Social Skills Job Trends in Livingston

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West Lothian > Livingston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Livingston. 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 9 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 -7
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2 25 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Livingston 3.92% 49.02% 17.50%
As % of the General category 10.00% 52.08% 22.58%
Number of salaries quoted 0 12 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £62,250
West Lothian median annual salary £52,500 £40,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year +31.25% +60.00% -41.18%

All General Skills
Livingston

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 Livingston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 20 48 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Livingston 39.22% 94.12% 77.50%
Number of salaries quoted 12 20 29
10th Percentile - £39,625 -
25th Percentile - - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £41,250 £54,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £49,500 £60,000 -
West Lothian median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -14.29%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Livingston

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Livingston

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Livingston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Livingston citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Livingston citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Livingston 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
1 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) IAM Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (50.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (50.00%) LDAP
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) OpenID
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) SAML
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory