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 10 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,796 4,365 3,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 27.72% 24.92% 28.04%
As % of the General category 41.81% 45.42% 46.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,317 2,814 1,830
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,813 £36,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,283 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £74,400 £72,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,055 £48,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.74% -16.09% +4.55%

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 6,688 9,611 7,501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 66.30% 54.86% 60.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,067 5,981 4,222
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,760 £28,888
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -3.67%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,750 £84,975
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 10 July 2025.

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 10 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
Thames Valley 0 1,183 £45,000 - 879
Berkshire +1 631 £47,500 -2.91% 436
Surrey 0 498 £42,500 - 345
Hampshire -1 481 £47,500 - 438
Oxfordshire +1 287 £41,500 -5.87% 203
Buckinghamshire -2 267 £43,773 -2.73% 260
Kent 0 193 £37,500 -11.76% 196
West Sussex 0 157 £45,000 -18.06% 143
Middlesex 0 145 £62,500 +41.24% 77
East Sussex -10 88 £37,500 -7.41% 106
Isle of Wight -56 30 £65,000 +52.94% 2
Sussex +12 13 £42,500 -30.89% 103
Home Counties +1 1 £50,000 -44.44%
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 80 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 61 (2.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 42 (1.50%) CMS
4 22 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 22 (0.79%) IBM Domino
5 16 (0.57%) Confluence
6 15 (0.54%) Oracle Application Server
7 14 (0.50%) IIS
7 14 (0.50%) WordPress
8 10 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
9 8 (0.29%) Apache
10 6 (0.21%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.21%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.14%) Skype for Business
12 3 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.072%) Appian
13 2 (0.072%) ColdFusion
13 2 (0.072%) Drupal
13 2 (0.072%) ThingWorx
13 2 (0.072%) TPMS
Applications
1 196 (7.01%) Microsoft Office
2 133 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (1.36%) Simulink
4 20 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.54%) Photoshop
6 11 (0.39%) Adobe Premiere
7 10 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.25%) MS Visio
9 6 (0.21%) Trello
10 5 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.18%) Final Cut Pro
10 5 (0.18%) InDesign
10 5 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.072%) Revit
12 2 (0.072%) Sketch
13 1 (0.036%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.036%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 31 (1.11%) Teamcenter
2 18 (0.64%) Oracle SCM
3 16 (0.57%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 16 (0.57%) SAP FI
4 15 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
5 14 (0.50%) NetSuite
6 12 (0.43%) Sage 200
7 11 (0.39%) PeopleSoft Financials
7 11 (0.39%) Sage CRM
8 10 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
8 10 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
9 9 (0.32%) Shopify
10 8 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
11 6 (0.21%) Magento
11 6 (0.21%) SAP Business One
12 5 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
12 5 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
13 4 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
13 4 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
13 4 (0.14%) Sage 1000
Cloud Services
1 402 (14.38%) Azure
2 233 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 184 (6.58%) AWS
4 116 (4.15%) Power Platform
5 98 (3.51%) SaaS
6 72 (2.58%) GCP
7 45 (1.61%) Entra ID
8 37 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (1.32%) PaaS
9 32 (1.14%) Vertex AI
10 28 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
11 27 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (0.93%) Amazon S3
13 25 (0.89%) iPaaS
13 25 (0.89%) Serverless
14 21 (0.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 19 (0.68%) OCI
15 19 (0.68%) PowerApps
16 17 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (0.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 140 (5.01%) Broadband
2 122 (4.36%) Firewall
3 106 (3.79%) TCP/IP
4 100 (3.58%) VPN
5 88 (3.15%) DNS
6 75 (2.68%) WAN
7 74 (2.65%) LAN
8 67 (2.40%) VLAN
9 57 (2.04%) VoIP
10 54 (1.93%) DHCP
11 38 (1.36%) Network Security
11 38 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (0.93%) SAN
13 20 (0.72%) Wireless
14 19 (0.68%) SSL
15 17 (0.61%) SD-WAN
16 16 (0.57%) Internet
16 16 (0.57%) SNMP
17 13 (0.46%) SSH
18 12 (0.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (3.43%) Power BI
1 96 (3.43%) SQL Server
2 59 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (2.00%) Data Lake
4 41 (1.47%) Data Mining
5 38 (1.36%) Big Data
6 37 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 33 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
8 25 (0.89%) NoSQL
9 24 (0.86%) Metadata
9 24 (0.86%) MySQL
10 23 (0.82%) Relational Database
11 21 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 19 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
13 18 (0.64%) MongoDB
14 15 (0.54%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 15 (0.54%) OLTP
14 15 (0.54%) Tableau
15 13 (0.46%) Hadoop
16 9 (0.32%) Redis
Development Applications
1 69 (2.47%) JIRA
2 43 (1.54%) Rational DOORS
3 39 (1.39%) Cucumber
4 38 (1.36%) Git
5 36 (1.29%) Robot Framework
6 27 (0.97%) Jenkins
7 12 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
8 7 (0.25%) GitLab
8 7 (0.25%) Subversion
8 7 (0.25%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.25%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.21%) JUnit
10 5 (0.18%) Appium
11 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.14%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.14%) Jasmine
11 4 (0.14%) NUnit
12 3 (0.11%) Mockito
12 3 (0.11%) MSI
12 3 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 772 (27.61%) Finance
2 431 (15.41%) Analytical Skills
3 374 (13.38%) Marketing
4 301 (10.77%) Law
5 198 (7.08%) Legal
6 188 (6.72%) Public Sector
7 171 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
8 133 (4.76%) Telecoms
9 127 (4.54%) Retail
10 115 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
11 114 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
12 111 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 83 (2.97%) Manufacturing
14 78 (2.79%) Electronics
15 53 (1.90%) Advertising
16 50 (1.79%) Aerospace
17 33 (1.18%) Military
18 29 (1.04%) Automotive
19 28 (1.00%) Banking
20 26 (0.93%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 397 (14.20%) Senior
2 310 (11.09%) Analyst
3 283 (10.12%) Lead
4 197 (7.05%) Systems Manager
5 192 (6.87%) Resource Manager
6 176 (6.29%) Development Manager
7 171 (6.12%) Business Manager
8 164 (5.87%) IT Support
9 163 (5.83%) Business Development Manager
10 139 (4.97%) Support Engineer
11 121 (4.33%) Developer
12 112 (4.01%) Support Analyst
13 97 (3.47%) Architect
14 86 (3.08%) Technical Support
15 85 (3.04%) Systems Engineer
16 80 (2.86%) Senior Manager
17 77 (2.75%) Sales Executive
18 69 (2.47%) Junior
19 63 (2.25%) Financial Analyst
20 59 (2.11%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (2.86%) .NET
2 61 (2.18%) HTML
3 47 (1.68%) REST
4 42 (1.50%) CSS
5 29 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
5 29 (1.04%) React
5 29 (1.04%) SOAP
6 27 (0.97%) Middleware
6 27 (0.97%) RESTful
7 26 (0.93%) .NET Framework
8 25 (0.89%) Kafka
9 21 (0.75%) JSON
10 19 (0.68%) Web Services
11 17 (0.61%) Node.js
11 17 (0.61%) Spring
12 15 (0.54%) PyTorch
12 15 (0.54%) TensorFlow
13 13 (0.46%) Hugging Face
13 13 (0.46%) LangChain
13 13 (0.46%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 152 (5.44%) Driving Licence
2 150 (5.36%) Management Information System
3 135 (4.83%) Self-Motivation
4 93 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 83 (2.97%) Onboarding
6 66 (2.36%) Algorithms
7 60 (2.15%) Product Ownership
8 57 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
9 48 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
10 43 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
11 40 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
12 39 (1.39%) Social Media
13 36 (1.29%) Digital Media
14 33 (1.18%) Cloud Native
15 27 (0.97%) Marketing Technology
16 26 (0.93%) Virtual Team
17 25 (0.89%) Client/Server
18 24 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
19 21 (0.75%) Security Posture
20 19 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 340 (12.16%) Windows
2 126 (4.51%) Linux
3 95 (3.40%) Windows Server
4 68 (2.43%) Windows 10
5 48 (1.72%) Mac OS
6 39 (1.39%) Unix
7 28 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 27 (0.97%) Apple iOS
9 26 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
10 18 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (0.32%) Android
12 4 (0.14%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.11%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.11%) VMS
13 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
14 2 (0.072%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.072%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.072%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 900 (32.19%) Problem-Solving
2 508 (18.17%) Agile
3 500 (17.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 464 (16.60%) Analytics
5 393 (14.06%) Mentoring
6 376 (13.45%) Computer Science
7 342 (12.23%) Project Management
8 339 (12.12%) Roadmaps
9 322 (11.52%) ERP
10 313 (11.19%) Customer Service
11 300 (10.73%) Data Management
12 243 (8.69%) Coaching
13 235 (8.40%) Stakeholder Management
14 233 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
15 230 (8.23%) Cybersecurity
16 229 (8.19%) Business Development
17 226 (8.08%) DevOps
18 202 (7.22%) Artificial Intelligence
19 194 (6.94%) Collaborative Culture
20 171 (6.12%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 285 (10.19%) SQL
2 176 (6.29%) Python
3 123 (4.40%) JavaScript
4 103 (3.68%) Java
5 98 (3.51%) PowerShell
6 96 (3.43%) C#
7 67 (2.40%) Bash
8 43 (1.54%) MATLAB
9 27 (0.97%) Apex Code
10 25 (0.89%) T-SQL
11 21 (0.75%) Rust
12 20 (0.72%) C++
13 18 (0.64%) PHP
13 18 (0.64%) PL/SQL
14 15 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 13 (0.46%) R
16 12 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
16 12 (0.43%) TypeScript
17 11 (0.39%) C
18 10 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 697 (24.93%) Degree
2 213 (7.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 121 (4.33%) Security Cleared
4 91 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 84 (3.00%) Master's Degree
6 80 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 65 (2.32%) SC Cleared
8 55 (1.97%) CISSP
9 53 (1.90%) DBS Check
10 48 (1.72%) DV Cleared
11 46 (1.65%) CISM
12 44 (1.57%) PMI Certification
13 42 (1.50%) PMP
14 31 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
15 26 (0.93%) A+ Certification
16 25 (0.89%) Azure Certification
16 25 (0.89%) CRISC
17 22 (0.79%) MCP
17 22 (0.79%) MCSE
18 21 (0.75%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 83 (2.97%) QA
3 80 (2.86%) GDPR
4 56 (2.00%) Data Quality
5 55 (1.97%) SLA
6 41 (1.47%) NIST
7 33 (1.18%) Accessibility
8 30 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
9 23 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 21 (0.75%) SOC 2
11 12 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 12 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 11 (0.39%) HIPAA
12 11 (0.39%) ISO 9001
12 11 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.32%) PMO
14 8 (0.29%) GRC
14 8 (0.29%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 5 (0.18%) GMP
System Software
1 187 (6.69%) Active Directory
2 53 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (1.75%) Hyper-V
4 40 (1.43%) Docker
5 19 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.36%) vSphere
7 9 (0.32%) Firmware
8 7 (0.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 7 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.14%) NFS
10 4 (0.14%) Terminal Server
11 3 (0.11%) GPFS
11 3 (0.11%) HDFS
11 3 (0.11%) Lustre
11 3 (0.11%) vCloud
11 3 (0.11%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.072%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.036%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 58 (2.07%) Kubernetes
2 45 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 43 (1.54%) Terraform
4 29 (1.04%) SCCM
5 23 (0.82%) Grafana
5 23 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 14 (0.50%) Ansible
7 8 (0.29%) QRadar
8 6 (0.21%) ZABBIX
9 5 (0.18%) SCOM
10 4 (0.14%) PaperCut
10 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.11%) Puppet
11 3 (0.11%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.11%) WMI
12 2 (0.072%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.072%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.072%) Nessus
12 2 (0.072%) Nmap
Vendors
1 690 (24.68%) Microsoft
2 104 (3.72%) SAP
3 99 (3.54%) Cisco
4 94 (3.36%) Google
5 84 (3.00%) Oracle
6 80 (2.86%) Salesforce
7 76 (2.72%) VMware
8 67 (2.40%) IBM
9 58 (2.07%) Dell
10 43 (1.54%) OpenAI
11 39 (1.39%) ServiceNow
12 32 (1.14%) Workday
13 31 (1.11%) Adobe
14 27 (0.97%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 25 (0.89%) Sun
16 22 (0.79%) Concur
16 22 (0.79%) Progress
17 21 (0.75%) Databricks
17 21 (0.75%) Sage
18 19 (0.68%) Apple