Social Skills Job Trends 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 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,844 1,285 2,593
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 24.68% 26.69% 23.78%
As % of the General category 48.68% 43.41% 41.65%
Number of salaries quoted 792 812 1,944
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £24,715
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +5.88% -19.05%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £49,990
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.02% -15.27%

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 general skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 5,842 2,960 6,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 50.70% 61.47% 57.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,876 1,769 4,649
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £25,725
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +8.89% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,079
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.93%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

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 10 April 2026. 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 1,897 £48,000 -4.00% 483
East Midlands 0 950 £35,000 -12.50% 300
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 76 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (0.63%) CMS
4 10 (0.35%) Confluence
5 8 (0.28%) WordPress
6 4 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.11%) IIS
7 3 (0.11%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.070%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.070%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.035%) Apache
9 1 (0.035%) Appian
9 1 (0.035%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.035%) SAS
Applications
1 305 (10.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.46%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.25%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.18%) InDesign
8 5 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.11%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.070%) Trello
11 1 (0.035%) Abaqus
11 1 (0.035%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.035%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.035%) CATIA
11 1 (0.035%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.035%) Simulink
11 1 (0.035%) Sketch
11 1 (0.035%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 14 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.39%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.35%) iTrent
4 9 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.21%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.18%) Shopify
7 3 (0.11%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.11%) Maximo
7 3 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.11%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.070%) Misys Midas
8 2 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.070%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.070%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.070%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.070%) SAP Retail
9 1 (0.035%) Cognos Controller
9 1 (0.035%) HFM
9 1 (0.035%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,046 (36.78%) Cloud Computing
2 835 (29.36%) Azure
3 286 (10.06%) Power Platform
4 232 (8.16%) Azure AI
5 189 (6.65%) Microsoft 365
6 94 (3.31%) AWS
7 66 (2.32%) Entra ID
8 51 (1.79%) SaaS
9 30 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (0.95%) Power Automate
11 27 (0.95%) Serverless
12 23 (0.81%) PowerApps
13 17 (0.60%) GitHub
14 16 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (0.53%) IaaS
16 14 (0.49%) GCP
16 14 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
16 14 (0.49%) PaaS
17 13 (0.46%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 1,058 (37.20%) Internet
2 56 (1.97%) DNS
3 53 (1.86%) DHCP
4 43 (1.51%) VPN
5 31 (1.09%) Firewall
6 29 (1.02%) TCP/IP
6 29 (1.02%) WAN
7 24 (0.84%) VoIP
8 23 (0.81%) LAN
9 22 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (0.49%) Broadband
10 14 (0.49%) Remote Desktop
10 14 (0.49%) Wireless
11 11 (0.39%) SD-WAN
11 11 (0.39%) VLAN
12 10 (0.35%) Network Security
13 7 (0.25%) Ethernet
14 5 (0.18%) WLAN
15 4 (0.14%) ADSL
15 4 (0.14%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 267 (9.39%) Power BI
2 207 (7.28%) Tableau
3 54 (1.90%) SQL Server
4 22 (0.77%) Relational Database
5 16 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (0.49%) Metadata
7 13 (0.46%) MySQL
8 12 (0.42%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.35%) Power Query
10 10 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.21%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
15 4 (0.14%) Looker
15 4 (0.14%) Star Schema
16 3 (0.11%) Redis
16 3 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 31 (1.09%) JIRA
2 23 (0.81%) Git
3 10 (0.35%) Crashlytics
3 10 (0.35%) XCTest
4 9 (0.32%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.28%) JUnit
6 7 (0.25%) Burp Suite
6 7 (0.25%) GitLab
6 7 (0.25%) Metasploit
6 7 (0.25%) Selenium
7 5 (0.18%) Subversion
8 4 (0.14%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.14%) Maven
8 4 (0.14%) Mockito
8 4 (0.14%) Postman
9 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.070%) Appium
10 2 (0.070%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.070%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.070%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,140 (40.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1,055 (37.10%) Banking
3 258 (9.07%) Analytical Skills
4 237 (8.33%) Finance
5 120 (4.22%) Manufacturing
6 88 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
7 83 (2.92%) Retail
8 78 (2.74%) Marketing
9 74 (2.60%) Legal
10 73 (2.57%) Public Sector
11 39 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
12 38 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
14 28 (0.98%) Law
15 17 (0.60%) Advertising
16 15 (0.53%) Automotive
17 13 (0.46%) Electronics
17 13 (0.46%) Telecoms
18 11 (0.39%) Games
19 8 (0.28%) Military
Job Titles
1 783 (27.53%) Lecturer
2 597 (20.99%) Analyst
3 419 (14.73%) Junior
4 404 (14.21%) Junior Analyst
5 220 (7.74%) Data Analyst
6 211 (7.42%) Security Analyst
7 206 (7.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 205 (7.21%) Junior Data Analyst
9 198 (6.96%) Junior Security Analyst
10 132 (4.64%) Ethical Hacker
11 106 (3.73%) Support Engineer
12 103 (3.62%) IT Support
13 92 (3.23%) Senior
14 66 (2.32%) Developer
15 65 (2.29%) Lead
15 65 (2.29%) Technical Support
16 63 (2.22%) Support Analyst
17 62 (2.18%) IT Engineer
18 55 (1.93%) IT Technician
19 52 (1.83%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (0.70%) .NET
1 20 (0.70%) REST
1 20 (0.70%) XML
2 18 (0.63%) CSS
2 18 (0.63%) HTML
3 17 (0.60%) React
4 15 (0.53%) EDI
5 13 (0.46%) WinForms
6 12 (0.42%) Node.js
7 10 (0.35%) SwiftUI
7 10 (0.35%) UIKit
8 9 (0.32%) Flash
8 9 (0.32%) Vue
9 8 (0.28%) PySpark
10 7 (0.25%) JSON
10 7 (0.25%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (0.21%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.21%) Laravel
11 6 (0.21%) OAuth
11 6 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1,051 (36.95%) IoT
2 132 (4.64%) Cyberattack
3 96 (3.38%) Driving Licence
4 70 (2.46%) Onboarding
5 62 (2.18%) Social Media
6 53 (1.86%) Management Information System
7 45 (1.58%) Digital Media
8 36 (1.27%) Product Ownership
9 35 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
10 33 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
11 23 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
12 21 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
12 21 (0.74%) Mobile App
12 21 (0.74%) Security Posture
13 16 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
14 15 (0.53%) Data Centre
15 12 (0.42%) Cloud Native
15 12 (0.42%) Cyber Threat
16 11 (0.39%) Renewable Energy
16 11 (0.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 191 (6.72%) Windows
2 40 (1.41%) Windows 10
3 29 (1.02%) Linux
4 28 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 24 (0.84%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.25%) Android
8 4 (0.14%) Debian
8 4 (0.14%) Unix
8 4 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.11%) VMS
10 1 (0.035%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,451 (51.02%) Cybersecurity
2 1,338 (47.05%) AI
3 1,095 (38.50%) User Experience
4 1,060 (37.27%) Machine Learning
5 1,050 (36.92%) Web Development
6 420 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
7 307 (10.79%) Mentoring
8 277 (9.74%) Business Intelligence
9 257 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 203 (7.14%) Agile
11 175 (6.15%) Customer Service
12 139 (4.89%) Ethical Hacking
13 138 (4.85%) CRM
14 137 (4.82%) Decision-Making
15 128 (4.50%) Stakeholder Management
16 126 (4.43%) ITIL
17 118 (4.15%) Service Delivery
18 115 (4.04%) ERP
19 113 (3.97%) Analytics
20 100 (3.52%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 312 (10.97%) SQL
2 283 (9.95%) Python
3 48 (1.69%) C#
4 26 (0.91%) JavaScript
5 25 (0.88%) PowerShell
6 23 (0.81%) Java
7 17 (0.60%) PHP
8 14 (0.49%) Delphi
9 13 (0.46%) C
9 13 (0.46%) T-SQL
10 12 (0.42%) Bash
10 12 (0.42%) Ladder Logic
11 11 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (0.35%) Kotlin
12 10 (0.35%) Swift
12 10 (0.35%) TypeScript
13 8 (0.28%) C++
14 7 (0.25%) VBA
15 6 (0.21%) Bicep
15 6 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 1,181 (41.53%) Degree
2 1,053 (37.03%) Master's Degree
3 1,045 (36.74%) PhD
3 1,045 (36.74%) Postgraduate
4 598 (21.03%) Azure Certification
5 209 (7.35%) CompTIA Security+
6 199 (7.00%) CompTIA CySA+
7 142 (4.99%) CEH
8 85 (2.99%) Security Cleared
9 67 (2.36%) SC Cleared
10 55 (1.93%) DBS Check
11 51 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
12 50 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 47 (1.65%) CCNA
14 40 (1.41%) A+ Certification
15 36 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
16 24 (0.84%) CISSP
16 24 (0.84%) PMI Certification
17 22 (0.77%) ACCA
18 21 (0.74%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (3.38%) QA
2 60 (2.11%) GDPR
3 49 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 47 (1.65%) Data Quality
5 39 (1.37%) SLA
6 29 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (0.84%) NIST
8 20 (0.70%) Accessibility
9 14 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 13 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 11 (0.39%) PMO
12 8 (0.28%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.28%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.25%) ITGC
14 5 (0.18%) GRC
15 4 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 4 (0.14%) PERC
15 4 (0.14%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.14%) WCAG
16 3 (0.11%) COBIT
System Software
1 96 (3.38%) Active Directory
2 16 (0.56%) Docker
2 16 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (0.49%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.14%) Firmware
4 4 (0.14%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.035%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.035%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.035%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.035%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 48 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (0.70%) Terraform
3 19 (0.67%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (0.39%) Ansible
6 7 (0.25%) Nmap
6 7 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.21%) Grafana
7 6 (0.21%) WSUS
8 3 (0.11%) Autotask
8 3 (0.11%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.070%) Nagios
10 1 (0.035%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.035%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.035%) MOM
10 1 (0.035%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.035%) QRadar
10 1 (0.035%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 878 (30.87%) Microsoft
2 396 (13.92%) ForeScout
3 69 (2.43%) Cisco
4 39 (1.37%) Oracle
5 36 (1.27%) Salesforce
5 36 (1.27%) SAP
6 35 (1.23%) ServiceNow
7 31 (1.09%) Apple
8 28 (0.98%) Google
9 25 (0.88%) VMware
10 21 (0.74%) Adobe
11 19 (0.67%) Sage
12 16 (0.56%) Databricks
13 14 (0.49%) Workday
14 10 (0.35%) Amplitude
14 10 (0.35%) Braze
15 9 (0.32%) IBM
15 9 (0.32%) Meraki
16 8 (0.28%) OpenText
16 8 (0.28%) Planon