Social Skills Jobs in Reading

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 2 1
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 131 454 470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.74% 24.89% 30.52%
As % of the General category 39.70% 50.00% 47.76%
Number of salaries quoted 64 300 224
10th Percentile £28,150 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £34,500 £34,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,283 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.30% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £75,938 £61,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,875 £70,000 £80,000
Berkshire median annual salary £48,750 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -8.84%

All General Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 330 908 984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 64.83% 49.78% 63.90%
Number of salaries quoted 143 503 415
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,175 £28,200
25th Percentile £44,375 £35,625 £36,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £83,125 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £77,250 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £51,350
% change year-on-year +20.00% -2.63% -9.91%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Reading

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in Reading

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Reading over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Reading

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 6 (4.58%) OpenStack
2 5 (3.82%) CMS
3 4 (3.05%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.53%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (1.53%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (9.16%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (3.82%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (2.29%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (2.29%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.53%) Shopify
5 1 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 19 (14.50%) Azure
2 18 (13.74%) AWS
3 16 (12.21%) SaaS
4 7 (5.34%) Amazon S3
4 7 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.34%) Serverless
5 6 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.82%) Amazon ECS
6 5 (3.82%) Amazon EKS
6 5 (3.82%) Amazon SQS
6 5 (3.82%) GCP
7 4 (3.05%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 3 (2.29%) iPaaS
8 3 (2.29%) PaaS
8 3 (2.29%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.53%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.53%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.82%) DNS
2 4 (3.05%) LAN
2 4 (3.05%) WAN
3 3 (2.29%) Firewall
3 3 (2.29%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.29%) VPN
4 2 (1.53%) Broadband
4 2 (1.53%) DHCP
4 2 (1.53%) VoIP
5 1 (0.76%) Internet
5 1 (0.76%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.76%) VLAN
5 1 (0.76%) Wireless
5 1 (0.76%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.34%) Relational Database
2 6 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.05%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.53%) Metadata
4 2 (1.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.53%) Power BI
4 2 (1.53%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.76%) GIS
5 1 (0.76%) MySQL
5 1 (0.76%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Git
2 5 (3.82%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.05%) JIRA
4 3 (2.29%) JUnit
5 2 (1.53%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.76%) GitLab
General
1 31 (23.66%) Finance
2 29 (22.14%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (17.56%) Presentation Skills
4 22 (16.79%) Marketing
5 13 (9.92%) Manufacturing
6 12 (9.16%) Telecoms
7 11 (8.40%) Public Sector
8 10 (7.63%) Legal
9 9 (6.87%) Banking
10 8 (6.11%) Automotive
10 8 (6.11%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (4.58%) German Language
11 6 (4.58%) Publishing
12 5 (3.82%) Law
12 5 (3.82%) Retail
13 4 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (2.29%) Electronics
15 2 (1.53%) Advertising
15 2 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (8.40%) Developer
2 10 (7.63%) Senior
3 9 (6.87%) Architect
3 9 (6.87%) Lead
4 8 (6.11%) 1st Line Support
4 8 (6.11%) Marketing Manager
4 8 (6.11%) Support Specialist
4 8 (6.11%) Technical Manager
4 8 (6.11%) Technical Specialist
4 8 (6.11%) Technical Support
4 8 (6.11%) Technical Support Specialist
5 7 (5.34%) Consultant
5 7 (5.34%) Product Manager
5 7 (5.34%) Product Marketing Manager
5 7 (5.34%) Programme Manager
6 6 (4.58%) Governance Manager
6 6 (4.58%) Information Governance Manager
6 6 (4.58%) Information Manager
6 6 (4.58%) Information Security Manager
6 6 (4.58%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.34%) React
2 6 (4.58%) .NET
2 6 (4.58%) Node.js
2 6 (4.58%) Spring
3 5 (3.82%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (3.82%) Kafka
3 5 (3.82%) Loki
3 5 (3.82%) Mustache
3 5 (3.82%) REST
3 5 (3.82%) Spring Boot
3 5 (3.82%) Web Services
4 3 (2.29%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.53%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.76%) CSS
6 1 (0.76%) HTML
6 1 (0.76%) HTML5
6 1 (0.76%) Laravel
6 1 (0.76%) Next.js
6 1 (0.76%) Symfony
6 1 (0.76%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.11%) Management Information System
1 8 (6.11%) Social Media
2 7 (5.34%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (5.34%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.58%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.58%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (4.58%) Freedom of Information
3 6 (4.58%) Freedom of Information Act
4 4 (3.05%) Hackathon
4 4 (3.05%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.05%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.29%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.53%) Acoustics
6 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.53%) NHS
6 2 (1.53%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.53%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.76%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.87%) Windows
2 5 (3.82%) Linux
3 4 (3.05%) Mac OS
4 3 (2.29%) Unix
5 2 (1.53%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (28.24%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (20.61%) Agile
2 27 (20.61%) CRM
3 25 (19.08%) Mentoring
4 20 (15.27%) Project Management
5 16 (12.21%) B2B
5 16 (12.21%) Coaching
5 16 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (12.21%) Service Delivery
6 15 (11.45%) Analytics
6 15 (11.45%) Customer Service
6 15 (11.45%) Project Delivery
7 14 (10.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (9.92%) ERP
8 13 (9.92%) Migration
9 12 (9.16%) Business Development
9 12 (9.16%) Customer Engagement
9 12 (9.16%) Decision-Making
9 12 (9.16%) Strategic Thinking
9 12 (9.16%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.11%) SQL
2 6 (4.58%) Java
2 6 (4.58%) JavaScript
3 5 (3.82%) C#
4 4 (3.05%) Go
5 3 (2.29%) Bash
5 3 (2.29%) Python
6 2 (1.53%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.53%) C
6 2 (1.53%) C++
6 2 (1.53%) Fortran
6 2 (1.53%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.53%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.53%) SOQL
6 2 (1.53%) X++
7 1 (0.76%) PHP
7 1 (0.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (22.14%) Degree
2 7 (5.34%) CISA
2 7 (5.34%) Master's Degree
2 7 (5.34%) NVQ Level 3
2 7 (5.34%) NVQ Level 4
2 7 (5.34%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.58%) CISM
3 6 (4.58%) CISSP
3 6 (4.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (4.58%) PMI Certification
4 5 (3.82%) PMP
5 4 (3.05%) A+ Certification
5 4 (3.05%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.53%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.53%) PhD
8 1 (0.76%) ACCA
8 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.76%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (6.11%) HIPAA
3 7 (5.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (4.58%) SLA
5 4 (3.05%) GDPR
6 3 (2.29%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.76%) GMP
7 1 (0.76%) GxP
7 1 (0.76%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (6.11%) Docker
2 3 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.76%) NFS
4 1 (0.76%) vCloud
4 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (9.16%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.58%) Terraform
3 5 (3.82%) Grafana
3 5 (3.82%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.76%) Ansible
5 1 (0.76%) Argo
5 1 (0.76%) PaperCut
5 1 (0.76%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.76%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.76%) vRealize
Vendors
1 23 (17.56%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.21%) Salesforce
3 9 (6.87%) Oracle
4 6 (4.58%) SAP
5 5 (3.82%) PeopleSoft
6 4 (3.05%) Google
7 3 (2.29%) VMware
8 2 (1.53%) Cognos
8 2 (1.53%) Concur
8 2 (1.53%) IBM
9 1 (0.76%) Apple
9 1 (0.76%) Cisco
9 1 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.76%) Genesys
9 1 (0.76%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.76%) NEC