Social Skills Jobs in Portsmouth

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 7 1 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 77 122 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 18.38% 21.55% 22.14%
As % of the General category 30.31% 41.92% 38.86%
Number of salaries quoted 66 90 35
10th Percentile £28,375 £24,500 £24,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £25,313 £28,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% +14.29% -36.36%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,500 £59,228
90th Percentile £72,125 £75,375 £74,882
Hampshire median annual salary £45,000 £47,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.53% -5.00%

All General Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 254 291 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 60.62% 51.41% 56.97%
Number of salaries quoted 135 244 127
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,250 £24,250
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,530
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.32% -9.47%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,625 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £48,896 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.26% -2.21% -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Portsmouth

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in Portsmouth

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

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

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Portsmouth

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 1 (1.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (9.09%) Simulink
2 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (9.09%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.30%) Changepoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.18%) Azure
2 12 (15.58%) SaaS
3 7 (9.09%) AWS
4 3 (3.90%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (3.90%) GCP
5 1 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.30%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.69%) Firewall
2 4 (5.19%) VPN
3 1 (1.30%) DHCP
3 1 (1.30%) Network Security
3 1 (1.30%) VLAN
3 1 (1.30%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) GIS
1 1 (1.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (9.09%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (2.60%) JIRA
General
1 13 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (11.69%) Finance
3 7 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 7 (9.09%) Electronics
4 4 (5.19%) Retail
5 3 (3.90%) Military
6 2 (2.60%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.60%) Law
6 2 (2.60%) Legal
6 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.30%) Marketing
7 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.30%) Prime Brokerage
7 1 (1.30%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 13 (16.88%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (10.39%) Analyst
2 8 (10.39%) Lead
3 7 (9.09%) IT Support
3 7 (9.09%) Junior
3 7 (9.09%) Junior Systems Engineer
3 7 (9.09%) Senior
3 7 (9.09%) Team Leader
4 6 (7.79%) IT Manager
4 6 (7.79%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 6 (7.79%) Software Team Leader
5 4 (5.19%) 1st Line Support
5 4 (5.19%) IT Engineer
6 3 (3.90%) Applications Support
6 3 (3.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 3 (3.90%) Developer
6 3 (3.90%) SOC Analyst
6 3 (3.90%) SOC Manager
6 3 (3.90%) Support Engineer
6 3 (3.90%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) EDI
2 1 (1.30%) .NET
2 1 (1.30%) Node.js
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.30%) Spring
2 1 (1.30%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) Onboarding
2 6 (7.79%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (7.79%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (7.79%) Security Posture
3 4 (5.19%) CMDB
3 4 (5.19%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.90%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (2.60%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.30%) BBC
6 1 (1.30%) Blockchain
6 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.30%) Derivative
6 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.30%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.30%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.79%) Windows
2 5 (6.49%) Windows 10
2 5 (6.49%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.19%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.30%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (64.94%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (19.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (16.88%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (16.88%) Systems Engineering
4 12 (15.58%) Project Management
5 11 (14.29%) Line Management
6 10 (12.99%) ITIL
6 10 (12.99%) Strategic Thinking
7 9 (11.69%) Computer Science
7 9 (11.69%) CRM
7 9 (11.69%) Incident Response
7 9 (11.69%) SIEM
8 8 (10.39%) Contract Negotiation
8 8 (10.39%) Customer Retention
8 8 (10.39%) Customer Service
8 8 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (10.39%) Use Case
9 7 (9.09%) Agile
9 7 (9.09%) PLM
9 7 (9.09%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.58%) Python
2 9 (11.69%) Java
2 9 (11.69%) PowerShell
3 7 (9.09%) C#
3 7 (9.09%) MATLAB
4 6 (7.79%) Bash
4 6 (7.79%) Rust
5 5 (6.49%) SQL
6 3 (3.90%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (24.68%) Degree
2 13 (16.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (7.79%) CEH
4 6 (7.79%) CISM
4 6 (7.79%) CISSP
4 6 (7.79%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (7.79%) GCIH
5 4 (5.19%) Security Cleared
6 3 (3.90%) APMP
6 3 (3.90%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (3.90%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.90%) GIAC
6 3 (3.90%) OSCP
6 3 (3.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.30%) ACCA
8 1 (1.30%) CCNA
8 1 (1.30%) CCNP
8 1 (1.30%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (11.69%) NIST
2 4 (5.19%) GDPR
2 4 (5.19%) QA
2 4 (5.19%) SLA
3 3 (3.90%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.30%) AQAP
4 1 (1.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (1.30%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.30%) PMO
4 1 (1.30%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (2.60%) Firmware
2 1 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.90%) QRadar
2 1 (1.30%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (23.38%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.09%) IBM
2 7 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 5 (6.49%) Cisco
4 4 (5.19%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.90%) Splunk
6 2 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.30%) Canon
7 1 (1.30%) Citrix
7 1 (1.30%) ESRI
7 1 (1.30%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.30%) IFS
7 1 (1.30%) Juniper
7 1 (1.30%) Meraki
7 1 (1.30%) Oracle
7 1 (1.30%) SonicWALL