Emotional Intelligence Job Trends

Emotional Intelligence (Emotional Quotient)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Emotional Intelligence skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 731 704
Rank change year-on-year +155 -27 +61
Permanent jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 97 61 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.078% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.097% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 29 32 31
10th Percentile £39,536 £33,125 £40,000
25th Percentile £63,500 £34,375 £49,936
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £41,250 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +154.55% -30.70% +3.52%
75th Percentile £135,000 £50,563 £90,000
90th Percentile £143,000 £64,811 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £41,234 £59,526
% change year-on-year +39.45% -30.73% +13.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Emotional Intelligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,694 63,053 58,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.68% 81.08% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,544 35,778 43,624
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%

Emotional Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Emotional Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Emotional Intelligence in the UK

Emotional Intelligence
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Emotional Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Emotional Intelligence over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Emotional Intelligence in the UK

Emotional Intelligence
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Emotional Intelligence within the UK over the 6 months to 16 September 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
UK excluding London +123 50 £57,500 +39.45% 61
England +106 48 £105,000 +154.55% 105
Scotland - 32 - - 2
London +62 30 £130,000 +215.15% 72
Work from Home +82 24 £130,000 +189.69% 31
Midlands +65 8 £47,000 +67.86%
West Midlands +62 8 £47,000 -
North of England +56 6 £90,000 +46.81% 3
North West +5 6 £90,000 +46.81% 2
South West +63 2 £49,341 +41.36% 3
South East +41 2 £75,000 - 52

Emotional Intelligence
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 1 (1.03%) CMS
1 1 (1.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (14.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (12.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.06%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.09%) AWS
1 3 (3.09%) Datadog
1 3 (3.09%) Google Analytics
1 3 (3.09%) SaaS
2 2 (2.06%) Amazon EC2
2 2 (2.06%) Contentful
2 2 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (2.06%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (1.03%) ChatGPT
3 1 (1.03%) Google Play
3 1 (1.03%) MailChimp
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.03%) Intranet
1 1 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (1.03%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.06%) Looker
1 2 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.06%) IntelliJ
2 1 (1.03%) Git
2 1 (1.03%) JIRA
General
1 53 (54.64%) Social Skills
2 43 (44.33%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (24.74%) Finance
4 9 (9.28%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (8.25%) Marketing
6 7 (7.22%) Public Sector
7 6 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (6.19%) Manufacturing
7 6 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (6.19%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.09%) Banking
8 3 (3.09%) Legal
8 3 (3.09%) Public Speaking
9 2 (2.06%) Local Government
9 2 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.03%) Dutch Language
10 1 (1.03%) Front Office
10 1 (1.03%) Games
10 1 (1.03%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 32 (32.99%) Innovation Manager
2 13 (13.40%) Lead
3 5 (5.15%) Senior
4 4 (4.12%) Analyst
4 4 (4.12%) Bid Writer
5 3 (3.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 3 (3.09%) Coordinator
6 2 (2.06%) Analytics Manager
6 2 (2.06%) Business Development Executive
6 2 (2.06%) Google Analytics Analyst
6 2 (2.06%) Google Analytics Manager
6 2 (2.06%) Head of AI
6 2 (2.06%) Head of Development
6 2 (2.06%) Head of Information
6 2 (2.06%) Head of Information Systems
6 2 (2.06%) Head of IT
6 2 (2.06%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (2.06%) Support Officer
6 2 (2.06%) Transformation Manager
6 2 (2.06%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.09%) NumPy
1 3 (3.09%) Pandas
2 2 (2.06%) React
2 2 (2.06%) REST
3 1 (1.03%) EDI
3 1 (1.03%) RESTful
3 1 (1.03%) WebRTC
3 1 (1.03%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.28%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.12%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.12%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.12%) Social Media
3 3 (3.09%) BBC
3 3 (3.09%) Mobile App
3 3 (3.09%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.06%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.06%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.03%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.03%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.03%) Mobile Computing
5 1 (1.03%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.03%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.03%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.09%) Windows
2 1 (1.03%) Android
2 1 (1.03%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (41.24%) Artificial Intelligence
2 39 (40.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (39.18%) Decision-Making
4 36 (37.11%) Analytics
4 36 (37.11%) Customer Experience
4 36 (37.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 32 (32.99%) Critical Thinking
5 32 (32.99%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 20 (20.62%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (16.49%) Agile
8 14 (14.43%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (11.34%) CRM
10 7 (7.22%) Computer Science
10 7 (7.22%) Creative Thinking
10 7 (7.22%) Innovative Thinking
10 7 (7.22%) Machine Learning
11 6 (6.19%) Change Management
11 6 (6.19%) LLM
12 5 (5.15%) CI/CD
12 5 (5.15%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.09%) Python
2 2 (2.06%) Java
3 1 (1.03%) Kotlin
3 1 (1.03%) Swift
Qualifications
1 14 (14.43%) Degree
2 8 (8.25%) Master's Degree
3 5 (5.15%) DBS Check
4 3 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.06%) MBA
5 2 (2.06%) PhD
5 2 (2.06%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.03%) CRISC
6 1 (1.03%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.03%) HNC
6 1 (1.03%) HND
6 1 (1.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.09%) QA
2 1 (1.03%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.03%) COBIT
2 1 (1.03%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.03%) EMIR
2 1 (1.03%) GRC
2 1 (1.03%) MiFID
2 1 (1.03%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (2.06%) Docker
2 1 (1.03%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.06%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.03%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 12 (12.37%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.28%) Salesforce
3 7 (7.22%) Google
4 5 (5.15%) TippingPoint
5 4 (4.12%) Mercator
6 3 (3.09%) OpenAI
7 2 (2.06%) Adobe
7 2 (2.06%) Optimizely
8 1 (1.03%) Bloomberg
8 1 (1.03%) dotdigital
8 1 (1.03%) Facebook
8 1 (1.03%) Instagram
8 1 (1.03%) Logitech
8 1 (1.03%) TikTok
8 1 (1.03%) VMware