Social Skills Job Trends in Horsham

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West Sussex > Horsham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Horsham. 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 1 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 14 37 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Horsham 19.44% 72.55% 26.83%
As % of the General category 53.85% 77.08% 31.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13 16 4
10th Percentile - £41,250 £23,905
25th Percentile £27,000 £43,125 £24,513
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £32,100
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +47.98% -38.86%
75th Percentile £107,500 £57,188 £40,338
90th Percentile - £75,000 £41,035
West Sussex median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.05% -5.00% -9.09%

All General Skills
Horsham

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 Horsham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 26 48 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Horsham 36.11% 94.12% 85.37%
Number of salaries quoted 20 20 18
10th Percentile £25,738 £41,250 £33,110
25th Percentile £27,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -5.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £90,000 £57,500 £60,625
90th Percentile £107,500 £75,000 £68,875
West Sussex median annual salary £58,250 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.50% -9.09% -4.35%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Horsham

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Horsham

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Horsham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Horsham citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Horsham citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Horsham

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

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Horsham

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Horsham 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 4 (28.57%) Confluence
2 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (7.14%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (7.14%) InDesign
2 1 (7.14%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (42.86%) Entra ID
3 4 (28.57%) SaaS
4 3 (21.43%) Azure
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 3 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.14%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) IT Support
1 4 (28.57%) Lead
2 3 (21.43%) Sales Representative
3 2 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (7.14%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 1 (7.14%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Designer
4 1 (7.14%) Graphic Designer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Junior
4 1 (7.14%) Junior IT Support
4 1 (7.14%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Next.js
1 1 (7.14%) Node.js
1 1 (7.14%) React
1 1 (7.14%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) Graphic Design
2 1 (7.14%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
4 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Agile
2 5 (35.71%) Coaching
2 5 (35.71%) Line Management
3 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 4 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Programme Delivery
3 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 3 (21.43%) AI
4 3 (21.43%) CRM
4 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (21.43%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (21.43%) SDLC
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
5 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (7.14%) Clean Code
6 1 (7.14%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (7.14%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (7.14%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Ruby
1 1 (7.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
1 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) VMware
3 1 (7.14%) Adobe