Social Skills Job Trends in Lanark

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South Lanarkshire > Lanark

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

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	2	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills	1	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lanark	50.00%	-	-
As % of the General category	50.00%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£52,000	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£54,000	-	-
75^th Percentile	£56,000	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
South Lanarkshire median annual salary	£33,000	-	£47,500
% change year-on-year	-	-	+63.79%

All General Skills
Lanark

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 citing general skills in Lanark.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	2	1	0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lanark	100.00%	50.00%	-
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	£52,550	-	-
25^th Percentile	£53,375	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£57,000	-	-
75^th Percentile	£60,875	-	-
90^th Percentile	£61,850	-	-
South Lanarkshire median annual salary	£31,500	-	£47,500
% change year-on-year	-	-	+18.75%

Social Skills Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lanark

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, job vacancies citing Social Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Lanark region citing Social Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	100.0%	1
1	HNC	100.0%	1
1	NEBOSH	100.0%	1
1	Problem-Solving	100.0%	1
1	Quality Management	100.0%	1

Social Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lanark by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Documentation Skills	100.0%	1