Social Skills Jobs in Lancashire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 456 145 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 27.18% 22.73% 19.50%
As % of the General category 43.18% 37.76% 26.21%
Number of salaries quoted 288 116 94
10th Percentile £38,750 £26,250 £23,079
25th Percentile £48,869 £32,000 £26,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £41,250 £42,098
Median % change year-on-year +32.83% -2.01% +5.24%
75th Percentile £58,943 £52,084 £52,188
90th Percentile £66,067 £60,370 £57,500
North West median annual salary £54,793 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +21.76% -5.26% -

All General Skills
Lancashire

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 common skills in Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,056 384 538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 62.93% 60.19% 74.41%
Number of salaries quoted 699 331 283
10th Percentile £39,576 £28,000 £24,781
25th Percentile £47,683 £35,920 £33,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £58,943 £52,084 £52,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £62,500
North West median annual salary £53,928 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.86% -4.76% +5.00%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Lancashire

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Lancashire.

Salary trend for Social Skills in Lancashire

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Lancashire over the 6 months to 22 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Lancashire

Social Skills
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 22 January 2025. 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
Preston -2 91 £54,793 +71.23% 37
Blackburn -1 68 £50,055 +96.00% 11
Blackpool +2 43 £54,793 -4.71% 9
Lytham St Annes -5 31 £54,793 +106.77% 4
Lancaster +4 28 £42,134 +33.76% 4
Chorley -1 13 £52,500 +50.00% 8
Rossendale - 2 - -
Newton-le-Willows +5 1 £50,000 +33.33%
Burnley +1 1 £28,500 -15.56% 4
Social Skills
North West

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.44%) Apache
4 1 (0.22%) Moodle
Applications
1 150 (32.89%) Microsoft Office
2 135 (29.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 120 (26.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (3.51%) Simulink
5 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.22%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 123 (26.97%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.66%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.44%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 2 (0.44%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 35 (7.68%) Power Platform
2 32 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (6.36%) Azure
4 11 (2.41%) Entra ID
5 7 (1.54%) AWS
6 4 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (0.88%) PowerApps
7 3 (0.66%) OneDrive
7 3 (0.66%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.44%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.44%) SaaS
9 1 (0.22%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.22%) GCP
9 1 (0.22%) IaaS
9 1 (0.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.04%) Broadband
2 22 (4.82%) LAN
2 22 (4.82%) WAN
3 20 (4.39%) Firewall
4 6 (1.32%) DNS
4 6 (1.32%) Network Security
5 5 (1.10%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (0.88%) DHCP
6 4 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.66%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.66%) Wireless
8 2 (0.44%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.44%) FTP
8 2 (0.44%) HTTP
8 2 (0.44%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.44%) NAS
8 2 (0.44%) SAN
8 2 (0.44%) SSH
8 2 (0.44%) SSL
8 2 (0.44%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.02%) Power BI
2 3 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.44%) MySQL
3 2 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (7.46%) Rational DOORS
2 16 (3.51%) JIRA
3 2 (0.44%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 126 (27.63%) Aerospace
2 98 (21.49%) Automotive
3 50 (10.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 47 (10.31%) Organisational Skills
5 44 (9.65%) Finance
5 44 (9.65%) Presentation Skills
6 42 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
7 39 (8.55%) Avionics
8 23 (5.04%) Telecoms
9 21 (4.61%) Games
10 15 (3.29%) Electronics
11 11 (2.41%) Retail
12 10 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.75%) Marketing
14 6 (1.32%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.10%) Military
15 5 (1.10%) Public Sector
16 2 (0.44%) Billing
16 2 (0.44%) Legal
16 2 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 91 (19.96%) Systems Engineer
2 70 (15.35%) Senior
3 61 (13.38%) Analyst
4 56 (12.28%) Engineering Manager
5 52 (11.40%) Systems Engineering Manager
5 52 (11.40%) Systems Manager
6 39 (8.55%) Project Manager
7 35 (7.68%) Architect
8 33 (7.24%) Junior
9 32 (7.02%) Lead
10 31 (6.80%) Senior Manager
11 28 (6.14%) Digital Analyst
11 28 (6.14%) Graduate
11 28 (6.14%) Graduate Analyst
12 24 (5.26%) Product Manager
13 21 (4.61%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 17 (3.73%) Systems Architect
15 15 (3.29%) Junior Systems Engineer
16 14 (3.07%) Service Manager
16 14 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.88%) CSS
1 4 (0.88%) HTML
1 4 (0.88%) Laravel
2 2 (0.44%) EDI
2 2 (0.44%) LAMP
2 2 (0.44%) Loki
2 2 (0.44%) Middleware
2 2 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.48%) Management Information System
2 23 (5.04%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (1.75%) Onboarding
4 8 (1.75%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (1.10%) CCTV
6 4 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (0.88%) Social Media
7 2 (0.44%) CMDB
7 2 (0.44%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.44%) Life Science
7 2 (0.44%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.44%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.44%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.44%) PKI
7 2 (0.44%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.44%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.92%) Windows
2 9 (1.97%) Linux
3 8 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.88%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.88%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.66%) Unix
6 2 (0.44%) AIX
6 2 (0.44%) CentOS
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (32.46%) Systems Engineering
2 138 (30.26%) PLM
3 107 (23.46%) Agile
4 82 (17.98%) Project Management
5 72 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (12.50%) Analytics
7 56 (12.28%) Roadmaps
8 49 (10.75%) Computer Science
9 44 (9.65%) Line Management
10 42 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 42 (9.21%) Project Delivery
11 38 (8.33%) IT Strategy
12 35 (7.68%) ITIL
13 34 (7.46%) Business Intelligence
13 34 (7.46%) Time Management
14 32 (7.02%) Stakeholder Management
15 30 (6.58%) Data Analytics
15 30 (6.58%) Digital Strategy
15 30 (6.58%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 30 (6.58%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 114 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 14 (3.07%) C
3 10 (2.19%) C#
3 10 (2.19%) Java
4 9 (1.97%) Ada
5 7 (1.54%) Python
6 6 (1.32%) PHP
6 6 (1.32%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.10%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.88%) SQL
9 3 (0.66%) C++
9 3 (0.66%) Delphi
10 2 (0.44%) AWK
10 2 (0.44%) Bash
10 2 (0.44%) Korn
10 2 (0.44%) Perl
11 1 (0.22%) R
11 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 293 (64.25%) Degree
2 118 (25.88%) HND
3 115 (25.22%) HNC
4 75 (16.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (4.82%) CCNA
5 22 (4.82%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (3.95%) JNCIA
7 11 (2.41%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.32%) Chartered Engineer
9 6 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.10%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (0.88%) CEH
11 4 (0.88%) CISSP
12 3 (0.66%) CCSK
12 3 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.66%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.85%) SLA
2 11 (2.41%) GDPR
3 5 (1.10%) QA
4 3 (0.66%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.66%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.66%) NIST
4 3 (0.66%) NIST 800
5 2 (0.44%) GAMP
5 2 (0.44%) GxP
5 2 (0.44%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (3.73%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.75%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.66%) Docker
5 3 (0.66%) KVM
6 2 (0.44%) Firmware
6 2 (0.44%) Postfix
6 2 (0.44%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.66%) Ansible
2 3 (0.66%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.66%) Terraform
3 2 (0.44%) Grafana
3 2 (0.44%) Nagios
3 2 (0.44%) Nessus
Vendors
1 200 (43.86%) Microsoft
2 98 (21.49%) ANSYS
3 28 (6.14%) Alteryx
4 24 (5.26%) Cadence
5 20 (4.39%) Aruba
6 18 (3.95%) Cisco
6 18 (3.95%) Fortinet
6 18 (3.95%) Juniper
6 18 (3.95%) Palo Alto
7 17 (3.73%) IBM
8 12 (2.63%) VMware
9 8 (1.75%) Serena
10 7 (1.54%) SAP
11 5 (1.10%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.88%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.88%) Splunk
12 4 (0.88%) Tanium
13 3 (0.66%) Baan
13 3 (0.66%) F5
13 3 (0.66%) ServiceNow