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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 586 708 679
Rank change year-on-year +122 -29 +73
Permanent jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 90 51 68
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.073% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.089% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 24 27 31
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,350 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,188 £34,905 £49,936
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £45,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% -24.40% +3.52%
75th Percentile £135,000 £63,110 £87,500
90th Percentile £150,500 £73,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,750 £41,234 £59,526
% change year-on-year +23.08% -30.73% +16.15%

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 43,375 57,355 53,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.80% 82.16% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 24,550 30,763 40,597
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £53,500 £53,888
% change year-on-year -12.62% -0.72% +2.64%

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 17 October 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 17 October 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 +92 50 £50,750 +23.08% 89
England +86 40 £97,500 +116.67% 126
Scotland - 34 - - 4
London +60 24 £130,000 +52.94% 58
Work from Home +73 22 £130,000 +157.43% 60
North of England +5 5 £90,000 +118.27% 13
North West -1 5 £90,000 +118.27% 7
West Midlands +55 4 £38,250 -15.00% 5
Midlands +53 4 £38,250 -15.00% 7
South East +22 4 £60,000 - 45
South West +50 3 £49,341 +41.36% 14

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 1 (1.11%) Confluence
1 1 (1.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (12.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.11%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.11%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.33%) Datadog
1 3 (3.33%) SaaS
2 2 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.11%) AWS
3 1 (1.11%) ChatGPT
3 1 (1.11%) Contentful
3 1 (1.11%) Google Play
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.11%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (1.11%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.11%) Git
1 1 (1.11%) JIRA
General
1 55 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 41 (45.56%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (21.11%) Finance
4 7 (7.78%) Influencing Skills
4 7 (7.78%) Marketing
5 6 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (6.67%) Telecoms
6 5 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.44%) Legal
8 3 (3.33%) Banking
8 3 (3.33%) Law
8 3 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (3.33%) Public Speaking
9 1 (1.11%) Automotive
9 1 (1.11%) Games
9 1 (1.11%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 32 (35.56%) Innovation Manager
2 9 (10.00%) Lead
3 4 (4.44%) Bid Writer
4 3 (3.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 3 (3.33%) Coordinator
5 2 (2.22%) Business Development Executive
5 2 (2.22%) Head of AI
5 2 (2.22%) Head of Development
5 2 (2.22%) Head of Information
5 2 (2.22%) Head of Information Systems
5 2 (2.22%) Head of IT
5 2 (2.22%) Sales Representative
5 2 (2.22%) Voice Engineer
6 1 (1.11%) Executive Assistant
6 1 (1.11%) Lead Product Designer
6 1 (1.11%) Lead UX Designer
6 1 (1.11%) Product Designer
6 1 (1.11%) Product Lead
6 1 (1.11%) Senior
6 1 (1.11%) Senior Android Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.33%) NumPy
1 3 (3.33%) Pandas
2 1 (1.11%) EDI
2 1 (1.11%) RESTful
2 1 (1.11%) WebRTC
2 1 (1.11%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.89%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.44%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.33%) BBC
3 3 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.33%) Mobile App
3 3 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.33%) Social Media
4 2 (2.22%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.11%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.11%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.11%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.11%) Mobile Computing
5 1 (1.11%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.11%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.11%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.11%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.11%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.22%) Windows
2 1 (1.11%) Android
2 1 (1.11%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (44.44%) AI
2 36 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 36 (40.00%) Customer Experience
2 36 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 35 (38.89%) Decision-Making
4 34 (37.78%) Critical Thinking
5 33 (36.67%) Analytics
6 32 (35.56%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 18 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (15.56%) Collaborative Working
9 12 (13.33%) Agile
10 9 (10.00%) CRM
11 7 (7.78%) Machine Learning
12 6 (6.67%) Innovative Thinking
12 6 (6.67%) LLM
13 5 (5.56%) CI/CD
13 5 (5.56%) Product Strategy
13 5 (5.56%) Prompt Engineering
13 5 (5.56%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
13 5 (5.56%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.33%) Python
2 1 (1.11%) Kotlin
2 1 (1.11%) Swift
Qualifications
1 14 (15.56%) Degree
2 9 (10.00%) Master's Degree
3 3 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.33%) DBS Check
3 3 (3.33%) MBA
3 3 (3.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.22%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.11%) HNC
5 1 (1.11%) HND
5 1 (1.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.33%) QA
2 1 (1.11%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.11%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.11%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.11%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 8 (8.89%) Microsoft
1 8 (8.89%) Salesforce
2 5 (5.56%) TippingPoint
3 4 (4.44%) Google
3 4 (4.44%) Mercator
4 3 (3.33%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.11%) Adobe
5 1 (1.11%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.11%) Logitech
5 1 (1.11%) Optimizely
5 1 (1.11%) VMware