Social Skills Jobs in the Thames Valley

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 990 1,632 1,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.16% 24.28% 30.41%
As % of the General category 38.11% 46.06% 47.18%
Number of salaries quoted 369 1,144 808
10th Percentile £25,125 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £35,420
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £70,775 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £44,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.36% -11.00% -

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,598 3,543 3,847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 76.52% 52.71% 64.45%
Number of salaries quoted 763 2,209 1,700
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,682 £34,000 £35,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £69,375 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,800 £73,750 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.55%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +1 472 £50,000 +11.11% 444
Oxfordshire 0 273 £55,000 +22.22% 265
Buckinghamshire -4 247 £50,000 +11.11% 229
Social Skills
South East

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 26 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.72%) CMS
3 16 (1.62%) IBM Domino
4 14 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.01%) Kentico
6 6 (0.61%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.51%) Apache
7 5 (0.51%) IIS
8 4 (0.40%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.20%) Confluence
9 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.10%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.10%) Sitefinity
10 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 63 (6.36%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.20%) Final Cut Pro
5 2 (0.20%) Trello
5 2 (0.20%) Zemax
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.10%) InDesign
6 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.10%) Notion
6 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.62%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (1.62%) SAP FI
2 7 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.40%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.40%) Shopify
6 3 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.20%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.20%) Sage CRM
8 1 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.10%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 113 (11.41%) Azure
2 64 (6.46%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (5.56%) AWS
4 35 (3.54%) Power Platform
5 32 (3.23%) GCP
6 21 (2.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 20 (2.02%) SaaS
8 15 (1.52%) Vertex AI
9 14 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (1.41%) Salsify
10 12 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (1.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (0.91%) Kontent
13 7 (0.71%) Amazon S3
13 7 (0.71%) Serverless
14 6 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (0.61%) PowerApps
15 5 (0.51%) Amazon ECS
15 5 (0.51%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (6.67%) TCP/IP
2 51 (5.15%) VPN
3 36 (3.64%) DNS
4 34 (3.43%) Firewall
5 24 (2.42%) DHCP
6 23 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (1.82%) Broadband
8 17 (1.72%) VLAN
9 16 (1.62%) VoIP
10 15 (1.52%) WAN
11 13 (1.31%) LAN
12 12 (1.21%) 5G
13 11 (1.11%) Network Security
14 9 (0.91%) Bluetooth
14 9 (0.91%) LTE
15 6 (0.61%) SNMP
16 5 (0.51%) Wireless
17 4 (0.40%) SAN
18 3 (0.30%) DWDM
18 3 (0.30%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (2.73%) SQL Server
2 24 (2.42%) Data Mining
3 21 (2.12%) Power BI
4 18 (1.82%) Metadata
5 17 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (1.72%) Relational Database
6 15 (1.52%) Data Lake
7 12 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.71%) Big Data
9 7 (0.71%) OLTP
10 5 (0.51%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.51%) Tableau
11 4 (0.40%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.40%) Metabase
11 4 (0.40%) MySQL
11 4 (0.40%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.20%) RDBMS
14 1 (0.10%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 34 (3.43%) Cucumber
1 34 (3.43%) Robot Framework
2 32 (3.23%) JIRA
3 17 (1.72%) Git
4 9 (0.91%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.61%) JUnit
6 4 (0.40%) GitLab
6 4 (0.40%) Subversion
7 3 (0.30%) Mockito
8 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.10%) ERwin
9 1 (0.10%) Gradle
9 1 (0.10%) gulp
9 1 (0.10%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.10%) Moq
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.10%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.10%) Yeoman
General
1 342 (34.55%) Finance
2 197 (19.90%) Analytical Skills
3 165 (16.67%) Law
4 95 (9.60%) Marketing
5 67 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 67 (6.77%) Telecoms
6 62 (6.26%) Influencing Skills
7 61 (6.16%) Retail
8 56 (5.66%) Manufacturing
9 50 (5.05%) Legal
10 43 (4.34%) Public Sector
11 42 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
13 19 (1.92%) Electronics
14 15 (1.52%) Banking
15 10 (1.01%) Advertising
16 9 (0.91%) Financial Institution
17 8 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (0.71%) Automotive
18 7 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 165 (16.67%) Systems Manager
2 162 (16.36%) Resource Manager
3 137 (13.84%) Senior
4 134 (13.54%) Lead
5 109 (11.01%) Analyst
6 54 (5.45%) Project Manager
7 47 (4.75%) Architect
8 42 (4.24%) Support Engineer
9 41 (4.14%) Developer
10 34 (3.43%) IT Support
10 34 (3.43%) Test Automation Engineer
10 34 (3.43%) Test Engineer
11 32 (3.23%) IT Analyst
11 32 (3.23%) Support Analyst
12 31 (3.13%) Sales Executive
13 30 (3.03%) Senior Manager
14 27 (2.73%) Business Change Analyst
14 27 (2.73%) Change Analyst
15 26 (2.63%) Development Manager
16 25 (2.53%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.93%) REST
2 26 (2.63%) Middleware
3 23 (2.32%) .NET
4 22 (2.22%) Lightning Web Components
4 22 (2.22%) SOAP
5 14 (1.41%) AngularJS
5 14 (1.41%) React
6 11 (1.11%) HTML
7 10 (1.01%) Kafka
7 10 (1.01%) Spring
8 8 (0.81%) JSON
8 8 (0.81%) Spring Boot
9 7 (0.71%) Node.js
10 6 (0.61%) Web Services
11 5 (0.51%) .NET Framework
11 5 (0.51%) CSS
11 5 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
11 5 (0.51%) Mustache
11 5 (0.51%) OAuth
11 5 (0.51%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 51 (5.15%) Enterprise Software
2 50 (5.05%) Driving Licence
3 47 (4.75%) Management Information System
4 45 (4.55%) Data Centre
5 42 (4.24%) Linux Command Line
6 36 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
7 30 (3.03%) Algorithms
8 29 (2.93%) Onboarding
9 21 (2.12%) Product Ownership
10 14 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (1.41%) Taxonomies
11 12 (1.21%) IoT
12 11 (1.11%) Social Media
13 9 (0.91%) Cloud Native
13 9 (0.91%) Freedom of Information
13 9 (0.91%) Freedom of Information Act
13 9 (0.91%) NB-IoT
14 8 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
15 7 (0.71%) FMCG
15 7 (0.71%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 124 (12.53%) Windows
2 71 (7.17%) Linux
3 27 (2.73%) Windows Server
4 24 (2.42%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.91%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.81%) Unix
7 2 (0.20%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.10%) Android
8 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (35.66%) Problem-Solving
2 287 (28.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 270 (27.27%) Analytics
4 225 (22.73%) Data Management
5 209 (21.11%) ERP
6 162 (16.36%) Agile
7 157 (15.86%) Project Management
8 117 (11.82%) Strategic Thinking
9 113 (11.41%) DevOps
10 108 (10.91%) Roadmaps
11 107 (10.81%) Computer Science
12 100 (10.10%) Mentoring
13 92 (9.29%) Customer Service
14 90 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
15 87 (8.79%) Project Delivery
16 86 (8.69%) Artificial Intelligence
17 80 (8.08%) Coaching
18 79 (7.98%) Change Management
19 73 (7.37%) Product Management
20 69 (6.97%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 95 (9.60%) Python
2 84 (8.48%) SQL
3 59 (5.96%) PowerShell
4 57 (5.76%) JavaScript
5 46 (4.65%) Bash
6 29 (2.93%) C#
7 24 (2.42%) Java
8 22 (2.22%) Apex Code
9 16 (1.62%) C++
10 10 (1.01%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.91%) C
12 8 (0.81%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.61%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.40%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.30%) Go
15 3 (0.30%) PHP
15 3 (0.30%) R
16 2 (0.20%) VB
16 2 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 213 (21.52%) Degree
2 55 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 39 (3.94%) Master's Degree
4 35 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (2.93%) PMI Certification
6 27 (2.73%) CBAP
7 25 (2.53%) PMP
7 25 (2.53%) Security Cleared
8 19 (1.92%) A+ Certification
8 19 (1.92%) SC Cleared
9 16 (1.62%) CISSP
10 15 (1.52%) MCP
10 15 (1.52%) NVQ Level 3
10 15 (1.52%) NVQ Level 4
11 12 (1.21%) CompTIA Security+
12 11 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
13 9 (0.91%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (0.81%) CISA
14 8 (0.81%) CISM
14 8 (0.81%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.34%) QA
2 37 (3.74%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (1.72%) SLA
5 15 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 11 (1.11%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.91%) GRC
9 8 (0.81%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.71%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.71%) GDPR
11 6 (0.61%) NIST
12 5 (0.51%) GMP
12 5 (0.51%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.30%) ECSS
14 1 (0.10%) GxP
14 1 (0.10%) PMO
14 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (3.84%) Active Directory
2 30 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.72%) Docker
4 14 (1.41%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.01%) vSphere
6 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.10%) HDFS
8 1 (0.10%) NFS
8 1 (0.10%) vCloud
8 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (1.92%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.72%) Terraform
3 14 (1.41%) Ansible
4 12 (1.21%) Puppet
5 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.51%) SCCM
6 5 (0.51%) vCenter Server
6 5 (0.51%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.40%) Grafana
7 4 (0.40%) PaperCut
7 4 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.40%) WSUS
8 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.10%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.10%) Argo
9 1 (0.10%) Nessus
9 1 (0.10%) Netcool
9 1 (0.10%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.10%) QRadar
9 1 (0.10%) vRealize
Vendors
1 195 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 54 (5.45%) SAP
3 38 (3.84%) Salesforce
4 33 (3.33%) Google
5 32 (3.23%) VMware
6 23 (2.32%) Oracle
7 21 (2.12%) Concur
7 21 (2.12%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 19 (1.92%) Workday
9 15 (1.52%) OpenAI
10 14 (1.41%) Cisco
11 13 (1.31%) Databricks
12 6 (0.61%) Infor
13 5 (0.51%) Dell
13 5 (0.51%) PeopleSoft
14 4 (0.40%) Agilent
14 4 (0.40%) Apple
14 4 (0.40%) arcserve
14 4 (0.40%) HP
14 4 (0.40%) Splunk