Social Skills Jobs 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 243 500 639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 23.25% 24.46% 38.75%
As % of the General category 29.53% 44.76% 58.79%
Number of salaries quoted 146 310 244
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,047 £24,000
25th Percentile £36,063 £30,086 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,134 £43,343
Median % change year-on-year +21.56% -5.10% -3.68%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,488 £53,875
90th Percentile £78,750 £63,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £48,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.28% -15.65% +4.55%

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 common skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 823 1,117 1,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 78.76% 54.65% 65.92%
Number of salaries quoted 483 763 514
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £24,600 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% -1.14% -7.37%
75th Percentile £62,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,920 £67,250 £71,300
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Wales

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in Wales

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Wales over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

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 11 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
South Wales -5 155 £52,546 +27.38% 224
West Wales +8 38 £49,104 -1.02% 7
North Wales -17 14 £40,101 +17.94% 27
Mid Wales +2 3 - - 5
Social Skills
UK

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 9 (3.70%) CMS
2 8 (3.29%) Confluence
3 3 (1.23%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.82%) ColdFusion
4 2 (0.82%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.41%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.41%) IIS
5 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.88%) Simulink
3 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.82%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.88%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.82%) Shopify
3 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 51 (20.99%) Azure
2 12 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (4.12%) AWS
5 8 (3.29%) IaaS
5 8 (3.29%) npm
5 8 (3.29%) PaaS
5 8 (3.29%) SaaS
6 6 (2.47%) GitHub
6 6 (2.47%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.23%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.23%) Serverless
9 2 (0.82%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (0.82%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.82%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.82%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 28 (11.52%) Network Security
2 15 (6.17%) TCP/IP
3 14 (5.76%) DNS
4 13 (5.35%) IP Telephony
5 10 (4.12%) Modbus
5 10 (4.12%) MQTT
6 7 (2.88%) Firewall
7 6 (2.47%) GSM
8 5 (2.06%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (1.23%) Broadband
9 3 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.23%) VoIP
9 3 (1.23%) VPN
10 2 (0.82%) DHCP
10 2 (0.82%) GPRS
10 2 (0.82%) VLAN
11 1 (0.41%) 802.11
11 1 (0.41%) Internet
11 1 (0.41%) WAN
11 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.05%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (6.58%) RDBMS
2 16 (6.58%) Relational Database
3 10 (4.12%) MySQL
4 6 (2.47%) Redis
5 3 (1.23%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.82%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.82%) Big Data
6 2 (0.82%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.82%) Power BI
7 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.41%) MS Access
7 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (7.41%) Git
2 15 (6.17%) Rational DOORS
3 12 (4.94%) JIRA
4 8 (3.29%) Grunt
4 8 (3.29%) webpack
5 6 (2.47%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.41%) JUnit
6 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 88 (36.21%) Finance
2 16 (6.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 15 (6.17%) Public Sector
3 15 (6.17%) Telecoms
4 14 (5.76%) Retail
5 13 (5.35%) Electronics
6 12 (4.94%) Marketing
7 11 (4.53%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.53%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.29%) Welsh Language
9 7 (2.88%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.23%) Banking
11 3 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.82%) Aviation
12 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Back Office
13 1 (0.41%) Legal
Job Titles
1 92 (37.86%) Senior
2 73 (30.04%) Senior Manager
3 68 (27.98%) Project Manager
4 66 (27.16%) Senior Project Manager
5 34 (13.99%) Developer
6 23 (9.47%) Lead
7 13 (5.35%) Architect
8 12 (4.94%) Software Engineer
9 11 (4.53%) Lead Software Engineer
10 9 (3.70%) Lead Developer
10 9 (3.70%) PHP Developer
10 9 (3.70%) Team Leader
11 8 (3.29%) 1st Line Support
11 8 (3.29%) Development Manager
11 8 (3.29%) Junior
11 8 (3.29%) Senior Developer
11 8 (3.29%) Server Engineer
11 8 (3.29%) Software Team Leader
11 8 (3.29%) Systems Architect
12 7 (2.88%) Junior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (10.70%) .NET
2 12 (4.94%) Symfony
3 10 (4.12%) Vue
4 9 (3.70%) HTML
4 9 (3.70%) Sass
5 8 (3.29%) CakePHP
5 8 (3.29%) Doctrine
5 8 (3.29%) Pyjs
6 6 (2.47%) Django
7 5 (2.06%) FastAPI
7 5 (2.06%) Flask
7 5 (2.06%) GraphQL
7 5 (2.06%) Keycloak
7 5 (2.06%) OAuth
7 5 (2.06%) pytest
7 5 (2.06%) RESTful
7 5 (2.06%) SQLAlchemy
7 5 (2.06%) WebSockets
8 3 (1.23%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.23%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 68 (27.98%) Driving Licence
2 28 (11.52%) IoT
3 11 (4.53%) Private Cloud
4 10 (4.12%) Device Driver
4 10 (4.12%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.12%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.29%) Legacy Code
5 8 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.06%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.06%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.65%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.23%) Acoustics
8 3 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.23%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.23%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.23%) Social Media
9 2 (0.82%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (18.52%) Windows
2 27 (11.11%) Linux
3 23 (9.47%) Unix
4 11 (4.53%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.06%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.23%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (36.63%) Project Management
2 88 (36.21%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (31.28%) Risk Management
4 66 (27.16%) Balanced Scorecard
4 66 (27.16%) Scorecard
5 40 (16.46%) Mentoring
6 36 (14.81%) Agile
7 32 (13.17%) Collaborative Working
7 32 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (9.05%) Customer Service
9 21 (8.64%) CI/CD
9 21 (8.64%) Computer Science
10 18 (7.41%) Customer Requirements
10 18 (7.41%) Product Strategy
10 18 (7.41%) Software Engineering
10 18 (7.41%) Systems Engineering
10 18 (7.41%) Technical Debt
10 18 (7.41%) Technical Leadership
10 18 (7.41%) Web Development
11 17 (7.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 28 (11.52%) SQL
2 22 (9.05%) C#
3 16 (6.58%) C
4 15 (6.17%) Python
5 14 (5.76%) C++
5 14 (5.76%) JavaScript
6 13 (5.35%) PHP
7 9 (3.70%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.23%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.82%) Java
9 2 (0.82%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (18.52%) Degree
2 25 (10.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 16 (6.58%) Security Cleared
4 13 (5.35%) Chartered Engineer
5 11 (4.53%) SC Cleared
6 9 (3.70%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.29%) DBS Check
7 8 (3.29%) MCSA
7 8 (3.29%) MCSE
7 8 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.06%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.65%) CISSP
10 3 (1.23%) CSPO
11 2 (0.82%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.41%) CCIE
12 1 (0.41%) CCNP
12 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.41%) MRICS
12 1 (0.41%) PMP
12 1 (0.41%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.12%) SLA
2 8 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 7 (2.88%) QA
4 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.23%) PMO
5 2 (0.82%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.41%) GRC
6 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.41%) NCSC
6 1 (0.41%) NIST
6 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (7.82%) Docker
2 16 (6.58%) Active Directory
3 12 (4.94%) Firmware
4 8 (3.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.82%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (2.47%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.06%) Grafana
2 5 (2.06%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.23%) Terraform
3 3 (1.23%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.41%) Ansible
4 1 (0.41%) AWS Copilot
4 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (16.46%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.41%) IBM
3 5 (2.06%) Cisco
4 4 (1.65%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.23%) ANSYS
5 3 (1.23%) Dell
5 3 (1.23%) SAP
6 2 (0.82%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.82%) EMC
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle
6 2 (0.82%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.41%) Ariba
7 1 (0.41%) Google
7 1 (0.41%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.41%) Instagram
7 1 (0.41%) Pega
7 1 (0.41%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.41%) Twitter
7 1 (0.41%) Veeam
7 1 (0.41%) VMware