Social Housing Jobs

Social Housing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Housing in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Housing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 620 767 575
Rank change year-on-year +147 -192 +502
Permanent jobs citing Social Housing 72 129 455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.13% 0.44%
As % of the General category 0.20% 0.22% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 29 116 247
10th Percentile £42,300 £29,971 -
25th Percentile £46,000 £39,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,481 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.37% +53.16% -34.74%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,313 £60,625
90th Percentile £73,833 £72,557 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £40,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year +48.15% +30.65% -31.11%

All General Skills
UK

Social Housing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 35,150 58,962 71,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 67.54% 59.87% 68.57%
Number of salaries quoted 18,382 39,636 38,356
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%

Social Housing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Social Housing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Housing.

Salary trend for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Housing over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Housing within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +122 63 £58,750 +23.73% 45
UK excluding London +161 51 £60,000 +48.15% 31
Work from Home +168 17 £50,000 +1.01% 20
North of England +59 16 £35,000 -12.50% 14
North West +24 16 £35,000 -12.50% 10
London +108 15 £60,000 -9.62% 18
South East +113 13 £73,833 +50.68% 6
South West +97 7 £60,000 +10.83% 2
Midlands +67 7 £42,000 -16.06% 6
West Midlands +35 7 £42,000 -16.06% 3
Northern Ireland - 7 - -
East of England +53 1 £43,500 -8.38% 1

Social Housing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (9.72%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.56%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 11 (15.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (36.11%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.72%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.56%) SaaS
3 2 (2.78%) Azure
3 2 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.39%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.39%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.17%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.72%) MySQL
1 7 (9.72%) Power BI
2 1 (1.39%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.39%) EDMS
General
1 42 (58.33%) Local Government
2 29 (40.28%) Finance
3 26 (36.11%) Police
3 26 (36.11%) Public Sector
4 9 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 7 (9.72%) Tech for Good
6 4 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Law
8 2 (2.78%) Marketing
9 1 (1.39%) Banking
9 1 (1.39%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.39%) Legal
9 1 (1.39%) Retail
9 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (44.44%) Consultant
2 29 (40.28%) Implementation Consultant
3 14 (19.44%) Project Manager
4 9 (12.50%) Developer
5 8 (11.11%) Software Developer
6 5 (6.94%) Compliance Advisor
6 5 (6.94%) Safety Advisor
7 3 (4.17%) Technical Consultant
8 2 (2.78%) Analyst
8 2 (2.78%) Lead
9 1 (1.39%) Analyst Developer
9 1 (1.39%) Developer Analyst
9 1 (1.39%) IT Manager
9 1 (1.39%) IT Project Manager
9 1 (1.39%) Power Platform Developer
9 1 (1.39%) Progress Developer
9 1 (1.39%) Project Coordinator
9 1 (1.39%) Senior
9 1 (1.39%) Senior Manager
9 1 (1.39%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.72%) Node.js
2 2 (2.78%) HTML
3 1 (1.39%) CSS
3 1 (1.39%) EDI
3 1 (1.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (58.33%) Housing Association
2 7 (9.72%) IoT
2 7 (9.72%) Smart Home
3 3 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.78%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 26 (36.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (36.11%) Housing Management
2 16 (22.22%) Data Management
3 15 (20.83%) Customer Service
4 12 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (15.28%) Asset Management
5 11 (15.28%) Time Management
6 9 (12.50%) CRM
7 8 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
7 8 (11.11%) Decision-Making
7 8 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (9.72%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (9.72%) Decarbonisation
8 7 (9.72%) Project Management
8 7 (9.72%) Risk Management
9 5 (6.94%) Compliance Management
9 5 (6.94%) Critical Thinking
9 5 (6.94%) Risk and Compliance Management
10 4 (5.56%) Data Protection
10 4 (5.56%) Line Management
10 4 (5.56%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 37 (51.39%) SQL
2 7 (9.72%) TypeScript
3 4 (5.56%) Progress 4GL
4 2 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.39%) C#
5 1 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.39%) Python
5 1 (1.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (38.89%) DBS Check
2 9 (12.50%) Degree
3 7 (9.72%) MRICS
4 1 (1.39%) HNC
4 1 (1.39%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (37.50%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.78%) GDPR
3 2 (2.78%) QA
Vendors
1 26 (36.11%) NEC
2 10 (13.89%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.94%) Progress
4 4 (5.56%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.39%) Databricks