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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 583 805
Rank change year-on-year +49 +222 -41
Permanent jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 185 71 88
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.16% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.17% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 101 41 47
10th Percentile - £42,500 £25,759
25th Percentile £27,000 £55,000 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £82,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +100.00% -36.54%
75th Percentile £95,000 £137,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £115,000 - £123,749
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +41.18% -28.60%

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 67,346 40,822 82,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.74% 93.29% 85.15%
Number of salaries quoted 43,359 22,211 59,550
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.97%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 16 May 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 16 May 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 +71 151 £52,500 -12.50% 30
England -1 116 £60,850 -29.45% 59
Scotland - 67 £27,000 - 2
Work from Home +46 45 £83,210 +51.29% 23
South East +14 35 £52,500 -19.23% 12
London -20 32 £97,000 -22.40% 33
North of England -8 23 £83,210 +36.99% 8
Midlands -18 17 £38,500 -21.03% 3
Yorkshire -39 16 £83,210 +36.99% 3
East Midlands - 9 £38,500 - 1
West Midlands -41 8 £125,000 +156.41% 2
North West +7 5 - - 2
South West -48 5 £35,000 -50.00% 3
East of England -9 4 £38,750 -51.56% 1
North East - 2 £125,000 - 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 6 (3.24%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.62%) WordPress
4 2 (1.08%) Confluence
5 1 (0.54%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.62%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.95%) SaaS
2 9 (4.86%) AWS
2 9 (4.86%) Azure
3 4 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.62%) GCP
5 1 (0.54%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.54%) MailChimp
5 1 (0.54%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.08%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.54%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.54%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (2.70%) JUnit
1 5 (2.70%) Maven
1 5 (2.70%) Mockito
2 2 (1.08%) JIRA
General
1 138 (74.59%) Social Skills
2 64 (34.59%) Banking
3 29 (15.68%) Marketing
4 19 (10.27%) Finance
5 16 (8.65%) Retail
6 14 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (5.95%) Legal
8 8 (4.32%) Law
9 6 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.16%) Local Government
12 3 (1.62%) Fire and Rescue
12 3 (1.62%) German Language
12 3 (1.62%) Police
13 2 (1.08%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.08%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.08%) Publishing
14 1 (0.54%) Billing
Job Titles
1 39 (21.08%) Analyst
2 32 (17.30%) QA Analyst
2 32 (17.30%) Quality Analyst
3 20 (10.81%) Infrastructure Manager
3 20 (10.81%) Infrastructure Support
3 20 (10.81%) Infrastructure Support Manager
3 20 (10.81%) Support Manager
4 18 (9.73%) Senior
5 11 (5.95%) Lead
6 7 (3.78%) Account Executive
7 6 (3.24%) Developer
8 5 (2.70%) CIO
8 5 (2.70%) Full-Stack Developer
8 5 (2.70%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 5 (2.70%) Java Developer
8 5 (2.70%) Senior Developer
8 5 (2.70%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 5 (2.70%) Senior Java Developer
9 4 (2.16%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
9 4 (2.16%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.24%) React
1 6 (3.24%) REST
2 4 (2.16%) Flutter
3 1 (0.54%) EDI
3 1 (0.54%) Material-UI
3 1 (0.54%) Playwright
3 1 (0.54%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.81%) Onboarding
2 14 (7.57%) Mobile App
3 13 (7.03%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.16%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.62%) CCTV
6 3 (1.62%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.08%) Life Science
7 2 (1.08%) PMI
7 2 (1.08%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.08%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.08%) Social Media
7 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.54%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 27 (14.59%) Windows
1 27 (14.59%) Windows 10
2 5 (2.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (46.49%) Continuous Improvement
2 85 (45.95%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (40.54%) Coaching
4 39 (21.08%) Agile
5 24 (12.97%) Decision-Making
6 23 (12.43%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 23 (12.43%) ITSM
6 23 (12.43%) Patch Management
6 23 (12.43%) Security Operations
6 23 (12.43%) Software Deployment
7 18 (9.73%) Conflict Resolution
8 17 (9.19%) AI
8 17 (9.19%) Software Delivery
9 15 (8.11%) Presales
10 14 (7.57%) Mobile Application Development
10 14 (7.57%) Scrum
10 14 (7.57%) Software Engineering
11 13 (7.03%) Mentoring
11 13 (7.03%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (5.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.86%) Java
2 5 (2.70%) Bash
2 5 (2.70%) PL/SQL
2 5 (2.70%) SQL
3 4 (2.16%) C
3 4 (2.16%) C#
3 4 (2.16%) Go
3 4 (2.16%) Python
3 4 (2.16%) R
4 2 (1.08%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (5.41%) Degree
1 10 (5.41%) Security Cleared
2 7 (3.78%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.16%) PMI Certification
4 3 (1.62%) CRISC
5 2 (1.08%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (1.08%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.08%) CBAP
5 2 (1.08%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.08%) PMP
6 1 (0.54%) CISM
6 1 (0.54%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (22.16%) QA
2 4 (2.16%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.16%) GDPR
2 4 (2.16%) PMO
3 3 (1.62%) GRC
3 3 (1.62%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.08%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.08%) EU AI Act
4 2 (1.08%) GxP
4 2 (1.08%) HIPAA
System Software
1 5 (2.70%) Docker
2 4 (2.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (14.59%) SCCM
2 5 (2.70%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (12.43%) ServiceNow
1 23 (12.43%) SolarWinds
2 9 (4.86%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.70%) Oracle
4 3 (1.62%) Google
4 3 (1.62%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.62%) SAP
5 1 (0.54%) Ariba
5 1 (0.54%) dotdigital
5 1 (0.54%) Facebook
5 1 (0.54%) Instagram