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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 1,439 2,833 2,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.36% 23.83% 31.03%
As % of the General category 34.61% 42.12% 42.20%
Number of salaries quoted 827 1,949 1,136
10th Percentile £26,208 £24,696 £26,010
25th Percentile £29,875 £28,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £64,813
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,793 £49,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.82% -14.78% +4.55%

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 4,158 6,726 6,799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 58.83% 56.59% 73.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,846 4,716 3,068
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

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 12 May 2025.

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 12 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
West Midlands -3 928 £45,000 - 1,020
East Midlands -3 509 £40,000 +0.08% 616
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 50 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 46 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.46%) OpenEdge
4 18 (1.25%) Confluence
5 15 (1.04%) CMS
6 7 (0.49%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.28%) IIS
8 4 (0.28%) Luigi
9 3 (0.21%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.21%) SAS
9 3 (0.21%) WordPress
10 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.069%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.069%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.069%) Mule
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.069%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.069%) Strapi
Applications
1 144 (10.01%) Microsoft Office
2 91 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (1.11%) Simulink
5 11 (0.76%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.49%) Trello
7 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.28%) Sketch
7 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.21%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.21%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.14%) EngageOne
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.14%) Revit
10 1 (0.069%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.069%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 40 (2.78%) NetSuite
2 26 (1.81%) Shopify
3 16 (1.11%) Magento
4 15 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (1.04%) Teamcenter
5 11 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
6 9 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
7 6 (0.42%) SAP ERP
7 6 (0.42%) SAP HR
8 5 (0.35%) SAP HCM
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.21%) Infor CloudSuite
10 3 (0.21%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
10 3 (0.21%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.21%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.21%) SAP SD
11 2 (0.14%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 216 (15.01%) Azure
2 188 (13.06%) Microsoft 365
3 166 (11.54%) AWS
4 64 (4.45%) SaaS
5 63 (4.38%) Power Platform
6 34 (2.36%) Entra ID
7 33 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (1.60%) GCP
9 20 (1.39%) Google Workspace
10 18 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
11 17 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (1.11%) Serverless
13 15 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (0.97%) BigCommerce
14 14 (0.97%) GitHub
14 14 (0.97%) OneDrive
14 14 (0.97%) Power Automate
14 14 (0.97%) Snowflake
15 13 (0.90%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 75 (5.21%) Firewall
2 73 (5.07%) WAN
3 71 (4.93%) LAN
4 52 (3.61%) TCP/IP
5 46 (3.20%) VoIP
6 40 (2.78%) DNS
7 39 (2.71%) DHCP
8 34 (2.36%) VPN
9 21 (1.46%) VLAN
10 20 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
11 15 (1.04%) Broadband
11 15 (1.04%) Network Security
12 14 (0.97%) BGP
12 14 (0.97%) OSPF
12 14 (0.97%) WLAN
13 13 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
14 11 (0.76%) Cisco Firepower
14 11 (0.76%) SD-WAN
15 7 (0.49%) Ethernet
16 6 (0.42%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (3.82%) Power BI
2 52 (3.61%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.74%) Tableau
4 22 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.32%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.11%) MySQL
7 13 (0.90%) BigQuery
8 11 (0.76%) Relational Database
9 10 (0.69%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.49%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.49%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.42%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.42%) Redis
13 5 (0.35%) Big Data
13 5 (0.35%) GIS
13 5 (0.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 56 (3.89%) JIRA
2 40 (2.78%) Git
3 16 (1.11%) Cucumber
3 16 (1.11%) Selenium
4 15 (1.04%) Postman
4 15 (1.04%) Robot Framework
5 14 (0.97%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.49%) GitLab
6 7 (0.49%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.35%) Mocha
8 5 (0.35%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.21%) Babel
9 3 (0.21%) JMeter
9 3 (0.21%) LoadRunner
9 3 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.21%) Subversion
9 3 (0.21%) Vagrant
9 3 (0.21%) webpack
General
1 270 (18.76%) Analytical Skills
2 248 (17.23%) Finance
3 163 (11.33%) Presentation Skills
4 122 (8.48%) Retail
5 104 (7.23%) Organisational Skills
6 98 (6.81%) Marketing
7 88 (6.12%) Law
8 71 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 59 (4.10%) Legal
10 52 (3.61%) Electronics
11 45 (3.13%) Manufacturing
12 43 (2.99%) Public Sector
13 41 (2.85%) Automotive
14 36 (2.50%) Telecoms
15 24 (1.67%) Banking
15 24 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
16 17 (1.18%) Aerospace
17 16 (1.11%) Financial Institution
17 16 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (0.97%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 265 (18.42%) IT Support
2 205 (14.25%) Analyst
3 202 (14.04%) Senior
4 117 (8.13%) Developer
5 88 (6.12%) Lead
6 59 (4.10%) Consultant
7 56 (3.89%) 2nd Line Support
8 48 (3.34%) Support Analyst
8 48 (3.34%) Support Engineer
9 47 (3.27%) IT Analyst
10 46 (3.20%) Project Manager
11 44 (3.06%) Support Specialist
12 42 (2.92%) IT Support Specialist
13 40 (2.78%) Architect
13 40 (2.78%) IT Engineer
13 40 (2.78%) Systems Engineer
14 39 (2.71%) Service Analyst
15 38 (2.64%) 1st Line Support
16 34 (2.36%) Service Desk Analyst
16 34 (2.36%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.75%) HTML
2 53 (3.68%) .NET
3 30 (2.08%) CSS
4 24 (1.67%) ASP.NET
5 22 (1.53%) React
5 22 (1.53%) RESTful
6 18 (1.25%) REST
7 16 (1.11%) Blazor
8 14 (0.97%) ASP.NET MVC
8 14 (0.97%) Node.js
8 14 (0.97%) SOAP
9 13 (0.90%) jQuery
9 13 (0.90%) Middleware
10 11 (0.76%) GraphQL
11 10 (0.69%) JSON
11 10 (0.69%) OAuth
11 10 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
11 10 (0.69%) PySpark
12 9 (0.63%) XML
13 8 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 108 (7.51%) Enterprise Software
2 72 (5.00%) Driving Licence
3 63 (4.38%) Onboarding
4 56 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
5 52 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
6 50 (3.47%) Management Information System
7 35 (2.43%) CCTV
8 30 (2.08%) Product Ownership
9 29 (2.02%) EPoS
10 27 (1.88%) Mobile App
11 26 (1.81%) IoT
12 25 (1.74%) SCADA
13 20 (1.39%) Manufacturing Execution System
14 16 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (0.97%) Smartphone
16 13 (0.90%) Data Centre
17 12 (0.83%) Social Media
18 11 (0.76%) Cloud Native
19 10 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
19 10 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 331 (23.00%) Windows
2 74 (5.14%) Windows 10
3 66 (4.59%) Windows Server
4 62 (4.31%) Linux
5 24 (1.67%) Apple iOS
6 21 (1.46%) Mac OS
7 16 (1.11%) Windows 7
7 16 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (1.04%) Android
8 15 (1.04%) Mac OS X
9 14 (0.97%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.42%) Unix
11 5 (0.35%) VMS
12 2 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.069%) CentOS
13 1 (0.069%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 598 (41.56%) Problem-Solving
2 243 (16.89%) Mathematics
3 200 (13.90%) Project Management
4 186 (12.93%) Customer Service
5 135 (9.38%) Line Management
6 134 (9.31%) Agile
7 128 (8.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 124 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
9 122 (8.48%) Systems Engineering
10 115 (7.99%) Physics
11 112 (7.78%) Cybersecurity
11 112 (7.78%) Mentoring
12 111 (7.71%) Decision-Making
13 108 (7.51%) Collaborative Working
14 103 (7.16%) Analytics
15 94 (6.53%) Roadmaps
16 91 (6.32%) Computer Science
17 90 (6.25%) Ergonomics
17 90 (6.25%) ERP
17 90 (6.25%) Human Factors
Programming Languages
1 170 (11.81%) SQL
2 94 (6.53%) Python
3 74 (5.14%) C#
4 67 (4.66%) JavaScript
5 59 (4.10%) PowerShell
6 30 (2.08%) Java
7 19 (1.32%) Bash
8 16 (1.11%) MATLAB
9 15 (1.04%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
11 12 (0.83%) C++
12 11 (0.76%) PHP
13 10 (0.69%) C
14 8 (0.56%) R
15 7 (0.49%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.42%) Delphi
17 5 (0.35%) PL/SQL
18 4 (0.28%) Perl
18 4 (0.28%) Swift
Qualifications
1 363 (25.23%) Degree
2 112 (7.78%) BPSS Clearance
3 70 (4.86%) Security Cleared
4 57 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 32 (2.22%) DBS Check
6 32 (2.22%) SC Cleared
7 20 (1.39%) MCSE
8 19 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.25%) HND
10 17 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.11%) Azure Certification
12 15 (1.04%) CCNP
12 15 (1.04%) HNC
13 10 (0.69%) CISM
13 10 (0.69%) ISTQB
14 9 (0.63%) CCIE
14 9 (0.63%) PMP
15 8 (0.56%) CISSP
15 8 (0.56%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (5.00%) QA
2 47 (3.27%) SLA
3 31 (2.15%) GDPR
4 28 (1.95%) Data Quality
5 21 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (0.97%) PMO
7 10 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 9 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.56%) NIST
10 6 (0.42%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.42%) GRC
11 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.28%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.21%) PMBOK
13 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.14%) NEBOSH
13 2 (0.14%) P3O
14 1 (0.069%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 168 (11.67%) Active Directory
2 34 (2.36%) Docker
3 29 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.46%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.35%) Firmware
7 3 (0.21%) DFS Replication
7 3 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.14%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.14%) vSphere
9 1 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.069%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (1.32%) Terraform
2 15 (1.04%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.90%) Grafana
3 13 (0.90%) Prometheus
4 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.49%) Ansible
6 5 (0.35%) SCCM
7 4 (0.28%) Puppet
7 4 (0.28%) SCOM
8 3 (0.21%) QRadar
9 2 (0.14%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.069%) Autotask
10 1 (0.069%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.069%) Marathon
10 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.069%) SCOrch
10 1 (0.069%) SCSM
10 1 (0.069%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.069%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.069%) VxRail
Vendors
1 349 (24.25%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.38%) SAP
3 55 (3.82%) Cisco
3 55 (3.82%) Google
4 50 (3.47%) Salesforce
5 34 (2.36%) Dell
6 33 (2.29%) VMware
7 28 (1.95%) Apple
8 25 (1.74%) Oracle
8 25 (1.74%) ServiceNow
9 23 (1.60%) Fortinet
10 22 (1.53%) Meraki
11 21 (1.46%) Progress
12 20 (1.39%) Rockwell
12 20 (1.39%) Siemens
13 19 (1.32%) Databricks
13 19 (1.32%) IBM
14 14 (0.97%) Sage
14 14 (0.97%) Ubiquiti
15 12 (0.83%) Adobe