Social Skills Job Trends in Hull

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
East Yorkshire > Hull

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Hull. 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 1 8 1
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 55 25 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Hull 35.71% 21.37% 32.56%
As % of the General category 61.11% 28.74% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 29 15 26
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £38,668 £26,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £50,000 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -34.00% +29.03% -22.50%
75th Percentile £43,750 £55,000 £44,688
90th Percentile £47,500 £61,500 £47,500
East Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £48,750 £38,750
% change year-on-year -33.33% +25.81% -18.42%

All General Skills
Hull

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 Hull.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 90 87 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hull 58.44% 74.36% 81.40%
Number of salaries quoted 46 55 65
10th Percentile £28,000 £40,500 £25,600
25th Percentile £29,500 £42,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +18.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
East Yorkshire median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £41,235
% change year-on-year -26.32% +15.19% +6.41%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Hull

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Hull

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Hull

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hull citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hull citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Hull

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

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Hull

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hull 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 (7.27%) Anypoint
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 19 (34.55%) Azure
2 14 (25.45%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (10.91%) AWS
4 5 (9.09%) Azure AI
4 5 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 5 (9.09%) SaaS
5 4 (7.27%) Datadog
6 2 (3.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.82%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.18%) Firewall
2 6 (10.91%) Cisco IOS
2 6 (10.91%) DHCP
2 6 (10.91%) DNS
2 6 (10.91%) LAN
2 6 (10.91%) Remote Desktop
2 6 (10.91%) TCP/IP
2 6 (10.91%) VLAN
2 6 (10.91%) VoIP
2 6 (10.91%) VPN
2 6 (10.91%) WAN
2 6 (10.91%) Wireless
3 2 (3.64%) Network Security
4 1 (1.82%) BGP
4 1 (1.82%) Broadband
4 1 (1.82%) Internet
4 1 (1.82%) Junos
4 1 (1.82%) MPLS
4 1 (1.82%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.09%) Power BI
1 5 (9.09%) Tableau
2 1 (1.82%) FileMaker
2 1 (1.82%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Postman
General
1 7 (12.73%) Finance
1 7 (12.73%) Telecoms
2 5 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (9.09%) Games
3 4 (7.27%) Law
3 4 (7.27%) Local Government
3 4 (7.27%) Military
3 4 (7.27%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (5.45%) Marketing
5 2 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.64%) Retail
6 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (23.64%) Junior
2 12 (21.82%) Analyst
2 12 (21.82%) Junior Analyst
3 8 (14.55%) Support Engineer
4 7 (12.73%) Technical Engineer
4 7 (12.73%) Technical Support
4 7 (12.73%) Technical Support Engineer
5 6 (10.91%) Desktop Support
5 6 (10.91%) Desktop Support Technician
5 6 (10.91%) Desktop Technician
5 6 (10.91%) Support Technician
6 5 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (9.09%) Data Analyst
6 5 (9.09%) Junior Data Analyst
6 5 (9.09%) Junior Security Analyst
6 5 (9.09%) Security Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Developer
7 4 (7.27%) Senior
7 4 (7.27%) Senior Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.09%) CSS
2 4 (7.27%) JWT
2 4 (7.27%) OAuth
2 4 (7.27%) OpenAPI
2 4 (7.27%) RAML
2 4 (7.27%) RESTful
2 4 (7.27%) SAML
2 4 (7.27%) Swagger
3 1 (1.82%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.27%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.27%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.64%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.64%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (3.64%) EPoS
3 2 (3.64%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (25.45%) Windows
2 10 (18.18%) Linux
3 6 (10.91%) Android
3 6 (10.91%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.82%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (25.45%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (21.82%) Customer Service
4 8 (14.55%) ITIL
5 7 (12.73%) Process Improvement
6 6 (10.91%) Business Development
6 6 (10.91%) Mentoring
6 6 (10.91%) Network Management
6 6 (10.91%) Preventative Maintenance
6 6 (10.91%) Time Management
6 6 (10.91%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (9.09%) Agile
7 5 (9.09%) AI
7 5 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (9.09%) Proactive Maintenance
8 4 (7.27%) Change Management
8 4 (7.27%) Cloud Security
8 4 (7.27%) Computer Science
8 4 (7.27%) Project Delivery
8 4 (7.27%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.18%) SQL
2 9 (16.36%) Python
3 4 (7.27%) C
3 4 (7.27%) DataWeave
3 4 (7.27%) Java
3 4 (7.27%) Perl
3 4 (7.27%) PHP
4 2 (3.64%) Bicep
5 1 (1.82%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (25.45%) Degree
2 10 (18.18%) Azure Certification
3 5 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
3 5 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (7.27%) HND
4 4 (7.27%) Master's Degree
5 3 (5.45%) ACCA
5 3 (5.45%) CIMA
6 2 (3.64%) CISMP
6 2 (3.64%) GSEC
7 1 (1.82%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) GDPR
1 4 (7.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (3.64%) GRC
2 2 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.64%) NIST
2 2 (3.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (12.73%) Active Directory
1 7 (12.73%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (7.27%) CloudHub
3 2 (3.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (50.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.91%) Apple
2 6 (10.91%) Cisco
2 6 (10.91%) Sage
2 6 (10.91%) SonicWALL
3 5 (9.09%) ForeScout
4 4 (7.27%) Allen-Bradley
4 4 (7.27%) MuleSoft
4 4 (7.27%) Siemens
4 4 (7.27%) Toshiba
5 1 (1.82%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.82%) IFS
5 1 (1.82%) Juniper
5 1 (1.82%) Oracle
5 1 (1.82%) VMware