) .NET
1 4 (1.42%) RESTful
2 3 (1.06%) CSS
2 3 (1.06%) CSS3
2 3 (1.06%) HTML
2 3 (1.06%) HTML5
2 3 (1.06%) Keycloak
2 3 (1.06%) OAuth
2 3 (1.06%) OAuth2
2 3 (1.06%) OpenGL
2 3 (1.06%) OpenID
2 3 (1.06%) React
2 3 (1.06%) Vulkan
3 2 (0.71%) gRPC
3 2 (0.71%) Protocol Buffers
3 2 (0.71%) REST
4 1 (0.35%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (0.35%) JSON
4 1 (0.35%) LAMP
4 1 (0.35%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.70%) Cyberattack
2 21 (7.45%) Onboarding
3 17 (6.03%) Driving Licence
4 16 (5.67%) Management Information System
5 15 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (4.96%) Social Media
7 10 (3.55%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (3.55%) Product Ownership
8 9 (3.19%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.13%) IoT
10 5 (1.77%) Blog
10 5 (1.77%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.77%) NHS
11 4 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.42%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.06%) 3D Graphics
12 3 (1.06%) Cloud Native
12 3 (1.06%) CUDA
12 3 (1.06%) Data Structures
12 3 (1.06%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 41 (14.54%) Windows
2 23 (8.16%) Linux
3 10 (3.55%) Mac OS
4 8 (2.84%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.77%) Android
5 5 (1.77%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.35%) CentOS
7 1 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.35%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (20.21%) Continuous Improvement
1 57 (20.21%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (19.15%) Agile
3 48 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (13.12%) Stakeholder Management
5 32 (11.35%) Business Intelligence
6 31 (10.99%) Mentoring
7 30 (10.64%) AI
8 26 (9.22%) ITIL
8 26 (9.22%) Software Engineering
9 25 (8.87%) DevOps
9 25 (8.87%) Project Delivery
10 23 (8.16%) Collaborative Working
11 22 (7.80%) Time Management
12 21 (7.45%) ERP
12 21 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 20 (7.09%) Decision-Making
14 19 (6.74%) Process Improvement
14 19 (6.74%) TOGAF
15 18 (6.38%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 39 (13.83%) Python
2 22 (7.80%) SQL
3 11 (3.90%) C++
4 8 (2.84%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.48%) C#
6 6 (2.13%) C
7 5 (1.77%) Java
7 5 (1.77%) Rust
8 4 (1.42%) PHP
8 4 (1.42%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.06%) GLSL
9 3 (1.06%) Go
9 3 (1.06%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.06%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.35%) Bash
10 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.35%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 61 (21.63%) Security Cleared
2 54 (19.15%) Azure Certification
3 37 (13.12%) Degree
4 33 (11.70%) DV Cleared
5 28 (9.93%) SC Cleared
6 14 (4.96%) ACCA
6 14 (4.96%) CEH
6 14 (4.96%) CIMA
7 13 (4.61%) CompTIA CySA+
7 13 (4.61%) CompTIA Security+
8 9 (3.19%) AAT
9 8 (2.84%) CREST Certified
10 6 (2.13%) A+ Certification
10 6 (2.13%) CCNA
10 6 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (1.42%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.71%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.90%) NIST
2 9 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.48%) QA
4 6 (2.13%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.13%) GDPR
5 5 (1.77%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.42%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.71%) NCSC
8 2 (0.71%) SLA
9 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.35%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
System Software
1 25 (8.87%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.96%) Docker
3 5 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.42%) Ceph
4 4 (1.42%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.35%) Firmware
6 1 (0.35%) KVM
6 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (6.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (5.32%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.61%) Ansible
4 12 (4.26%) Terraform
5 7 (2.48%) Argo
5 7 (2.48%) Istio
5 7 (2.48%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.42%) Check_MK
6 4 (1.42%) Podman
7 3 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.06%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (1.06%) Grafana
7 3 (1.06%) linkerd
7 3 (1.06%) Mesos
7 3 (1.06%) Nagios
7 3 (1.06%) Nessus
7 3 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.71%) Nmap
8 2 (0.71%) Rancher
9 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 117 (41.49%) Microsoft
2 39 (13.83%) ForeScout
3 11 (3.90%) Cisco
4 8 (2.84%) Oracle
4 8 (2.84%) Red Hat
4 8 (2.84%) VMware
5 4 (1.42%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.42%) Dell
5 4 (1.42%) Google
5 4 (1.42%) Sage
6 3 (1.06%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.06%) Juniper
6 3 (1.06%) New Relic
6 3 (1.06%) Splunk
7 2 (0.71%) Apple
7 2 (0.71%) SAP
8 1 (0.35%) Citrix
8 1 (0.35%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.35%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.35%) Siemens