Social Science Jobs in London

Social Science
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Science in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Science over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 391 480 609
Rank change year-on-year +89 +129 +180
Permanent jobs citing Social Science 4 29 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.031% 0.12% 0.062%
As % of the General category 0.040% 0.18% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 1 18 10
10th Percentile - £40,500 £29,750
25th Percentile - £42,286 £41,374
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £44,343 £43,279
Median % change year-on-year -9.79% +2.46% -3.82%
75th Percentile - £54,269 £57,807
90th Percentile - £58,330 £62,015
England median annual salary £40,000 £44,343 £45,444
% change year-on-year -9.79% -2.42% +0.99%

All General Skills
London

Social Science 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,897 16,060 23,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 76.47% 67.90% 68.71%
Number of salaries quoted 5,456 11,369 15,981
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £54,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -5.08% +5.36%
75th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £118,750 £120,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

Social Science
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Social Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Social Science in London

Social Science
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Science in London.

Salary trend for Social Science in London

Social Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (25.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
1 2 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Humanities
3 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Audit Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) UX Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Workflow
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Data Science
2 2 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 2 (50.00%) OO
2 2 (50.00%) OOP
2 2 (50.00%) Quantitative Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Statistics
2 2 (50.00%) Workflow Management
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Focus Group
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) User Research
3 1 (25.00%) UX Research
3 1 (25.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) Accessibility