Social Skills Job Trends in Guildford

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Surrey > Guildford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Guildford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 6 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 34 29 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 17.00% 22.31% 20.13%
As % of the General category 34.69% 55.77% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 23 11 30
10th Percentile - £23,500 £21,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,125 £24,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £46,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -29.35% +5.14% -25.53%
75th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £61,563
90th Percentile £60,250 £55,000 £67,500
Surrey median annual salary £37,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -34.78% +15.00% -16.67%

All General Skills
Guildford

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 Guildford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 98 52 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 49.00% 40.00% 60.38%
Number of salaries quoted 75 25 68
10th Percentile £26,350 £30,850 £23,913
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,500 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £69,000 £71,125
Surrey median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.70%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Guildford

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Guildford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Guildford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Guildford over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Guildford

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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 1 (2.94%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (29.41%) Azure
2 5 (14.71%) Azure AI
2 5 (14.71%) Power Platform
3 3 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) Unified Communications
2 1 (2.94%) Firewall
2 1 (2.94%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) Power BI
1 5 (14.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (29.41%) JIRA
2 1 (2.94%) Postman
2 1 (2.94%) SoapUI
2 1 (2.94%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (14.71%) Marketing
1 5 (14.71%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (5.88%) Finance
2 2 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (5.88%) Legal
2 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Law
3 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Analyst
2 10 (29.41%) Junior
2 10 (29.41%) Junior Analyst
3 9 (26.47%) 2nd Line Support
3 9 (26.47%) Active Directory Support
4 7 (20.59%) Security Analyst
5 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 5 (14.71%) Data Analyst
5 5 (14.71%) E-Commerce Manager
5 5 (14.71%) Junior Data Analyst
5 5 (14.71%) Junior Security Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Account Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Business Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Information Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Information Security Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) IT Support
6 2 (5.88%) Senior
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Account Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Business Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) .NET
2 1 (2.94%) Blazor
2 1 (2.94%) HTML
2 1 (2.94%) REST
2 1 (2.94%) SOAP
2 1 (2.94%) WinForms
2 1 (2.94%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (8.82%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
1 2 (5.88%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (26.47%) ITIL
3 7 (20.59%) Customer Experience
4 6 (17.65%) AI
4 6 (17.65%) Decision-Making
5 5 (14.71%) Affiliate Marketing
5 5 (14.71%) Analytics
5 5 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (14.71%) Commercial Awareness
5 5 (14.71%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
5 5 (14.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 5 (14.71%) E-Commerce
5 5 (14.71%) Email Marketing
5 5 (14.71%) Mentoring
5 5 (14.71%) Pay per click
5 5 (14.71%) SEO
5 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (14.71%) User Experience
5 5 (14.71%) Web Development
6 3 (8.82%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) SQL
2 5 (14.71%) Python
3 2 (5.88%) C#
4 1 (2.94%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) Azure Certification
2 5 (14.71%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (14.71%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.88%) CISM
3 2 (5.88%) CISSP
3 2 (5.88%) CRISC
3 2 (5.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (26.47%) SLA
2 3 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.82%) NIST
3 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (5.88%) GRC
3 2 (5.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (26.47%) SCCM
2 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) ForeScout
3 2 (5.88%) Mitel
4 1 (2.94%) Progress