Social Skills Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
East London > Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Tower Hamlets. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 1 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 -12
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 7 13 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Tower Hamlets 28.00% 56.52% 10.00%
As % of the General category 35.00% 65.00% 10.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £69,875 £26,075 £40,800
25th Percentile £75,313 £26,188 £66,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £37,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +128.48% -52.81% +28.00%
75th Percentile £97,813 £53,188 -
90th Percentile £103,625 £62,525 -
East London median annual salary £77,500 £45,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +71.27% -17.73% +11.68%

All General Skills
Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 20 20 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets 80.00% 86.96% 96.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 55
10th Percentile £67,375 £26,250 £24,400
25th Percentile £69,063 £55,250 £25,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £86,875 £93,125 £80,000
90th Percentile £99,250 £100,000 £150,000
East London median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £43,250
% change year-on-year +23.08% +50.29% -24.78%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Tower Hamlets

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Tower Hamlets

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Tower Hamlets over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Tower Hamlets

Social Skills
Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Tower Hamlets region over the 6 months to 13 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
Canary Wharf 0 2 £86,250 +49.35%
Social Skills
East London

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets 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:

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 3 (42.86%) Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Account Executive
1 3 (42.86%) Sales Account Executive
1 3 (42.86%) Sales Executive
1 3 (42.86%) Telesales Executive
2 2 (28.57%) Operations Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
1 1 (14.29%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
1 3 (42.86%) Telesales
2 2 (28.57%) Patch Management
2 2 (28.57%) People Management
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Register
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Management
3 1 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) ACCA
2 1 (14.29%) CISM
2 1 (14.29%) CRISC
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
2 1 (14.29%) GRC
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) NIST 800
2 1 (14.29%) SOC 1
2 1 (14.29%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Dell
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft