Social Skills Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in South Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 353 185 358
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 22.82% 32.69% 24.27%
As % of the General category 45.84% 52.86% 42.98%
Number of salaries quoted 147 124 235
10th Percentile £26,980 £24,000 £25,080
25th Percentile £35,125 £27,503 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -13.04% +27.78%
75th Percentile £54,375 £55,625 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,256 £70,000 £72,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £38,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -15.00% -

All General Skills
South Yorkshire

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 general skills in South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 770 350 833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 49.77% 61.84% 56.47%
Number of salaries quoted 495 236 603
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,044 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £28,188 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +18.75%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £60,741
90th Percentile £75,250 £73,000 £75,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% -6.86%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Social Skills
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in South Yorkshire

Social Skills
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. 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
Sheffield 0 183 £42,500 +3.66% 64
Barnsley 0 93 £40,000 +66.67% 12
Doncaster +1 73 £32,500 +35.42% 7
Rotherham -11 2 £15,600 -63.29% 5
Social Skills
Yorkshire

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 30 (8.50%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.57%) CMS
3 2 (0.57%) WordPress
4 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 56 (15.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.13%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.57%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.57%) Revit
5 2 (0.57%) Trello
6 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 201 (56.94%) Azure
2 82 (23.23%) Power Platform
3 66 (18.70%) Azure AI
4 41 (11.61%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (7.37%) Power Automate
6 20 (5.67%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (5.38%) PowerApps
8 18 (5.10%) OneDrive
9 13 (3.68%) Entra ID
10 9 (2.55%) SaaS
11 7 (1.98%) AWS
12 5 (1.42%) Google Workspace
13 4 (1.13%) GitHub
13 4 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 3 (0.85%) Google Docs
14 3 (0.85%) Google Sheets
15 2 (0.57%) Azure Functions
15 2 (0.57%) Serverless
15 2 (0.57%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.23%) Firewall
2 7 (1.98%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.42%) Network Security
3 5 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.13%) VPN
5 3 (0.85%) DHCP
5 3 (0.85%) DNS
5 3 (0.85%) Internet
6 2 (0.57%) LAN
6 2 (0.57%) VLAN
6 2 (0.57%) WAN
6 2 (0.57%) Wireless
7 1 (0.28%) Broadband
7 1 (0.28%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (20.96%) Power BI
2 48 (13.60%) Tableau
3 6 (1.70%) Power Query
4 5 (1.42%) PowerPivot
5 4 (1.13%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.85%) Metadata
6 3 (0.85%) MySQL
6 3 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.57%) phpMyAdmin
7 2 (0.57%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.28%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 15 (4.25%) JIRA
2 7 (1.98%) Git
3 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (9.35%) Finance
2 25 (7.08%) Manufacturing
3 20 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.10%) Public Sector
5 12 (3.40%) Law
6 9 (2.55%) Marketing
7 8 (2.27%) Health Technology
8 7 (1.98%) Advertising
9 6 (1.70%) Automotive
10 5 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.13%) Banking
11 4 (1.13%) Brand Awareness
11 4 (1.13%) Electronics
11 4 (1.13%) Legal
12 2 (0.57%) Billing
12 2 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Legal Technology
13 1 (0.28%) Local Government
13 1 (0.28%) Retail
Job Titles
1 119 (33.71%) Analyst
2 100 (28.33%) Junior
3 96 (27.20%) Junior Analyst
4 50 (14.16%) Data Analyst
5 48 (13.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 48 (13.60%) Junior Data Analyst
5 48 (13.60%) Junior Security Analyst
5 48 (13.60%) Security Analyst
6 45 (12.75%) Ethical Hacker
7 28 (7.93%) Network Engineer
8 23 (6.52%) IT Technician
9 18 (5.10%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 18 (5.10%) Help Desk Technician
9 18 (5.10%) IT Support
10 17 (4.82%) Applications Support
11 9 (2.55%) Senior
12 8 (2.27%) 1st Line Support
12 8 (2.27%) Lead
12 8 (2.27%) Operations Manager
12 8 (2.27%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.98%) CSS
2 5 (1.42%) REST
3 4 (1.13%) React
4 3 (0.85%) .NET
4 3 (0.85%) HTML
4 3 (0.85%) Node.js
4 3 (0.85%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (0.28%) jQuery
5 1 (0.28%) Laravel
5 1 (0.28%) RESTful
5 1 (0.28%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.03%) Cyberattack
2 18 (5.10%) Onboarding
3 8 (2.27%) Life Science
4 7 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (1.70%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.13%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (1.13%) FPGA
6 4 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (0.85%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.57%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.57%) PMI
9 1 (0.28%) CCTV
9 1 (0.28%) CMDB
9 1 (0.28%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.28%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.28%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.28%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.37%) Windows
2 15 (4.25%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.98%) Linux
4 5 (1.42%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.28%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (30.31%) Cybersecurity
2 84 (23.80%) AI
3 75 (21.25%) Business Intelligence
4 64 (18.13%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (17.56%) Mentoring
6 50 (14.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (12.75%) Ethical Hacking
8 32 (9.07%) Service Management
9 29 (8.22%) Customer Service
10 28 (7.93%) Stakeholder Management
11 25 (7.08%) Business Continuity
11 25 (7.08%) ITIL
12 22 (6.23%) Process Improvement
13 19 (5.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 18 (5.10%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
14 18 (5.10%) Decision-Making
15 16 (4.53%) Service Delivery
16 14 (3.97%) CRM
17 13 (3.68%) Agile
18 12 (3.40%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 75 (21.25%) Python
1 75 (21.25%) SQL
2 8 (2.27%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.42%) C
4 4 (1.13%) C#
4 4 (1.13%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.13%) PHP
4 4 (1.13%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.57%) Bicep
5 2 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.28%) C++
6 1 (0.28%) COBOL
6 1 (0.28%) Java
6 1 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 184 (52.12%) Azure Certification
2 48 (13.60%) CompTIA CySA+
2 48 (13.60%) CompTIA Security+
3 45 (12.75%) CEH
4 27 (7.65%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (7.08%) A+ Certification
6 23 (6.52%) CCNA
7 22 (6.23%) Degree
8 21 (5.95%) Network+ Certification
9 9 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (1.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.13%) CCSP
11 4 (1.13%) CISSP
12 3 (0.85%) HNC
12 3 (0.85%) HND
13 2 (0.57%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.57%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (1.98%) QA
2 4 (1.13%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.13%) NIST
3 2 (0.57%) P3O
3 2 (0.57%) PMO
3 2 (0.57%) SLA
4 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.28%) GDPR
4 1 (0.28%) GRC
System Software
1 18 (5.10%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.42%) Docker
3 5 (1.42%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.13%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.13%) Firmware
5 2 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.57%) vSphere
6 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.28%) XenApp
6 1 (0.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.98%) Terraform
3 6 (1.70%) Ansible
4 2 (0.57%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 219 (62.04%) Microsoft
2 129 (36.54%) ForeScout
3 20 (5.67%) Cisco
4 15 (4.25%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.55%) Freshdesk
5 9 (2.55%) Veeam
6 6 (1.70%) VMware
7 5 (1.42%) Google
8 4 (1.13%) Citrix
8 4 (1.13%) Siemens
9 3 (0.85%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.57%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.57%) WooCommerce
11 1 (0.28%) BT
11 1 (0.28%) Commvault
11 1 (0.28%) CrowdStrike
11 1 (0.28%) Infor
11 1 (0.28%) Sage
11 1 (0.28%) SAP
11 1 (0.28%) Tenable