Social Skills Jobs in Oxfordshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 265 387 457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 38.13% 21.44% 31.67%
As % of the General category 52.48% 38.74% 50.89%
Number of salaries quoted 87 313 181
10th Percentile £26,700 £24,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £32,366 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £45,000 £49,976
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% -9.96% +6.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £68,250 £74,235
South East median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -

All General Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 505 999 898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 72.66% 55.35% 62.23%
Number of salaries quoted 164 739 383
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,700 £25,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £34,750 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,293 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -2.54% -6.58%
75th Percentile £70,000 £59,750 £62,735
90th Percentile £87,500 £70,000 £79,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Oxfordshire

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in Oxfordshire.

Salary trend for Social Skills in Oxfordshire

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Oxfordshire

Social Skills
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Oxford +1 50 £72,500 +52.63% 70
Witney +1 9 £70,000 +86.67%
Thame 0 9 £60,000 +33.33% 3
Banbury +14 7 £27,500 -42.11% 16
Woodstock - 7 £41,500 - 1
Abingdon 0 6 £39,929 -13.75% 17
Kidlington +5 5 £32,000 -30.72% 8
Wantage - 5 £71,000 - 2
Bicester +14 4 £85,000 +161.54% 9
Faringdon +1 4 - -
Wallingford -2 4 - -
Chinnor - 4 - -
Eynsham 0 2 - -
Henley-on-Thames -1 2 - - 1
Carterton -2 1 - - 4
Social Skills
South East

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 7 (2.64%) CMS
1 7 (2.64%) Kentico
2 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.89%) Exchange Server 2013
3 5 (1.89%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.75%) IIS
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 21 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.38%) PORTIA
1 1 (0.38%) SAP Business ByDesign
1 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 32 (12.08%) Azure
2 23 (8.68%) AWS
3 21 (7.92%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.02%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.02%) GCP
5 7 (2.64%) Kontent
6 6 (2.26%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.26%) SaaS
7 5 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.13%) BigCommerce
8 3 (1.13%) ClickUp
8 3 (1.13%) Storyblok
9 2 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.75%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (0.75%) Cloudflare
9 2 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.75%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (9.81%) TCP/IP
2 19 (7.17%) DNS
3 16 (6.04%) VPN
4 11 (4.15%) DHCP
5 9 (3.40%) Firewall
5 9 (3.40%) LAN
5 9 (3.40%) SNMP
5 9 (3.40%) WAN
6 8 (3.02%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (2.64%) SAN
7 7 (2.64%) VLAN
8 3 (1.13%) Wireless
9 2 (0.75%) InfiniBand
9 2 (0.75%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.38%) 4G
10 1 (0.38%) 5G
10 1 (0.38%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.51%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.13%) MySQL
2 3 (1.13%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.75%) Power BI
4 1 (0.38%) Big Data
4 1 (0.38%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (3.40%) Cucumber
1 9 (3.40%) Robot Framework
2 8 (3.02%) JIRA
3 5 (1.89%) Git
4 2 (0.75%) Jasmine
4 2 (0.75%) NUnit
4 2 (0.75%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.38%) Moq
5 1 (0.38%) SpecFlow
General
1 150 (56.60%) Finance
2 13 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (4.53%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (4.53%) Marketing
4 9 (3.40%) Telecoms
5 7 (2.64%) Manufacturing
5 7 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.51%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.13%) Banking
9 2 (0.75%) Automotive
9 2 (0.75%) Games
9 2 (0.75%) Law
9 2 (0.75%) Police
9 2 (0.75%) Retail
10 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.38%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 106 (40.00%) Systems Manager
2 105 (39.62%) Resource Manager
3 34 (12.83%) Project Manager
4 21 (7.92%) Support Engineer
5 13 (4.91%) IT Support
6 12 (4.53%) Analyst
6 12 (4.53%) IT Engineer
7 11 (4.15%) IT Support Engineer
8 10 (3.77%) Field Engineer
8 10 (3.77%) Field Service Engineer
9 9 (3.40%) Lead
9 9 (3.40%) Test Automation Engineer
9 9 (3.40%) Test Engineer
10 8 (3.02%) Web Manager
11 7 (2.64%) Administrator
11 7 (2.64%) Development Manager
11 7 (2.64%) Support Analyst
11 7 (2.64%) Web Project Manager
12 6 (2.26%) Business Development Manager
12 6 (2.26%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.89%) .NET
2 3 (1.13%) .NET Framework
2 3 (1.13%) CSS
2 3 (1.13%) HTML
2 3 (1.13%) Jest
2 3 (1.13%) React
2 3 (1.13%) Vue
3 2 (0.75%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.75%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.75%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (0.75%) CSS3
3 2 (0.75%) HTML5
3 2 (0.75%) OAuth
3 2 (0.75%) OAuth2
3 2 (0.75%) REST
3 2 (0.75%) RESTful
4 1 (0.38%) Django
4 1 (0.38%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.38%) Laravel
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 39 (14.72%) Driving Licence
2 9 (3.40%) Data Centre
2 9 (3.40%) Linux Command Line
2 9 (3.40%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.64%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.89%) Replication
4 5 (1.89%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.13%) Social Media
7 2 (0.75%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.75%) LIMS
7 2 (0.75%) NHS
7 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.75%) Online Games
7 2 (0.75%) Robotics
7 2 (0.75%) Self-Driving Car
7 2 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 40 (15.09%) Windows
2 20 (7.55%) Linux
3 14 (5.28%) Mac OS
4 8 (3.02%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.51%) Unix
6 3 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.75%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.75%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (41.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 108 (40.75%) ERP
3 107 (40.38%) Analytics
3 107 (40.38%) Data Management
4 64 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (15.85%) Project Management
6 29 (10.94%) Risk Management
7 27 (10.19%) Balanced Scorecard
7 27 (10.19%) Scorecard
8 23 (8.68%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (7.17%) Customer Service
9 19 (7.17%) Mentoring
10 18 (6.79%) Agile
11 16 (6.04%) Coaching
11 16 (6.04%) ITIL
12 15 (5.66%) DevOps
13 14 (5.28%) Project Delivery
14 12 (4.53%) Scrum
14 12 (4.53%) Test Automation
15 11 (4.15%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.30%) Python
2 13 (4.91%) Bash
2 13 (4.91%) JavaScript
3 11 (4.15%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.02%) SQL
5 6 (2.26%) C#
6 4 (1.51%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.75%) Perl
8 1 (0.38%) C
8 1 (0.38%) C++
8 1 (0.38%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.38%) PHP
8 1 (0.38%) RPG
8 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (13.58%) Degree
2 13 (4.91%) MCP
3 12 (4.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.64%) A+ Certification
5 7 (2.64%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.26%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.26%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.89%) MCSE
8 3 (1.13%) ACCA
8 3 (1.13%) CIMA
8 3 (1.13%) MCSA
9 2 (0.75%) LPIC
9 2 (0.75%) RHCE
10 1 (0.38%) AAT
10 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.38%) CISM
10 1 (0.38%) CISSP
10 1 (0.38%) Dell Certification
10 1 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (4.15%) QA
2 7 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (2.26%) NIST
4 4 (1.51%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.38%) ECSS
6 1 (0.38%) GDPR
6 1 (0.38%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.38%) SLA
6 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (5.28%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.53%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.75%) GPFS
4 2 (0.75%) Lustre
4 2 (0.75%) NFS
5 1 (0.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (4.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.64%) SCCM
3 4 (1.51%) Terraform
4 3 (1.13%) PaperCut
5 2 (0.75%) Ansible
6 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.40%) Google
3 7 (2.64%) VMware
4 5 (1.89%) arcserve
4 5 (1.89%) Sophos
5 3 (1.13%) Apple
5 3 (1.13%) Datto
5 3 (1.13%) Facebook
5 3 (1.13%) HP
5 3 (1.13%) WatchGuard
6 2 (0.75%) Aruba
6 2 (0.75%) Cisco
6 2 (0.75%) Instagram
6 2 (0.75%) Oracle
6 2 (0.75%) Pinterest
6 2 (0.75%) Rollbar
6 2 (0.75%) SAP
6 2 (0.75%) TikTok
7 1 (0.38%) Dell
7 1 (0.38%) JDA