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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,422 4,401 4,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.95% 26.17% 29.21%
As % of the General category 39.08% 46.20% 46.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,151 2,944 1,972
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,231 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -11.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £59,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £54,793 £49,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.82% -14.78% +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 6,198 9,527 9,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 66.42% 56.64% 63.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,702 6,036 4,458
10th Percentile £27,775 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £32,500 £36,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -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 11 May 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 11 May 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 0 990 £50,000 +11.11% 866
Berkshire +1 472 £50,000 +11.11% 465
Hampshire -2 422 £50,000 +7.53% 490
Surrey 0 408 £50,000 +24.42% 303
Oxfordshire 0 273 £55,000 +22.22% 271
Buckinghamshire -4 247 £50,000 +11.11% 240
Kent 0 164 £40,000 +1.91% 163
Middlesex -2 123 £62,500 +47.06% 38
West Sussex 0 122 £50,000 -4.76% 133
East Sussex 0 94 £45,000 +20.00% 109
Isle of Wight -29 92 £65,000 +52.94% 2
Sussex +5 2 £37,250 -35.78% 119
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 62 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.57%) CMS
3 23 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (0.83%) IBM Domino
5 19 (0.78%) IIS
6 15 (0.62%) Oracle Application Server
7 11 (0.45%) Apache Spark
8 10 (0.41%) Kentico
8 10 (0.41%) WordPress
9 8 (0.33%) Apache
10 7 (0.29%) Confluence
11 6 (0.25%) OpenStack
12 4 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
13 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.083%) ColdFusion
14 2 (0.083%) Skype for Business
14 2 (0.083%) ThingWorx
14 2 (0.083%) TPMS
15 1 (0.041%) Anypoint
15 1 (0.041%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 180 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
2 98 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (1.73%) Simulink
4 19 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.37%) Acrobat
6 9 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
7 8 (0.33%) Trello
8 7 (0.29%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.29%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 6 (0.25%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.21%) Final Cut Pro
10 5 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.12%) InDesign
12 2 (0.083%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.083%) Zemax
13 1 (0.041%) OrCAD
13 1 (0.041%) Revit
Business Applications
1 35 (1.45%) Teamcenter
2 17 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.66%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 16 (0.66%) SAP FI
4 10 (0.41%) Oracle SCM
5 8 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.21%) SAP Business One
8 4 (0.17%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.17%) Shopify
9 3 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.12%) SAP GRC
10 2 (0.083%) Maximo
10 2 (0.083%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.083%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.083%) PeopleSoft Financials
10 2 (0.083%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 326 (13.46%) Azure
2 185 (7.64%) Microsoft 365
3 137 (5.66%) AWS
4 121 (5.00%) Power Platform
5 83 (3.43%) SaaS
6 47 (1.94%) GCP
7 40 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
9 28 (1.16%) PaaS
10 27 (1.11%) PowerApps
11 24 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
12 23 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 22 (0.91%) Entra ID
14 21 (0.87%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 20 (0.83%) Power Automate
16 17 (0.70%) Vertex AI
17 16 (0.66%) Amazon S3
17 16 (0.66%) GitHub
18 15 (0.62%) iPaaS
19 14 (0.58%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 94 (3.88%) Broadband
2 93 (3.84%) TCP/IP
3 81 (3.34%) Firewall
4 77 (3.18%) VPN
5 62 (2.56%) DNS
6 51 (2.11%) WAN
7 49 (2.02%) LAN
8 47 (1.94%) VLAN
8 47 (1.94%) VoIP
9 39 (1.61%) DHCP
10 37 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
11 33 (1.36%) Network Security
12 17 (0.70%) SD-WAN
13 15 (0.62%) Wireless
14 12 (0.50%) 5G
14 12 (0.50%) MPLS
15 11 (0.45%) BGP
15 11 (0.45%) LTE
15 11 (0.45%) OSPF
16 10 (0.41%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (3.88%) Power BI
2 80 (3.30%) SQL Server
3 46 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (1.28%) Big Data
5 26 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (1.07%) Relational Database
6 24 (0.99%) Data Mining
6 24 (0.99%) MongoDB
7 22 (0.91%) Metadata
8 21 (0.87%) Data Lake
8 21 (0.87%) NoSQL
9 19 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 16 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
11 15 (0.62%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 14 (0.58%) Tableau
13 13 (0.54%) Redis
14 12 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
14 12 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 11 (0.45%) MySQL
16 10 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 85 (3.51%) Rational DOORS
2 64 (2.64%) JIRA
3 46 (1.90%) Cucumber
4 35 (1.45%) Git
5 34 (1.40%) Robot Framework
6 30 (1.24%) Jenkins
7 12 (0.50%) Octopus Deploy
8 8 (0.33%) JUnit
9 7 (0.29%) Appium
9 7 (0.29%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.25%) Postman
10 6 (0.25%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.21%) GitLab
11 5 (0.21%) Selenium
11 5 (0.21%) Subversion
11 5 (0.21%) TestComplete
12 4 (0.17%) Gradle
13 3 (0.12%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.12%) Mockito
13 3 (0.12%) SpecFlow
General
1 703 (29.03%) Finance
2 371 (15.32%) Analytical Skills
3 306 (12.63%) Marketing
4 207 (8.55%) Law
5 181 (7.47%) Public Sector
6 133 (5.49%) Manufacturing
7 129 (5.33%) Legal
8 127 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
9 119 (4.91%) Telecoms
10 110 (4.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 102 (4.21%) Retail
12 91 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
13 83 (3.43%) Electronics
14 68 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
15 52 (2.15%) Aerospace
16 45 (1.86%) Advertising
17 29 (1.20%) Banking
18 27 (1.11%) Military
19 22 (0.91%) Automotive
20 20 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 279 (11.52%) Senior
2 264 (10.90%) Analyst
3 230 (9.50%) Lead
4 195 (8.05%) Systems Manager
5 192 (7.93%) Resource Manager
6 165 (6.81%) Development Manager
7 158 (6.52%) Business Manager
8 151 (6.23%) Business Development Manager
9 130 (5.37%) Architect
10 127 (5.24%) Developer
11 112 (4.62%) IT Support
12 104 (4.29%) Project Manager
13 99 (4.09%) Support Engineer
14 94 (3.88%) Systems Engineer
15 67 (2.77%) Support Analyst
16 63 (2.60%) Senior Manager
17 62 (2.56%) IT Analyst
18 61 (2.52%) Junior
19 56 (2.31%) Sales Executive
20 52 (2.15%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (4.71%) .NET
2 52 (2.15%) HTML
3 50 (2.06%) REST
4 34 (1.40%) CSS
5 29 (1.20%) SOAP
6 27 (1.11%) Lightning Web Components
6 27 (1.11%) React
7 26 (1.07%) Middleware
8 25 (1.03%) .NET Framework
9 20 (0.83%) AngularJS
9 20 (0.83%) RabbitMQ
10 19 (0.78%) Blazor
11 16 (0.66%) HTML5
11 16 (0.66%) Kafka
11 16 (0.66%) Spring
12 15 (0.62%) Spring Boot
13 14 (0.58%) JSON
13 14 (0.58%) XML
14 12 (0.50%) MSMQ
14 12 (0.50%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 163 (6.73%) Management Information System
2 99 (4.09%) Driving Licence
3 97 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 76 (3.14%) Data Centre
5 59 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 58 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
7 52 (2.15%) Product Ownership
8 51 (2.11%) Algorithms
9 44 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
10 32 (1.32%) Digital Media
11 31 (1.28%) Client/Server
12 28 (1.16%) Social Media
13 27 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
13 27 (1.11%) Marketing Technology
14 26 (1.07%) IoT
15 24 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
15 24 (0.99%) Virtual Team
16 23 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
17 18 (0.74%) Security Posture
18 17 (0.70%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 217 (8.96%) Windows
2 107 (4.42%) Linux
3 49 (2.02%) Mac OS
4 39 (1.61%) Windows Server
5 32 (1.32%) Windows 10
6 27 (1.11%) Apple iOS
7 26 (1.07%) Unix
8 13 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.37%) Android
10 4 (0.17%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.12%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.083%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.083%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.041%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 834 (34.43%) Problem-Solving
2 510 (21.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 391 (16.14%) Agile
4 386 (15.94%) Analytics
5 369 (15.24%) Mentoring
6 367 (15.15%) Project Management
7 301 (12.43%) Computer Science
8 291 (12.01%) ERP
9 283 (11.68%) Data Management
10 249 (10.28%) Collaborative Working
11 220 (9.08%) Roadmaps
12 218 (9.00%) Customer Service
13 198 (8.18%) Business Development
13 198 (8.18%) Coaching
14 192 (7.93%) DevOps
15 176 (7.27%) Collaborative Culture
16 173 (7.14%) Project Delivery
17 168 (6.94%) Stakeholder Management
18 165 (6.81%) Strategic Thinking
19 155 (6.40%) Marketing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 228 (9.41%) SQL
2 167 (6.90%) Python
3 120 (4.95%) JavaScript
4 108 (4.46%) C#
5 103 (4.25%) Java
6 99 (4.09%) PowerShell
7 55 (2.27%) Bash
8 49 (2.02%) MATLAB
9 26 (1.07%) C++
10 25 (1.03%) Apex Code
11 21 (0.87%) Rust
12 19 (0.78%) C
13 18 (0.74%) PHP
14 15 (0.62%) T-SQL
15 14 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (0.50%) R
17 9 (0.37%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.37%) TypeScript
18 8 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
18 8 (0.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 611 (25.23%) Degree
2 167 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 155 (6.40%) BPSS Clearance
4 82 (3.39%) Chartered Engineer
5 79 (3.26%) Security Cleared
6 67 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 60 (2.48%) Master's Degree
8 52 (2.15%) CISSP
9 49 (2.02%) DBS Check
10 46 (1.90%) SC Cleared
11 44 (1.82%) PMI Certification
12 39 (1.61%) CISM
13 37 (1.53%) PMP
14 31 (1.28%) NVQ Level 3
14 31 (1.28%) NVQ Level 4
15 29 (1.20%) DV Cleared
16 28 (1.16%) CBAP
17 27 (1.11%) Azure Certification
17 27 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
18 25 (1.03%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (3.96%) QA
2 81 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 60 (2.48%) SLA
4 57 (2.35%) Data Quality
5 48 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 45 (1.86%) GDPR
7 37 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 29 (1.20%) Accessibility
9 23 (0.95%) PCI DSS
10 22 (0.91%) NIST
11 19 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 14 (0.58%) GRC
12 14 (0.58%) SOC 2
13 13 (0.54%) HIPAA
14 11 (0.45%) PMO
15 10 (0.41%) ISO 9001
16 9 (0.37%) PERC
16 9 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 7 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 5 (0.21%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 98 (4.05%) Active Directory
2 47 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (1.57%) Docker
4 26 (1.07%) Hyper-V
5 18 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (0.45%) vSphere
7 7 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.25%) Firmware
9 5 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.17%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.12%) HDFS
12 1 (0.041%) NFS
12 1 (0.041%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 48 (1.98%) Kubernetes
2 29 (1.20%) Terraform
3 23 (0.95%) Ansible
3 23 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.58%) Puppet
5 8 (0.33%) SCCM
6 5 (0.21%) vCenter Server
6 5 (0.21%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.17%) Grafana
7 4 (0.17%) PaperCut
7 4 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.17%) QRadar
7 4 (0.17%) WSUS
8 2 (0.083%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.083%) Hadoop YARN
8 2 (0.083%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.083%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.083%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.083%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.083%) WMI
Vendors
1 518 (21.39%) Microsoft
2 102 (4.21%) IBM
3 92 (3.80%) SAP
4 74 (3.06%) Google
5 72 (2.97%) Oracle
6 67 (2.77%) Cisco
7 62 (2.56%) Salesforce
8 57 (2.35%) VMware
9 27 (1.11%) Adobe
9 27 (1.11%) Dell
10 24 (0.99%) Databricks
11 23 (0.95%) Workday
12 22 (0.91%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 21 (0.87%) Concur
14 17 (0.70%) ServiceNow
15 16 (0.66%) Citrix
16 15 (0.62%) OpenAI
17 12 (0.50%) Apple
17 12 (0.50%) Meraki
18 11 (0.45%) Progress