Social Skills Job Trends in Surrey

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 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 401 408 958
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 18.50% 36.79% 39.01%
As % of the General category 38.63% 56.12% 58.77%
Number of salaries quoted 222 236 522
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,375 £24,500
25th Percentile £32,125 £31,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.17%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%

All General Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,038 727 1,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 47.88% 65.55% 66.37%
Number of salaries quoted 712 400 922
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £39,938 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £73,750 £63,813 £63,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Surrey

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Surrey over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Surrey

Social Skills
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 15 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
Guildford 0 116 £37,500 +15.38% 37
Woking -7 32 £57,500 +27.78% 65
Staines +3 27 £60,000 -4.00% 5
Redhill +7 22 £70,000 -22.22% 15
Leatherhead -1 21 £72,500 +52.63% 4
Reigate -3 21 £41,585 +3.96% 4
Epsom -4 18 £55,000 +46.67% 6
Weybridge -1 12 £40,000 -36.00% 1
Camberley -2 12 £28,000 -25.33% 9
Egham -1 11 £29,000 -10.77% 3
Godalming +3 8 £32,250 -41.36% 1
Horley -1 5 £39,000 +50.00%
Chertsey -7 4 £48,875 - 1
Farnham - 4 - - 1
Cobham -1 3 - -
Shepperton 0 2 £60,000 -
Walton-on-Thames -1 2 - -
Haslemere - 1 £37,500 -
Social Skills
South East

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 22 (5.49%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.49%) Confluence
4 4 (1.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (1.00%) CMS
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 40 (9.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.25%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.25%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.25%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 112 (27.93%) Azure
2 65 (16.21%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (9.98%) Power Platform
4 36 (8.98%) SaaS
5 35 (8.73%) Entra ID
6 22 (5.49%) AWS
6 22 (5.49%) Azure AI
7 9 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
8 7 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.75%) Google Analytics
9 6 (1.50%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 5 (1.25%) Azure Key Vault
10 5 (1.25%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.25%) ClickUp
10 5 (1.25%) GCP
10 5 (1.25%) GitHub
10 5 (1.25%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.48%) Firewall
2 21 (5.24%) TCP/IP
3 17 (4.24%) DNS
4 10 (2.49%) Wireless
5 8 (2.00%) HTTP
5 8 (2.00%) VoIP
5 8 (2.00%) VPN
6 6 (1.50%) LAN
6 6 (1.50%) WAN
7 5 (1.25%) DHCP
7 5 (1.25%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (1.00%) Broadband
8 4 (1.00%) Network Security
8 4 (1.00%) Unified Communications
8 4 (1.00%) VLAN
9 3 (0.75%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.75%) IPsec
9 3 (0.75%) Multicast
9 3 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.75%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.73%) Power BI
2 26 (6.48%) SQL Server
3 21 (5.24%) Tableau
4 15 (3.74%) MySQL
5 9 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (2.00%) Metadata
6 8 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.00%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.25%) Redis
9 1 (0.25%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.25%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 19 (4.74%) JIRA
2 9 (2.24%) Git
3 4 (1.00%) GitLab
4 3 (0.75%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.50%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.25%) JUnit
6 1 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.25%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 80 (19.95%) Finance
2 70 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (8.73%) Marketing
4 32 (7.98%) Influencing Skills
5 31 (7.73%) Organisational Skills
6 26 (6.48%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (4.99%) Telecoms
8 19 (4.74%) Retail
9 14 (3.49%) Local Government
10 12 (2.99%) Automotive
11 11 (2.74%) Manufacturing
12 10 (2.49%) Aerospace
12 10 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (2.24%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.75%) Publishing
14 7 (1.75%) Spanish Language
15 6 (1.50%) Electronics
15 6 (1.50%) Military
16 5 (1.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 89 (22.19%) Analyst
2 39 (9.73%) IT Support
3 37 (9.23%) Support Engineer
4 34 (8.48%) Junior
5 32 (7.98%) Junior Analyst
6 29 (7.23%) Lead
7 26 (6.48%) Data Analyst
7 26 (6.48%) IT Engineer
7 26 (6.48%) IT Support Engineer
8 25 (6.23%) Support Analyst
9 20 (4.99%) Security Analyst
10 19 (4.74%) Consultant
10 19 (4.74%) Senior
11 18 (4.49%) Administrator
12 17 (4.24%) Developer
13 16 (3.99%) Applications Support
13 16 (3.99%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 16 (3.99%) Junior Data Analyst
13 16 (3.99%) Junior Security Analyst
14 15 (3.74%) Ethical Hacker
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.99%) .NET
2 11 (2.74%) REST
3 9 (2.24%) JSON
4 8 (2.00%) CSS
4 8 (2.00%) HTML
4 8 (2.00%) XML
5 6 (1.50%) .NET Core
5 6 (1.50%) ASP.NET
6 5 (1.25%) Blazor
6 5 (1.25%) gRPC
7 4 (1.00%) Gherkin
7 4 (1.00%) React
8 3 (0.75%) Django
8 3 (0.75%) Flask
8 3 (0.75%) FreeSWITCH
8 3 (0.75%) Node.js
8 3 (0.75%) OAuth
8 3 (0.75%) OAuth2
8 3 (0.75%) RESTful
8 3 (0.75%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.48%) Driving Licence
2 26 (6.48%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.49%) Management Information System
3 18 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.99%) Cyberattack
5 12 (2.99%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.00%) Algorithms
6 8 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.25%) PKI
8 4 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.00%) NHS
8 4 (1.00%) PMI
9 3 (0.75%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.75%) IoT
9 3 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.75%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.75%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.50%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 52 (12.97%) Windows
2 30 (7.48%) Windows Server
3 28 (6.98%) Linux
4 6 (1.50%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.25%) CentOS
5 5 (1.25%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.75%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (24.94%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (14.71%) AI
3 57 (14.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (13.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 54 (13.47%) Cybersecurity
6 47 (11.72%) Customer Service
7 45 (11.22%) Collaborative Working
8 43 (10.72%) Mentoring
9 35 (8.73%) Business Intelligence
10 32 (7.98%) ITSM
11 31 (7.73%) Agile
11 31 (7.73%) Change Management
11 31 (7.73%) Project Delivery
12 28 (6.98%) Decision-Making
12 28 (6.98%) DevOps
13 27 (6.73%) Project Management
13 27 (6.73%) Service Delivery
14 25 (6.23%) ITIL
15 21 (5.24%) CRM
15 21 (5.24%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 60 (14.96%) Python
2 43 (10.72%) SQL
3 18 (4.49%) JavaScript
3 18 (4.49%) PowerShell
4 16 (3.99%) C#
5 9 (2.24%) T-SQL
6 7 (1.75%) Perl
7 6 (1.50%) C
7 6 (1.50%) C++
7 6 (1.50%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.25%) PHP
8 5 (1.25%) Ruby
9 3 (0.75%) Bash
9 3 (0.75%) Java
10 2 (0.50%) VBA
11 1 (0.25%) Groovy
11 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 61 (15.21%) Azure Certification
2 48 (11.97%) Degree
3 27 (6.73%) Security Cleared
4 17 (4.24%) CEH
5 16 (3.99%) CompTIA CySA+
5 16 (3.99%) CompTIA Security+
5 16 (3.99%) SC Cleared
6 15 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (3.24%) CCNA
8 11 (2.74%) A+ Certification
8 11 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
10 7 (1.75%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.50%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.25%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.25%) CISM
12 5 (1.25%) CISSP
12 5 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.25%) HND
13 4 (1.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (6.73%) SLA
3 26 (6.48%) QA
4 20 (4.99%) GDPR
5 16 (3.99%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (3.49%) Data Quality
7 12 (2.99%) PMO
8 7 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (1.50%) PCI DSS
10 4 (1.00%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.00%) GMP
10 4 (1.00%) NIST
11 3 (0.75%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.50%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.25%) GRC
13 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (10.22%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.74%) Docker
3 6 (1.50%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.00%) VMware Server
5 3 (0.75%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (5.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.24%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.00%) Terraform
4 5 (1.25%) SCCM
5 4 (1.00%) Argo
5 4 (1.00%) Kibana
6 3 (0.75%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.50%) Ansible
8 1 (0.25%) Autotask
8 1 (0.25%) CASB
Vendors
1 137 (34.16%) Microsoft
2 43 (10.72%) ForeScout
3 18 (4.49%) Cisco
4 11 (2.74%) Google
4 11 (2.74%) SAP
5 10 (2.49%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.24%) VMware
7 7 (1.75%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.50%) Meraki
8 6 (1.50%) Sage
8 6 (1.50%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (1.25%) Adobe
10 4 (1.00%) BT
10 4 (1.00%) Mitel
10 4 (1.00%) Oracle
10 4 (1.00%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.00%) SYSPRO
11 3 (0.75%) CA Agile Central
11 3 (0.75%) Splunk
11 3 (0.75%) Veeam