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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,917 4,081 5,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 26.62% 23.62% 30.16%
As % of the General category 38.37% 42.33% 42.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,628 3,116 1,966
10th Percentile £26,675 £25,000 £25,173
25th Percentile £37,252 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £68,375 £60,741 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £48,770 £59,000
% change year-on-year +12.77% -17.34% +7.27%

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 common skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 7,603 9,640 12,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 69.40% 55.79% 71.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,827 7,324 5,221
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.86% +0.42%

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 May 2025.

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 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
North West -3 1,749 £52,000 +15.56% 1,336
Yorkshire 0 988 £42,500 -5.56% 705
North East -1 178 £45,000 +12.50% 262
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 55 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (1.85%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.27%) Confluence
4 28 (0.96%) CMS
5 22 (0.75%) Umbraco
6 20 (0.69%) SAS
7 15 (0.51%) Apache
7 15 (0.51%) Oracle Application Server
8 9 (0.31%) Apache Spark
9 7 (0.24%) WordPress
10 4 (0.14%) IIS
11 3 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.10%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.069%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.034%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.034%) Kentico
13 1 (0.034%) nginx
13 1 (0.034%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.034%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.034%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 334 (11.45%) Microsoft Office
2 321 (11.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 203 (6.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 62 (2.13%) Simulink
5 29 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
6 19 (0.65%) AutoCAD
7 18 (0.62%) MS Visio
8 16 (0.55%) Trello
9 15 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
10 11 (0.38%) SPSS
11 10 (0.34%) Adobe XD
12 6 (0.21%) Sketch
13 3 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 3 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
14 2 (0.069%) Blender
14 2 (0.069%) Chatbot
14 2 (0.069%) Maya
14 2 (0.069%) Notion
15 1 (0.034%) Photoshop
15 1 (0.034%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 188 (6.44%) Teamcenter
2 43 (1.47%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.34%) Magento
5 9 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
6 8 (0.27%) Shopify
7 5 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.14%) Infor LN
8 4 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
9 3 (0.10%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
9 3 (0.10%) Maximo
9 3 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.10%) Sage 50
10 2 (0.069%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.069%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.069%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.069%) SAP SD
10 2 (0.069%) Siebel CRM
11 1 (0.034%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 287 (9.84%) Azure
2 279 (9.56%) AWS
3 180 (6.17%) Power Platform
4 155 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
5 92 (3.15%) GCP
6 65 (2.23%) SaaS
7 47 (1.61%) GitHub
8 43 (1.47%) Entra ID
9 33 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
9 33 (1.13%) Serverless
10 29 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
13 19 (0.65%) Power Automate
14 17 (0.58%) Figma
15 16 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
16 15 (0.51%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (0.51%) PowerApps
17 14 (0.48%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
18 13 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 130 (4.46%) Firewall
2 65 (2.23%) LAN
3 63 (2.16%) WAN
4 59 (2.02%) DNS
5 42 (1.44%) VPN
6 33 (1.13%) TCP/IP
7 31 (1.06%) DHCP
8 28 (0.96%) Intranet
9 25 (0.86%) SAN
10 18 (0.62%) Internet
10 18 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
10 18 (0.62%) Network Security
10 18 (0.62%) VoIP
11 15 (0.51%) NAS
12 12 (0.41%) Cisco IOS
12 12 (0.41%) Wireless
13 9 (0.31%) HTTP
13 9 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (0.21%) DWDM
14 6 (0.21%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (5.69%) Power BI
2 106 (3.63%) SQL Server
3 46 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
4 45 (1.54%) MySQL
5 33 (1.13%) Tableau
6 26 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
7 24 (0.82%) NoSQL
8 22 (0.75%) MongoDB
9 18 (0.62%) Data Lake
9 18 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
10 16 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
11 15 (0.51%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 14 (0.48%) Relational Database
13 13 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
14 12 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 11 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
16 9 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
16 9 (0.31%) Metadata
16 9 (0.31%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 86 (2.95%) JIRA
2 66 (2.26%) Git
3 39 (1.34%) Rational DOORS
4 29 (0.99%) Jenkins
5 14 (0.48%) SonarQube
6 11 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
6 11 (0.38%) TeamCity
7 9 (0.31%) Selenium
8 8 (0.27%) CircleCI
8 8 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
9 7 (0.24%) ClearCase
10 6 (0.21%) GitLab
10 6 (0.21%) Postman
11 5 (0.17%) IBM UrbanCode
11 5 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
12 4 (0.14%) Balsamiq
12 4 (0.14%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.14%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 3 (0.10%) TestRail
General
1 623 (21.36%) Finance
2 479 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
3 471 (16.15%) Presentation Skills
4 445 (15.26%) Marketing
5 375 (12.86%) Manufacturing
6 293 (10.04%) Electronics
7 250 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
8 210 (7.20%) Aerospace
9 148 (5.07%) Automotive
10 137 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 122 (4.18%) Banking
12 94 (3.22%) Legal
13 75 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
13 75 (2.57%) Retail
14 62 (2.13%) Public Sector
15 51 (1.75%) Avionics
16 45 (1.54%) Law
17 25 (0.86%) Aviation
18 22 (0.75%) Military
19 19 (0.65%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 344 (11.79%) Systems Engineer
2 337 (11.55%) Analyst
3 313 (10.73%) Senior
4 227 (7.78%) IT Support
5 224 (7.68%) Lead
6 219 (7.51%) Support Engineer
7 182 (6.24%) Product Manager
8 159 (5.45%) Technical Manager
9 139 (4.77%) Software Support Engineer
10 136 (4.66%) Help Desk Manager
11 127 (4.35%) Developer
12 125 (4.29%) Principal Engineer
13 121 (4.15%) Commissioning Manager
14 117 (4.01%) Development Manager
15 108 (3.70%) Senior Systems Engineer
16 103 (3.53%) Project Manager
17 101 (3.46%) Products Support Manager
18 97 (3.33%) Architect
19 88 (3.02%) Support Manager
20 82 (2.81%) Product Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (3.05%) HTML
2 84 (2.88%) CSS
3 79 (2.71%) .NET
4 46 (1.58%) React
5 37 (1.27%) AngularJS
6 35 (1.20%) REST
7 31 (1.06%) jQuery
8 30 (1.03%) Node.js
9 29 (0.99%) XML
10 27 (0.93%) ASP.NET
11 24 (0.82%) HTML5
12 22 (0.75%) .NET Core
12 22 (0.75%) Spring
13 21 (0.72%) Vue
14 19 (0.65%) RESTful
15 18 (0.62%) .NET Framework
15 18 (0.62%) SOAP
15 18 (0.62%) Web Services
16 16 (0.55%) Laravel
17 12 (0.41%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 128 (4.39%) Management Information System
2 119 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
3 111 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
4 102 (3.50%) FMCG
5 90 (3.09%) Social Media
6 85 (2.91%) Product Ownership
7 51 (1.75%) Onboarding
8 40 (1.37%) NHS
9 32 (1.10%) Cloud Native
10 31 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
11 30 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
11 30 (1.03%) Security Posture
11 30 (1.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 25 (0.86%) Mobile App
13 24 (0.82%) Driving Licence
14 23 (0.79%) Private Cloud
15 22 (0.75%) Public Cloud
16 20 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
16 20 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
17 19 (0.65%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 361 (12.38%) Windows
2 85 (2.91%) Windows Server
3 84 (2.88%) Linux
4 53 (1.82%) Windows Vista
5 50 (1.71%) Android
6 43 (1.47%) Windows 10
7 21 (0.72%) Mac OS
8 16 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (0.31%) Unix
10 9 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.17%) CentOS
11 5 (0.17%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.14%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.069%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.069%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.069%) VMS
13 2 (0.069%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 978 (33.53%) Problem-Solving
2 520 (17.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 486 (16.66%) Agile
4 403 (13.82%) Mathematics
5 400 (13.71%) Project Management
6 360 (12.34%) Systems Engineering
7 269 (9.22%) Analytics
8 260 (8.91%) Physics
9 229 (7.85%) Mentoring
10 212 (7.27%) Customer Service
11 209 (7.16%) Line Management
12 196 (6.72%) Coaching
12 196 (6.72%) PLM
13 188 (6.44%) Stakeholder Management
14 187 (6.41%) DevOps
15 184 (6.31%) Project Delivery
16 179 (6.14%) Time Management
17 178 (6.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 174 (5.97%) Collaborative Working
19 172 (5.90%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 235 (8.06%) SQL
2 159 (5.45%) MATLAB
3 133 (4.56%) JavaScript
4 115 (3.94%) Python
5 108 (3.70%) C#
6 99 (3.39%) Java
7 53 (1.82%) PHP
8 45 (1.54%) TypeScript
9 43 (1.47%) PowerShell
10 29 (0.99%) C
11 22 (0.75%) C++
11 22 (0.75%) R
12 13 (0.45%) Bash
13 12 (0.41%) Shell Script
13 12 (0.41%) T-SQL
14 11 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 11 (0.38%) Go
14 11 (0.38%) Korn
15 9 (0.31%) C-shell
15 9 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 1,380 (47.31%) Degree
2 614 (21.05%) BPSS Clearance
3 225 (7.71%) HND
4 206 (7.06%) HNC
5 178 (6.10%) Master's Degree
6 128 (4.39%) MBA
7 127 (4.35%) DBS Check
8 94 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 62 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
10 55 (1.89%) Security Cleared
11 41 (1.41%) CCNA
11 41 (1.41%) SC Cleared
12 39 (1.34%) CEH
12 39 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
13 38 (1.30%) PMI Certification
14 33 (1.13%) PMP
15 32 (1.10%) JNCIA
16 29 (0.99%) CISSP
17 28 (0.96%) Azure Certification
18 27 (0.93%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (4.97%) QA
2 125 (4.29%) Def Stans
3 123 (4.22%) IEC 61508
4 85 (2.91%) GDPR
5 68 (2.33%) Data Quality
6 51 (1.75%) SLA
7 47 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 39 (1.34%) Accessibility
9 24 (0.82%) NIST
10 22 (0.75%) DO-254
11 21 (0.72%) PCI DSS
11 21 (0.72%) WCAG
12 18 (0.62%) EMIR
12 18 (0.62%) MiFID
13 13 (0.45%) IFRS
14 9 (0.31%) GRC
15 8 (0.27%) Basel III
15 8 (0.27%) HIPAA
15 8 (0.27%) IFRS 9
15 8 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 122 (4.18%) Active Directory
2 97 (3.33%) Docker
3 46 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
4 45 (1.54%) Hyper-V
5 43 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 28 (0.96%) Firmware
7 11 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.31%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.17%) Postfix
9 5 (0.17%) vSphere
10 4 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.10%) Dovecot
11 3 (0.10%) KVM
12 2 (0.069%) Embedded Firmware
12 2 (0.069%) Sendmail
12 2 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.034%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.034%) pfSense
13 1 (0.034%) XenApp
13 1 (0.034%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 89 (3.05%) Kubernetes
2 82 (2.81%) Terraform
3 40 (1.37%) Ansible
4 16 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.41%) Grafana
6 10 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.27%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.21%) SCCM
9 5 (0.17%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.14%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.14%) Istio
10 4 (0.14%) PaperCut
10 4 (0.14%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.14%) QRadar
10 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.10%) Argo
11 3 (0.10%) Autotask
11 3 (0.10%) Nessus
11 3 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.069%) Nagios
Vendors
1 591 (20.26%) Microsoft
2 140 (4.80%) ANSYS
3 105 (3.60%) Cisco
4 71 (2.43%) VMware
5 69 (2.37%) SAP
6 66 (2.26%) Salesforce
7 62 (2.13%) Alteryx
8 61 (2.09%) Oracle
9 52 (1.78%) Google
10 49 (1.68%) ServiceNow
11 40 (1.37%) MathWorks
12 37 (1.27%) Fortinet
13 35 (1.20%) IBM
14 27 (0.93%) Adobe
14 27 (0.93%) Aruba
15 26 (0.89%) Juniper
16 24 (0.82%) Palo Alto
17 22 (0.75%) HP
18 20 (0.69%) Siemens
19 19 (0.65%) Citrix