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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 680 589 720
Rank change year-on-year -91 +131 -37
Permanent jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 128 91 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.18% 0.066%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.21% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 69 24 24
10th Percentile £26,227 £36,105 £27,925
25th Percentile £27,581 £54,063 £34,905
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £90,000 £41,234
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% +118.27% -30.73%
75th Percentile £96,250 £135,000 £63,110
90th Percentile £125,000 £150,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £41,234
% change year-on-year -36.36% +33.39% -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 86,265 44,296 59,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.17% 89.00% 82.18%
Number of salaries quoted 59,107 24,598 32,082
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -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 9 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 9 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 -61 114 £52,500 -41.67% 207
UK excluding London -90 98 £35,000 -36.36% 80
Work from Home +25 78 £27,581 -78.78% 96
Midlands -22 31 £38,500 -18.09% 11
London -62 24 £85,000 -34.62% 134
South East -33 21 £57,500 -32.35% 18
South West -60 18 £26,227 -46.85% 12
West Midlands -33 16 £125,000 +165.96% 8
East Midlands - 15 £35,500 - 3
North of England -65 14 £70,000 -22.22% 19
Scotland -16 6 £28,500 - 7
North West -23 6 £27,581 -69.35% 8
Yorkshire - 6 £70,000 - 8
East of England - 6 £35,000 - 9
North East - 2 £76,290 - 3
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 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.56%) 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
3 1 (0.78%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.78%) Firewall
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 73 (57.03%) Social Skills
2 64 (50.00%) Finance
3 35 (27.34%) Legal
4 18 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (14.06%) Games
5 16 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 15 (11.72%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (7.03%) Banking
8 7 (5.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (5.47%) Marketing
9 6 (4.69%) Law
9 6 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.56%) Advertising
10 2 (1.56%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.56%) Publishing
11 1 (0.78%) Back Office
11 1 (0.78%) Electronics
11 1 (0.78%) Local Government
11 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
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%) Infrastructure Manager
6 6 (4.69%) Infrastructure Support
6 6 (4.69%) Infrastructure Support Manager
6 6 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (4.69%) Support 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%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.78%) Life Science
8 1 (0.78%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.78%) PMI
8 1 (0.78%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.78%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.47%) Linux
1 7 (5.47%) Windows
1 7 (5.47%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.78%) Mac OS
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%) Critical Thinking
6 30 (23.44%) AI
7 26 (20.31%) Coaching
8 25 (19.53%) Roadmaps
9 24 (18.75%) Customer Experience
10 20 (15.63%) Active Listening
11 19 (14.84%) Collaborative Working
11 19 (14.84%) Stakeholder Management
12 16 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
13 15 (11.72%) Scrum
14 14 (10.94%) Decision-Making
15 13 (10.16%) Contingency Planning
15 13 (10.16%) Mentoring
15 13 (10.16%) Planning and Forecasting
15 13 (10.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 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%) Security Cleared
3 13 (10.16%) Degree
4 9 (7.03%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.69%) Azure Certification
5 6 (4.69%) TOGAF Certification
6 5 (3.91%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.78%) ACCA
7 1 (0.78%) CIMA
7 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 6 (4.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (10.94%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.47%) Oracle
3 6 (4.69%) ServiceNow
3 6 (4.69%) SolarWinds
4 4 (3.13%) SAP
5 2 (1.56%) Apple
6 1 (0.78%) Ariba
6 1 (0.78%) New Relic
6 1 (0.78%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.78%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.78%) Workday