Social Skills Jobs in the South East

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 3,581 3,261 5,559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 23.73% 28.14% 25.19%
As % of the General category 44.09% 46.29% 39.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,152 1,748 2,740
10th Percentile £24,500 £27,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,250 £35,160
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,122 7,045 14,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 53.81% 60.80% 64.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,765 4,014 6,830
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,881 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.99% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the South East

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the South East.

Salary trend for Social Skills in the South East

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the South East

Social Skills
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Thames Valley 0 1,254 £45,000 -13.46% 378
Surrey 0 861 £42,500 -29.17% 126
Hampshire 0 706 £49,881 -0.24% 240
Berkshire -2 549 £51,000 -2.95% 148
Buckinghamshire +1 410 £45,000 -5.26% 109
Oxfordshire -1 295 £44,435 -15.36% 121
Kent +4 285 £45,000 +12.50% 125
West Sussex 0 180 £57,500 +15.00% 84
East Sussex -1 146 £43,500 -13.00% 49
Middlesex +18 106 £40,000 -39.62% 3
Sussex - 15 £65,000 - 6
Isle of Wight +3 7 £42,500 - 3
Home Counties -1 1 £90,000 +291.30%
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 114 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 84 (2.35%) SAS
3 83 (2.32%) SharePoint
4 41 (1.14%) CMS
5 25 (0.70%) Confluence
6 16 (0.45%) WebLogic
7 14 (0.39%) Documentum
7 14 (0.39%) OpenStack
8 12 (0.34%) WordPress
9 10 (0.28%) Apache Spark
10 6 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 5 (0.14%) Apache
11 5 (0.14%) ColdFusion
11 5 (0.14%) Drupal
11 5 (0.14%) Joomla!
12 4 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2000
12 4 (0.11%) Kentico
13 3 (0.084%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.056%) Mule
Applications
1 615 (17.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 359 (10.03%) Microsoft Office
3 122 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (1.34%) Simulink
5 44 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
6 31 (0.87%) MS Visio
7 25 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
8 12 (0.34%) Photoshop
9 11 (0.31%) AutoCAD
10 9 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 7 (0.20%) Siemens NX
12 6 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
12 6 (0.17%) InDesign
13 5 (0.14%) Adobe Captivate
14 2 (0.056%) Adobe Premiere
14 2 (0.056%) Adobe XD
14 2 (0.056%) Chatbot
14 2 (0.056%) Fireworks
14 2 (0.056%) OrCAD
14 2 (0.056%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 76 (2.12%) SAP ERP
2 35 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.34%) Primavera
4 12 (0.34%) TrackWise
5 10 (0.28%) NEC Housing
5 10 (0.28%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
7 8 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
8 7 (0.20%) Teamcenter
9 6 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
10 5 (0.14%) Odoo
11 4 (0.11%) SAP CO
11 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
11 4 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
11 4 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
11 4 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
12 3 (0.084%) Maximo
12 3 (0.084%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 519 (14.49%) Azure
2 381 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
3 235 (6.56%) AWS
4 173 (4.83%) Power Platform
5 115 (3.21%) SaaS
6 103 (2.88%) Entra ID
7 55 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
8 49 (1.37%) GitHub
9 42 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
10 34 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
11 30 (0.84%) PaaS
11 30 (0.84%) Serverless
12 29 (0.81%) IaaS
13 25 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
14 24 (0.67%) Azure Monitor
14 24 (0.67%) GCP
15 23 (0.64%) IBM Cloud
16 22 (0.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 21 (0.59%) PowerApps
18 20 (0.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 296 (8.27%) Broadband
2 205 (5.72%) Firewall
3 95 (2.65%) LAN
4 93 (2.60%) DNS
5 89 (2.49%) WAN
6 87 (2.43%) Wireless
7 85 (2.37%) VPN
8 73 (2.04%) DHCP
9 67 (1.87%) TCP/IP
10 55 (1.54%) VLAN
11 49 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
12 42 (1.17%) VoIP
13 37 (1.03%) Network Security
14 31 (0.87%) HTTP
15 29 (0.81%) BGP
16 26 (0.73%) Internet
17 24 (0.67%) SAN
18 23 (0.64%) OSPF
19 21 (0.59%) SSL
20 20 (0.56%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (3.74%) Power BI
2 133 (3.71%) SQL Server
3 60 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
4 56 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
5 54 (1.51%) NoSQL
6 52 (1.45%) MySQL
6 52 (1.45%) Relational Database
7 35 (0.98%) MongoDB
8 33 (0.92%) Big Data
9 29 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
10 25 (0.70%) Oracle Database
10 25 (0.70%) Tableau
11 19 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 17 (0.47%) Redis
13 16 (0.45%) Data Lake
14 15 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
15 14 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
16 13 (0.36%) DynamoDB
16 13 (0.36%) Hadoop
17 12 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 139 (3.88%) Git
2 97 (2.71%) JIRA
3 45 (1.26%) Visual Studio
4 39 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 30 (0.84%) GitLab
6 19 (0.53%) Subversion
7 16 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
7 16 (0.45%) Selenium
8 15 (0.42%) MSI
9 13 (0.36%) AdminStudio
9 13 (0.36%) Bitbucket
9 13 (0.36%) InstallShield
10 12 (0.34%) JUnit
10 12 (0.34%) Maven
11 11 (0.31%) NUnit
11 11 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
12 10 (0.28%) Ant
12 10 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
13 9 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
14 8 (0.22%) JMeter
General
1 873 (24.38%) Finance
2 814 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 254 (7.09%) Organisational Skills
4 251 (7.01%) Influencing Skills
5 222 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 220 (6.14%) Retail
7 212 (5.92%) Marketing
8 161 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
9 150 (4.19%) Manufacturing
10 140 (3.91%) Telecoms
11 139 (3.88%) Billing
12 135 (3.77%) Legal
12 135 (3.77%) Public Sector
13 101 (2.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 82 (2.29%) Electronics
15 68 (1.90%) Law
16 65 (1.82%) German Language
17 50 (1.40%) Local Government
18 41 (1.14%) Aerospace
19 37 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 491 (13.71%) Analyst
2 447 (12.48%) Senior
3 338 (9.44%) Developer
4 247 (6.90%) Architect
5 215 (6.00%) Lead
6 188 (5.25%) Project Manager
7 157 (4.38%) Support Engineer
8 152 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
9 149 (4.16%) Senior Analyst
10 140 (3.91%) IT Support
11 135 (3.77%) Coordinator
12 119 (3.32%) Consultant
13 105 (2.93%) IT Manager
14 95 (2.65%) Graduate
15 86 (2.40%) Software Engineer
16 83 (2.32%) Support Analyst
17 82 (2.29%) IT Engineer
18 75 (2.09%) Senior Developer
18 75 (2.09%) Software Developer
19 71 (1.98%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (5.08%) .NET
2 161 (4.50%) HTML
3 151 (4.22%) CSS
4 100 (2.79%) React
5 84 (2.35%) REST
6 79 (2.21%) Web Services
7 51 (1.42%) .NET Framework
7 51 (1.42%) RabbitMQ
8 47 (1.31%) Kafka
8 47 (1.31%) Spring
9 45 (1.26%) AngularJS
10 43 (1.20%) RESTful
11 42 (1.17%) SOAP
12 41 (1.14%) JSON
12 41 (1.14%) XML
13 37 (1.03%) gRPC
14 34 (0.95%) GraphQL
15 28 (0.78%) Hibernate
15 28 (0.78%) jQuery
16 27 (0.75%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 567 (15.83%) Self-Motivation
2 198 (5.53%) Management Information System
3 166 (4.64%) Driving Licence
4 102 (2.85%) Digital Signage
5 95 (2.65%) Video Conferencing
6 89 (2.49%) Video\Live Streaming
7 75 (2.09%) Product Ownership
8 73 (2.04%) Data Centre
9 72 (2.01%) Onboarding
10 55 (1.54%) Algorithms
11 54 (1.51%) Life Science
12 52 (1.45%) NHS
13 48 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
14 46 (1.28%) IoT
15 42 (1.17%) Social Media
16 40 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
17 38 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
18 33 (0.92%) PKI
19 32 (0.89%) PMI
20 30 (0.84%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 470 (13.12%) Windows
2 209 (5.84%) Linux
3 155 (4.33%) Windows Server
4 135 (3.77%) Windows 10
5 59 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 49 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 43 (1.20%) Apple iOS
8 38 (1.06%) Embedded Linux
9 33 (0.92%) Android
10 27 (0.75%) Unix
11 26 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
12 25 (0.70%) Mac OS
13 20 (0.56%) Windows 7
14 18 (0.50%) Ubuntu
15 16 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 13 (0.36%) VMS
17 9 (0.25%) Windows NT
18 6 (0.17%) Windows 8
18 6 (0.17%) Windows XP
19 5 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,236 (34.52%) Problem-Solving
2 817 (22.81%) Agile
3 531 (14.83%) Mentoring
4 526 (14.69%) Customer Service
5 504 (14.07%) Project Management
6 469 (13.10%) Decision-Making
7 327 (9.13%) Actionable Insight
8 296 (8.27%) ITIL
9 295 (8.24%) Computer Science
10 275 (7.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 265 (7.40%) DevOps
12 246 (6.87%) Roadmaps
13 240 (6.70%) Collaborative Working
14 239 (6.67%) Business Case
15 223 (6.23%) Coaching
16 218 (6.09%) Budgeting
17 214 (5.98%) Software Engineering
18 202 (5.64%) Change Management
19 200 (5.59%) ERP
20 199 (5.56%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 346 (9.66%) SQL
2 248 (6.93%) Python
3 232 (6.48%) Java
4 223 (6.23%) C#
5 212 (5.92%) JavaScript
6 121 (3.38%) C++
7 113 (3.16%) C
8 109 (3.04%) PowerShell
9 55 (1.54%) Bash
10 44 (1.23%) PHP
10 44 (1.23%) TypeScript
10 44 (1.23%) VB
11 40 (1.12%) Go
12 30 (0.84%) R
13 24 (0.67%) VBScript
14 23 (0.64%) T-SQL
15 22 (0.61%) MATLAB
16 20 (0.56%) Scala
17 18 (0.50%) Bicep
18 17 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 966 (26.98%) Degree
2 365 (10.19%) Security Cleared
3 236 (6.59%) ACCA
4 213 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 209 (5.84%) SC Cleared
6 200 (5.59%) CIMA
7 187 (5.22%) DBS Check
8 128 (3.57%) DV Cleared
9 107 (2.99%) Master's Degree
10 69 (1.93%) PMI Certification
11 54 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
12 47 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 42 (1.17%) CCNA
14 40 (1.12%) PMP
15 38 (1.06%) Azure Certification
16 37 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 31 (0.87%) HNC
18 30 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
19 28 (0.78%) AWS Certification
20 26 (0.73%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 244 (6.81%) SLA
2 196 (5.47%) QA
3 103 (2.88%) GDPR
4 100 (2.79%) PMO
5 59 (1.65%) Accessibility
6 53 (1.48%) Data Quality
7 45 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 43 (1.20%) Good Clinical Practice
9 37 (1.03%) ISO 9001
10 27 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
11 26 (0.73%) GMP
12 20 (0.56%) GxP
13 17 (0.47%) HIPAA
14 16 (0.45%) PCI DSS
15 15 (0.42%) IFRS
15 15 (0.42%) ISO 13485
16 12 (0.34%) ISO 14001
16 12 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 11 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 17025
17 11 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 270 (7.54%) Active Directory
2 115 (3.21%) Docker
3 96 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 69 (1.93%) Hyper-V
5 39 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
6 37 (1.03%) Firmware
7 34 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
8 14 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
9 12 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
12 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.11%) vSphere
13 3 (0.084%) Ceph
13 3 (0.084%) GPFS
13 3 (0.084%) KVM
13 3 (0.084%) Lustre
13 3 (0.084%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.056%) HDFS
14 2 (0.056%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 99 (2.76%) Kubernetes
2 83 (2.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 71 (1.98%) SCCM
4 56 (1.56%) WSUS
5 32 (0.89%) SCOM
6 29 (0.81%) Ansible
6 29 (0.81%) Terraform
7 25 (0.70%) Puppet
8 20 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 15 (0.42%) ZABBIX
10 13 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (0.34%) OpenSSO
11 12 (0.34%) vCenter Server
12 11 (0.31%) Autotask
13 9 (0.25%) Sysprep
14 6 (0.17%) FortiGate
14 6 (0.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 6 (0.17%) SCDPM
15 5 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
15 5 (0.14%) SELinux
Vendors
1 1,095 (30.58%) Microsoft
2 182 (5.08%) Oracle
3 179 (5.00%) SAP
4 122 (3.41%) VMware
5 81 (2.26%) Cisco
6 75 (2.09%) Anaplan
6 75 (2.09%) Hyperion
7 57 (1.59%) Salesforce
8 55 (1.54%) Google
9 46 (1.28%) Xilinx
10 40 (1.12%) ServiceNow
11 39 (1.09%) HP
12 37 (1.03%) Adobe
13 36 (1.01%) CA
14 31 (0.87%) Veeam
15 29 (0.81%) Citrix
15 29 (0.81%) IBM
15 29 (0.81%) MuleSoft
16 28 (0.78%) Dell
16 28 (0.78%) Fortinet