Social Skills Jobs in Merseyside

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills 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 4 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 116 256 412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 25.78% 19.50% 38.47%
As % of the General category 30.85% 38.50% 55.53%
Number of salaries quoted 79 180 125
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,225 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,938 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,500 £57,050 £60,000
North West median annual salary £50,055 £45,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +11.23% -12.62% +8.42%

All General Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 376 665 742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 83.56% 50.65% 69.28%
Number of salaries quoted 139 482 264
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,525 £26,400
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,099
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £44,875
Median % change year-on-year - -10.86% -0.37%
75th Percentile £56,875 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £69,000 £68,750 £67,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Merseyside

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in Merseyside

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Merseyside over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Merseyside

Social Skills
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Liverpool +2 98 £33,500 -4.29% 109
Wirral +7 2 £45,500 +46.77% 5
Social Skills
North West

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 20 (17.24%) CMS
2 19 (16.38%) Umbraco
3 14 (12.07%) SharePoint
4 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.86%) SAS
5 1 (0.86%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (15.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (14.66%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (6.03%) AutoCAD
4 4 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.86%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.86%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 20 (17.24%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (7.76%) Azure
3 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Copilot
4 6 (5.17%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.72%) AWS
5 2 (1.72%) SaaS
5 2 (1.72%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.86%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.86%) GCP
6 1 (0.86%) Google Data Studio
6 1 (0.86%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (16.38%) Intranet
2 18 (15.52%) Firewall
3 7 (6.03%) VPN
4 6 (5.17%) DNS
4 6 (5.17%) MPLS
4 6 (5.17%) WAN
5 1 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.86%) LAN
5 1 (0.86%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.86%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.38%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.17%) Power BI
3 2 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (1.72%) MySQL
4 1 (0.86%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.86%) Power Query
4 1 (0.86%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Git
2 1 (0.86%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.86%) Robot Framework
General
1 27 (23.28%) Finance
2 21 (18.10%) Legal
3 17 (14.66%) Manufacturing
4 14 (12.07%) Marketing
5 13 (11.21%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (9.48%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.17%) Banking
8 5 (4.31%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.59%) Law
10 2 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.86%) Automotive
11 1 (0.86%) Billing
11 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.86%) Prime Brokerage
11 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (26.72%) Analyst
2 23 (19.83%) Developer
3 19 (16.38%) Umbraco Developer
4 16 (13.79%) IT Support
5 12 (10.34%) Support Analyst
6 11 (9.48%) IT Analyst
7 9 (7.76%) IT Support Analyst
8 8 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support
8 8 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 8 (6.90%) Administrator
8 8 (6.90%) Customer Executive
8 8 (6.90%) Senior
8 8 (6.90%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (6.03%) Civil Engineer
9 7 (6.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (6.03%) Lead
9 7 (6.03%) Support Engineer
10 6 (5.17%) Technical Engineer
10 6 (5.17%) Technical Support
10 6 (5.17%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (18.10%) CSS
1 21 (18.10%) HTML
2 19 (16.38%) HTML5
2 19 (16.38%) jQuery
3 3 (2.59%) React
4 2 (1.72%) Symfony
5 1 (0.86%) .NET
5 1 (0.86%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.86%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.86%) JSON
5 1 (0.86%) Laravel
5 1 (0.86%) REST
5 1 (0.86%) RESTful
5 1 (0.86%) Vue
5 1 (0.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (19.83%) NHS
2 8 (6.90%) FMCG
2 8 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (5.17%) Private Cloud
4 4 (3.45%) Digital Media
4 4 (3.45%) Life Science
4 4 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.59%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.86%) Acoustics
7 1 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.86%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.86%) Derivative
7 1 (0.86%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.86%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.86%) Tandem
7 1 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (25.00%) Windows
2 14 (12.07%) Windows Server
3 9 (7.76%) Mac OS
4 8 (6.90%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (4.31%) Windows 10
6 4 (3.45%) Android
7 2 (1.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (45.69%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (18.10%) Clean Code
3 20 (17.24%) Web Development
4 19 (16.38%) Content Management
4 19 (16.38%) Customer Requirements
4 19 (16.38%) Mentoring
5 18 (15.52%) Decision-Making
6 15 (12.93%) Project Delivery
7 13 (11.21%) Project Management
7 13 (11.21%) Time Management
8 12 (10.34%) ITIL
9 11 (9.48%) Business Development
9 11 (9.48%) Customer Service
10 10 (8.62%) CRM
10 10 (8.62%) ITSM
11 9 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (7.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 9 (7.76%) ERP
12 8 (6.90%) Contract Negotiation
12 8 (6.90%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.97%) SQL
2 19 (16.38%) C#
3 11 (9.48%) JavaScript
4 10 (8.62%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.45%) Python
6 3 (2.59%) PHP
7 1 (0.86%) Bash
7 1 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.86%) R
Qualifications
1 30 (25.86%) Degree
2 7 (6.03%) RIBA
3 4 (3.45%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.72%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.72%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (18.10%) GDPR
2 20 (17.24%) Accessibility
3 19 (16.38%) WCAG
4 6 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (3.45%) NIST
6 2 (1.72%) SLA
7 1 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.86%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.86%) GRC
7 1 (0.86%) IFRS
7 1 (0.86%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.86%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.86%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.86%) QA
System Software
1 10 (8.62%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (5.17%) Hyper-V
3 6 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (5.17%) Proxmox
2 1 (0.86%) cPanel
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (28.45%) Microsoft
2 19 (16.38%) HP
3 16 (13.79%) Salesforce
4 11 (9.48%) SAP
5 8 (6.90%) iManage
6 6 (5.17%) Cisco
6 6 (5.17%) VMware
7 2 (1.72%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.72%) Google
8 1 (0.86%) HubSpot