Social Skills Jobs 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 advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 2 3 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,188 4,099 3,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 27.92% 24.09% 22.95%
As % of the General category 42.30% 36.65% 43.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,490 2,116 2,490
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,437 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £34,231 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £67,070 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,715 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
North of England

Social Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,172 11,185 8,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 66.00% 65.74% 53.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,552 6,012 5,962
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,525 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £38,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% +4.40%
75th Percentile £69,136 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £84,056 £84,056 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the North of England.

Salary trend for Social Skills in the North of England

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 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 +1 1,108 £50,402 +6.11% 1,048
Yorkshire +1 945 £47,557 -4.89% 526
North East +1 138 £37,500 -14.29% 228
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 61 (2.79%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.10%) MS Exchange
3 19 (0.87%) Confluence
4 12 (0.55%) Apache
4 12 (0.55%) CMS
4 12 (0.55%) SAS
5 8 (0.37%) WordPress
6 6 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.23%) IIS
8 4 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.14%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.091%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.046%) Drupal
11 1 (0.046%) Moodle
11 1 (0.046%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.046%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.046%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.046%) Umbraco
Applications
1 178 (8.14%) Microsoft Office
2 133 (6.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.73%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.32%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.27%) Trello
8 4 (0.18%) Windchill
9 2 (0.091%) LightWave 3D
10 1 (0.046%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.046%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.046%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.046%) EViews
10 1 (0.046%) InDesign
10 1 (0.046%) InVision
10 1 (0.046%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.046%) Sketch
10 1 (0.046%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 31 (1.42%) NetSuite
2 29 (1.33%) Oracle Payables
3 25 (1.14%) Oracle Receivables
4 24 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
5 16 (0.73%) SAP CO
5 16 (0.73%) SAP FI
5 16 (0.73%) SAP FI/CO
6 13 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
7 12 (0.55%) Primavera
7 12 (0.55%) SAP BPC
8 11 (0.50%) SAP ERP
9 10 (0.46%) SAP MM
10 7 (0.32%) SAP SD
11 4 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 4 (0.18%) SAP PP
12 3 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
12 3 (0.14%) SAP EWM
12 3 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 416 (19.01%) Azure
2 248 (11.33%) Microsoft 365
3 189 (8.64%) AWS
4 158 (7.22%) Power Platform
5 120 (5.48%) SaaS
6 81 (3.70%) GCP
7 54 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
8 53 (2.42%) IaaS
8 53 (2.42%) PaaS
9 31 (1.42%) Entra ID
10 29 (1.33%) Serverless
11 27 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
12 26 (1.19%) Google Analytics
13 23 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
13 23 (1.05%) GitHub
14 20 (0.91%) PowerApps
15 19 (0.87%) Canva
16 15 (0.69%) Amazon EC2
16 15 (0.69%) Amazon S3
17 14 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 108 (4.94%) Firewall
2 67 (3.06%) DNS
3 59 (2.70%) DHCP
4 53 (2.42%) VPN
5 52 (2.38%) Wireless
6 51 (2.33%) LAN
7 49 (2.24%) TCP/IP
8 48 (2.19%) WAN
9 45 (2.06%) SAN
10 42 (1.92%) VoIP
11 40 (1.83%) Broadband
12 30 (1.37%) Internet
13 29 (1.33%) 5G
13 29 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
14 22 (1.01%) Network Security
15 21 (0.96%) Intrusion Detection
16 18 (0.82%) Remote Desktop
17 14 (0.64%) PPP
17 14 (0.64%) VLAN
18 12 (0.55%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (6.22%) Power BI
2 131 (5.99%) SQL Server
3 52 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
4 47 (2.15%) Tableau
5 40 (1.83%) MySQL
6 29 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
6 29 (1.33%) Relational Database
7 28 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (0.91%) Data Hub
10 18 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (0.59%) Big Data
12 13 (0.59%) Data Lake
12 13 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 11 (0.50%) Metadata
13 11 (0.50%) MongoDB
14 10 (0.46%) Redis
15 8 (0.37%) NoSQL
16 7 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 119 (5.44%) Git
2 62 (2.83%) JIRA
3 32 (1.46%) Jenkins
4 21 (0.96%) SonarQube
5 16 (0.73%) Spinnaker
6 13 (0.59%) GitLab
6 13 (0.59%) IBM UrbanCode
7 12 (0.55%) Cypress.io
8 11 (0.50%) Selenium
9 9 (0.41%) Maven
9 9 (0.41%) Mocha
10 8 (0.37%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 8 (0.37%) Subversion
11 7 (0.32%) Ant
11 7 (0.32%) Artifactory
11 7 (0.32%) Gradle
11 7 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (0.32%) Zephyr
12 6 (0.27%) Bitbucket
General
1 626 (28.61%) Finance
2 355 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
3 210 (9.60%) Banking
4 207 (9.46%) Retail
5 186 (8.50%) Presentation Skills
6 121 (5.53%) Organisational Skills
7 112 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 99 (4.52%) Law
9 95 (4.34%) Influencing Skills
10 94 (4.30%) Marketing
11 89 (4.07%) Games
11 89 (4.07%) Legal
12 87 (3.98%) Public Sector
13 47 (2.15%) Manufacturing
13 47 (2.15%) Telecoms
14 21 (0.96%) Local Government
15 20 (0.91%) Advertising
16 17 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
16 17 (0.78%) Electronics
17 15 (0.69%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 423 (19.33%) Analyst
2 244 (11.15%) Developer
2 244 (11.15%) Senior
3 240 (10.97%) Architect
4 188 (8.59%) Lead
5 124 (5.67%) Solutions Architect
6 112 (5.12%) Support Engineer
7 97 (4.43%) Business Manager
8 85 (3.88%) IT Support
9 80 (3.66%) Development Manager
10 74 (3.38%) Consultant
11 70 (3.20%) Business Development Manager
12 67 (3.06%) Service Analyst
13 66 (3.02%) IT Analyst
14 61 (2.79%) Presales Solution Architect
14 61 (2.79%) Support Analyst
15 60 (2.74%) Project Manager
16 56 (2.56%) Business Analyst
17 54 (2.47%) IT Manager
17 54 (2.47%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (6.44%) .NET
2 92 (4.20%) HTML
3 88 (4.02%) Node.js
4 78 (3.56%) AngularJS
4 78 (3.56%) React
5 75 (3.43%) CSS
6 40 (1.83%) RESTful
7 27 (1.23%) .NET Core
8 26 (1.19%) .NET Framework
8 26 (1.19%) Web Services
9 24 (1.10%) CSS3
9 24 (1.10%) HTML5
10 22 (1.01%) XML
11 20 (0.91%) ASP.NET
11 20 (0.91%) Laravel
11 20 (0.91%) Vue
12 19 (0.87%) REST
12 19 (0.87%) Spring
13 18 (0.82%) SOAP
13 18 (0.82%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 140 (6.40%) Self-Motivation
2 85 (3.88%) Management Information System
3 79 (3.61%) Product Ownership
4 67 (3.06%) Driving Licence
5 53 (2.42%) Public Cloud
6 48 (2.19%) Onboarding
7 38 (1.74%) Cyberattack
8 33 (1.51%) Cloud Native
9 29 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
10 28 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
11 27 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
12 26 (1.19%) Data Centre
12 26 (1.19%) Virtual Team
13 25 (1.14%) Clustering
14 24 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
15 23 (1.05%) Credit Risk
15 23 (1.05%) Private Cloud
16 21 (0.96%) Mobile App
16 21 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
17 16 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 330 (15.08%) Windows
2 163 (7.45%) Windows Server
3 116 (5.30%) Linux
4 76 (3.47%) Windows 10
5 47 (2.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 47 (2.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 43 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
7 32 (1.46%) Windows 7
8 30 (1.37%) Unix
9 24 (1.10%) Android
10 22 (1.01%) Windows 8
11 16 (0.73%) Apple iOS
12 11 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
12 11 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
13 10 (0.46%) Mac OS
14 7 (0.32%) Solaris
15 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 5 (0.23%) HPUX
16 5 (0.23%) zOS
17 4 (0.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 779 (35.60%) Problem-Solving
2 555 (25.37%) Agile
3 313 (14.31%) Actionable Insight
4 274 (12.52%) Analytics
5 231 (10.56%) ITIL
6 212 (9.69%) DevOps
7 206 (9.41%) Customer Service
8 200 (9.14%) Project Management
9 190 (8.68%) Mentoring
10 184 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
11 172 (7.86%) Coaching
12 170 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
13 164 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
13 164 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
14 162 (7.40%) Software Engineering
15 151 (6.90%) CI/CD
16 135 (6.17%) Computer Science
17 133 (6.08%) Project Delivery
17 133 (6.08%) Service Management
18 132 (6.03%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 231 (10.56%) SQL
2 172 (7.86%) JavaScript
3 157 (7.18%) Python
4 138 (6.31%) Java
5 99 (4.52%) C#
6 60 (2.74%) TypeScript
7 50 (2.29%) T-SQL
8 42 (1.92%) PHP
9 40 (1.83%) PowerShell
10 32 (1.46%) Go
11 29 (1.33%) C++
12 27 (1.23%) Rust
13 25 (1.14%) Ruby
14 15 (0.69%) Bash
15 14 (0.64%) C
16 10 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 10 (0.46%) Scala
17 9 (0.41%) Groovy
17 9 (0.41%) Perl
17 9 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 366 (16.73%) Degree
2 292 (13.35%) Security Cleared
3 166 (7.59%) SC Cleared
4 103 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 56 (2.56%) DV Cleared
6 41 (1.87%) AWS Certification
7 38 (1.74%) CISSP
8 34 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 33 (1.51%) Azure Certification
10 30 (1.37%) Master's Degree
11 29 (1.33%) CISM
12 27 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
13 24 (1.10%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 23 (1.05%) AWS Certified Developer
14 23 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 22 (1.01%) DBS Check
16 20 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
17 17 (0.78%) CCNP
18 16 (0.73%) CCNA
19 15 (0.69%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (5.21%) SLA
2 82 (3.75%) QA
3 65 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 59 (2.70%) GDPR
5 33 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 31 (1.42%) PMO
7 30 (1.37%) Data Quality
8 27 (1.23%) NIST
9 22 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
10 20 (0.91%) Accessibility
11 19 (0.87%) GRC
12 16 (0.73%) PCI DSS
13 15 (0.69%) IFRS
14 14 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.55%) IFRS 9
16 7 (0.32%) ISO 9001
16 7 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 7 (0.32%) NCSC
17 6 (0.27%) CRD IV
18 5 (0.23%) GAAP
System Software
1 233 (10.65%) Active Directory
2 103 (4.71%) Virtual Machines
3 71 (3.24%) Hyper-V
4 66 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 64 (2.93%) Docker
6 24 (1.10%) Firmware
7 12 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.46%) XenApp
9 9 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
10 7 (0.32%) vSphere
11 6 (0.27%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
13 3 (0.14%) KVM
14 2 (0.091%) Embedded Firmware
14 2 (0.091%) Kamailio
14 2 (0.091%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.091%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.091%) OpenSIPS
14 2 (0.091%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.091%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 83 (3.79%) Terraform
2 81 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 57 (2.61%) SCCM
4 49 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 44 (2.01%) SCOM
6 42 (1.92%) Ansible
7 25 (1.14%) FortiGate
8 23 (1.05%) Failover Clustering
9 20 (0.91%) SCVMM
10 16 (0.73%) Grafana
10 16 (0.73%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 12 (0.55%) Prometheus
12 10 (0.46%) Puppet
13 9 (0.41%) Progress Chef
14 8 (0.37%) Nagios
15 7 (0.32%) Istio
15 7 (0.32%) Kibana
16 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Clustering
16 6 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
17 4 (0.18%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 438 (20.02%) Microsoft
2 91 (4.16%) VMware
3 83 (3.79%) Oracle
4 70 (3.20%) Citrix
4 70 (3.20%) SAP
5 69 (3.15%) Cisco
5 69 (3.15%) Google
5 69 (3.15%) Salesforce
6 56 (2.56%) ServiceNow
7 51 (2.33%) Veeam
8 46 (2.10%) Splunk
9 36 (1.65%) IBM
10 35 (1.60%) Commvault
11 32 (1.46%) Kaseya
12 30 (1.37%) Aruba
13 29 (1.33%) Virgin Media
14 27 (1.23%) HP
15 22 (1.01%) SolarWinds
16 21 (0.96%) Barracuda Networks
16 21 (0.96%) Databricks