Social Skills Job Trends in West End of London

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Central London > West End of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in West End of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 10 41 16
As % of all permanent jobs in West End of London 23.81% 48.81% 27.59%
As % of the General category 28.57% 56.16% 43.24%
Number of salaries quoted 6 15 16
10th Percentile £32,010 £46,500 £44,750
25th Percentile £32,217 £55,615 £60,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,003 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -42.66% +6.27% -5.90%
75th Percentile £56,556 £85,000 £80,500
90th Percentile £57,028 £103,700 £85,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% -3.45%

All General Skills
West End of London

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 West End of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 35 73 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West End of London 83.33% 86.90% 63.79%
Number of salaries quoted 27 24 35
10th Percentile £41,635 £43,700 £39,085
25th Percentile £49,200 £53,438 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +2.73% +8.58%
75th Percentile £81,875 £85,000 £82,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,725 £92,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in West End of London

Social Skills
Salary Trend in West End of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in West End of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in West End of London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in West End of London

Social Skills
Job Locations in West End of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the West End of London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Holborn - 2 £53,168 - 2
Social Skills
Central London

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London 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 (20.00%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (30.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) dbt
3 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (10.00%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Power BI
2 1 (10.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (30.00%) Legal
2 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Data Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Data Insight Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Insight Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Insight Data Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Junior
3 2 (20.00%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Change Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Coordinator
4 1 (10.00%) HR Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Product Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (30.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (30.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Business Case
3 2 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (20.00%) Data Collection
3 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Databricks