Active Listening
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Active Listening skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Active Listening over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 772 922 1051
Rank change year-on-year +150 +129 -216
Permanent jobs citing Active Listening 135 73 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.072% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.075% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 102 48 68
10th Percentile £22,500 £28,500 £21,700
25th Percentile £27,300 £32,500 £24,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,119 £55,000 £36,925
Median % change year-on-year -48.87% +48.95% -22.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £75,000 £62,188
90th Percentile £82,500 - £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,119 £55,000 £35,700
% change year-on-year -48.87% +54.06% -24.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Active Listening is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Active Listening
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Active Listening as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Active Listening in the UK

Active Listening
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Listening.

Salary trend for Active Listening in the UK

Active Listening
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Listening over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Listening in the UK

Active Listening
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Listening within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
England +140 122 £28,119 -48.87% 57
UK excluding London +52 114 £28,119 -48.87% 28
Midlands +62 62 £27,300 +9.20% 7
Work from Home +108 59 £32,500 -50.00% 23
West Midlands +59 43 £28,119 - 3
South East +24 19 £63,500 +28.28% 7
East Midlands +3 19 £25,000 - 4
North of England +44 15 £30,750 -31.67% 7
South West - 11 £22,000 - 3
London +111 10 £85,000 +125.23% 26
Yorkshire +87 9 £21,500 -12.24%
North West +16 5 £32,500 -36.59% 7
East of England +3 4 £23,750 -68.33% 6
Scotland -60 3 £32,500 -30.20%
North East -11 1 - -

Active Listening
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (7.41%) IIS
2 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (21.48%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 42 (31.11%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.74%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 26 (19.26%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (7.41%) Azure
3 9 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 7 (5.19%) Mimecast
5 5 (3.70%) AWS
6 4 (2.96%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (2.96%) Amazon ECS
6 4 (2.96%) Amazon S3
6 4 (2.96%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (2.96%) Serverless
7 2 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.48%) Taleo
8 1 (0.74%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.74%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.74%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.93%) NGN
1 8 (5.93%) TACACS
1 8 (5.93%) TCP/IP
1 8 (5.93%) WAN
1 8 (5.93%) Wireless
2 7 (5.19%) Unified Communications
2 7 (5.19%) VoIP
3 1 (0.74%) MPLS
3 1 (0.74%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.19%) Relational Database
2 4 (2.96%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.48%) Power BI
4 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.48%) Git
1 2 (1.48%) JIRA
General
1 52 (38.52%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.52%) Finance
3 18 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (7.41%) Aerospace
4 10 (7.41%) Aviation
4 10 (7.41%) Military
5 9 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.93%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (5.93%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.70%) Games
7 5 (3.70%) Law
7 5 (3.70%) Legal
8 2 (1.48%) Marketing
9 1 (0.74%) Automotive
9 1 (0.74%) Banking
9 1 (0.74%) Local Government
9 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.74%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (33.33%) Development Manager
2 43 (31.85%) Business Manager
3 42 (31.11%) Business Development Manager
4 23 (17.04%) Consultant
5 13 (9.63%) 1st Line Support
6 12 (8.89%) Lead
6 12 (8.89%) Senior
7 11 (8.15%) Analyst
8 10 (7.41%) Cyber Defence Consultant
8 10 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 10 (7.41%) Security Consultant
8 10 (7.41%) Senior Consultant
8 10 (7.41%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
8 10 (7.41%) Senior Security Consultant
9 9 (6.67%) Service Analyst
9 9 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
10 8 (5.93%) Presales Consultant
11 7 (5.19%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (5.19%) Developer
11 7 (5.19%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.93%) HTML
2 4 (2.96%) Spring
3 2 (1.48%) Flutter
3 2 (1.48%) Laravel
4 1 (0.74%) .NET
4 1 (0.74%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.52%) Management Information System
2 21 (15.56%) Data Centre
3 10 (7.41%) CESG
4 8 (5.93%) IoT
5 7 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.96%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.96%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.22%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.22%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.48%) Digital Media
8 2 (1.48%) Femtech
8 2 (1.48%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.48%) Social Media
9 1 (0.74%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.74%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 26 (19.26%) Windows
2 8 (5.93%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.74%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (34.81%) Business Development
1 47 (34.81%) CRM
2 43 (31.85%) B2B
3 42 (31.11%) Deadline-Driven
3 42 (31.11%) Value Proposition
4 39 (28.89%) Customer Service
5 32 (23.70%) Mentoring
6 28 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (19.26%) Project Management
8 22 (16.30%) Creative Thinking
9 19 (14.07%) Coaching
10 16 (11.85%) ITSM
11 15 (11.11%) Innovative Thinking
11 15 (11.11%) Presales
12 14 (10.37%) Cybersecurity
13 13 (9.63%) Collaborative Working
13 13 (9.63%) Impact Assessments
13 13 (9.63%) Project Delivery
13 13 (9.63%) Service Management
13 13 (9.63%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.41%) Python
2 4 (2.96%) Java
2 4 (2.96%) SQL
3 2 (1.48%) Dart
3 2 (1.48%) PHP
4 1 (0.74%) C#
4 1 (0.74%) C++
4 1 (0.74%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (31.11%) Degree
2 23 (17.04%) Security Cleared
3 15 (11.11%) DBS Check
4 13 (9.63%) MCP
5 10 (7.41%) CISMP
5 10 (7.41%) IISP
6 8 (5.93%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.70%) AWS Certification
7 5 (3.70%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.96%) AWS Certified Developer
8 4 (2.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (2.96%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.74%) CCSP
9 1 (0.74%) CISA
9 1 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.74%) CISM
9 1 (0.74%) CISSP
9 1 (0.74%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (38.52%) SLA
2 10 (7.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 10 (7.41%) JSP 440
2 10 (7.41%) NIST
2 10 (7.41%) NIST 800
2 10 (7.41%) RMADS
3 5 (3.70%) GDPR
4 4 (2.96%) GRC
4 4 (2.96%) QA
5 2 (1.48%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.48%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 17 (12.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.96%) Docker
3 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (5.93%) Ansible
2 4 (2.96%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 50 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 43 (31.85%) Salesforce
3 42 (31.11%) SAP
4 17 (12.59%) ServiceNow
5 8 (5.93%) Aruba
5 8 (5.93%) Meraki
5 8 (5.93%) VMware
6 7 (5.19%) Cisco
7 4 (2.96%) Google
8 3 (2.22%) Citrix
9 2 (1.48%) Databricks
9 2 (1.48%) Informatica
9 2 (1.48%) YouTube
10 1 (0.74%) Veeam