Social Skills Job Trends in Harrogate

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
North Yorkshire > Harrogate

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Harrogate. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 20 71 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Harrogate 35.71% 66.98% 35.29%
As % of the General category 68.97% 76.34% 54.55%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 12
10th Percentile £24,713 £34,375 £26,375
25th Percentile £26,250 £39,063 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% -5.88% +20.57%
75th Percentile £28,750 £73,125 £60,813
90th Percentile £38,875 £86,250 £89,875
North Yorkshire median annual salary £29,140 £51,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -43.14% +20.59% -

All General Skills
Harrogate

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 Harrogate.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 29 93 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Harrogate 51.79% 87.74% 64.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13 14 18
10th Percentile - - £22,125
25th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% -11.11% -28.00%
75th Percentile £28,750 £51,188 £56,048
90th Percentile £43,750 £81,000 £74,125
North Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +1.01% -4.02%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Harrogate

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Harrogate

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Harrogate

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Harrogate citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Harrogate citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Harrogate

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Harrogate over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Harrogate

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Harrogate 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Firewall
2 6 (30.00%) VoIP
3 2 (10.00%) BGP
3 2 (10.00%) Broadband
3 2 (10.00%) MPLS
3 2 (10.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (10.00%) VPN
3 2 (10.00%) WAN
4 1 (5.00%) ADSL
4 1 (5.00%) Ethernet
4 1 (5.00%) Intranet
4 1 (5.00%) IPv4
4 1 (5.00%) IPv6
4 1 (5.00%) LAN
4 1 (5.00%) OSPF
4 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.00%) WebEx
4 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (25.00%) Marketing
1 5 (25.00%) Spanish Language
2 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.00%) Games
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Support Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) Consultant
3 5 (25.00%) Network Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) Network Support
3 5 (25.00%) Network Support Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) Solutions Consultant
3 5 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Developer
4 2 (10.00%) JIRA Developer
5 1 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Account Executive
5 1 (5.00%) Business Development Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Corporate Sales Executive
5 1 (5.00%) Incident Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Sales Account Executive
5 1 (5.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (10.00%) Social Media
2 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 5 (25.00%) Physics
3 4 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (15.00%) ITIL
5 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
5 2 (10.00%) B2B
5 2 (10.00%) Change Management
5 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (10.00%) Conflict Management
5 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (10.00%) Customer Experience
5 2 (10.00%) ITSM
5 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (10.00%) Project Management
5 2 (10.00%) Service Management
6 1 (5.00%) Quality Management
6 1 (5.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (5.00%) CCNA
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.00%) ISO 14001
2 1 (5.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Cisco
2 5 (25.00%) Citrix
3 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (10.00%) Atlassian
4 2 (10.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (10.00%) Huawei
4 2 (10.00%) Meraki
5 1 (5.00%) Polycom
5 1 (5.00%) Salesforce