Emotional Intelligence Job Trends

Emotional Intelligence (Emotional Quotient)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing Emotional Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	683	585	704
Rank change year-on-year	-98	+119	-31
Permanent jobs citing Emotional Intelligence	132	87	54
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.11%	0.18%	0.078%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.15%	0.20%	0.095%
Number of salaries quoted	68	24	31
10^th Percentile	£26,227	£35,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£27,242	£64,313	£35,578
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£52,500	£90,000	£45,000
Median % change year-on-year	-41.67%	+100.00%	-24.40%
75^th Percentile	£105,000	£131,250	£63,110
90^th Percentile	£125,750	£150,500	£85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£35,000	£40,091	£42,134
% change year-on-year	-12.70%	-4.85%	-29.22%

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 citing process or methodology skills.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	88,926	43,671	56,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.53%	88.34%	82.43%
Number of salaries quoted	60,277	24,895	30,230
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,500
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,750	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£54,625	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.84%	-8.96%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£46,000	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+19.57%	-14.81%	+1.89%

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 Salary Trend

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 24 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 24 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-73	117	£52,500	-41.67%	129
UK excluding London	-78	100	£35,000	-12.70%	60
Work from Home	-5	81	£27,581	-78.78%	58
Midlands	-33	35	£38,500	+0.65%	9
London	-71	25	£80,000	-34.69%	77
South East	-56	19	£80,000	+128.57%	11
West Midlands	-31	18	£125,000	+226.80%	4
South West	-64	18	£26,227	-32.20%	6
East Midlands	-	17	£35,500	-	5
North of England	-59	12	£70,000	-22.22%	23
East of England	-	8	£65,000	-	3
Scotland	-23	6	£28,500	-	4
North West	-36	6	£27,581	-69.35%	12
Yorkshire	-	4	£125,000	-	9
North East	-	2	£76,290	-	2
Wales	-	1	£26,227	-	2
Northern Ireland	-	1	£27,581	-	2

Emotional Intelligence Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, job vacancies citing Emotional Intelligence also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing Emotional Intelligence.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	32.6%	43
2	Continuous Improvement	28.8%	38
3	Customer Service	25.8%	34
4	AI	24.2%	32
4	Problem-Solving	24.2%	32
6	Critical Thinking	23.5%	31
7	Coaching	20.5%	27
8	Customer Experience	18.2%	24
8	Roadmaps	18.2%	24
10	Stakeholder Management	15.9%	21
11	Active Listening	15.2%	20
11	BPSS Clearance	15.2%	20
11	Collaborative Working	15.2%	20
14	Azure	12.9%	17
14	Microsoft	12.9%	17
16	Analytical Thinking	12.1%	16
16	AWS	12.1%	16
16	Commercial Awareness	12.1%	16
16	Degree	12.1%	16
20	Decision-Making	11.4%	15
20	Planning and Forecasting	11.4%	15
22	Mentoring	10.6%	14
22	Scrum	10.6%	14
22	Security Cleared	10.6%	14
22	Stakeholder Engagement	10.6%	14
26	Business Strategy	9.8%	13
26	Conflict Resolution	9.8%	13
26	Contingency Planning	9.8%	13
26	SaaS	9.8%	13
26	Stress Testing	9.8%	13

Emotional Intelligence Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	32.6%	43
2	Continuous Improvement	28.8%	38
3	Customer Service	25.8%	34
4	AI	24.2%	32
4	Problem-Solving	24.2%	32
6	Critical Thinking	23.5%	31
7	Coaching	20.5%	27
8	Customer Experience	18.2%	24
8	Roadmaps	18.2%	24
10	Stakeholder Management	15.9%	21
11	Active Listening	15.2%	20
11	Collaborative Working	15.2%	20
13	Analytical Thinking	12.1%	16
13	Commercial Awareness	12.1%	16
15	Decision-Making	11.4%	15
15	Planning and Forecasting	11.4%	15
17	Mentoring	10.6%	14
17	Scrum	10.6%	14
17	Stakeholder Engagement	10.6%	14
20	Business Strategy	9.8%	13