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 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 614 334 303
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 36.99% 27.09% 29.94%
As % of the General category 58.87% 40.73% 48.87%
Number of salaries quoted 210 171 208
10th Percentile £25,490 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £43,875 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £57,501 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £54,688 £72,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £85,000 £71,625
South East median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +15.79% -11.79%

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 1,043 820 620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 62.83% 66.50% 61.26%
Number of salaries quoted 521 339 403
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £30,092
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £64,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

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 3 January 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 3 January 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 +4 39 £32,500 -29.35% 19
Staines +3 28 £52,500 +61.54% 9
Epsom +23 25 £28,000 -53.33% 7
Redhill -2 25 £67,500 +22.73% 4
Warlingham - 17 £41,000 -
Reigate -2 15 £37,500 -28.57% 7
Egham +4 14 £26,000 -20.00% 6
Cobham - 14 - -
Horley +2 13 £36,750 +50.00% 2
Sunbury-on-Thames +2 13 £41,500 -
Godstone - 13 £36,000 -
Leatherhead +3 12 £38,000 -30.28% 3
Caterham - 12 £41,000 -
Walton-on-Thames - 10 - - 1
Chertsey +5 9 £45,000 +12.50% 7
Weybridge -4 9 £47,500 -11.63% 3
Camberley +6 8 £40,000 -40.74% 18
Banstead 0 8 - -
Thames Ditton 0 8 - -
Tadworth +1 7 - -
Whyteleafe 0 7 - -
Betchworth - 7 - -
Addlestone - 7 - - 1
East Molesey 0 6 - - 1
Esher 0 6 - -
Oxted - 6 - -
Shepperton - 6 - -
Woking -10 4 £37,500 -53.13% 18
Godalming -2 3 £24,000 - 1
Farnham - 2 £28,750 - 5
Windlesham 0 1 £60,000 +110.53%
Dorking -1 1 £77,500 +10.71%
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 19 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.33%) govService
4 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.16%) Confluence
4 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 44 (7.17%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.98%) SAP Business One
3 5 (0.81%) Shopify
4 4 (0.65%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.49%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 2 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.16%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 327 (53.26%) Cloud Computing
2 53 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (7.17%) Azure
4 16 (2.61%) Entra ID
4 16 (2.61%) Power Platform
5 9 (1.47%) AWS
5 9 (1.47%) SaaS
6 5 (0.81%) Azure AI
6 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.65%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 2 (0.33%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.33%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.33%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.33%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.33%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.16%) GCP
10 1 (0.16%) GitHub
10 1 (0.16%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 329 (53.58%) Internet
2 27 (4.40%) Firewall
3 14 (2.28%) DNS
4 13 (2.12%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.95%) DHCP
6 5 (0.81%) Network Security
6 5 (0.81%) Wireless
7 4 (0.65%) LTE
7 4 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.49%) LAN
8 3 (0.49%) VLAN
8 3 (0.49%) VPN
8 3 (0.49%) WAN
9 2 (0.33%) GPRS
9 2 (0.33%) Modbus
9 2 (0.33%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.33%) VSAT
10 1 (0.16%) HTTP
10 1 (0.16%) NAS
10 1 (0.16%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.28%) Power BI
2 10 (1.63%) Spotfire
3 6 (0.98%) Tableau
4 4 (0.65%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.49%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.16%) MySQL
6 1 (0.16%) Power Query
6 1 (0.16%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 26 (4.23%) JIRA
2 7 (1.14%) Postman
2 7 (1.14%) SoapUI
2 7 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (0.81%) Selenium
3 5 (0.81%) WebDriver
4 3 (0.49%) GitLab
5 2 (0.33%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.16%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.16%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.16%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.16%) Xcode
General
1 333 (54.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 327 (53.26%) Banking
3 46 (7.49%) Finance
4 44 (7.17%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (5.86%) Marketing
6 24 (3.91%) Pharmaceutical
7 21 (3.42%) Retail
8 20 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (2.61%) Legal
10 14 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (1.79%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.79%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.47%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.98%) German Language
15 5 (0.81%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.81%) Local Government
16 4 (0.65%) Automotive
16 4 (0.65%) Law
Job Titles
1 270 (43.97%) Lecturer
2 53 (8.63%) Analyst
3 30 (4.89%) IT Support
4 28 (4.56%) Support Engineer
5 22 (3.58%) Junior
6 20 (3.26%) Technical Support
7 18 (2.93%) 2nd Line Support
7 18 (2.93%) Consultant
7 18 (2.93%) Support Analyst
8 17 (2.77%) Technical Engineer
8 17 (2.77%) Technical Support Engineer
9 15 (2.44%) Lead
10 14 (2.28%) Account Manager
11 13 (2.12%) Recruitment Consultant
12 12 (1.95%) IT Manager
13 11 (1.79%) Data Manager
13 11 (1.79%) Senior
14 10 (1.63%) IT Analyst
14 10 (1.63%) Junior Analyst
15 9 (1.47%) Active Directory Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.44%) .NET
2 12 (1.95%) HTML
3 7 (1.14%) SOAP
4 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (0.65%) OAuth
4 4 (0.65%) OAuth2
4 4 (0.65%) OpenID
4 4 (0.65%) SAML
5 3 (0.49%) CSS
5 3 (0.49%) REST
6 2 (0.33%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.33%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.16%) Ajax
7 1 (0.16%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.16%) Blazor
7 1 (0.16%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.16%) LAMP
7 1 (0.16%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.16%) React
7 1 (0.16%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 330 (53.75%) IoT
2 36 (5.86%) Self-Motivation
3 33 (5.37%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.09%) Driving Licence
4 19 (3.09%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.44%) NHS
6 10 (1.63%) Social Media
7 6 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (0.98%) Digital Media
7 6 (0.98%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.65%) Life Science
9 3 (0.49%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.49%) Digital Signage
9 3 (0.49%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.33%) Analogue Electronics
10 2 (0.33%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.33%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.33%) NB-IoT
11 1 (0.16%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 48 (7.82%) Windows
2 21 (3.42%) Windows 10
2 21 (3.42%) Windows Server
3 10 (1.63%) Linux
4 3 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.16%) Android
5 1 (0.16%) CentOS
5 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (58.96%) Cybersecurity
2 340 (55.37%) User Experience
3 339 (55.21%) AI
4 332 (54.07%) Web Development
5 328 (53.42%) Machine Learning
6 81 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (8.79%) Customer Service
8 48 (7.82%) Mentoring
9 38 (6.19%) Stakeholder Management
10 32 (5.21%) Agile
11 30 (4.89%) Project Management
12 29 (4.72%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (4.56%) CRM
14 27 (4.40%) ITIL
15 26 (4.23%) Decision-Making
16 25 (4.07%) Service Delivery
17 24 (3.91%) B2B
17 24 (3.91%) Digital Transformation Strategy
18 21 (3.42%) Business Intelligence
19 20 (3.26%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 19 (3.09%) SQL
2 12 (1.95%) C#
3 9 (1.47%) PowerShell
3 9 (1.47%) Python
4 8 (1.30%) Java
5 4 (0.65%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.33%) Perl
8 1 (0.16%) ABAP
8 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.16%) Bash
8 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.16%) PHP
8 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 414 (67.43%) Degree
2 328 (53.42%) Master's Degree
3 327 (53.26%) PhD
3 327 (53.26%) Postgraduate
4 11 (1.79%) Azure Certification
4 11 (1.79%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (0.98%) PMI Certification
7 6 (0.98%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.81%) CCNA
8 5 (0.81%) CompTIA CySA+
8 5 (0.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 5 (0.81%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.81%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 5 (0.81%) PMP
9 4 (0.65%) CISSP
9 4 (0.65%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.23%) SLA
2 23 (3.75%) GDPR
3 10 (1.63%) Good Clinical Practice
4 9 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.14%) NIST
6 6 (0.98%) QA
7 5 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.81%) GRC
8 3 (0.49%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.33%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.16%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.16%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.16%) ITGC
10 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 39 (6.35%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.79%) Hyper-V
2 11 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.49%) Docker
4 2 (0.33%) Firmware
4 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.33%) vSphere
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (2.44%) SCCM
3 5 (0.81%) Ansible
3 5 (0.81%) Terraform
4 3 (0.49%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.16%) Argo
5 1 (0.16%) Podman
5 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.16%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 103 (16.78%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.09%) VMware
3 12 (1.95%) SAP
4 8 (1.30%) Citrix
4 8 (1.30%) Veeam
5 5 (0.81%) ForeScout
5 5 (0.81%) Guidewire
5 5 (0.81%) Salesforce
6 4 (0.65%) HubSpot
6 4 (0.65%) PeopleSoft
6 4 (0.65%) Sage
6 4 (0.65%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.49%) Adobe
7 3 (0.49%) Intapp
7 3 (0.49%) Progress
7 3 (0.49%) Workday
8 2 (0.33%) Cisco
8 2 (0.33%) Mitel
8 2 (0.33%) NEC
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle