Social Skills Job Trends in Newport

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South Wales > Newport

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Newport. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 4 11
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 -5
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 40 17 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 26.14% 27.87% 11.59%
As % of the General category 44.44% 51.52% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14 12 7
10th Percentile £28,000 £41,938 £39,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £47,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,804 £63,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.57% +33.68% +5.56%
75th Percentile £70,750 £90,313 £52,519
90th Percentile £91,500 £105,875 £62,762
South Wales median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -15.79% -5.47% +11.67%

All General Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 90 33 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 58.82% 54.10% 46.38%
Number of salaries quoted 42 26 27
10th Percentile £28,025 £31,250 £33,904
25th Percentile £39,438 £41,594 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,304 £47,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.70% +5.00% -0.18%
75th Percentile £77,222 £66,313 £56,468
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,625 £60,000
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 £47,307 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.88% -5.39% +9.90%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Newport

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Newport

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Newport over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Newport

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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 12 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 24 (60.00%) Azure
2 18 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (12.50%) Azure AI
3 5 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.50%) AWS
4 1 (2.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (35.00%) DHCP
2 12 (30.00%) DNS
3 2 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (30.00%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (12.50%) Power BI
2 5 (12.50%) Tableau
General
1 14 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (7.50%) Back Office
4 2 (5.00%) Finance
4 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (37.50%) Analyst
2 12 (30.00%) Systems Engineer
3 10 (25.00%) Junior
3 10 (25.00%) Junior Analyst
4 6 (15.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 6 (15.00%) Security Analyst
5 5 (12.50%) Data Analyst
5 5 (12.50%) Junior Data Analyst
5 5 (12.50%) Junior Security Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) Support Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Architect
7 3 (7.50%) Desktop Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Desktop Support
7 3 (7.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Security Architect
7 3 (7.50%) Site Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 2 (5.00%) IT Support
8 2 (5.00%) Service Analyst
8 2 (5.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.00%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (7.50%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.50%) Operational Technology
2 3 (7.50%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.00%) CMDB
4 1 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (42.50%) Windows
2 12 (30.00%) Linux
2 12 (30.00%) Windows Server
2 12 (30.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (7.50%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (42.50%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (40.00%) Customer Experience
2 16 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 13 (32.50%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (32.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 12 (30.00%) Email Filtering
4 12 (30.00%) Kalman Filter
4 12 (30.00%) Migration
4 12 (30.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 12 (30.00%) Web Filtering
5 7 (17.50%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (15.00%) Analytics
6 6 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (15.00%) Mentoring
7 5 (12.50%) AI
8 4 (10.00%) Decision-Making
8 4 (10.00%) Incident Response
8 4 (10.00%) ITIL
9 3 (7.50%) Customer Acquisition
9 3 (7.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.00%) SQL
2 5 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (2.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 19 (47.50%) Security Cleared
2 16 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 10 (25.00%) Azure Certification
4 7 (17.50%) Degree
5 5 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
5 5 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (7.50%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (32.50%) PCI DSS
2 12 (30.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (10.00%) NIST
3 4 (10.00%) SLA
4 3 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (2.50%) GDPR
6 1 (2.50%) GRC
6 1 (2.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (32.50%) Active Directory
2 12 (30.00%) Hyper-V
2 12 (30.00%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (57.50%) Microsoft
2 13 (32.50%) Splunk
3 12 (30.00%) Brocade
3 12 (30.00%) Nimble Storage
3 12 (30.00%) SolarWinds
3 12 (30.00%) Tanium
3 12 (30.00%) Veeam
3 12 (30.00%) VMware
4 5 (12.50%) ForeScout
5 3 (7.50%) Cisco
6 2 (5.00%) Oracle
6 2 (5.00%) Sage
6 2 (5.00%) SAP
6 2 (5.00%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.50%) AlienVault
7 1 (2.50%) LogRhythm