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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 5 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 41 31 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 20.00% 22.96% 15.94%
As % of the General category 38.68% 56.36% 26.83%
Number of salaries quoted 28 11 20
10th Percentile £26,775 £23,500 £24,138
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £46,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -29.35% -18.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £60,250 £55,000 -
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 106 55 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 51.71% 40.74% 59.42%
Number of salaries quoted 82 26 54
10th Percentile £26,025 £31,125 £26,625
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,500 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £68,750 £70,000
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 31 December 2025.

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 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.44%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.83%) Azure
2 8 (19.51%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (12.20%) Azure AI
3 5 (12.20%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (2.44%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.44%) AWS
4 1 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) Firewall
1 2 (4.88%) Unified Communications
2 1 (2.44%) Internet
2 1 (2.44%) iSCSI
2 1 (2.44%) NAS
2 1 (2.44%) SAN
2 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) Power BI
1 5 (12.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (21.95%) JIRA
General
1 7 (17.07%) Marketing
2 5 (12.20%) Finance
2 5 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Electronics
4 2 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Legal
4 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.88%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Law
5 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (31.71%) Analyst
2 10 (24.39%) Junior
2 10 (24.39%) Junior Analyst
3 9 (21.95%) 2nd Line Support
3 9 (21.95%) Active Directory Support
4 7 (17.07%) IT Support
4 7 (17.07%) Security Analyst
5 5 (12.20%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 5 (12.20%) Data Analyst
5 5 (12.20%) E-Commerce Manager
5 5 (12.20%) Junior Data Analyst
5 5 (12.20%) Junior Security Analyst
6 4 (9.76%) Administrator
7 3 (7.32%) IT Support Technician
7 3 (7.32%) IT Technician
7 3 (7.32%) Support Technician
7 3 (7.32%) Systems Support
8 2 (4.88%) Information Security Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) IT Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) IT Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) .NET
1 1 (2.44%) Blazor
1 1 (2.44%) LAMP
1 1 (2.44%) REST
1 1 (2.44%) WinForms
1 1 (2.44%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (7.32%) Driving Licence
2 3 (7.32%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
1 6 (14.63%) Windows 10
2 3 (7.32%) Linux
3 2 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (43.90%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (24.39%) ITIL
3 7 (17.07%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (17.07%) Customer Experience
3 7 (17.07%) Mentoring
4 6 (14.63%) AI
4 6 (14.63%) Decision-Making
5 5 (12.20%) Affiliate Marketing
5 5 (12.20%) Analytics
5 5 (12.20%) Commercial Awareness
5 5 (12.20%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
5 5 (12.20%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 5 (12.20%) E-Commerce
5 5 (12.20%) Email Marketing
5 5 (12.20%) Pay per click
5 5 (12.20%) SEO
5 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (12.20%) User Experience
5 5 (12.20%) Web Development
6 3 (7.32%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) Python
2 5 (12.20%) SQL
3 1 (2.44%) Bash
3 1 (2.44%) C#
3 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) Azure Certification
2 5 (12.20%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (12.20%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (12.20%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (7.32%) CCNA
3 3 (7.32%) MCSE
3 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (7.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (4.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (4.88%) CISM
4 2 (4.88%) CISSP
4 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.88%) CRISC
4 2 (4.88%) Degree
4 2 (4.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.95%) SLA
2 3 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (7.32%) NIST
3 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.88%) GRC
3 2 (4.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.88%) Docker
1 2 (4.88%) Firmware
1 2 (4.88%) vSphere
2 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (21.95%) SCCM
2 1 (2.44%) Ansible
2 1 (2.44%) Podman
2 1 (2.44%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (2.44%) Terraform
2 1 (2.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 19 (46.34%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) ForeScout
3 3 (7.32%) Progress
3 3 (7.32%) VMware
4 2 (4.88%) Cisco
4 2 (4.88%) Mitel
4 2 (4.88%) SAP
5 1 (2.44%) NetApp
5 1 (2.44%) Nimble Storage
5 1 (2.44%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.44%) Splunk