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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 502 636 673
Rank change year-on-year +134 +37 +112
Permanent jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 141 69 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.13% 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 41 43 21
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,905 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,170 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £55,000 £92,778
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -40.72% +42.73%
75th Percentile £122,500 £84,375 £123,749
90th Percentile £155,000 £137,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £92,778
% change year-on-year +16.67% -51.50% +71.81%

All Process & 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 48,096 48,629 50,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.07% 90.53% 89.95%
Number of salaries quoted 28,289 23,726 38,360
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Emotional Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Emotional Intelligence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Emotional Intelligence job vacancy trend 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 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Emotional Intelligence in the UK

Emotional Intelligence
Top 13 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 11 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
UK excluding London +124 114 £52,500 +16.67% 31
Scotland - 82 - - 1
England +63 57 £82,500 +50.00% 45
Work from Home +90 29 £94,000 +79.05% 27
London +44 25 £105,000 -16.00% 19
South East +38 13 £52,500 - 13
Midlands +22 8 £38,250 -15.00% 1
West Midlands +35 6 £38,250 -15.00% 1
North of England +10 6 £82,500 +95.80% 6
South West +5 5 £36,841 +5.55% 7
North West +15 3 £28,546 -32.25% 3
Yorkshire -15 3 £86,250 +41.99% 3
East Midlands -7 2 - -

Emotional Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (2.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.84%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.96%) SaaS
2 6 (4.26%) AWS
3 5 (3.55%) Azure
4 3 (2.13%) Datadog
5 1 (0.71%) GCP
5 1 (0.71%) Google Play
5 1 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (0.71%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (2.84%) JUnit
1 4 (2.84%) Maven
1 4 (2.84%) Mockito
2 3 (2.13%) JIRA
3 1 (0.71%) Git
General
1 112 (79.43%) Social Skills
2 55 (39.01%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (22.70%) Banking
4 16 (11.35%) Finance
5 13 (9.22%) Marketing
6 6 (4.26%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.55%) German Language
7 5 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.84%) Legal
8 4 (2.84%) Retail
9 2 (1.42%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.42%) Automotive
9 2 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.42%) Law
9 2 (1.42%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.71%) French Language
10 1 (0.71%) Games
10 1 (0.71%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (34.04%) Innovation Manager
2 36 (25.53%) Analyst
3 32 (22.70%) QA Analyst
3 32 (22.70%) Quality Analyst
4 11 (7.80%) Senior
5 9 (6.38%) Infrastructure Manager
5 9 (6.38%) Infrastructure Support
5 9 (6.38%) Infrastructure Support Manager
5 9 (6.38%) Support Manager
6 6 (4.26%) Lead
7 4 (2.84%) Account Executive
7 4 (2.84%) Business Analyst
7 4 (2.84%) Developer
7 4 (2.84%) Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (2.84%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 4 (2.84%) Java Developer
7 4 (2.84%) Senior Developer
7 4 (2.84%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (2.84%) Senior Java Developer
8 3 (2.13%) Sales Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.84%) REST
2 3 (2.13%) NumPy
2 3 (2.13%) Pandas
3 1 (0.71%) EDI
3 1 (0.71%) Flutter
3 1 (0.71%) React
3 1 (0.71%) RESTful
3 1 (0.71%) WebRTC
3 1 (0.71%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.67%) Onboarding
2 7 (4.96%) Mobile App
2 7 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.84%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.13%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.13%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.42%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.42%) BBC
5 2 (1.42%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.42%) FMCG
5 2 (1.42%) PMI
5 2 (1.42%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.71%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.71%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.71%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (0.71%) Social Media
6 1 (0.71%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.09%) Windows
2 9 (6.38%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.84%) Linux
4 1 (0.71%) Android
4 1 (0.71%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (59.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 57 (40.43%) Decision-Making
3 56 (39.72%) AI
4 53 (37.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 50 (35.46%) Critical Thinking
5 50 (35.46%) Customer Experience
6 49 (34.75%) Analytics
7 48 (34.04%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 42 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (24.11%) Coaching
10 18 (12.77%) Agile
11 10 (7.09%) Microservices
12 9 (6.38%) Infrastructure Monitoring
12 9 (6.38%) ITSM
12 9 (6.38%) Patch Management
12 9 (6.38%) Security Operations
12 9 (6.38%) Software Deployment
13 8 (5.67%) Scrum
13 8 (5.67%) Software Delivery
13 8 (5.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.55%) Java
2 4 (2.84%) Bash
2 4 (2.84%) C
2 4 (2.84%) PL/SQL
2 4 (2.84%) Python
2 4 (2.84%) R
2 4 (2.84%) SQL
3 1 (0.71%) C#
3 1 (0.71%) Go
3 1 (0.71%) Kotlin
3 1 (0.71%) Swift
Qualifications
1 13 (9.22%) Degree
2 8 (5.67%) Security Cleared
3 7 (4.96%) Master's Degree
4 5 (3.55%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.13%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.42%) CBAP
6 2 (1.42%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.71%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.71%) HNC
7 1 (0.71%) HND
7 1 (0.71%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (28.37%) QA
2 2 (1.42%) GRC
3 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (2.84%) Docker
2 1 (0.71%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (6.38%) SCCM
2 4 (2.84%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (6.38%) ServiceNow
1 9 (6.38%) SolarWinds
2 5 (3.55%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.84%) Google
3 4 (2.84%) Oracle
4 3 (2.13%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.71%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.71%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.71%) TippingPoint
5 1 (0.71%) VMware