Social Skills Job Trends in Wales

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 415 197 462
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 22.62% 37.81% 22.06%
As % of the General category 45.01% 49.00% 42.19%
Number of salaries quoted 137 115 313
10th Percentile £25,087 £24,600 £25,047
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +21.21% -2.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,850 £78,750 £63,750
UK median annual salary £51,500 £51,645 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.28% +8.73% -17.39%

All General Skills
Wales

Social Skills 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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 922 402 1,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 50.25% 77.16% 52.29%
Number of salaries quoted 451 230 811
10th Percentile £27,068 £24,561 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,404 £42,860
Median % change year-on-year -5.07% +10.60% -3.59%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,563 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £66,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -12.50%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Wales

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Wales over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Wales

Social Skills
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Wales region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
South Wales 0 289 £40,000 -20.00% 58
West Wales 0 93 £51,709 +129.82% 17
North Wales +1 22 £40,750 +57.49% 16
Mid Wales -4 4 £65,000 - 1
Dyfed - 2 - - 6
Social Skills
UK

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 18 (4.34%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.72%) Confluence
4 2 (0.48%) CMS
Applications
1 62 (14.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.96%) CANalyzer
4 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.48%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Shopify
2 2 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.24%) Magento
3 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 222 (53.49%) Azure
2 69 (16.63%) Azure AI
3 59 (14.22%) Power Platform
4 47 (11.33%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (3.61%) AWS
6 14 (3.37%) SaaS
7 10 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.45%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.45%) GCP
10 5 (1.20%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.20%) Slack
11 4 (0.96%) ChatGPT
11 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.72%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.72%) IaaS
12 3 (0.72%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.72%) PaaS
12 3 (0.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.10%) DNS
1 17 (4.10%) Firewall
2 16 (3.86%) DHCP
3 15 (3.61%) WAN
4 14 (3.37%) LAN
5 10 (2.41%) Internet
6 9 (2.17%) Broadband
7 6 (1.45%) Unified Communications
7 6 (1.45%) WLAN
8 5 (1.20%) Wireless
9 4 (0.96%) VLAN
10 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.48%) SSL
12 1 (0.24%) Converged Networks
12 1 (0.24%) Modbus
12 1 (0.24%) Network Security
12 1 (0.24%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (13.98%) Power BI
2 52 (12.53%) Tableau
3 8 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.72%) BigQuery
4 3 (0.72%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.48%) GIS
6 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.24%) Looker
6 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.20%) JIRA
2 4 (0.96%) Git
3 3 (0.72%) CANoe
4 2 (0.48%) GitLab
4 2 (0.48%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.48%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.24%) JMeter
5 1 (0.24%) JUnit
5 1 (0.24%) Newman
5 1 (0.24%) Postman
5 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.24%) Selenium
5 1 (0.24%) TestRail
General
1 47 (11.33%) Analytical Skills
2 34 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 29 (6.99%) Finance
4 28 (6.75%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (4.10%) Manufacturing
5 17 (4.10%) Public Sector
6 12 (2.89%) Legal
7 11 (2.65%) Banking
7 11 (2.65%) Law
7 11 (2.65%) Marketing
8 8 (1.93%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.93%) Welsh Language
9 6 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.45%) Local Government
9 6 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.72%) Military
11 3 (0.72%) Retail
12 2 (0.48%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 114 (27.47%) Analyst
2 108 (26.02%) Junior
3 102 (24.58%) Junior Analyst
4 54 (13.01%) Data Analyst
5 52 (12.53%) Security Analyst
6 51 (12.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 51 (12.29%) Junior Data Analyst
6 51 (12.29%) Junior Security Analyst
7 45 (10.84%) Ethical Hacker
8 35 (8.43%) IT Technician
9 29 (6.99%) Senior
10 22 (5.30%) Help Desk Technician
11 20 (4.82%) Lead
12 19 (4.58%) Network Engineer
13 18 (4.34%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 16 (3.86%) IT Manager
14 16 (3.86%) IT Support
15 13 (3.13%) Architect
15 13 (3.13%) IT Support Technician
15 13 (3.13%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.45%) Node.js
2 4 (0.96%) Spring
2 4 (0.96%) Spring Boot
3 2 (0.48%) React
3 2 (0.48%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (0.24%) .NET
4 1 (0.24%) AWS CDK
4 1 (0.24%) AWS SAM
4 1 (0.24%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.24%) Jest
4 1 (0.24%) Kafka
4 1 (0.24%) Playwright
4 1 (0.24%) PySpark
4 1 (0.24%) Serverless Framework
4 1 (0.24%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.84%) Cyberattack
2 20 (4.82%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.37%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.65%) Web Conferencing
6 10 (2.41%) Driving Licence
6 10 (2.41%) IoT
6 10 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.17%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.17%) Podcast
7 9 (2.17%) Smart Home
7 9 (2.17%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.69%) SCADA
10 6 (1.45%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.20%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.96%) Social Media
13 3 (0.72%) Embedded Systems
13 3 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 42 (10.12%) Windows
2 20 (4.82%) Windows Server
3 15 (3.61%) Linux
4 12 (2.89%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.20%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.96%) Unix
6 4 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.24%) Android
7 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (31.81%) Cybersecurity
2 85 (20.48%) AI
3 74 (17.83%) Mentoring
4 69 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (14.70%) Business Intelligence
6 57 (13.73%) Customer Service
7 54 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
8 45 (10.84%) Ethical Hacking
9 34 (8.19%) Agile
10 30 (7.23%) Decision-Making
11 29 (6.99%) Customer Experience
11 29 (6.99%) Service Delivery
11 29 (6.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 26 (6.27%) Coaching
13 23 (5.54%) CRM
14 21 (5.06%) Migration
14 21 (5.06%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (4.82%) Analytics
16 19 (4.58%) Project Delivery
17 18 (4.34%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Programming Languages
1 80 (19.28%) Python
2 59 (14.22%) SQL
3 9 (2.17%) Java
4 7 (1.69%) C
4 7 (1.69%) C++
5 5 (1.20%) PowerShell
6 4 (0.96%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.72%) Embedded C
7 3 (0.72%) R
7 3 (0.72%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.48%) C#
8 2 (0.48%) Ruby
9 1 (0.24%) Bash
9 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 183 (44.10%) Azure Certification
2 59 (14.22%) Degree
3 51 (12.29%) CompTIA CySA+
3 51 (12.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 47 (11.33%) CEH
5 21 (5.06%) SC Cleared
5 21 (5.06%) Security Cleared
6 20 (4.82%) CCNA
6 20 (4.82%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (4.34%) A+ Certification
7 18 (4.34%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (2.89%) Postgraduate
9 11 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (2.65%) PhD
10 10 (2.41%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 6 (1.45%) IRCA
13 5 (1.20%) CISSP
13 5 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (0.96%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.13%) GDPR
2 10 (2.41%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.41%) QA
3 9 (2.17%) PCI DSS
3 9 (2.17%) SLA
4 8 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (1.93%) ISO 9001
4 8 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.93%) NIST
5 6 (1.45%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.72%) COBIT
6 3 (0.72%) WCAG
7 2 (0.48%) GMP
7 2 (0.48%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.24%) GAAP
8 1 (0.24%) GRC
8 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.24%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (7.23%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.86%) Hyper-V
3 12 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.93%) Terminal Server
5 4 (0.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.69%) Terraform
2 2 (0.48%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 225 (54.22%) Microsoft
2 132 (31.81%) ForeScout
3 23 (5.54%) Cisco
4 20 (4.82%) VMware
5 9 (2.17%) BT
5 9 (2.17%) Veeam
6 8 (1.93%) Brocade
6 8 (1.93%) Nimble Storage
6 8 (1.93%) SolarWinds
6 8 (1.93%) Splunk
6 8 (1.93%) Tanium
7 5 (1.20%) Sage
8 4 (0.96%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.72%) Adobe
9 3 (0.72%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.72%) Google
9 3 (0.72%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.72%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.48%) Allen-Bradley
10 2 (0.48%) Siemens