Social Skills Jobs in Scotland

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 14 1
Rank change year-on-year +9 -13 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 615 1,103 1,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 19.02% 17.64% 33.09%
As % of the General category 27.95% 26.39% 44.52%
Number of salaries quoted 290 577 611
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £32,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £52,318 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £73,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,055 £49,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.12% -13.91% +4.55%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,200 4,179 2,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 68.03% 66.83% 74.33%
Number of salaries quoted 960 1,511 1,554
10th Percentile £25,020 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £38,167 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £83,464
UK median annual salary £54,793 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.37% -12.50% -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Scotland

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in Scotland

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Scotland

Social Skills
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
Edinburgh +1 220 £50,973 +1.95% 219
Glasgow +19 142 £50,000 - 189
Renfrewshire -1 58 £51,645 +16.71% 8
Inverclyde -1 34 £51,645 - 12
Stirling +3 29 £42,500 +59.56% 2
North Lanarkshire -3 19 £31,750 - 14
West Lothian -8 13 £26,500 +6.00% 11
Aberdeen -1 11 £50,000 +42.86% 22
Fife -6 10 £40,101 -1.76% 15
Lanarkshire -16 10 £27,500 -42.11% 68
East Ayrshire -21 9 £40,101 +51.32%
South Lanarkshire -4 8 - - 5
Midlothian -7 7 - - 61
Perth and Kinross +3 5 £33,000 -44.64% 4
Highlands -3 5 - - 3
South Ayrshire -19 5 £40,101 -30.26% 3
Moray - 5 £40,101 - 8
Falkirk - 5 - - 1
Shetland Islands +2 4 - -
West Dunbartonshire -3 4 - - 3
Ayrshire - 4 - - 2
North Ayrshire - 4 - -
Argyll and Bute +6 1 - - 1
Dunbartonshire -2 1 £52,500 - 4
Dundee -8 1 £50,890 +7.15% 12
Social Skills
UK

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 15 (2.44%) Oracle Application Server
2 13 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.95%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.65%) Cloud Foundry
4 4 (0.65%) SAP Portal
5 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.49%) CICS
6 2 (0.33%) Apache
6 2 (0.33%) IIS
6 2 (0.33%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.16%) CMS
7 1 (0.16%) Confluence
7 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 100 (16.26%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (3.41%) Simulink
3 18 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.98%) AutoCAD
5 6 (0.98%) SOLIDWORKS
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.16%) Revit
7 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 20 (3.25%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 59 (9.59%) AWS
2 38 (6.18%) Azure
3 18 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (2.60%) GCP
5 12 (1.95%) Amazon S3
6 10 (1.63%) Serverless
7 9 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
7 9 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (1.46%) SaaS
8 7 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.14%) Snowflake
9 6 (0.98%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.81%) IaaS
10 5 (0.81%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.65%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (0.65%) Amazon EMR
11 4 (0.65%) Amazon MSK
11 4 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (0.65%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.95%) Firewall
2 11 (1.79%) DHCP
2 11 (1.79%) DNS
3 10 (1.63%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.30%) VPN
5 7 (1.14%) BGP
6 6 (0.98%) OSPF
6 6 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.81%) DKIM
7 5 (0.81%) DMARC
7 5 (0.81%) WAN
8 4 (0.65%) LAN
8 4 (0.65%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.49%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.49%) Network Security
9 3 (0.49%) NX-OS
9 3 (0.49%) VXLAN
10 2 (0.33%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.33%) MQTT
10 2 (0.33%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (2.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 15 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
3 14 (2.28%) Tableau
4 8 (1.30%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.14%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.98%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.81%) Big Data
7 5 (0.81%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.81%) MySQL
7 5 (0.81%) Power BI
8 4 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.65%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.65%) DB2
8 4 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
9 3 (0.49%) Amazon QuickSight
9 3 (0.49%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.33%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 22 (3.58%) Git
2 20 (3.25%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (1.79%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.79%) Maven
4 10 (1.63%) JIRA
4 10 (1.63%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.81%) GitLab
6 4 (0.65%) Subversion
7 3 (0.49%) JUnit
8 2 (0.33%) Gradle
8 2 (0.33%) Mockito
8 2 (0.33%) webpack
9 1 (0.16%) ESLint
9 1 (0.16%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.16%) Mocha
9 1 (0.16%) Protractor
9 1 (0.16%) Snyk
9 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 226 (36.75%) Analytical Skills
2 175 (28.46%) Finance
3 93 (15.12%) Presentation Skills
4 60 (9.76%) Banking
5 57 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (6.34%) Electronics
7 36 (5.85%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (5.69%) Marketing
9 31 (5.04%) Law
10 26 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (3.25%) Aerospace
12 18 (2.93%) Retail
13 17 (2.76%) Military
14 15 (2.44%) Public Sector
15 12 (1.95%) Legal
15 12 (1.95%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.63%) Financial Institution
17 8 (1.30%) Advertising
18 5 (0.81%) Manufacturing
19 4 (0.65%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 125 (20.33%) Senior
2 65 (10.57%) Analyst
2 65 (10.57%) Innovation Manager
3 36 (5.85%) Developer
4 34 (5.53%) Graduate
4 34 (5.53%) Software Engineer
5 32 (5.20%) Lead
5 32 (5.20%) Systems Engineer
6 26 (4.23%) Support Engineer
7 23 (3.74%) Junior
8 21 (3.41%) Trainee
9 20 (3.25%) Java Developer
9 20 (3.25%) Junior Systems Engineer
10 18 (2.93%) IT Support
11 17 (2.76%) Java Engineer
11 17 (2.76%) Java Software Engineer
11 17 (2.76%) Project Manager
11 17 (2.76%) Risk Manager
12 14 (2.28%) Architect
12 14 (2.28%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.58%) Spring
2 19 (3.09%) React
3 15 (2.44%) HTML
4 12 (1.95%) AngularJS
5 11 (1.79%) Kafka
6 10 (1.63%) Middleware
7 9 (1.46%) Hibernate
7 9 (1.46%) Spring Boot
8 7 (1.14%) MFC
9 6 (0.98%) CSS
9 6 (0.98%) JSON
9 6 (0.98%) Pandas
10 5 (0.81%) .NET
10 5 (0.81%) jQuery
10 5 (0.81%) RESTful
11 4 (0.65%) Django
12 3 (0.49%) ADO
12 3 (0.49%) Node.js
12 3 (0.49%) REST
12 3 (0.49%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 89 (14.47%) Management Information System
2 23 (3.74%) Product Ownership
3 12 (1.95%) Credit Risk
3 12 (1.95%) SCADA
4 11 (1.79%) Algorithms
4 11 (1.79%) Data Centre
4 11 (1.79%) Onboarding
4 11 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.63%) Driving Licence
5 10 (1.63%) Mobile App
6 7 (1.14%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (0.98%) Derivative
7 6 (0.98%) Public Cloud
7 6 (0.98%) Virtual Team
8 5 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (0.81%) PMI
8 5 (0.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (0.65%) Mainframe
9 4 (0.65%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (5.04%) Windows
2 13 (2.11%) Linux
3 9 (1.46%) Unix
4 7 (1.14%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.81%) VMS
6 4 (0.65%) Android
6 4 (0.65%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.49%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.16%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (27.80%) Decision-Making
2 166 (26.99%) Problem-Solving
3 130 (21.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 129 (20.98%) Agile
4 129 (20.98%) Stakeholder Management
5 120 (19.51%) Risk Management
6 116 (18.86%) Analytics
7 98 (15.93%) Customer Experience
8 91 (14.80%) Artificial Intelligence
9 86 (13.98%) Risk Assessment
10 73 (11.87%) Project Management
11 69 (11.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 56 (9.11%) DevOps
13 50 (8.13%) Software Engineering
14 47 (7.64%) Roadmaps
15 45 (7.32%) Customer Service
16 43 (6.99%) CI/CD
16 43 (6.99%) Coaching
17 40 (6.50%) Mentoring
18 38 (6.18%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (7.32%) Java
2 39 (6.34%) Python
3 35 (5.69%) SQL
4 21 (3.41%) MATLAB
5 18 (2.93%) C++
6 17 (2.76%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.30%) C
7 8 (1.30%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.30%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.81%) Bash
9 4 (0.65%) C#
9 4 (0.65%) VBA
10 3 (0.49%) R
11 1 (0.16%) Cypher
11 1 (0.16%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.16%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.16%) Perl
11 1 (0.16%) Scala
11 1 (0.16%) Swift
Qualifications
1 202 (32.85%) Degree
2 97 (15.77%) BPSS Clearance
3 24 (3.90%) Master's Degree
4 20 (3.25%) HNC
5 19 (3.09%) HND
6 15 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.44%) DBS Check
6 15 (2.44%) Security Cleared
7 11 (1.79%) Chartered Engineer
8 10 (1.63%) CISA
9 8 (1.30%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.14%) SC Cleared
11 5 (0.81%) CISSP
11 5 (0.81%) PMP
12 4 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.65%) CCA
12 4 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (0.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.76%) Data Quality
2 10 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.30%) QA
3 8 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (0.81%) ITGC
5 4 (0.65%) GDPR
5 4 (0.65%) NIST
6 3 (0.49%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.49%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.49%) SEPA
7 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.33%) JTAG
7 2 (0.33%) NCSC
7 2 (0.33%) PMO
8 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.16%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.95%) Hyper-V
3 9 (1.46%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.46%) Docker
4 3 (0.49%) Firmware
5 2 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.33%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.33%) vSphere
6 1 (0.16%) KVM
6 1 (0.16%) RACF
6 1 (0.16%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 17 (2.76%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.46%) Ansible
3 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.98%) Terraform
4 3 (0.49%) Grafana
5 2 (0.33%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.33%) Puppet
6 1 (0.16%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.16%) Panaseer
6 1 (0.16%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 66 (10.73%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.37%) Oracle
3 22 (3.58%) IBM
4 17 (2.76%) VMware
5 10 (1.63%) Cisco
6 9 (1.46%) Dell
6 9 (1.46%) Google
6 9 (1.46%) SAP
7 7 (1.14%) Avaloq
8 5 (0.81%) Apple
8 5 (0.81%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.65%) Allen-Bradley
9 4 (0.65%) Blue Prism
9 4 (0.65%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.65%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.65%) Siemens
9 4 (0.65%) UiPath
10 3 (0.49%) Facebook
10 3 (0.49%) Splunk
10 3 (0.49%) YouTube