Social Skills Job Trends in Leeds

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 348 220 462
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 11.33% 24.23% 26.31%
As % of the General category 32.10% 45.64% 46.71%
Number of salaries quoted 213 142 264
10th Percentile £26,913 £26,500 £26,708
25th Percentile £33,250 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +11.11% -1.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,112 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,250 £69,925
West Yorkshire median annual salary £47,000 £49,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -4.08% -1.01% -1.00%

All General Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,084 482 989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 35.30% 53.08% 56.32%
Number of salaries quoted 813 318 611
10th Percentile £31,300 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £33,563 £41,177
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £74,985 £71,250 £69,500
90th Percentile £94,750 £90,000 £81,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £56,500 £48,754 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.89% -2.49% -5.66%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Leeds

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Leeds over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Leeds

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 13 (3.74%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.01%) CMS
3 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.15%) IIS
5 3 (0.86%) WordPress
6 2 (0.57%) Moodle
7 1 (0.29%) Apache
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 31 (8.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.86%) Navisworks
4 3 (0.86%) Revit
5 2 (0.57%) Trello
6 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.72%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.15%) SAP MDG
4 4 (1.15%) SAP MDG-BP
4 4 (1.15%) Shopify
5 3 (0.86%) Aareon QL
5 3 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.86%) MIS ActiveH
5 3 (0.86%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.86%) OPENHousing
5 3 (0.86%) Orchard Housing
6 2 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 70 (20.11%) Azure
2 53 (15.23%) AWS
3 28 (8.05%) GitHub
4 27 (7.76%) Power Platform
5 22 (6.32%) AWS CloudFormation
6 20 (5.75%) GitHub Actions
6 20 (5.75%) SaaS
7 19 (5.46%) Amazon S3
7 19 (5.46%) AWS Lambda
7 19 (5.46%) Azure AI
7 19 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (5.46%) Serverless
8 16 (4.60%) GCP
9 15 (4.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 15 (4.31%) Amazon ECS
9 15 (4.31%) Datadog
10 14 (4.02%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 14 (4.02%) AWS Step Functions
11 9 (2.59%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (2.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.31%) Network Security
2 12 (3.45%) Firewall
3 10 (2.87%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (2.30%) LAN
5 7 (2.01%) BGP
5 7 (2.01%) OSPF
5 7 (2.01%) WAN
6 6 (1.72%) Wireless
7 5 (1.44%) DNS
7 5 (1.44%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.44%) VPN
7 5 (1.44%) VXLAN
8 4 (1.15%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.15%) VLAN
9 3 (0.86%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.86%) DHCP
9 3 (0.86%) MPLS
10 2 (0.57%) Ethernet VPN
10 2 (0.57%) Profibus
10 2 (0.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.61%) Power BI
2 15 (4.31%) DynamoDB
2 15 (4.31%) NoSQL
3 14 (4.02%) Amazon Athena
3 14 (4.02%) Tableau
4 10 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.59%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.30%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (2.30%) BigQuery
7 5 (1.44%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.86%) Metadata
8 3 (0.86%) Redis
9 2 (0.57%) Big Data
9 2 (0.57%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.29%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 31 (8.91%) Git
2 14 (4.02%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.87%) GitLab
3 10 (2.87%) JIRA
4 6 (1.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (1.15%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.86%) Artifactory
6 3 (0.86%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.86%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.57%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.29%) Selenium
General
1 68 (19.54%) Analytical Skills
2 56 (16.09%) Finance
3 34 (9.77%) Organisational Skills
4 26 (7.47%) Public Sector
5 22 (6.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (6.03%) Legal
7 19 (5.46%) Law
7 19 (5.46%) Marketing
8 18 (5.17%) Manufacturing
9 17 (4.89%) Retail
10 9 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.44%) Billing
11 5 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.15%) Brand Awareness
12 4 (1.15%) Local Government
13 3 (0.86%) Games
13 3 (0.86%) Publishing
13 3 (0.86%) Social Housing
13 3 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (17.82%) Analyst
2 41 (11.78%) Senior
3 27 (7.76%) Developer
3 27 (7.76%) Lead
4 26 (7.47%) Consultant
5 18 (5.17%) Java Developer
5 18 (5.17%) Junior
6 16 (4.60%) Junior Analyst
7 13 (3.74%) Business Analyst
7 13 (3.74%) Data Analyst
7 13 (3.74%) Development Manager
8 12 (3.45%) AWS Developer
8 12 (3.45%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.16%) Business Manager
9 11 (3.16%) Network Engineer
10 10 (2.87%) Support Analyst
11 9 (2.59%) Business Development Manager
11 9 (2.59%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (2.59%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (2.59%) Pensions Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.03%) Node.js
2 19 (5.46%) Terraform
3 15 (4.31%) AngularJS
4 10 (2.87%) REST
5 8 (2.30%) .NET
5 8 (2.30%) JSON
5 8 (2.30%) Web Services
6 6 (1.72%) React
7 5 (1.44%) CSS
7 5 (1.44%) HTML
7 5 (1.44%) Spring
7 5 (1.44%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.44%) XML
8 4 (1.15%) SAP ALE
8 4 (1.15%) SOAP
8 4 (1.15%) Web Dynpro
8 4 (1.15%) WSDL
8 4 (1.15%) XSD
8 4 (1.15%) XSLT
9 3 (0.86%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.46%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (4.60%) Cloud Native
3 14 (4.02%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.74%) Driving Licence
5 12 (3.45%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.87%) Cyberattack
6 10 (2.87%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.01%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.72%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.72%) e-Learning
9 6 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.72%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.72%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (1.44%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.44%) NHS
10 5 (1.44%) Podcast
10 5 (1.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.60%) Linux
2 15 (4.31%) Windows
3 10 (2.87%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.72%) CentOS
4 6 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.15%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.29%) VME
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (26.72%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (20.98%) Continuous Improvement
3 60 (17.24%) Agile
4 58 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 50 (14.37%) AI
6 46 (13.22%) CI/CD
6 46 (13.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 44 (12.64%) Decision-Making
7 44 (12.64%) DevOps
8 35 (10.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 34 (9.77%) Cybersecurity
10 33 (9.48%) Project Delivery
11 32 (9.20%) Customer Service
12 27 (7.76%) Analytics
13 26 (7.47%) Coaching
13 26 (7.47%) Technical Leadership
14 25 (7.18%) Business Development
14 25 (7.18%) Business Intelligence
15 23 (6.61%) Infrastructure as Code
15 23 (6.61%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 65 (18.68%) SQL
2 46 (13.22%) Python
3 36 (10.34%) Java
4 18 (5.17%) TypeScript
5 14 (4.02%) JavaScript
5 14 (4.02%) Kotlin
6 12 (3.45%) C#
7 8 (2.30%) Scala
8 7 (2.01%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.72%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.44%) Groovy
11 4 (1.15%) ABAP
11 4 (1.15%) XPath
12 3 (0.86%) Bicep
12 3 (0.86%) C
12 3 (0.86%) C++
12 3 (0.86%) PHP
12 3 (0.86%) Ruby
12 3 (0.86%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.57%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 38 (10.92%) Degree
2 36 (10.34%) Azure Certification
3 14 (4.02%) Security Cleared
4 13 (3.74%) SC Cleared
5 10 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (2.30%) CEH
6 8 (2.30%) CompTIA CySA+
6 8 (2.30%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (2.01%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.72%) A+ Certification
8 6 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.72%) CCNA
8 6 (1.72%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.44%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.15%) HND
11 3 (0.86%) ACCA
11 3 (0.86%) HNC
11 3 (0.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.91%) QA
2 21 (6.03%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (2.30%) GDPR
5 7 (2.01%) Actionable Recommendations
5 7 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.44%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.44%) PMO
6 5 (1.44%) SLA
7 4 (1.15%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.86%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.57%) IEC 61131
9 2 (0.57%) WCAG
10 1 (0.29%) AQAP
10 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.29%) GRC
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (7.76%) Docker
2 11 (3.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (4.31%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.87%) Ansible
3 3 (0.86%) Packer
3 3 (0.86%) SCCM
4 2 (0.57%) Autotask
4 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.57%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 86 (24.71%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.05%) ForeScout
3 18 (5.17%) Cisco
4 15 (4.31%) Google
5 13 (3.74%) SAP
6 12 (3.45%) Oracle
7 6 (1.72%) Foundry
7 6 (1.72%) Meraki
8 5 (1.44%) iManage
8 5 (1.44%) Sage
9 4 (1.15%) Ariba
9 4 (1.15%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.15%) Databricks
9 4 (1.15%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.86%) Capita
10 3 (0.86%) IBM
10 3 (0.86%) Juniper
10 3 (0.86%) Orchard
10 3 (0.86%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.86%) Siemens