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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 684 583 713
Rank change year-on-year -101 +130 -26
Permanent jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 128 89 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.18% 0.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.20% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 68 23 25
10th Percentile £26,227 £35,736 £28,400
25th Percentile £27,242 £55,000 £34,905
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,972 £90,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.70% +100.00% -24.40%
75th Percentile £96,563 £135,000 £63,110
90th Percentile £125,000 £152,000 £77,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £57,500 £41,234
% change year-on-year -39.13% +39.45% -30.73%

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 86,468 43,703 59,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.32% 88.90% 82.25%
Number of salaries quoted 59,116 24,458 31,674
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.95% -2.78%

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 12 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Emotional Intelligence in the UK

Emotional Intelligence
Top 17 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 12 October 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
England -65 114 £52,500 -41.67% 179
UK excluding London -91 98 £35,000 -39.13% 81
Work from Home +9 79 £27,581 -78.78% 95
Midlands -18 32 £38,500 -7.23% 9
London -65 24 £85,000 -34.62% 111
South East -31 20 £57,500 -32.35% 17
South West -56 18 £26,227 -46.85% 11
West Midlands -30 16 £125,000 +201.20% 6
East Midlands - 16 £35,500 - 3
North of England -48 14 £70,000 -22.22% 21
Scotland -22 6 £28,500 - 12
North West -28 6 £27,581 -69.35% 9
Yorkshire - 6 £70,000 - 10
East of England - 6 £35,000 - 7
North East - 2 £76,290 - 2
Wales - 1 £26,227 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £27,581 - 3

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 7 (5.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.56%) CMS
2 2 (1.56%) SAS
3 1 (0.78%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.78%) Confluence
3 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (11.72%) Azure
2 14 (10.94%) AWS
3 11 (8.59%) SaaS
4 1 (0.78%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 1 (0.78%) Anthropic Claude
4 1 (0.78%) GitHub
4 1 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.78%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.34%) Internet
2 2 (1.56%) Broadband
2 2 (1.56%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.78%) Firewall
3 1 (0.78%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.56%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.78%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (5.47%) JUnit
1 7 (5.47%) Maven
1 7 (5.47%) Mockito
2 1 (0.78%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.78%) JIRA
General
1 72 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 64 (50.00%) Finance
3 35 (27.34%) Legal
4 19 (14.84%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (14.06%) Games
6 16 (12.50%) Public Sector
7 15 (11.72%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (7.03%) Banking
9 8 (6.25%) Marketing
10 7 (5.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (4.69%) Law
11 6 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.34%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.56%) Advertising
13 2 (1.56%) Publishing
14 1 (0.78%) Back Office
14 1 (0.78%) Electronics
14 1 (0.78%) Local Government
14 1 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (17.97%) Customer Service Specialist
2 13 (10.16%) Change Manager
2 13 (10.16%) Delivery Manager
2 13 (10.16%) Lead
3 9 (7.03%) Fraud Specialist
4 8 (6.25%) Developer
4 8 (6.25%) Senior
5 7 (5.47%) Full-Stack Developer
5 7 (5.47%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 7 (5.47%) Java Developer
5 7 (5.47%) Senior Developer
5 7 (5.47%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
5 7 (5.47%) Senior Java Developer
6 6 (4.69%) Architect
6 6 (4.69%) Customer Solutions Architect
6 6 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (3.91%) CIO
7 5 (3.91%) Project Director
8 4 (3.13%) Account Executive
8 4 (3.13%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.25%) React
1 8 (6.25%) REST
2 7 (5.47%) Spring
3 1 (0.78%) Material-UI
3 1 (0.78%) Playwright
3 1 (0.78%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 32 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (20.31%) Podcast
2 26 (20.31%) Web Conferencing
3 24 (18.75%) Social Media
4 19 (14.84%) Management Information System
5 17 (13.28%) Mobile App
6 7 (5.47%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.34%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (2.34%) Online Banking
7 3 (2.34%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.78%) CCTV
8 1 (0.78%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.78%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.78%) FMCG
8 1 (0.78%) Life Science
8 1 (0.78%) PMI
8 1 (0.78%) SCADA
8 1 (0.78%) Shadow IT
8 1 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.47%) Linux
2 5 (3.91%) Windows
2 5 (3.91%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.78%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (33.59%) Agile
2 38 (29.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 35 (27.34%) Customer Service
4 32 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (24.22%) AI
5 31 (24.22%) Critical Thinking
6 26 (20.31%) Coaching
7 25 (19.53%) Customer Experience
7 25 (19.53%) Roadmaps
8 20 (15.63%) Active Listening
9 19 (14.84%) Collaborative Working
9 19 (14.84%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
11 15 (11.72%) Scrum
12 14 (10.94%) Decision-Making
13 13 (10.16%) Contingency Planning
13 13 (10.16%) Mentoring
13 13 (10.16%) Planning and Forecasting
13 13 (10.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (10.16%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.25%) JavaScript
1 8 (6.25%) SQL
2 7 (5.47%) Bash
2 7 (5.47%) Java
2 7 (5.47%) PL/SQL
3 2 (1.56%) VB
3 2 (1.56%) VBA
4 1 (0.78%) Ruby
4 1 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (15.63%) BPSS Clearance
2 14 (10.94%) Degree
2 14 (10.94%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.03%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.69%) Azure Certification
4 6 (4.69%) TOGAF Certification
5 5 (3.91%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.78%) ACCA
6 1 (0.78%) CIMA
6 1 (0.78%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.91%) Accessibility
1 5 (3.91%) QA
2 3 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.56%) Good Clinical Practice
3 2 (1.56%) ISO 13485
3 2 (1.56%) PMO
3 2 (1.56%) SOC 2
3 2 (1.56%) SOC 3
4 1 (0.78%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.78%) GDPR
4 1 (0.78%) GxP
4 1 (0.78%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.78%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (5.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (11.72%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.47%) Oracle
3 4 (3.13%) SAP
3 4 (3.13%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.13%) SolarWinds
4 2 (1.56%) Apple
5 1 (0.78%) Ariba
5 1 (0.78%) New Relic
5 1 (0.78%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.78%) Rockwell
5 1 (0.78%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.78%) Siemens
5 1 (0.78%) Workday