Social Skills Job Trends in the North of England

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 3,989 2,329 3,988
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 21.16% 30.02% 23.59%
As % of the General category 42.94% 39.79% 42.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,338 1,264 3,094
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,486 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £47,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% +7.95% -12.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,741
90th Percentile £75,425 £80,000 £73,375
England median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +9.28% -15.65%

All General Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,289 5,853 9,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 49.27% 75.43% 56.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,201 2,665 7,302
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,480 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,851 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,119 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in the North of England

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
North West +3 2,182 £42,300 -15.40% 560
Yorkshire 0 1,451 £45,000 +5.88% 360
North East +3 356 £50,000 +11.11% 158
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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
1 102 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 89 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (0.43%) CMS
4 14 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.28%) WordPress
6 10 (0.25%) Confluence
7 9 (0.23%) Moodle
8 8 (0.20%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.10%) Apache
9 4 (0.10%) IIS
10 3 (0.075%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.075%) Drupal
10 3 (0.075%) nginx
10 3 (0.075%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.050%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.050%) Totara
12 1 (0.025%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.025%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.025%) SAS
Applications
1 470 (11.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 148 (3.71%) Microsoft Office
3 60 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.075%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.075%) Sketch
7 2 (0.050%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.050%) ArchiCAD
7 2 (0.050%) Camtasia
7 2 (0.050%) Revit
7 2 (0.050%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.025%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.025%) CapCut
8 1 (0.025%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.025%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.025%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.025%) SPSS
8 1 (0.025%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.38%) SAP PM
3 14 (0.35%) SAP ERP
3 14 (0.35%) SAP HR
4 7 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.15%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.13%) SAP PP
7 4 (0.10%) SAP MDG
7 4 (0.10%) SAP MDG-BP
8 3 (0.075%) Maximo
9 2 (0.050%) Magento
9 2 (0.050%) NetSuite
10 1 (0.025%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.025%) SAP EWM
10 1 (0.025%) SAP HCM
10 1 (0.025%) SAP Payroll
10 1 (0.025%) SAP SD
10 1 (0.025%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,366 (34.24%) Azure
2 996 (24.97%) Cloud Computing
3 465 (11.66%) Power Platform
4 409 (10.25%) Azure AI
5 288 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
6 177 (4.44%) AWS
7 113 (2.83%) Entra ID
8 80 (2.01%) SaaS
9 50 (1.25%) GitHub
10 47 (1.18%) GCP
11 45 (1.13%) Serverless
12 39 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
13 36 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
13 36 (0.90%) Power Automate
14 31 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
15 30 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
16 29 (0.73%) AWS Lambda
17 28 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
18 26 (0.65%) Amazon S3
19 25 (0.63%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 998 (25.02%) Internet
2 127 (3.18%) Firewall
3 67 (1.68%) DNS
4 63 (1.58%) VPN
5 58 (1.45%) DHCP
6 46 (1.15%) VLAN
7 40 (1.00%) LAN
7 40 (1.00%) WAN
8 39 (0.98%) Wireless
9 31 (0.78%) Broadband
9 31 (0.78%) TCP/IP
10 27 (0.68%) VoIP
11 22 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
12 21 (0.53%) Network Security
13 10 (0.25%) BGP
14 9 (0.23%) OSPF
15 8 (0.20%) DMZ
15 8 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
16 7 (0.18%) Ethernet
17 6 (0.15%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 437 (10.96%) Power BI
2 354 (8.87%) Tableau
3 37 (0.93%) SQL Server
4 30 (0.75%) NoSQL
5 26 (0.65%) DynamoDB
6 24 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
7 23 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (0.40%) BigQuery
9 15 (0.38%) Metadata
9 15 (0.38%) Power Query
10 11 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
10 11 (0.28%) Data Lake
10 11 (0.28%) MySQL
11 10 (0.25%) Relational Database
11 10 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.20%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.18%) PowerPivot
14 6 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 62 (1.55%) JIRA
2 60 (1.50%) Git
3 14 (0.35%) GitLab
4 10 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 8 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.10%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.075%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.075%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.075%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.075%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.075%) TestRail
8 2 (0.050%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.025%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.025%) Gatling
9 1 (0.025%) gulp
9 1 (0.025%) Hudson
9 1 (0.025%) JMeter
9 1 (0.025%) NUnit
9 1 (0.025%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.025%) webpack
General
1 1,081 (27.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1,005 (25.19%) Banking
3 395 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
4 383 (9.60%) Finance
5 181 (4.54%) Organisational Skills
6 117 (2.93%) Law
7 116 (2.91%) Public Sector
8 113 (2.83%) Marketing
9 106 (2.66%) Retail
10 101 (2.53%) Legal
11 93 (2.33%) Manufacturing
12 63 (1.58%) Telecoms
13 52 (1.30%) Military
14 50 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
15 49 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
16 36 (0.90%) Back Office
16 36 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
17 30 (0.75%) Advertising
18 23 (0.58%) French Language
18 23 (0.58%) German Language
Job Titles
1 877 (21.99%) Analyst
2 735 (18.43%) Lecturer
3 652 (16.34%) Junior
4 635 (15.92%) Junior Analyst
5 353 (8.85%) Data Analyst
6 327 (8.20%) Security Analyst
7 322 (8.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 316 (7.92%) Junior Data Analyst
8 316 (7.92%) Junior Security Analyst
9 225 (5.64%) Ethical Hacker
10 191 (4.79%) IT Support
11 179 (4.49%) Senior
12 149 (3.74%) IT Technician
13 130 (3.26%) Support Engineer
14 114 (2.86%) Lead
15 99 (2.48%) Network Engineer
16 98 (2.46%) Developer
17 92 (2.31%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 92 (2.31%) Help Desk Technician
18 88 (2.21%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (1.25%) React
2 46 (1.15%) .NET
3 37 (0.93%) HTML
4 33 (0.83%) REST
5 32 (0.80%) CSS
6 30 (0.75%) Node.js
7 20 (0.50%) RESTful
8 18 (0.45%) AngularJS
8 18 (0.45%) XML
9 16 (0.40%) JSON
9 16 (0.40%) Middleware
10 14 (0.35%) SOAP
11 12 (0.30%) ASP.NET
11 12 (0.30%) EDI
11 12 (0.30%) Vue
12 11 (0.28%) SAP Fiori
13 10 (0.25%) ASP.NET Core
14 8 (0.20%) .NET Core
15 7 (0.18%) PySpark
15 7 (0.18%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 994 (24.92%) IoT
2 232 (5.82%) Cyberattack
3 161 (4.04%) Onboarding
4 120 (3.01%) Driving Licence
5 93 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
6 72 (1.80%) Management Information System
7 66 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 52 (1.30%) Data Centre
9 42 (1.05%) Product Ownership
10 41 (1.03%) Social Media
11 31 (0.78%) Cloud Native
12 29 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
12 29 (0.73%) Web Conferencing
13 26 (0.65%) Virtual Team
14 25 (0.63%) e-Learning
15 22 (0.55%) Smart Home
16 21 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
17 20 (0.50%) Podcast
17 20 (0.50%) Public Cloud
18 19 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 283 (7.09%) Windows
2 118 (2.96%) Windows Server
3 61 (1.53%) Windows 10
4 38 (0.95%) Linux
5 17 (0.43%) Android
6 16 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.18%) Debian
8 7 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.15%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.13%) Unix
11 4 (0.10%) VMS
12 3 (0.075%) VME
12 3 (0.075%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.075%) Windows XP
13 2 (0.050%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.050%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.050%) Solaris
13 2 (0.050%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,664 (41.71%) Cybersecurity
2 1,519 (38.08%) AI
3 1,076 (26.97%) User Experience
4 1,006 (25.22%) Machine Learning
5 999 (25.04%) Web Development
6 554 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
7 537 (13.46%) Mentoring
8 433 (10.85%) Business Intelligence
9 418 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 326 (8.17%) Customer Service
11 265 (6.64%) Agile
11 265 (6.64%) Stakeholder Management
12 225 (5.64%) Ethical Hacking
13 206 (5.16%) Decision-Making
14 184 (4.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 155 (3.89%) ITIL
16 151 (3.79%) DevOps
17 146 (3.66%) Service Delivery
18 144 (3.61%) Roadmaps
19 142 (3.56%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 537 (13.46%) Python
2 523 (13.11%) SQL
3 79 (1.98%) JavaScript
4 61 (1.53%) Java
5 50 (1.25%) C#
6 37 (0.93%) TypeScript
7 35 (0.88%) PowerShell
8 12 (0.30%) Bash
8 12 (0.30%) PHP
9 11 (0.28%) C++
9 11 (0.28%) T-SQL
10 10 (0.25%) C
10 10 (0.25%) Kotlin
11 8 (0.20%) Bicep
11 8 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.20%) Go
12 7 (0.18%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.15%) ABAP
14 5 (0.13%) R
14 5 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,241 (31.11%) Degree
2 1,074 (26.92%) Azure Certification
3 996 (24.97%) Master's Degree
4 992 (24.87%) Postgraduate
5 991 (24.84%) PhD
6 325 (8.15%) CompTIA Security+
7 316 (7.92%) CompTIA CySA+
8 225 (5.64%) CEH
9 120 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
10 114 (2.86%) CCNA
11 105 (2.63%) A+ Certification
12 98 (2.46%) Network+ Certification
13 73 (1.83%) DBS Check
14 61 (1.53%) Security Cleared
15 55 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
16 52 (1.30%) SC Cleared
17 47 (1.18%) AWS Certification
18 41 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
19 36 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
20 35 (0.88%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (3.48%) QA
2 94 (2.36%) GDPR
3 92 (2.31%) Data Quality
4 69 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 69 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 47 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 46 (1.15%) ISO 9001
7 42 (1.05%) SLA
8 38 (0.95%) NIST
9 19 (0.48%) PMO
10 15 (0.38%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 12 (0.30%) TickIT
12 8 (0.20%) GMP
12 8 (0.20%) P3O
13 7 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.18%) GRC
14 6 (0.15%) WCAG
15 5 (0.13%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 195 (4.89%) Active Directory
2 54 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (1.03%) Docker
4 24 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.15%) Firmware
7 4 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.075%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.075%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.050%) vSphere
10 1 (0.025%) XenApp
10 1 (0.025%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 86 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 60 (1.50%) Terraform
3 22 (0.55%) Kubernetes
3 22 (0.55%) SCCM
4 13 (0.33%) Ansible
5 9 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.18%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.075%) Grafana
8 3 (0.075%) Packer
8 3 (0.075%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.075%) Rancher
9 2 (0.050%) Podman
9 2 (0.050%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.050%) WSUS
10 1 (0.025%) Autotask
10 1 (0.025%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.025%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 1,507 (37.78%) Microsoft
2 721 (18.07%) ForeScout
3 131 (3.28%) Cisco
4 92 (2.31%) SAP
5 66 (1.65%) VMware
6 59 (1.48%) ServiceNow
7 41 (1.03%) Salesforce
8 37 (0.93%) Google
9 30 (0.75%) Apple
10 27 (0.68%) Workday
11 25 (0.63%) Oracle
12 24 (0.60%) Fortinet
13 22 (0.55%) BT
14 21 (0.53%) Juniper
15 20 (0.50%) Citrix
16 18 (0.45%) Aruba
16 18 (0.45%) HubSpot
17 17 (0.43%) Adobe
18 12 (0.30%) iManage
19 11 (0.28%) IFS