Social Skills Job Trends 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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 148 187 189
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 20.05% 23.85% 24.64%
As % of the General category 44.58% 37.55% 41.63%
Number of salaries quoted 106 92 150
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £27,850
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £36,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,965 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.39% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £51,250 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £70,125
South East median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +15.79% -10.38%

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 general skills in Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 332 498 454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 44.99% 63.52% 59.19%
Number of salaries quoted 233 201 374
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £79,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 2026. 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 46 £49,500 -17.50% 56
Kidlington +1 10 £40,000 -31.03% 4
Banbury -7 10 £28,500 +3.64% 5
Woodstock - 7 £41,500 -
Thame 0 6 £82,500 +6.45% 1
Wallingford - 6 £31,000 - 3
Witney +2 5 £28,000 -60.00% 3
Bicester +1 3 £35,000 -48.15%
Abingdon -8 2 £38,715 +19.12% 15
Social Skills
South East

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 9 (6.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.41%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.03%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.35%) CMS
5 2 (1.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (20.95%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (9.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.03%) InDesign
3 3 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.68%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.35%) C-CURE
2 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.68%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.68%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.68%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.68%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.68%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (19.59%) Azure
2 28 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (11.49%) Power Platform
4 15 (10.14%) AWS
5 9 (6.08%) GCP
6 7 (4.73%) SaaS
7 6 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (4.05%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (3.38%) Azure AI
8 5 (3.38%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.35%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.35%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.35%) MailChimp
10 1 (0.68%) Amazon SageMaker
10 1 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.68%) Azure Machine Learning
10 1 (0.68%) GitHub
10 1 (0.68%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.78%) DHCP
1 13 (8.78%) DNS
2 12 (8.11%) Firewall
3 11 (7.43%) TCP/IP
4 7 (4.73%) Wireless
5 6 (4.05%) Internet
6 5 (3.38%) SAN
6 5 (3.38%) VLAN
7 3 (2.03%) Ethernet
7 3 (2.03%) LAN
7 3 (2.03%) Unified Communications
7 3 (2.03%) WAN
7 3 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.35%) Network Security
8 2 (1.35%) SSL
9 1 (0.68%) RS-232
9 1 (0.68%) RS-485
9 1 (0.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.46%) Power BI
2 8 (5.41%) Tableau
3 3 (2.03%) Looker
3 3 (2.03%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.68%) Big Data
4 1 (0.68%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.68%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.68%) Power Query
4 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.03%) Git
2 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.68%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.68%) MLflow
2 1 (0.68%) NUnit
2 1 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.68%) Postman
2 1 (0.68%) Selenium
General
1 30 (20.27%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (18.92%) Marketing
3 25 (16.89%) Finance
4 14 (9.46%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (7.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (7.43%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.73%) Banking
7 5 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.38%) Legal
8 4 (2.70%) Police
9 3 (2.03%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.03%) Electronics
9 3 (2.03%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.03%) Law
9 3 (2.03%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.35%) French Language
10 2 (1.35%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (1.35%) Portuguese Language
10 2 (1.35%) Retail
10 2 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (22.30%) IT Support
2 30 (20.27%) Analyst
3 16 (10.81%) Support Analyst
4 12 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
5 10 (6.76%) Junior
5 10 (6.76%) Junior Analyst
6 9 (6.08%) Software Manager
7 7 (4.73%) Account Manager
7 7 (4.73%) IT Engineer
7 7 (4.73%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (4.73%) Marketing Executive
7 7 (4.73%) Senior
7 7 (4.73%) Support Engineer
7 7 (4.73%) Support Technician
8 6 (4.05%) Data Analyst
8 6 (4.05%) Lecturer
8 6 (4.05%) Systems Analyst
9 5 (3.38%) Consultant
9 5 (3.38%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (3.38%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.35%) .NET
2 2 (1.35%) Web Services
3 1 (0.68%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.68%) Blazor
3 1 (0.68%) Hugging Face
3 1 (0.68%) NumPy
3 1 (0.68%) Pandas
3 1 (0.68%) PySpark
3 1 (0.68%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.68%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.46%) Onboarding
2 10 (6.76%) Social Media
3 9 (6.08%) Web Conferencing
4 8 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.73%) IoT
5 7 (4.73%) Management Information System
6 6 (4.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (3.38%) Driving Licence
7 5 (3.38%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (2.03%) Replication
9 2 (1.35%) CCTV
9 2 (1.35%) Hedge funds
9 2 (1.35%) Home Automation
9 2 (1.35%) Smart Home
9 2 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.35%) Video Editing
10 1 (0.68%) Acoustics
10 1 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.68%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 28 (18.92%) Windows
2 8 (5.41%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.73%) Windows 10
3 7 (4.73%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (3.38%) Windows 7
4 5 (3.38%) Windows 8
5 4 (2.70%) Linux
6 3 (2.03%) Android
6 3 (2.03%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (33.78%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (21.62%) Customer Service
3 30 (20.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (12.84%) Actionable Insight
6 18 (12.16%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (11.49%) CRM
7 17 (11.49%) ITIL
8 14 (9.46%) AI
9 13 (8.78%) Strategic Thinking
10 12 (8.11%) Analytics
10 12 (8.11%) Decision-Making
10 12 (8.11%) ITSM
10 12 (8.11%) Lead Generation
11 11 (7.43%) Agile
11 11 (7.43%) B2B
11 11 (7.43%) Process Improvement
12 10 (6.76%) Analytical Thinking
12 10 (6.76%) User Experience
13 9 (6.08%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 18 (12.16%) Python
1 18 (12.16%) SQL
2 7 (4.73%) C#
3 6 (4.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (3.38%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.35%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.35%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.35%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.68%) Bicep
6 1 (0.68%) C
6 1 (0.68%) C++
Qualifications
1 31 (20.95%) Degree
2 12 (8.11%) ACCA
3 10 (6.76%) Azure Certification
4 9 (6.08%) A+ Certification
4 9 (6.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (5.41%) Master's Degree
6 7 (4.73%) MCP
6 7 (4.73%) PhD
7 6 (4.05%) Postgraduate
7 6 (4.05%) Security Cleared
8 5 (3.38%) CompTIA CySA+
8 5 (3.38%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (3.38%) SC Cleared
9 4 (2.70%) CISM
9 4 (2.70%) CISSP
9 4 (2.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (2.03%) AAT
10 3 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (2.03%) CIMA
10 3 (2.03%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (6.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (5.41%) Data Quality
4 6 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (4.05%) GDPR
5 5 (3.38%) GRC
5 5 (3.38%) NIST
6 4 (2.70%) Accessibility
7 3 (2.03%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 14 (9.46%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.38%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (6.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.38%) Terraform
3 3 (2.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (33.11%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.11%) Google
2 12 (8.11%) Xero
3 8 (5.41%) VMware
4 6 (4.05%) Oracle
5 5 (3.38%) ForeScout
6 4 (2.70%) Zoho
7 3 (2.03%) Adobe
7 3 (2.03%) arcserve
7 3 (2.03%) Cisco
7 3 (2.03%) Databricks
7 3 (2.03%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.35%) Hootsuite
8 2 (1.35%) Instagram
8 2 (1.35%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.35%) YouTube
9 1 (0.68%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.68%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.68%) Splunk
9 1 (0.68%) Tenable