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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 548 574 791
Rank change year-on-year +26 +217 -20
Permanent jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 183 66 91
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.16% 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.17% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 89 42 48
10th Percentile - £42,910 £25,759
25th Percentile £27,000 £55,000 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £80,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +93.94% -36.54%
75th Percentile £85,922 £137,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £115,000 - £123,749
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £60,372 £42,500
% change year-on-year -33.74% +42.05% -28.89%

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 67,035 39,288 81,690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.86% 92.85% 85.64%
Number of salaries quoted 41,557 22,685 59,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.93%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 28 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Emotional Intelligence in the UK

Emotional Intelligence
Top 15 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 28 April 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 +56 154 £40,000 -33.74% 35
England -29 101 £52,500 -38.24% 54
Scotland - 81 £27,000 - 3
Work from Home +15 38 £83,210 +51.29% 31
South East -8 34 £52,500 -19.23% 9
London -12 28 £100,000 -20.00% 30
North of England -40 20 £83,210 +36.99% 10
Midlands -33 14 £38,500 -21.03% 8
Yorkshire -49 14 £83,210 +36.99% 3
East Midlands - 9 £38,500 - 3
North West -24 5 £28,546 -68.28% 6
West Midlands -26 5 - - 5
South West -51 4 £33,750 -51.79% 1
East of England -25 1 £42,500 -46.88% 1
North East - 1 - - 1

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 5 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.64%) WordPress
4 2 (1.09%) Confluence
5 1 (0.55%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.19%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (4.92%) SaaS
2 7 (3.83%) AWS
2 7 (3.83%) Azure
3 4 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.64%) GCP
5 1 (0.55%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.55%) MailChimp
5 1 (0.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.09%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.19%) JUnit
1 4 (2.19%) Maven
1 4 (2.19%) Mockito
2 2 (1.09%) JIRA
General
1 152 (83.06%) Social Skills
2 64 (34.97%) Banking
3 28 (15.30%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (14.21%) Marketing
5 17 (9.29%) Finance
6 16 (8.74%) Retail
7 6 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.28%) Legal
7 6 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.19%) German Language
8 4 (2.19%) Local Government
9 3 (1.64%) Fire and Rescue
9 3 (1.64%) Law
9 3 (1.64%) Police
10 2 (1.09%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.09%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.55%) Billing
11 1 (0.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (21.31%) Analyst
2 32 (17.49%) QA Analyst
2 32 (17.49%) Quality Analyst
3 19 (10.38%) Infrastructure Manager
3 19 (10.38%) Infrastructure Support
3 19 (10.38%) Infrastructure Support Manager
3 19 (10.38%) Support Manager
4 18 (9.84%) Senior
5 16 (8.74%) Innovation Manager
6 9 (4.92%) Lead
7 5 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (2.73%) Support Specialist
8 4 (2.19%) Developer
8 4 (2.19%) IT Support Specialist
8 4 (2.19%) Java Developer
8 4 (2.19%) Sales Executive
8 4 (2.19%) Senior Developer
8 4 (2.19%) Senior Java Developer
8 4 (2.19%) Service Analyst
8 4 (2.19%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.19%) Flutter
1 4 (2.19%) React
1 4 (2.19%) REST
2 1 (0.55%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.48%) Onboarding
2 14 (7.65%) Mobile App
3 10 (5.46%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.19%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.64%) CCTV
7 2 (1.09%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.09%) Life Science
7 2 (1.09%) PMI
7 2 (1.09%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.09%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.09%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (14.21%) Windows
1 26 (14.21%) Windows 10
2 4 (2.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (53.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 83 (45.36%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (41.53%) Coaching
4 36 (19.67%) Decision-Making
5 35 (19.13%) Agile
6 26 (14.21%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (13.66%) AI
8 22 (12.02%) Infrastructure Monitoring
8 22 (12.02%) ITSM
8 22 (12.02%) Patch Management
8 22 (12.02%) Security Operations
8 22 (12.02%) Software Deployment
9 19 (10.38%) Conflict Resolution
10 18 (9.84%) Customer Experience
10 18 (9.84%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 18 (9.84%) Software Delivery
11 17 (9.29%) Analytics
12 16 (8.74%) Critical Thinking
13 15 (8.20%) Presales
14 14 (7.65%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.37%) Java
2 4 (2.19%) Bash
2 4 (2.19%) C
2 4 (2.19%) C#
2 4 (2.19%) Go
2 4 (2.19%) PL/SQL
2 4 (2.19%) Python
2 4 (2.19%) R
2 4 (2.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (4.92%) Degree
2 8 (4.37%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.73%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.19%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.64%) CRISC
6 2 (1.09%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (1.09%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.09%) CBAP
6 2 (1.09%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.09%) PMP
7 1 (0.55%) CISM
7 1 (0.55%) CISSP
7 1 (0.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (22.40%) QA
2 4 (2.19%) GDPR
3 3 (1.64%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.64%) GRC
3 3 (1.64%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.64%) PMO
4 2 (1.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.09%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.09%) EU AI Act
4 2 (1.09%) GxP
4 2 (1.09%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (2.19%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 26 (14.21%) SCCM
2 4 (2.19%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (12.02%) ServiceNow
1 22 (12.02%) SolarWinds
2 7 (3.83%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.19%) Oracle
3 4 (2.19%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.64%) Google
5 1 (0.55%) dotdigital
5 1 (0.55%) Facebook
5 1 (0.55%) Instagram
5 1 (0.55%) SAP