Social Housing Job Trends

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 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 458 591
Rank change year-on-year -147 +133 +279
Permanent jobs citing Social Housing 46 266 147
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.077% 0.50% 0.26%
As % of the General category 0.13% 0.75% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 41 37 135
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,600 £12,250
25th Percentile £44,196 £45,000 £23,108
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +130.00% -58.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £40,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,833 £62,374
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,390 £57,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -21.06% +130.00% -60.00%

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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 34,979 35,453 34,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.64% 66.45% 61.98%
Number of salaries quoted 18,977 16,099 25,384
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,700 £29,013
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £58,158
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +3.17% -6.20%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%

Social Housing
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Social Housing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Social Housing job vacancy trend in the UK

Social Housing
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Social Housing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Social Housing

Social Housing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Housing over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Housing in the UK

Social Housing
Top 11 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 13 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
England -110 46 £50,000 -13.04% 34
UK excluding London -77 35 £45,390 -21.06% 27
Work from Home +23 19 £45,390 -9.22% 12
Midlands -10 16 £45,390 -26.20% 5
London +3 11 £65,000 +5.95% 9
South West +8 9 £50,000 -13.04% 1
West Midlands -18 9 £50,000 - 3
East Midlands -2 7 £45,390 -26.20% 2
South East +14 5 £40,000 -39.09% 8
North West -31 5 £50,230 +43.51% 7
North of England -32 5 £50,230 +44.55% 11

Social Housing
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 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Academy Housing
1 2 (4.35%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.52%) Power Platform
1 3 (6.52%) SaaS
2 1 (2.17%) AWS
2 1 (2.17%) Azure
2 1 (2.17%) Lucidchart
2 1 (2.17%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Data Mining
1 3 (6.52%) Power BI
2 2 (4.35%) MySQL
3 1 (2.17%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.17%) Tableau
General
1 13 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.87%) Finance
3 5 (10.87%) Local Government
3 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.70%) Tech for Good
5 3 (6.52%) Advertising
5 3 (6.52%) Law
5 3 (6.52%) Legal
6 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (19.57%) Business Manager
2 7 (15.22%) Analyst
2 7 (15.22%) Business Development Manager
2 7 (15.22%) Development Manager
3 5 (10.87%) Electrical Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) Test Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Senior
5 3 (6.52%) Business Development Executive
5 3 (6.52%) Developer
6 2 (4.35%) Applications Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Data Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Head of Strategy
6 2 (4.35%) ICT Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Product Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Security Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Senior Data Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Service Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) IoT
1 6 (13.04%) Smart Home
2 4 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.52%) Housing Association
4 2 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.35%) Mashup
4 2 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.17%) Fat Client
5 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.17%) PropTech
5 1 (2.17%) Social Media
5 1 (2.17%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.74%) Business Development
2 9 (19.57%) Service Delivery
3 8 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (13.04%) Decision-Making
4 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (10.87%) Actionable Insight
5 5 (10.87%) Customer Service
5 5 (10.87%) Housing Management
5 5 (10.87%) ITIL
6 4 (8.70%) Agile
6 4 (8.70%) CRM
7 3 (6.52%) Asset Management
7 3 (6.52%) B2B
7 3 (6.52%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (6.52%) Change Management
7 3 (6.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (6.52%) Predictive Modelling
7 3 (6.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (6.52%) Statistical Analysis
7 3 (6.52%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.87%) SQL
2 2 (4.35%) Python
2 2 (4.35%) R
2 2 (4.35%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (15.22%) DBS Check
2 3 (6.52%) Degree
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.17%) APMG
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.17%) CCA
4 1 (2.17%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.17%) MCSE
4 1 (2.17%) Postgraduate
4 1 (2.17%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (2.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.35%) GDPR
2 2 (4.35%) QA
3 1 (2.17%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) AirWatch
1 1 (2.17%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 5 (10.87%) Civica
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
1 5 (10.87%) Northgate
2 2 (4.35%) Orchard
3 1 (2.17%) Aareon
3 1 (2.17%) Citrix
3 1 (2.17%) Databricks
3 1 (2.17%) Google
3 1 (2.17%) Ivanti
3 1 (2.17%) VMware