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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 611 755
Rank change year-on-year -24 +144 0
Permanent jobs citing Emotional Intelligence 138 68 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.14% 0.071%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.15% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 84 30 33
10th Percentile - £50,100 £31,625
25th Percentile £27,000 £65,750 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £125,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -65.80% +194.12% -29.17%
75th Percentile £85,922 £137,500 £51,500
90th Percentile £113,080 £140,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £60,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -35.83% +84.62% -45.40%

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 75,768 44,292 70,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.63% 81.31%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 25,118 47,262
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 31 July 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 31 July 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 +19 113 £38,500 -35.83% 27
England -33 100 £61,675 -50.66% 50
Work from Home +8 47 £83,210 -21.69% 18
Scotland - 35 £27,000 -
Midlands -24 26 £38,500 -26.67% 3
South East -13 25 £52,500 -30.00% 9
London -48 22 £90,000 -28.00% 26
North of England -13 21 £83,210 -7.55% 5
East Midlands - 18 £38,500 - 2
Yorkshire - 15 £83,210 - 5
West Midlands -22 8 £125,000 +138.10% 1
East of England - 5 £35,000 - 6
North West +1 4 - -
North East - 2 £125,000 -
South West -65 1 £125,000 +108.33% 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 5 (3.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 4 (2.90%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.17%) WordPress
4 1 (0.72%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.72%) CMS
4 1 (0.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.52%) Azure
2 8 (5.80%) AWS
3 7 (5.07%) SaaS
4 2 (1.45%) GCP
4 2 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.72%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 1 (0.72%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (0.72%) GitHub
5 1 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.72%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (0.72%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.72%) MailChimp
5 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.45%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.72%) Broadband
2 1 (0.72%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.72%) MySQL
1 1 (0.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.62%) JUnit
1 5 (3.62%) Maven
1 5 (3.62%) Mockito
2 1 (0.72%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.72%) JIRA
General
1 86 (62.32%) Social Skills
2 32 (23.19%) Banking
3 25 (18.12%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (16.67%) Finance
5 16 (11.59%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (9.42%) Legal
7 12 (8.70%) Marketing
8 9 (6.52%) Law
9 7 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.90%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.17%) Fire and Rescue
11 3 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (2.17%) Local Government
11 3 (2.17%) Police
12 2 (1.45%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.45%) Publishing
12 2 (1.45%) Retail
13 1 (0.72%) Back Office
13 1 (0.72%) Games
13 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (10.14%) Senior
2 13 (9.42%) Change Manager
2 13 (9.42%) Delivery Manager
3 12 (8.70%) Lead
4 9 (6.52%) Infrastructure Manager
4 9 (6.52%) Infrastructure Support
4 9 (6.52%) Infrastructure Support Manager
4 9 (6.52%) Support Manager
5 6 (4.35%) Developer
6 5 (3.62%) CIO
6 5 (3.62%) Full-Stack Developer
6 5 (3.62%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 5 (3.62%) Java Developer
6 5 (3.62%) Project Manager
6 5 (3.62%) Senior Developer
6 5 (3.62%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
6 5 (3.62%) Senior Java Developer
7 4 (2.90%) Account Executive
7 4 (2.90%) Analyst
8 3 (2.17%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.52%) React
2 6 (4.35%) REST
3 5 (3.62%) Spring
4 3 (2.17%) Flutter
5 1 (0.72%) Material-UI
5 1 (0.72%) Playwright
5 1 (0.72%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.17%) CCTV
3 3 (2.17%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.17%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.45%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.45%) Life Science
4 2 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (1.45%) Social Media
5 1 (0.72%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (0.72%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.72%) Legacy Code
5 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.72%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.14%) Windows
1 14 (10.14%) Windows 10
2 5 (3.62%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (49.28%) Continuous Improvement
2 64 (46.38%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (42.03%) Coaching
4 40 (28.99%) Agile
5 24 (17.39%) Roadmaps
6 22 (15.94%) AI
7 18 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
7 18 (13.04%) Decision-Making
7 18 (13.04%) Mentoring
8 16 (11.59%) Analytical Thinking
9 15 (10.87%) Conflict Resolution
10 14 (10.14%) Business Strategy
10 14 (10.14%) Scrum
10 14 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (9.42%) Contingency Planning
11 13 (9.42%) Planning and Forecasting
11 13 (9.42%) Stress Testing
12 12 (8.70%) Infrastructure Monitoring
12 12 (8.70%) Patch Management
12 12 (8.70%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.80%) Java
2 6 (4.35%) JavaScript
2 6 (4.35%) SQL
3 5 (3.62%) Bash
3 5 (3.62%) PL/SQL
4 3 (2.17%) C#
4 3 (2.17%) Go
4 3 (2.17%) Python
5 1 (0.72%) Ruby
5 1 (0.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (7.25%) Degree
2 9 (6.52%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.07%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.17%) CRISC
5 2 (1.45%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (1.45%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.45%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.45%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.45%) PMP
6 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.72%) CISM
6 1 (0.72%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.80%) QA
2 6 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.90%) GDPR
3 4 (2.90%) ISO 9001
3 4 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.90%) PMO
4 2 (1.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.45%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.45%) EU AI Act
4 2 (1.45%) GxP
4 2 (1.45%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.72%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (3.62%) Docker
2 2 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (10.14%) SCCM
2 5 (3.62%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (8.70%) ServiceNow
1 12 (8.70%) SolarWinds
2 8 (5.80%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.62%) Oracle
4 4 (2.90%) SAP
5 3 (2.17%) Google
6 1 (0.72%) Ariba
6 1 (0.72%) dotdigital
6 1 (0.72%) Facebook
6 1 (0.72%) Instagram
6 1 (0.72%) New Relic
6 1 (0.72%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.72%) Workday