Social Skills Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Milton Keynes. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 134 115 114
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 23.97% 32.03% 21.27%
As % of the General category 46.05% 47.52% 42.70%
Number of salaries quoted 96 87 89
10th Percentile £41,875 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £47,375 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.20% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £85,800 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £92,000 £82,350
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.74% +15.00% -

All General Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 291 242 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 52.06% 67.41% 49.81%
Number of salaries quoted 198 162 206
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,438 £48,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £50,825
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +18.05% -7.59%
75th Percentile £70,000 £79,688 £68,438
90th Percentile £86,125 £92,000 £77,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £48,000 £57,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.88% +10.00% -4.55%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Milton Keynes

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 2 (1.49%) Confluence
2 1 (0.75%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 34 (25.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.99%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.99%) SAP CO
2 3 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.49%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.75%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.75%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 37 (27.61%) Power Platform
2 32 (23.88%) Azure
3 14 (10.45%) AWS
4 10 (7.46%) Power Automate
5 9 (6.72%) SaaS
6 8 (5.97%) GCP
7 6 (4.48%) Azure AI
7 6 (4.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 6 (4.48%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.24%) GitHub
10 2 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.49%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (1.49%) iPaaS
10 2 (1.49%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.75%) Azure Machine Learning
11 1 (0.75%) Boomi
11 1 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.75%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.75%) DHCP
1 1 (0.75%) DNS
1 1 (0.75%) HTTP
1 1 (0.75%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (26.87%) Power BI
2 13 (9.70%) Tableau
3 8 (5.97%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (5.97%) Metadata
4 7 (5.22%) Power Query
4 7 (5.22%) PowerPivot
5 6 (4.48%) GIS
6 5 (3.73%) NoSQL
6 5 (3.73%) Qlik Sense
6 5 (3.73%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.49%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (1.49%) MySQL
8 1 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.75%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.75%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (0.75%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.75%) Looker
8 1 (0.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (8.96%) Git
2 5 (3.73%) Cypress.io
3 4 (2.99%) JIRA
3 4 (2.99%) Selenium
3 4 (2.99%) WebDriver
4 3 (2.24%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.49%) GitLab
5 2 (1.49%) SonarQube
General
1 39 (29.10%) Analytical Skills
2 35 (26.12%) Finance
3 16 (11.94%) Law
4 15 (11.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (11.19%) Public Sector
5 14 (10.45%) Retail
6 11 (8.21%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (4.48%) Automotive
8 6 (4.48%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.73%) Banking
9 5 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.24%) Back Office
11 2 (1.49%) Marketing
12 1 (0.75%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.75%) Legal
12 1 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 50 (37.31%) Analyst
2 24 (17.91%) Data Analyst
3 22 (16.42%) Developer
4 15 (11.19%) Senior
5 11 (8.21%) Financial Analyst
6 10 (7.46%) Junior
6 10 (7.46%) Junior Analyst
7 9 (6.72%) Lead
8 7 (5.22%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 7 (5.22%) Senior Developer
9 6 (4.48%) Product Manager
9 6 (4.48%) Salesforce Developer
10 5 (3.73%) Architect
10 5 (3.73%) Business Developer
10 5 (3.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 5 (3.73%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 5 (3.73%) Full-Stack Developer
10 5 (3.73%) Junior Data Analyst
10 5 (3.73%) Security Analyst
10 5 (3.73%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (14.93%) .NET
2 15 (11.19%) REST
3 8 (5.97%) SOAP
4 7 (5.22%) .NET Framework
4 7 (5.22%) Middleware
5 6 (4.48%) Lightning Web Components
5 6 (4.48%) Visualforce
6 4 (2.99%) ASP.NET
6 4 (2.99%) Playwright
6 4 (2.99%) React
6 4 (2.99%) SAP CO-PA
7 3 (2.24%) RESTful
7 3 (2.24%) Spring
8 2 (1.49%) CSS
8 2 (1.49%) JSON
8 2 (1.49%) OAuth
8 2 (1.49%) OpenID
8 2 (1.49%) SAML
8 2 (1.49%) XML
9 1 (0.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.97%) Cloud Native
1 8 (5.97%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.48%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (2.24%) Digital Signage
5 3 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.24%) EPoS
6 2 (1.49%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.49%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.75%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.75%) FMCG
7 1 (0.75%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.75%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.73%) Linux
2 4 (2.99%) Windows
3 2 (1.49%) Unix
4 1 (0.75%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (35.07%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (30.60%) Agile
3 38 (28.36%) Business Intelligence
4 31 (23.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (22.39%) Analytics
6 28 (20.90%) Decision-Making
7 26 (19.40%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (15.67%) Computer Science
8 21 (15.67%) Data Analysis
9 18 (13.43%) Roadmaps
10 17 (12.69%) Mentoring
11 16 (11.94%) ETL
11 16 (11.94%) Technology Strategy
11 16 (11.94%) Translating Business Requirements
12 15 (11.19%) AI
12 15 (11.19%) Community of Practice
12 15 (11.19%) DevOps
13 14 (10.45%) CI/CD
13 14 (10.45%) Data Modelling
14 13 (9.70%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 45 (33.58%) SQL
2 32 (23.88%) Python
3 17 (12.69%) Java
4 16 (11.94%) C#
5 15 (11.19%) VBA
6 13 (9.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 9 (6.72%) JavaScript
8 6 (4.48%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.49%) C
9 2 (1.49%) PHP
9 2 (1.49%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.75%) Bash
10 1 (0.75%) C++
10 1 (0.75%) Groovy
10 1 (0.75%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (34.33%) Degree
2 17 (12.69%) SC Cleared
2 17 (12.69%) Security Cleared
3 14 (10.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (8.21%) ACCA
4 11 (8.21%) Azure Certification
4 11 (8.21%) CIMA
5 5 (3.73%) CompTIA CySA+
5 5 (3.73%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (3.73%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.24%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.75%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.75%) CISM
8 1 (0.75%) CISSP
8 1 (0.75%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.75%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.70%) Data Quality
1 13 (9.70%) QA
2 4 (2.99%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.49%) GDPR
4 1 (0.75%) GRC
4 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (4.48%) Docker
2 2 (1.49%) vCloud
3 1 (0.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.99%) Ansible
3 3 (2.24%) Terraform
4 2 (1.49%) Docker Swarm
4 2 (1.49%) Rundeck
4 2 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.75%) Grafana
5 1 (0.75%) PingFederate
5 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (20.15%) Microsoft
2 21 (15.67%) SAP
3 12 (8.96%) Salesforce
4 9 (6.72%) MuleSoft
5 5 (3.73%) ForeScout
6 3 (2.24%) Oracle
7 2 (1.49%) Cognos
7 2 (1.49%) Databricks
7 2 (1.49%) Google
7 2 (1.49%) Talend
7 2 (1.49%) VMware
7 2 (1.49%) Workday
8 1 (0.75%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.75%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.75%) IFS
8 1 (0.75%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.75%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.75%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.75%) SnapLogic
8 1 (0.75%) Zoho