Social Skills Job Trends in Northampton

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Northampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +4
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 61 84 60
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 30.50% 21.11% 28.85%
As % of the General category 51.69% 43.08% 57.14%
Number of salaries quoted 45 37 45
10th Percentile - £25,800 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -15.79% +9.20%
75th Percentile £42,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £64,500
Northamptonshire median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% -25.93% +20.00%

All General Skills
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 118 195 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 59.00% 48.99% 50.48%
Number of salaries quoted 90 96 82
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,938 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,188
90th Percentile £65,500 £68,750 £64,875
Northamptonshire median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% -19.05% +5.00%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Northampton

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Northampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Northampton over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Northampton

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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 17 (27.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.64%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.64%) CMS
3 1 (1.64%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.56%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.64%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (24.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.64%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 26 (42.62%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (31.15%) Azure
3 10 (16.39%) Entra ID
4 6 (9.84%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (6.56%) AWS
5 4 (6.56%) Azure Stack
6 3 (4.92%) OneDrive
7 2 (3.28%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.64%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.64%) Amazon ELB
8 1 (1.64%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.64%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.64%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.11%) DHCP
1 8 (13.11%) DNS
2 5 (8.20%) VPN
3 1 (1.64%) LAN
3 1 (1.64%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.64%) WAN
3 1 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.28%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.64%) Delta Lake
2 1 (1.64%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.64%) Metadata
2 1 (1.64%) MySQL
2 1 (1.64%) Power BI
2 1 (1.64%) Power Query
2 1 (1.64%) Spark SQL
2 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Git
1 1 (1.64%) JUnit
1 1 (1.64%) MLflow
1 1 (1.64%) Mockito
General
1 6 (9.84%) Finance
2 5 (8.20%) Public Sector
3 4 (6.56%) Automotive
3 4 (6.56%) Electronics
3 4 (6.56%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.92%) Retail
5 2 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.64%) Law
Job Titles
1 20 (32.79%) Support Engineer
2 9 (14.75%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (11.48%) IT Engineer
3 7 (11.48%) IT Support
3 7 (11.48%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (9.84%) Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Applications Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Applications Support
5 5 (8.20%) Applications Support Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Applications Support Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Architect
5 5 (8.20%) Help Desk Support
5 5 (8.20%) Help Desk Technician
5 5 (8.20%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Infrastructure Support
5 5 (8.20%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Support Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.92%) .NET
1 3 (4.92%) CSS
1 3 (4.92%) HTML
2 2 (3.28%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.64%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 1 (1.64%) Hibernate
3 1 (1.64%) J2EE
3 1 (1.64%) JPA
3 1 (1.64%) Middleware
3 1 (1.64%) Node.js
3 1 (1.64%) NumPy
3 1 (1.64%) Pandas
3 1 (1.64%) REST
3 1 (1.64%) RESTful
3 1 (1.64%) SOAP
3 1 (1.64%) Spring
3 1 (1.64%) Web Services
3 1 (1.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.75%) Onboarding
2 6 (9.84%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.64%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 16 (26.23%) Windows
2 5 (8.20%) Mac OS
2 5 (8.20%) Windows 10
3 4 (6.56%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (49.18%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (37.70%) CRM
3 15 (24.59%) Mentoring
3 15 (24.59%) Project Delivery
4 10 (16.39%) Agile
5 9 (14.75%) Change Control
5 9 (14.75%) Server Management
6 7 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (11.48%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (11.48%) ITIL
6 7 (11.48%) Service Management
7 6 (9.84%) AI
7 6 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (9.84%) Customer Service
7 6 (9.84%) Data Management
7 6 (9.84%) Process Improvement
7 6 (9.84%) Roadmaps
8 5 (8.20%) Computer Science
8 5 (8.20%) Machine Learning
8 5 (8.20%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.20%) SQL
2 3 (4.92%) C#
2 3 (4.92%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.28%) Python
4 1 (1.64%) Java
4 1 (1.64%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 19 (31.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (22.95%) MCP
3 9 (14.75%) CCA
3 9 (14.75%) CCNA
3 9 (14.75%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (14.75%) Citrix Certification
3 9 (14.75%) MCSA
3 9 (14.75%) MCSE
4 6 (9.84%) Degree
5 5 (8.20%) DBS Check
6 4 (6.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (24.59%) SLA
2 5 (8.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (8.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (4.92%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.28%) GDPR
4 2 (3.28%) QA
5 1 (1.64%) Data Quality
System Software
1 15 (24.59%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.28%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.64%) Autotask
2 1 (1.64%) Kubeflow
2 1 (1.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (67.21%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.75%) Cisco
2 9 (14.75%) Citrix
2 9 (14.75%) HubSpot
2 9 (14.75%) Salesforce
2 9 (14.75%) VMware
2 9 (14.75%) Zoho
3 4 (6.56%) Extreme Networks
3 4 (6.56%) Juniper
4 1 (1.64%) Adobe
4 1 (1.64%) Databricks
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle