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

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 552 678 656
Rank change year-on-year +126 -22 +152
Permanent jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 102 64 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 30 36 28
10th Percentile £34,750 £31,680 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,625 £39,165 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £46,750 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% -45.00% +47.83%
75th Percentile £130,000 £63,110 £120,937
90th Percentile £141,500 £85,000 £123,749
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,500 £45,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -7.78% -47.06% +70.00%

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 47,424 53,892 47,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.09% 86.75% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 28,060 28,022 36,472
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £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% - -0.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.87%

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 9 December 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 9 December 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 +126 69 £41,500 -7.78% 174
Scotland - 50 - - 15
England +81 40 £85,000 +88.89% 172
Work from Home +91 26 £105,000 +110.00% 83
London +66 21 £115,000 +125.49% 23
South East +50 9 £52,500 - 42
North of England +20 5 £28,546 -32.25% 36
North West +34 4 £28,546 -32.25% 18
South West +25 3 £38,682 +10.82% 20
West Midlands +33 2 £38,250 -15.00% 12
Midlands +32 2 £38,250 -15.00% 26
Yorkshire -7 1 - - 17

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 2 (1.96%) Confluence
2 1 (0.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (6.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.90%) SaaS
2 3 (2.94%) Datadog
3 1 (0.98%) AWS
3 1 (0.98%) ChatGPT
3 1 (0.98%) Google Play
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (0.98%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (1.96%) JIRA
2 1 (0.98%) Git
General
1 71 (69.61%) Social Skills
2 53 (51.96%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (14.71%) Finance
4 6 (5.88%) Marketing
4 6 (5.88%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (4.90%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.92%) Legal
6 4 (3.92%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.94%) German Language
7 3 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.94%) Public Speaking
8 2 (1.96%) Automotive
8 2 (1.96%) Law
9 1 (0.98%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.98%) Games
9 1 (0.98%) Local Government
9 1 (0.98%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (47.06%) Innovation Manager
2 4 (3.92%) Bid Writer
2 4 (3.92%) Infrastructure Manager
2 4 (3.92%) Infrastructure Support
2 4 (3.92%) Infrastructure Support Manager
2 4 (3.92%) Lead
2 4 (3.92%) Senior
2 4 (3.92%) Support Manager
3 3 (2.94%) Analyst
3 3 (2.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 3 (2.94%) Business Analyst
3 3 (2.94%) Business Development Manager
3 3 (2.94%) Business Manager
3 3 (2.94%) Coordinator
3 3 (2.94%) Development Manager
3 3 (2.94%) Head of Development
3 3 (2.94%) Sales Representative
4 2 (1.96%) Head of AI
4 2 (1.96%) Senior Development Manager
4 2 (1.96%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.94%) NumPy
1 3 (2.94%) Pandas
2 2 (1.96%) EDI
3 1 (0.98%) RESTful
3 1 (0.98%) WebRTC
3 1 (0.98%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.86%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.92%) Driving Licence
2 4 (3.92%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.92%) Social Media
3 3 (2.94%) BBC
3 3 (2.94%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.96%) AI Agents
4 2 (1.96%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.96%) Educational Technology
4 2 (1.96%) FMCG
4 2 (1.96%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.98%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.98%) Mobile Computing
5 1 (0.98%) PMI
5 1 (0.98%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.98%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.90%) Windows
2 4 (3.92%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.98%) Android
3 1 (0.98%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (54.90%) AI
2 53 (51.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 52 (50.98%) Stakeholder Management
4 51 (50.00%) Customer Experience
4 51 (50.00%) Decision-Making
5 50 (49.02%) Critical Thinking
6 49 (48.04%) Analytics
7 48 (47.06%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 10 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (8.82%) Agile
10 8 (7.84%) Collaborative Working
11 7 (6.86%) CRM
11 7 (6.86%) Machine Learning
12 6 (5.88%) Business Development
12 6 (5.88%) LLM
13 5 (4.90%) Change Management
13 5 (4.90%) Personalization
13 5 (4.90%) Product Strategy
13 5 (4.90%) Software Engineering
13 5 (4.90%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.94%) Python
2 1 (0.98%) Kotlin
2 1 (0.98%) Swift
Qualifications
1 12 (11.76%) Degree
2 7 (6.86%) Master's Degree
3 4 (3.92%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.94%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.96%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.98%) CBAP
6 1 (0.98%) HNC
6 1 (0.98%) HND
6 1 (0.98%) MBA
6 1 (0.98%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.98%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.92%) QA
2 1 (0.98%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.98%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (4.90%) Microsoft
1 5 (4.90%) Salesforce
2 4 (3.92%) Google
2 4 (3.92%) Mercator
2 4 (3.92%) ServiceNow
2 4 (3.92%) SolarWinds
3 3 (2.94%) OpenAI
4 2 (1.96%) TippingPoint
5 1 (0.98%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.98%) VMware