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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 622 696
Rank change year-on-year +118 +74 +96
Permanent jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 149 71 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.13% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 41 44 23
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,905 £31,425
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,395 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.22% +7.14% -19.23%
75th Percentile £115,000 £85,000 £110,624
90th Percentile £135,000 £137,500 £123,749
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £92,778
% change year-on-year +16.67% -51.50% +71.81%

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 50,076 48,429 57,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.42% 91.10% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 29,566 23,408 43,853
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Emotional Intelligence in the UK

Emotional Intelligence
Top 13 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 23 January 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 +117 119 £52,500 +16.67% 39
Scotland - 82 - - 2
England +57 65 £80,000 +45.45% 51
Work from Home +77 29 £92,000 +75.24% 29
London +41 28 £102,500 -18.00% 21
South East +34 15 £52,500 - 20
Midlands +27 12 £38,250 -15.00% 2
West Midlands +23 6 £38,250 -15.00% 1
North of England +1 6 £82,500 +95.80% 8
East Midlands 0 6 - - 1
South West +5 4 £35,000 +0.27% 2
North West +6 3 £28,546 -32.25% 4
Yorkshire -14 3 £86,250 +41.99% 4

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 4 (2.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (2.01%) Confluence
3 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.68%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.70%) SaaS
2 6 (4.03%) AWS
3 5 (3.36%) Azure
4 2 (1.34%) Datadog
5 1 (0.67%) GCP
5 1 (0.67%) Google Play
5 1 (0.67%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 4 (2.68%) JUnit
1 4 (2.68%) Maven
1 4 (2.68%) Mockito
2 3 (2.01%) JIRA
3 1 (0.67%) Git
General
1 123 (82.55%) Social Skills
2 53 (35.57%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (21.48%) Banking
4 21 (14.09%) Marketing
5 16 (10.74%) Finance
6 13 (8.72%) Retail
7 5 (3.36%) German Language
8 4 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.68%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.01%) Legal
10 2 (1.34%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.34%) Automotive
10 2 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.34%) Law
10 2 (1.34%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.67%) French Language
11 1 (0.67%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.67%) Local Government
11 1 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (32.21%) Innovation Manager
2 37 (24.83%) Analyst
3 32 (21.48%) QA Analyst
3 32 (21.48%) Quality Analyst
4 12 (8.05%) Senior
5 10 (6.71%) Infrastructure Manager
5 10 (6.71%) Infrastructure Support
5 10 (6.71%) Infrastructure Support Manager
5 10 (6.71%) Support Manager
6 6 (4.03%) Lead
7 4 (2.68%) Account Executive
7 4 (2.68%) Business Analyst
7 4 (2.68%) Developer
7 4 (2.68%) Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (2.68%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 4 (2.68%) Java Developer
7 4 (2.68%) Senior Developer
7 4 (2.68%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (2.68%) Senior Java Developer
8 3 (2.01%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.68%) REST
2 2 (1.34%) NumPy
2 2 (1.34%) Pandas
3 1 (0.67%) EDI
3 1 (0.67%) Flutter
3 1 (0.67%) React
3 1 (0.67%) RESTful
3 1 (0.67%) WebRTC
3 1 (0.67%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.41%) Onboarding
2 15 (10.07%) Mobile App
3 7 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.68%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.01%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.34%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.34%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.34%) FMCG
6 2 (1.34%) PMI
6 2 (1.34%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.67%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.67%) BBC
7 1 (0.67%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.67%) Mobile Computing
7 1 (0.67%) Social Media
7 1 (0.67%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.38%) Windows
1 11 (7.38%) Windows 10
2 4 (2.68%) Linux
3 1 (0.67%) Android
3 1 (0.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (56.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 58 (38.93%) Decision-Making
3 54 (36.24%) AI
4 52 (34.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 50 (33.56%) Critical Thinking
6 49 (32.89%) Analytics
6 49 (32.89%) Customer Experience
7 48 (32.21%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 43 (28.86%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (23.49%) Coaching
10 26 (17.45%) Agile
11 17 (11.41%) Software Delivery
12 16 (10.74%) Conflict Resolution
12 16 (10.74%) Software Engineering
13 14 (9.40%) Mobile Application Development
14 13 (8.72%) Presales
15 10 (6.71%) Infrastructure Monitoring
15 10 (6.71%) Patch Management
15 10 (6.71%) Security Operations
15 10 (6.71%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.36%) Java
2 4 (2.68%) Bash
2 4 (2.68%) C
2 4 (2.68%) PL/SQL
2 4 (2.68%) R
2 4 (2.68%) SQL
3 3 (2.01%) Python
4 1 (0.67%) C#
4 1 (0.67%) Go
4 1 (0.67%) Kotlin
4 1 (0.67%) Swift
Qualifications
1 11 (7.38%) Degree
2 7 (4.70%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.03%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.68%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.01%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.34%) CBAP
6 2 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.34%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.67%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.67%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (26.17%) QA
2 2 (1.34%) GRC
3 1 (0.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (2.68%) Docker
2 1 (0.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (7.38%) SCCM
2 4 (2.68%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (6.71%) ServiceNow
1 10 (6.71%) SolarWinds
2 5 (3.36%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.68%) Oracle
4 3 (2.01%) Google
5 2 (1.34%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.34%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.67%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.67%) TippingPoint