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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 697 671
Rank change year-on-year +154 -26 +146
Permanent jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 96 59 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.088% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.10% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 26 34 24
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,508 £40,000
25th Percentile £38,949 £38,055 £49,936
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £46,750 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +97.86% -23.36% +6.09%
75th Percentile £130,000 £63,110 £96,539
90th Percentile £147,500 £78,125 £113,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,841 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.13% -25.00% +20.00%

All Process and 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 45,707 56,896 47,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.68% 85.15% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 27,910 29,661 36,781
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,001 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,439 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.75% +3.69% -0.94%

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 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Emotional Intelligence in the UK

Emotional Intelligence
Top 12 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 November 2025. 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 +134 65 £36,841 -18.13% 53
Scotland - 50 - - 1
England +98 35 £92,500 +105.56% 62
Work from Home +97 22 £120,000 +137.62% 34
London +53 20 £117,500 +144.79% 25
South East +47 6 £43,750 - 28
North of England +19 5 £28,546 -32.25% 8
North West +42 4 £28,546 -32.25% 6
Midlands +61 2 £38,250 -15.00% 8
West Midlands +58 2 £38,250 -15.00% 6
South West +15 2 £38,682 +10.82% 4
Yorkshire +14 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 1 (1.04%) Confluence
1 1 (1.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.04%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.17%) SaaS
2 3 (3.13%) Datadog
3 1 (1.04%) AWS
3 1 (1.04%) ChatGPT
3 1 (1.04%) Google Play
3 1 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (1.04%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Git
1 1 (1.04%) JIRA
General
1 67 (69.79%) Social Skills
2 52 (54.17%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (14.58%) Finance
4 6 (6.25%) Telecoms
5 5 (5.21%) Marketing
5 5 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (5.21%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.17%) Legal
6 4 (4.17%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.13%) Public Speaking
8 2 (2.08%) Automotive
8 2 (2.08%) German Language
8 2 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.08%) Law
9 1 (1.04%) French Language
9 1 (1.04%) Games
9 1 (1.04%) Local Government
9 1 (1.04%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (50.00%) Innovation Manager
2 4 (4.17%) Bid Writer
2 4 (4.17%) Lead
2 4 (4.17%) Senior
3 3 (3.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 3 (3.13%) Business Development Manager
3 3 (3.13%) Business Manager
3 3 (3.13%) Coordinator
3 3 (3.13%) Development Manager
3 3 (3.13%) Head of Development
3 3 (3.13%) Sales Representative
4 2 (2.08%) Analyst
4 2 (2.08%) Business Analyst
4 2 (2.08%) Head of AI
4 2 (2.08%) Senior Business Development Manager
4 2 (2.08%) Senior Business Manager
4 2 (2.08%) Senior Development Manager
4 2 (2.08%) Senior Manager
4 2 (2.08%) Voice Engineer
5 1 (1.04%) Sales Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.13%) NumPy
1 3 (3.13%) Pandas
2 1 (1.04%) EDI
2 1 (1.04%) RESTful
2 1 (1.04%) WebRTC
2 1 (1.04%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.29%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.17%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.17%) Social Media
3 3 (3.13%) BBC
3 3 (3.13%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.08%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.08%) Educational Technology
4 2 (2.08%) FMCG
5 1 (1.04%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.04%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.04%) Mobile Computing
5 1 (1.04%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.04%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.04%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.08%) Windows
2 1 (1.04%) Android
2 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.04%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (58.33%) AI
2 53 (55.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 51 (53.13%) Customer Experience
3 51 (53.13%) Decision-Making
3 51 (53.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (52.08%) Critical Thinking
5 49 (51.04%) Analytics
6 48 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 9 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (8.33%) Agile
9 7 (7.29%) Machine Learning
10 6 (6.25%) Business Development
10 6 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (6.25%) CRM
10 6 (6.25%) LLM
11 5 (5.21%) CI/CD
11 5 (5.21%) Product Strategy
11 5 (5.21%) Prompt Engineering
11 5 (5.21%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
11 5 (5.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.13%) Python
2 1 (1.04%) Kotlin
2 1 (1.04%) Swift
Qualifications
1 11 (11.46%) Degree
2 7 (7.29%) Master's Degree
3 4 (4.17%) DBS Check
4 3 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.08%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.04%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.04%) HNC
6 1 (1.04%) HND
6 1 (1.04%) MBA
6 1 (1.04%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.17%) QA
2 1 (1.04%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.04%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.04%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (5.21%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.17%) Google
2 4 (4.17%) Mercator
2 4 (4.17%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.13%) OpenAI
4 2 (2.08%) TippingPoint
5 1 (1.04%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.04%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.04%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.04%) VMware