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 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 508 631 727
Rank change year-on-year +123 +96 +83
Permanent jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 154 77 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.15% 0.096%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.16% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 41 50 32
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,905 £25,759
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,620 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £58,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.04% +38.24% -41.38%
75th Percentile £115,000 £85,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £130,000 £137,500 £123,749
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £61,250
% change year-on-year +10.53% -22.45% +11.36%

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 51,136 47,352 64,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.03% 91.66% 88.75%
Number of salaries quoted 30,240 22,667 50,432
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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 +118 124 £52,500 +10.53% 34
Scotland - 82 - - 1
England +54 70 £67,000 +11.67% 62
Work from Home +64 31 £71,250 +35.71% 30
London +54 28 £100,000 -20.00% 35
South East +42 17 £52,500 - 14
Midlands +19 12 £35,000 -22.22% 3
North of England -19 8 £82,500 +95.80% 11
West Midlands +25 6 £35,000 -22.22% 1
East Midlands -1 6 - - 2
North West +11 5 £28,546 -32.25% 4
South West -6 5 £33,750 -43.75%
Yorkshire -20 3 £86,250 +41.99% 6

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 (2.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (1.95%) Confluence
2 3 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.65%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.60%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.55%) SaaS
2 6 (3.90%) AWS
3 5 (3.25%) Azure
4 3 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.65%) Datadog
5 1 (0.65%) GCP
5 1 (0.65%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.65%) Google Play
5 1 (0.65%) MailChimp
Development Applications
1 4 (2.60%) JUnit
1 4 (2.60%) Maven
1 4 (2.60%) Mockito
2 3 (1.95%) JIRA
3 1 (0.65%) Git
General
1 129 (83.77%) Social Skills
2 53 (34.42%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (20.78%) Banking
4 22 (14.29%) Marketing
5 17 (11.04%) Finance
6 14 (9.09%) Retail
7 5 (3.25%) German Language
8 4 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.95%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.30%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.30%) Automotive
10 2 (1.30%) Law
10 2 (1.30%) Legal
10 2 (1.30%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.65%) French Language
11 1 (0.65%) Games
11 1 (0.65%) Local Government
11 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.65%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 48 (31.17%) Innovation Manager
2 39 (25.32%) Analyst
3 32 (20.78%) QA Analyst
3 32 (20.78%) Quality Analyst
4 14 (9.09%) Senior
5 11 (7.14%) Infrastructure Manager
5 11 (7.14%) Infrastructure Support
5 11 (7.14%) Infrastructure Support Manager
5 11 (7.14%) Support Manager
6 6 (3.90%) Lead
7 4 (2.60%) Account Executive
7 4 (2.60%) Business Analyst
7 4 (2.60%) Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (2.60%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 4 (2.60%) Java Developer
7 4 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (2.60%) Senior Developer
7 4 (2.60%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (2.60%) Senior Java Developer
7 4 (2.60%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.60%) REST
2 1 (0.65%) EDI
2 1 (0.65%) Flutter
2 1 (0.65%) NumPy
2 1 (0.65%) Pandas
2 1 (0.65%) React
2 1 (0.65%) RESTful
2 1 (0.65%) WebRTC
2 1 (0.65%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.99%) Onboarding
2 15 (9.74%) Mobile App
3 8 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.95%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.30%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.30%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.30%) FMCG
6 2 (1.30%) PMI
6 2 (1.30%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.30%) Social Media
7 1 (0.65%) BBC
7 1 (0.65%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.65%) Mobile Computing
7 1 (0.65%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.09%) Windows
1 14 (9.09%) Windows 10
2 4 (2.60%) Linux
3 1 (0.65%) Android
3 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (56.49%) Continuous Improvement
2 60 (38.96%) Decision-Making
3 52 (33.77%) AI
4 51 (33.12%) Stakeholder Management
5 50 (32.47%) Analytics
5 50 (32.47%) Critical Thinking
6 48 (31.17%) Customer Experience
6 48 (31.17%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 45 (29.22%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (24.03%) Coaching
9 26 (16.88%) Agile
10 18 (11.69%) Conflict Resolution
10 18 (11.69%) Software Delivery
11 17 (11.04%) Software Engineering
12 15 (9.74%) Mobile Application Development
13 14 (9.09%) Presales
14 11 (7.14%) Infrastructure Monitoring
14 11 (7.14%) Patch Management
14 11 (7.14%) Security Operations
14 11 (7.14%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.25%) Java
2 4 (2.60%) Bash
2 4 (2.60%) C
2 4 (2.60%) PL/SQL
2 4 (2.60%) R
2 4 (2.60%) SQL
3 2 (1.30%) Python
4 1 (0.65%) C#
4 1 (0.65%) Go
4 1 (0.65%) Kotlin
4 1 (0.65%) Swift
Qualifications
1 9 (5.84%) Degree
2 8 (5.19%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.25%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.60%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.95%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.30%) CBAP
6 2 (1.30%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.65%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (24.68%) QA
2 2 (1.30%) GRC
3 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (2.60%) Docker
2 3 (1.95%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (9.09%) SCCM
2 4 (2.60%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (7.14%) ServiceNow
1 11 (7.14%) SolarWinds
2 5 (3.25%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.60%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.60%) Oracle
4 3 (1.95%) Google
5 1 (0.65%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.65%) dotdigital
5 1 (0.65%) Facebook
5 1 (0.65%) Instagram
5 1 (0.65%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.65%) TippingPoint