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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 678 580 728
Rank change year-on-year -98 +148 -53
Permanent jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 134 94 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.19% 0.074%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.21% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 80 25 28
10th Percentile £26,227 £39,109 £32,563
25th Percentile £27,000 £55,000 £34,773
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £90,000 £41,234
Median % change year-on-year -61.11% +118.27% -30.73%
75th Percentile £72,188 £135,000 £54,402
90th Percentile £125,000 £149,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,500 £60,000 £41,234
% change year-on-year -52.50% +45.51% -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 86,307 43,936 60,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.14% 89.11% 81.72%
Number of salaries quoted 59,386 24,309 33,164
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,033
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.23% -3.28%
75th Percentile £79,641 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,250
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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -76 107 £28,500 -52.50% 75
England -61 105 £52,500 -41.67% 165
Work from Home -2 69 £27,581 -77.94% 76
Midlands -37 29 £38,500 -18.09% 14
Scotland +8 22 £27,000 - 7
South East -34 22 £52,500 -38.24% 19
London -73 22 £80,000 -38.46% 100
East Midlands - 15 £35,500 - 4
West Midlands -40 14 £125,000 +165.96% 10
North of England -58 14 £70,000 -22.22% 13
South West -64 14 £26,227 -46.85% 14
Yorkshire - 8 £70,000 - 4
North West -32 4 £27,581 -69.35% 7
East of England - 4 £35,000 - 5
North East - 2 £76,290 - 2
Wales - 1 £26,227 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £27,581 - 2

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 (5.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.49%) CMS
2 2 (1.49%) SAS
3 1 (0.75%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.75%) Confluence
3 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.70%) Azure
2 12 (8.96%) AWS
3 9 (6.72%) SaaS
4 1 (0.75%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 1 (0.75%) Anthropic Claude
4 1 (0.75%) GitHub
4 1 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.75%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.24%) Internet
2 1 (0.75%) Broadband
2 1 (0.75%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.49%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.75%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (5.22%) JUnit
1 7 (5.22%) Maven
1 7 (5.22%) Mockito
2 1 (0.75%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 81 (60.45%) Social Skills
2 58 (43.28%) Finance
3 31 (23.13%) Legal
4 25 (18.66%) Banking
5 19 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (11.94%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (10.45%) Games
7 14 (10.45%) Public Sector
8 7 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (5.22%) Marketing
8 7 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (4.48%) Law
10 2 (1.49%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.49%) Publishing
11 1 (0.75%) Back Office
11 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (14.18%) Customer Service Specialist
2 13 (9.70%) Change Manager
2 13 (9.70%) Delivery Manager
3 12 (8.96%) Lead
4 9 (6.72%) Fraud Specialist
4 9 (6.72%) Senior
5 8 (5.97%) Developer
6 7 (5.22%) Full-Stack Developer
6 7 (5.22%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 7 (5.22%) Infrastructure Manager
6 7 (5.22%) Infrastructure Support
6 7 (5.22%) Infrastructure Support Manager
6 7 (5.22%) Java Developer
6 7 (5.22%) Senior Developer
6 7 (5.22%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
6 7 (5.22%) Senior Java Developer
6 7 (5.22%) Support Manager
7 5 (3.73%) CIO
8 4 (2.99%) Account Executive
8 4 (2.99%) Customer Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.72%) React
2 8 (5.97%) REST
3 7 (5.22%) Spring
4 1 (0.75%) Flutter
4 1 (0.75%) Material-UI
4 1 (0.75%) Playwright
4 1 (0.75%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 28 (20.90%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (16.42%) Podcast
2 22 (16.42%) Web Conferencing
3 20 (14.93%) Social Media
4 15 (11.19%) Management Information System
5 13 (9.70%) Mobile App
6 6 (4.48%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.24%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (2.24%) Online Banking
7 3 (2.24%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.49%) CCTV
9 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.75%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.75%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.75%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.75%) Life Science
9 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.75%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.75%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.22%) Linux
1 7 (5.22%) Windows
1 7 (5.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (39.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 47 (35.07%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (31.34%) Agile
4 39 (29.10%) Coaching
5 30 (22.39%) Customer Service
6 28 (20.90%) AI
7 27 (20.15%) Critical Thinking
8 25 (18.66%) Roadmaps
9 20 (14.93%) Collaborative Working
9 20 (14.93%) Customer Experience
10 16 (11.94%) Active Listening
10 16 (11.94%) Analytical Thinking
11 15 (11.19%) Scrum
11 15 (11.19%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (10.45%) Decision-Making
13 13 (9.70%) Conflict Resolution
13 13 (9.70%) Contingency Planning
13 13 (9.70%) Mentoring
13 13 (9.70%) Planning and Forecasting
13 13 (9.70%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.97%) Java
1 8 (5.97%) JavaScript
1 8 (5.97%) SQL
2 7 (5.22%) Bash
2 7 (5.22%) PL/SQL
3 2 (1.49%) VB
3 2 (1.49%) VBA
4 1 (0.75%) C#
4 1 (0.75%) Go
4 1 (0.75%) Python
4 1 (0.75%) Ruby
4 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (11.94%) BPSS Clearance
2 14 (10.45%) Security Cleared
3 11 (8.21%) Degree
4 9 (6.72%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.99%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.99%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (2.24%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.75%) ACCA
7 1 (0.75%) CIMA
7 1 (0.75%) CISM
7 1 (0.75%) CISSP
7 1 (0.75%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.48%) QA
2 4 (2.99%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.49%) Good Clinical Practice
4 2 (1.49%) ISO 13485
4 2 (1.49%) PMO
4 2 (1.49%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.49%) SOC 3
5 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.75%) GDPR
5 1 (0.75%) GRC
5 1 (0.75%) GxP
5 1 (0.75%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.75%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (5.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (5.22%) Kubernetes
1 7 (5.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (7.46%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.22%) Oracle
2 7 (5.22%) ServiceNow
2 7 (5.22%) SolarWinds
3 4 (2.99%) SAP
4 1 (0.75%) Ariba
4 1 (0.75%) New Relic
4 1 (0.75%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.75%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.75%) Workday