Social Skills Jobs in the North West

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +3
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,134 2,267 2,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 21.92% 28.57% 22.28%
As % of the General category 41.01% 41.99% 36.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,622 979 1,146
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,338 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,123 £67,500 £63,144
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £49,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.52% +5.45% +4.76%

All General Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,204 5,399 5,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.45% 68.04% 61.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,869 2,486 3,089
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the North West over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
Manchester +1 1,143 £48,500 -11.82% 573
Cheshire 0 433 £39,000 -2.50% 241
Merseyside 0 254 £35,000 -17.65% 117
Lancashire -3 207 £42,500 +6.25% 130
Cumbria 0 82 £37,500 -16.67% 32
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.08%) Confluence
4 16 (0.75%) WordPress
5 15 (0.70%) CMS
5 15 (0.70%) IIS
5 15 (0.70%) SAS
6 8 (0.37%) ArcGIS
6 8 (0.37%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.33%) OpenEdge
8 4 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.14%) Apache
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.094%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.047%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.047%) Drupal
11 1 (0.047%) nginx
11 1 (0.047%) OpenStack
Applications
1 157 (7.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 122 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (0.70%) Photoshop
5 14 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.61%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.37%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.33%) Trello
9 6 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 5 (0.23%) InDesign
10 5 (0.23%) Sketch
11 3 (0.14%) 3ds Max
12 2 (0.094%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.094%) SPSS
12 2 (0.094%) Stata
13 1 (0.047%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.047%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.047%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 24 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.80%) Shopify
4 14 (0.66%) SAP Business One
5 11 (0.52%) SAP BPC
6 9 (0.42%) Magento
6 9 (0.42%) SAP CX
7 8 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.37%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 7 (0.33%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.23%) SAP PP
10 4 (0.19%) MIS ActiveH
10 4 (0.19%) NEC Housing
10 4 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.19%) Primavera
10 4 (0.19%) SAP APO
10 4 (0.19%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.19%) SAP SD
10 4 (0.19%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 287 (13.45%) Azure
2 196 (9.18%) Microsoft 365
3 147 (6.89%) AWS
4 145 (6.79%) Power Platform
5 68 (3.19%) SaaS
6 57 (2.67%) GCP
7 36 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
10 23 (1.08%) GitHub
11 19 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
11 19 (0.89%) Serverless
12 18 (0.84%) Entra ID
13 15 (0.70%) Amazon SQS
14 13 (0.61%) Figma
14 13 (0.61%) PaaS
15 12 (0.56%) Amazon EKS
16 11 (0.52%) IaaS
17 9 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
18 8 (0.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 75 (3.51%) Firewall
2 57 (2.67%) LAN
3 50 (2.34%) WAN
4 47 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
5 45 (2.11%) DNS
5 45 (2.11%) TCP/IP
6 38 (1.78%) VoIP
7 35 (1.64%) Broadband
8 31 (1.45%) Internet
8 31 (1.45%) Wireless
9 27 (1.27%) DHCP
10 22 (1.03%) BGP
11 21 (0.98%) Network Security
12 18 (0.84%) PPP
13 17 (0.80%) SAN
14 14 (0.66%) OSPF
14 14 (0.66%) VPN
15 10 (0.47%) Ethernet
16 9 (0.42%) VLAN
16 9 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (5.48%) Power BI
2 104 (4.87%) SQL Server
3 47 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
4 45 (2.11%) Tableau
5 35 (1.64%) MySQL
5 35 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (1.50%) Relational Database
6 32 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 22 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 18 (0.84%) NoSQL
9 16 (0.75%) Power Query
10 14 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
11 13 (0.61%) Data Lake
11 13 (0.61%) Oracle Database
12 12 (0.56%) MongoDB
13 11 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 10 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.47%) Big Data
15 9 (0.42%) DynamoDB
15 9 (0.42%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 84 (3.94%) Git
2 61 (2.86%) JIRA
3 24 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.75%) TeamCity
5 9 (0.42%) Eclipse
5 9 (0.42%) Subversion
6 7 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.28%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.23%) Spinnaker
9 4 (0.19%) GitLab
9 4 (0.19%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.19%) Jasmine
9 4 (0.19%) JUnit
9 4 (0.19%) Mockito
9 4 (0.19%) Selenium
10 3 (0.14%) MSBuild
10 3 (0.14%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.14%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 472 (22.12%) Finance
2 394 (18.46%) Analytical Skills
3 191 (8.95%) Retail
4 133 (6.23%) Organisational Skills
5 129 (6.04%) Legal
6 127 (5.95%) Public Sector
7 121 (5.67%) Marketing
8 117 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 107 (5.01%) Presentation Skills
10 87 (4.08%) Law
11 65 (3.05%) Manufacturing
12 58 (2.72%) Banking
13 54 (2.53%) Games
13 54 (2.53%) Telecoms
14 39 (1.83%) Billing
14 39 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
15 38 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
16 36 (1.69%) Local Government
17 28 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
18 22 (1.03%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 255 (11.95%) Analyst
2 245 (11.48%) Developer
3 223 (10.45%) Senior
4 148 (6.94%) Lead
5 144 (6.75%) Project Manager
6 113 (5.30%) IT Support
7 103 (4.83%) IT Manager
8 98 (4.59%) Architect
9 75 (3.51%) Consultant
10 67 (3.14%) Support Analyst
11 63 (2.95%) Administrator
12 60 (2.81%) IT Engineer
12 60 (2.81%) Software Engineer
13 59 (2.76%) Support Engineer
14 56 (2.62%) Coordinator
15 54 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
16 47 (2.20%) Business Analyst
17 45 (2.11%) IT Analyst
17 45 (2.11%) IT Support Engineer
18 43 (2.01%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (4.26%) HTML
2 86 (4.03%) .NET
3 77 (3.61%) CSS
4 35 (1.64%) Laravel
4 35 (1.64%) React
5 34 (1.59%) AngularJS
6 30 (1.41%) RESTful
7 29 (1.36%) Node.js
8 24 (1.12%) Vue
9 21 (0.98%) RabbitMQ
10 20 (0.94%) .NET Framework
11 19 (0.89%) HTML5
12 16 (0.75%) .NET Core
13 15 (0.70%) JSON
13 15 (0.70%) Spring Boot
14 14 (0.66%) React Native
14 14 (0.66%) Spring
15 13 (0.61%) GraphQL
15 13 (0.61%) Kafka
15 13 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 190 (8.90%) Self-Motivation
2 93 (4.36%) Management Information System
3 73 (3.42%) Driving Licence
4 58 (2.72%) Product Ownership
5 36 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
6 33 (1.55%) NHS
7 25 (1.17%) Cloud Native
8 24 (1.12%) Onboarding
9 23 (1.08%) Algorithms
9 23 (1.08%) EPoS
9 23 (1.08%) Housing Association
10 22 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
10 22 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
11 21 (0.98%) Mobile App
12 20 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
12 20 (0.94%) Security Posture
13 19 (0.89%) Data Centre
13 19 (0.89%) PMI
14 15 (0.70%) CCTV
14 15 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 204 (9.56%) Windows
2 85 (3.98%) Windows Server
3 84 (3.94%) Linux
4 46 (2.16%) Windows 10
5 23 (1.08%) Android
6 20 (0.94%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (0.80%) VMS
8 16 (0.75%) Mac OS
9 14 (0.66%) Unix
10 13 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
11 9 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
13 6 (0.28%) Windows 8
13 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.19%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.19%) Windows Vista
15 3 (0.14%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.094%) CentOS
16 2 (0.094%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 672 (31.49%) Problem-Solving
2 408 (19.12%) Agile
3 332 (15.56%) Project Management
4 269 (12.61%) Customer Service
5 203 (9.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 201 (9.42%) Mentoring
7 172 (8.06%) Analytics
8 167 (7.83%) Stakeholder Management
9 164 (7.69%) ITIL
10 162 (7.59%) Decision-Making
11 158 (7.40%) Business Intelligence
12 156 (7.31%) DevOps
13 132 (6.19%) Coaching
14 131 (6.14%) Computer Science
15 130 (6.09%) Cybersecurity
16 121 (5.67%) Roadmaps
17 120 (5.62%) ERP
18 119 (5.58%) Time Management
19 117 (5.48%) Collaborative Working
20 109 (5.11%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 220 (10.31%) SQL
2 126 (5.90%) JavaScript
3 104 (4.87%) Python
4 102 (4.78%) C#
5 61 (2.86%) Java
6 52 (2.44%) PHP
7 35 (1.64%) T-SQL
8 30 (1.41%) PowerShell
9 21 (0.98%) C
9 21 (0.98%) TypeScript
10 18 (0.84%) Bash
11 14 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 14 (0.66%) Go
12 12 (0.56%) SystemVerilog
13 9 (0.42%) Embedded C
14 8 (0.37%) Rust
14 8 (0.37%) Scala
15 7 (0.33%) C++
15 7 (0.33%) Swift
15 7 (0.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 452 (21.18%) Degree
2 130 (6.09%) Security Cleared
3 100 (4.69%) SC Cleared
4 72 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 52 (2.44%) DBS Check
6 49 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 46 (2.16%) PMI Certification
8 39 (1.83%) ACCA
9 37 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (1.45%) PMP
11 28 (1.31%) Master's Degree
12 25 (1.17%) CIMA
12 25 (1.17%) HND
13 22 (1.03%) CCNP
14 21 (0.98%) Azure Certification
15 20 (0.94%) CCNA
16 19 (0.89%) HNC
17 18 (0.84%) CISSP
18 17 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
19 15 (0.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (4.26%) SLA
2 82 (3.84%) QA
3 58 (2.72%) GDPR
4 53 (2.48%) Data Quality
5 46 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 36 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 33 (1.55%) PMO
8 31 (1.45%) Accessibility
9 22 (1.03%) IFRS
10 17 (0.80%) NIST
11 15 (0.70%) GMP
11 15 (0.70%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.66%) GAAP
13 11 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (0.52%) ISO 9001
14 8 (0.37%) IFRS 9
15 7 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
15 7 (0.33%) GxP
16 6 (0.28%) GLP
17 5 (0.23%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 166 (7.78%) Active Directory
2 55 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (2.16%) Hyper-V
4 44 (2.06%) Docker
5 24 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.42%) Terminal Services
7 6 (0.28%) Firmware
8 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.094%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.047%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.047%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.047%) Lustre
10 1 (0.047%) Postfix
10 1 (0.047%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.047%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (1.17%) Terraform
3 16 (0.75%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.52%) Progress Chef
5 10 (0.47%) Ansible
6 6 (0.28%) SCCM
6 6 (0.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.19%) Autotask
7 4 (0.19%) Grafana
7 4 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.19%) Nessus
7 4 (0.19%) Opsgenie
7 4 (0.19%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.19%) VxRail
7 4 (0.19%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.14%) Puppet
8 3 (0.14%) SELinux
9 2 (0.094%) Icinga
Vendors
1 440 (20.62%) Microsoft
2 88 (4.12%) SAP
3 67 (3.14%) VMware
4 43 (2.01%) Cisco
5 39 (1.83%) Oracle
6 37 (1.73%) Apple
7 34 (1.59%) Google
7 34 (1.59%) Virgin Media
8 33 (1.55%) Adobe
9 28 (1.31%) NEC
9 28 (1.31%) Salesforce
10 23 (1.08%) ServiceNow
11 19 (0.89%) Cadence
12 18 (0.84%) IBM
12 18 (0.84%) Veeam
13 17 (0.80%) CA
13 17 (0.80%) HP
14 15 (0.70%) Facebook
15 14 (0.66%) Fortinet
15 14 (0.66%) Sophos