Social Skills Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 286 254 425
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 12.67% 30.64% 27.92%
As % of the General category 29.61% 45.04% 53.66%
Number of salaries quoted 210 176 130
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,779 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -9.57% +10.59%
75th Percentile £64,500 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,750 £63,625 £82,625
East of England median annual salary £38,550 £39,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.15% -17.89% -3.70%

All General Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 966 564 792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 42.78% 68.03% 52.04%
Number of salaries quoted 618 360 363
10th Percentile £28,350 £28,750 £25,809
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,375 £83,750 £82,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +3.63%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Hertfordshire

Social Skills
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
Watford -1 52 £50,000 +17.65% 19
Stevenage -2 42 £36,500 -15.28% 61
Hemel Hempstead -6 21 £54,500 +55.71% 27
St Albans -12 13 £42,500 -22.73% 9
Hertford 0 10 £66,250 +76.67% 6
Berkhamsted - 10 £18,000 - 4
Hatfield -15 9 £45,000 -10.00% 27
Rickmansworth 0 8 - - 3
Welwyn Garden City 0 6 £60,000 +9.09% 7
Borehamwood -2 5 £29,000 -10.77% 5
Hoddesdon -5 5 £42,500 +6.25% 2
Broxbourne -6 5 £40,000 +31.15% 1
Royston -13 3 £62,500 +13.64% 7
Waltham Cross -2 2 - -
Potters Bar -12 2 £42,500 - 2
Bishop's Stortford +1 1 £24,500 - 1
Tring - 1 £62,500 -
Social Skills
East of England

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 21 (7.34%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (3.85%) CMS
4 7 (2.45%) WordPress
5 3 (1.05%) IIS
6 2 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 47 (16.43%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (5.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.45%) Maple
4 4 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.35%) Simulink
5 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.45%) Shopify
2 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.35%) Primavera
3 1 (0.35%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.35%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.35%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.35%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.35%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 83 (29.02%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (17.13%) Azure
3 27 (9.44%) Entra ID
4 14 (4.90%) AWS
5 9 (3.15%) OneDrive
5 9 (3.15%) Power Platform
6 8 (2.80%) Google Analytics
7 7 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.45%) Google Ads
7 7 (2.45%) SaaS
8 6 (2.10%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.05%) Azure Functions
10 3 (1.05%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.05%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.05%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.69%) Firewall
2 18 (6.29%) Wireless
3 16 (5.59%) VPN
4 15 (5.24%) DNS
5 11 (3.85%) Internet
6 9 (3.15%) TCP/IP
6 9 (3.15%) WAN
7 8 (2.80%) DHCP
7 8 (2.80%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (2.45%) PBX
9 6 (2.10%) Ethernet
9 6 (2.10%) Modbus
9 6 (2.10%) Profibus
10 5 (1.75%) Network Security
10 5 (1.75%) VLAN
11 4 (1.40%) LAN
11 4 (1.40%) SAN
12 3 (1.05%) Broadband
12 3 (1.05%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.05%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.05%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.70%) Power BI
2 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.70%) SQLite
3 1 (0.35%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.35%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.35%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (5.24%) JIRA
2 6 (2.10%) Git
3 3 (1.05%) git-flow
3 3 (1.05%) Terragrunt
4 2 (0.70%) GitLab
5 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 29 (10.14%) Marketing
2 27 (9.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (7.69%) Electronics
3 22 (7.69%) Finance
4 21 (7.34%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (5.59%) Aerospace
5 16 (5.59%) Law
6 15 (5.24%) Legal
6 15 (5.24%) Manufacturing
7 12 (4.20%) Retail
8 11 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (3.50%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.80%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (2.45%) Public Sector
12 7 (2.45%) Swedish Language
13 4 (1.40%) Advertising
13 4 (1.40%) Back Office
14 3 (1.05%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 48 (16.78%) IT Support
2 36 (12.59%) IT Engineer
3 30 (10.49%) Support Engineer
4 25 (8.74%) IT Support Engineer
5 21 (7.34%) Analyst
6 16 (5.59%) Consultant
6 16 (5.59%) Sales Executive
7 14 (4.90%) Architect
8 13 (4.55%) Senior
9 11 (3.85%) Field Engineer
9 11 (3.85%) IT Analyst
9 11 (3.85%) IT Support Technician
9 11 (3.85%) IT Technician
9 11 (3.85%) Support Technician
10 10 (3.50%) Administrator
10 10 (3.50%) Junior
10 10 (3.50%) Junior IT Support
10 10 (3.50%) Lead
11 9 (3.15%) Development Manager
11 9 (3.15%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.40%) Terraform
2 2 (0.70%) .NET
2 2 (0.70%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.70%) Entity Framework
2 2 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.70%) WinForms
2 2 (0.70%) WPF
3 1 (0.35%) CSS
3 1 (0.35%) Django
3 1 (0.35%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.35%) Flask
3 1 (0.35%) HTML
3 1 (0.35%) jQuery
3 1 (0.35%) Node.js
3 1 (0.35%) pytest
3 1 (0.35%) RESTful
3 1 (0.35%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 64 (22.38%) Driving Licence
2 26 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (8.74%) Onboarding
4 19 (6.64%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (3.85%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.15%) Product Ownership
6 9 (3.15%) Social Media
7 8 (2.80%) CCTV
8 7 (2.45%) SCADA
8 7 (2.45%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.75%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.40%) Replication
10 4 (1.40%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.05%) IoT
12 2 (0.70%) Home Automation
12 2 (0.70%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.70%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 83 (29.02%) Windows
2 29 (10.14%) Windows Server
3 18 (6.29%) Apple iOS
4 17 (5.94%) Windows 10
5 11 (3.85%) Linux
5 11 (3.85%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.40%) CentOS
7 4 (1.40%) Rocky
8 3 (1.05%) Unix
9 2 (0.70%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.35%) Android
10 1 (0.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (34.97%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (20.28%) Customer Service
3 42 (14.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 37 (12.94%) ITIL
5 33 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
6 29 (10.14%) Project Delivery
6 29 (10.14%) Service Delivery
7 27 (9.44%) Decision-Making
7 27 (9.44%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (9.09%) ITSM
9 25 (8.74%) B2B
9 25 (8.74%) Project Management
10 20 (6.99%) Agile
10 20 (6.99%) Mentoring
11 19 (6.64%) Business Development
12 16 (5.59%) Roadmaps
12 16 (5.59%) Service Management
12 16 (5.59%) Workflow
13 15 (5.24%) CRM
14 14 (4.90%) AI
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.85%) PowerShell
2 10 (3.50%) SQL
3 6 (2.10%) C#
3 6 (2.10%) Python
4 3 (1.05%) Bicep
4 3 (1.05%) C++
4 3 (1.05%) VB
5 2 (0.70%) C
5 2 (0.70%) Java
6 1 (0.35%) Ada
6 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 54 (18.88%) Degree
2 35 (12.24%) Security Cleared
3 24 (8.39%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (3.15%) A+ Certification
6 8 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.45%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.45%) CISSP
7 7 (2.45%) DBS Check
7 7 (2.45%) HNC
7 7 (2.45%) MCSE
8 6 (2.10%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.10%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (1.75%) CCSK
9 5 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.40%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.40%) PMP
11 3 (1.05%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.39%) SLA
2 22 (7.69%) QA
3 9 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.15%) NIST
4 5 (1.75%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.75%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.75%) NCSC
5 4 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.05%) NIST 800
6 3 (1.05%) PMO
7 2 (0.70%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.70%) GDPR
7 2 (0.70%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.35%) GRC
8 1 (0.35%) JTAG
System Software
1 54 (18.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.80%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.75%) Firmware
4 4 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.35%) Docker
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.45%) SCCM
3 5 (1.75%) Ansible
4 4 (1.40%) NetBackup
5 3 (1.05%) Check_MK
6 2 (0.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.70%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (0.70%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.70%) WSUS
7 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 100 (34.97%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.69%) Google
3 18 (6.29%) Apple
4 16 (5.59%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.90%) Dell
6 12 (4.20%) HubSpot
7 10 (3.50%) VMware
8 8 (2.80%) Facebook
8 8 (2.80%) SAP
9 7 (2.45%) BMC
9 7 (2.45%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.45%) Veeam
10 4 (1.40%) NetApp
10 4 (1.40%) Sage
11 3 (1.05%) Cisco
11 3 (1.05%) Oracle
12 2 (0.70%) DevExpress
12 2 (0.70%) EMC
12 2 (0.70%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.70%) Telerik