Social Skills Jobs in the Midlands

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,486 2,554 3,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 21.40% 33.63% 27.77%
As % of the General category 39.61% 48.07% 41.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,396 1,226 1,855
10th Percentile £24,750 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,500 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £50,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +6.38% +4.44%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,625 £76,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,276 5,313 8,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 54.02% 69.96% 67.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,549 2,948 4,722
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,000 £28,125
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,004 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,040
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
West Midlands 0 1,596 £45,000 -14.29% 586
East Midlands 0 880 £40,000 -15.79% 362
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 111 (4.47%) SharePoint
2 83 (3.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (0.97%) Confluence
4 20 (0.80%) Skype for Business
5 17 (0.68%) WordPress
6 15 (0.60%) CMS
7 11 (0.44%) IIS
7 11 (0.44%) SAS
8 9 (0.36%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.28%) Umbraco
10 6 (0.24%) Apache Spark
10 6 (0.24%) Appian
11 5 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
11 5 (0.20%) nginx
12 4 (0.16%) MQSeries
12 4 (0.16%) Office Communications Server
12 4 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 4 (0.16%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.12%) Apache
13 3 (0.12%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 395 (15.89%) Microsoft Office
2 225 (9.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 104 (4.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.48%) AutoCAD
5 12 (0.48%) Photoshop
6 11 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 11 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
6 11 (0.44%) Adobe XD
6 11 (0.44%) Trello
7 9 (0.36%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.28%) InDesign
9 6 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (0.20%) Revit
11 4 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
11 4 (0.16%) Simulink
11 4 (0.16%) Sketch
12 2 (0.080%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.080%) SOLIDWORKS
12 2 (0.080%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 29 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.56%) NetSuite
3 13 (0.52%) NEC Housing
3 13 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
3 13 (0.52%) Shopify
4 11 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
4 11 (0.44%) Oracle Cash Management
4 11 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
4 11 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
5 10 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 8 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
7 6 (0.24%) Sage 200
7 6 (0.24%) SAP WM
8 4 (0.16%) Magento
8 4 (0.16%) Maximo
8 4 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.16%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 4 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 345 (13.88%) Azure
2 288 (11.58%) Microsoft 365
3 145 (5.83%) Power Platform
4 133 (5.35%) AWS
5 88 (3.54%) Entra ID
6 85 (3.42%) SaaS
7 56 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
8 35 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (1.25%) Serverless
10 28 (1.13%) GitHub
11 27 (1.09%) PowerApps
12 26 (1.05%) Power Automate
13 25 (1.01%) Figma
14 22 (0.88%) OneDrive
15 19 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
16 18 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
17 17 (0.68%) GCP
17 17 (0.68%) IaaS
17 17 (0.68%) PaaS
18 16 (0.64%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 127 (5.11%) Firewall
2 84 (3.38%) DNS
3 71 (2.86%) WAN
4 64 (2.57%) DHCP
5 62 (2.49%) LAN
6 61 (2.45%) TCP/IP
7 45 (1.81%) Internet
8 41 (1.65%) SAN
9 39 (1.57%) Broadband
10 38 (1.53%) VPN
11 36 (1.45%) VLAN
12 29 (1.17%) VoIP
13 24 (0.97%) Wireless
14 23 (0.93%) Network Security
14 23 (0.93%) Skype
15 21 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
16 20 (0.80%) WLAN
17 19 (0.76%) BGP
18 18 (0.72%) PBX
19 15 (0.60%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (5.23%) SQL Server
2 125 (5.03%) Power BI
3 45 (1.81%) MySQL
4 44 (1.77%) Tableau
5 28 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (0.72%) Relational Database
8 16 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (0.56%) NoSQL
11 13 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 12 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.48%) Oracle Database
13 11 (0.44%) DynamoDB
13 11 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
14 10 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.40%) Big Data
14 10 (0.40%) Data Lake
14 10 (0.40%) MongoDB
14 10 (0.40%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 90 (3.62%) JIRA
2 77 (3.10%) Git
3 11 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
4 6 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (0.24%) webpack
5 5 (0.20%) GitLab
6 4 (0.16%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.16%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.16%) sqlmap
6 4 (0.16%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.12%) Bugzilla
7 3 (0.12%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.080%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.080%) CANoe
8 2 (0.080%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.080%) Postman
8 2 (0.080%) Selenium
8 2 (0.080%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.080%) Visual Studio Team System
8 2 (0.080%) Zephyr
General
1 608 (24.46%) Analytical Skills
2 556 (22.37%) Finance
3 432 (17.38%) Retail
4 290 (11.67%) Organisational Skills
5 256 (10.30%) Presentation Skills
6 195 (7.84%) Influencing Skills
7 184 (7.40%) Legal
8 170 (6.84%) Manufacturing
9 148 (5.95%) Marketing
10 120 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 120 (4.83%) Law
11 82 (3.30%) Telecoms
12 78 (3.14%) Public Sector
13 47 (1.89%) Local Government
14 46 (1.85%) Automotive
15 41 (1.65%) Games
16 38 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
17 37 (1.49%) Banking
17 37 (1.49%) Electronics
18 34 (1.37%) Billing
Job Titles
1 409 (16.45%) Analyst
2 212 (8.53%) Project Manager
3 211 (8.49%) Developer
4 203 (8.17%) Senior
5 150 (6.03%) Lead
6 134 (5.39%) Product Analyst
7 133 (5.35%) IT Support
8 127 (5.11%) IT Manager
9 116 (4.67%) Sales Analyst
10 109 (4.38%) Consultant
11 84 (3.38%) Development Manager
12 79 (3.18%) Business Manager
12 79 (3.18%) IT Engineer
13 76 (3.06%) Support Engineer
14 75 (3.02%) Business Development Manager
15 66 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 57 (2.29%) Architect
17 53 (2.13%) Senior Analyst
18 49 (1.97%) Administrator
19 48 (1.93%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (4.59%) HTML
2 112 (4.51%) .NET
3 79 (3.18%) CSS
4 36 (1.45%) HTML5
5 35 (1.41%) React
6 33 (1.33%) Vue
7 31 (1.25%) JSON
8 30 (1.21%) ASP.NET
9 26 (1.05%) .NET Core
10 25 (1.01%) Laravel
11 21 (0.84%) jQuery
12 20 (0.80%) XML
13 19 (0.76%) ASP.NET MVC
14 17 (0.68%) AngularJS
14 17 (0.68%) REST
15 16 (0.64%) Web Services
16 13 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
16 13 (0.52%) Sass
16 13 (0.52%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 12 (0.48%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 195 (7.84%) Self-Motivation
2 153 (6.15%) Onboarding
3 128 (5.15%) Management Information System
4 84 (3.38%) Driving Licence
5 53 (2.13%) Mobile App
6 47 (1.89%) FMCG
7 39 (1.57%) Data Centre
7 39 (1.57%) Product Ownership
8 27 (1.09%) Social Media
9 24 (0.97%) Replication
9 24 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 21 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (0.84%) NHS
10 21 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
11 17 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (0.56%) Graphic Design
13 13 (0.52%) FPGA
13 13 (0.52%) IoT
13 13 (0.52%) PMI
14 12 (0.48%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 328 (13.19%) Windows
2 133 (5.35%) Windows Server
3 111 (4.47%) Linux
4 94 (3.78%) Windows 10
5 37 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 36 (1.45%) Android
7 35 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 33 (1.33%) Apple iOS
9 29 (1.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 28 (1.13%) VMS
11 19 (0.76%) Mac OS
12 14 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
12 14 (0.56%) Windows 7
13 12 (0.48%) Unix
14 10 (0.40%) Mac OS X
14 10 (0.40%) Ubuntu
15 9 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 6 (0.24%) CentOS
17 5 (0.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
17 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 900 (36.20%) Problem-Solving
2 641 (25.78%) Customer Service
3 413 (16.61%) Project Management
4 356 (14.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 350 (14.08%) Mathematics
6 339 (13.64%) Agile
7 335 (13.48%) Mentoring
8 238 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 226 (9.09%) Data Analysis
10 217 (8.73%) Decision-Making
11 177 (7.12%) Customer Requirements
12 171 (6.88%) ITIL
13 169 (6.80%) Computer Science
14 155 (6.23%) Project Delivery
15 148 (5.95%) ERP
16 144 (5.79%) Risk Management
17 137 (5.51%) Business Intelligence
18 134 (5.39%) Logistics
19 130 (5.23%) CRM
20 126 (5.07%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 295 (11.87%) SQL
2 132 (5.31%) JavaScript
3 127 (5.11%) C#
3 127 (5.11%) Python
4 64 (2.57%) PowerShell
5 53 (2.13%) C++
6 39 (1.57%) PHP
7 38 (1.53%) Java
8 33 (1.33%) C
9 26 (1.05%) TypeScript
10 24 (0.97%) T-SQL
11 16 (0.64%) Embedded C
12 13 (0.52%) R
13 11 (0.44%) Perl
14 9 (0.36%) Bash
14 9 (0.36%) Bicep
14 9 (0.36%) VB.NET
15 8 (0.32%) VB
16 6 (0.24%) MATLAB
17 5 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 736 (29.61%) Degree
2 151 (6.07%) Security Cleared
3 136 (5.47%) HNC
4 109 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 91 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 79 (3.18%) DBS Check
7 68 (2.74%) SC Cleared
8 45 (1.81%) ACCA
9 39 (1.57%) Azure Certification
10 37 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
11 32 (1.29%) CIMA
12 30 (1.21%) Master's Degree
12 30 (1.21%) PMI Certification
13 27 (1.09%) MCSE
14 25 (1.01%) A+ Certification
15 24 (0.97%) CCNA
16 20 (0.80%) CISSP
16 20 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 19 (0.76%) HND
17 19 (0.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (3.42%) SLA
2 74 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 69 (2.78%) GDPR
4 61 (2.45%) QA
5 42 (1.69%) PMO
6 40 (1.61%) Accessibility
7 31 (1.25%) Data Quality
8 26 (1.05%) ISO 9001
9 21 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (0.84%) NIST
10 11 (0.44%) IFRS
10 11 (0.44%) ISO 14001
11 9 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.32%) IFRS 9
12 8 (0.32%) ISO 22301
12 8 (0.32%) NEBOSH
13 7 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 6 (0.24%) GRC
15 5 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 247 (9.94%) Active Directory
2 89 (3.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (2.82%) Hyper-V
4 27 (1.09%) Firmware
5 24 (0.97%) Docker
6 20 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.48%) vSphere
9 9 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
11 5 (0.20%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.16%) NFS
12 4 (0.16%) pfSense
13 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 65 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (1.61%) Terraform
3 34 (1.37%) Kubernetes
3 34 (1.37%) SCCM
4 9 (0.36%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.28%) Ansible
5 7 (0.28%) SCOM
6 6 (0.24%) EnCase
6 6 (0.24%) FortiGate
7 5 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
7 5 (0.20%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 4 (0.16%) AirWatch
8 4 (0.16%) SmoothWall
8 4 (0.16%) WSUS
9 3 (0.12%) Nagios
9 3 (0.12%) VxRail
10 2 (0.080%) Grafana
10 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.080%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 680 (27.35%) Microsoft
2 134 (5.39%) VMware
3 70 (2.82%) Veeam
4 69 (2.78%) Cisco
5 56 (2.25%) SAP
6 46 (1.85%) Oracle
7 36 (1.45%) ServiceNow
8 35 (1.41%) Google
8 35 (1.41%) HP
9 33 (1.33%) Databricks
10 31 (1.25%) NEC
10 31 (1.25%) Salesforce
11 29 (1.17%) Dell
12 28 (1.13%) Adobe
12 28 (1.13%) Apple
13 26 (1.05%) IFS
14 23 (0.93%) Citrix
15 22 (0.88%) Sage
16 21 (0.84%) Planview
16 21 (0.84%) Virgin Media