Social Skills Jobs in the West Midlands

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +4
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 1,116 2,371 1,839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.93% 28.96% 25.31%
As % of the General category 48.80% 40.00% 45.62%
Number of salaries quoted 902 1,123 1,192
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,800 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £35,125 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,767 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% +2.11% +1.06%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
West Midlands

Social Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,287 5,928 4,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 69.53% 72.41% 55.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,813 2,942 2,816
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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
Birmingham +3 397 £53,250 -3.18% 236
Warwickshire +2 210 £47,500 +1.06% 137
Staffordshire 0 116 £35,000 -22.22% 121
Coventry +10 83 £42,500 -20.93% 83
Worcestershire 0 76 £26,500 -33.75% 48
Solihull 0 39 £52,500 +59.09% 18
Shropshire -3 22 £52,500 - 19
Herefordshire +4 21 £29,708 +4.24% 14
Walsall +2 19 £51,250 +57.69% 7
Tipton - 16 £28,250 - 1
Wolverhampton -2 6 £31,500 -35.38% 15
Stourbridge +1 4 - - 5
Dudley +9 3 £48,070 +60.23% 14
Halesowen -5 1 - - 11
West Bromwich -5 1 £30,000 -38.14% 6
Sutton Coldfield - 1 - - 7
Wednesbury - 1 £60,001 - 3
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 31 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.08%) Confluence
3 8 (0.72%) MS Exchange
4 4 (0.36%) SAS
5 3 (0.27%) CMS
6 2 (0.18%) Appian
6 2 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.18%) JBoss
6 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.18%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.090%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.090%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.090%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.090%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.090%) Umbraco
Applications
1 99 (8.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (7.62%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (5.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.90%) Simulink
6 5 (0.45%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.45%) SPSS
7 3 (0.27%) CANalyzer
8 1 (0.090%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.090%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.090%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.090%) CATIA
8 1 (0.090%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.090%) Maya
8 1 (0.090%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.090%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.090%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (3.49%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.45%) SAP MM
4 5 (0.45%) SAP SD
4 5 (0.45%) SystmOne
5 4 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.36%) ProductWriter
6 3 (0.27%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.27%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.27%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.18%) FastStats
7 2 (0.18%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.18%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.18%) SAP FSCM
7 2 (0.18%) SAP LE
7 2 (0.18%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.18%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 171 (15.32%) Azure
2 117 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
3 108 (9.68%) Power Platform
4 49 (4.39%) Dynamics 365
5 36 (3.23%) AWS
6 34 (3.05%) SaaS
7 32 (2.87%) PowerApps
8 31 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (2.60%) Entra ID
10 27 (2.42%) Power Automate
11 16 (1.43%) GCP
12 11 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (0.90%) WhatsApp
14 8 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (0.72%) Smartsheet
15 7 (0.63%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (0.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 6 (0.54%) IaaS
16 6 (0.54%) PaaS
17 5 (0.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 81 (7.26%) Broadband
2 64 (5.73%) Firewall
3 46 (4.12%) LAN
4 45 (4.03%) WAN
5 32 (2.87%) DNS
6 30 (2.69%) DHCP
6 30 (2.69%) Wireless
7 28 (2.51%) VPN
8 21 (1.88%) Network Security
9 19 (1.70%) TCP/IP
10 16 (1.43%) SAN
11 15 (1.34%) Intrusion Detection
12 14 (1.25%) Remote Desktop
13 13 (1.16%) PBX
14 10 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
15 9 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (0.81%) SD-WAN
16 8 (0.72%) Cisco ISE
17 7 (0.63%) BGP
17 7 (0.63%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (7.44%) Power BI
2 50 (4.48%) SQL Server
3 32 (2.87%) Tableau
4 18 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (0.99%) Data Hub
5 11 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (0.99%) Relational Database
6 10 (0.90%) GIS
7 9 (0.81%) Data Mining
8 6 (0.54%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.54%) MySQL
9 5 (0.45%) Big Data
9 5 (0.45%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (0.36%) Metadata
10 4 (0.36%) Power Query
11 3 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.27%) Easytrieve
11 3 (0.27%) Looker
11 3 (0.27%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 28 (2.51%) Git
2 23 (2.06%) JIRA
3 16 (1.43%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.72%) Maven
5 6 (0.54%) GitLab
5 6 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.36%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.36%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.18%) CANoe
7 2 (0.18%) CruiseControl
7 2 (0.18%) LSMW
7 2 (0.18%) Subversion
8 1 (0.090%) Appium
8 1 (0.090%) ERwin
8 1 (0.090%) JMeter
8 1 (0.090%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.090%) Selenium
8 1 (0.090%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.090%) TestRail
8 1 (0.090%) Xcode
General
1 294 (26.34%) Finance
2 197 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 129 (11.56%) Retail
4 100 (8.96%) Local Government
5 95 (8.51%) Telecoms
6 71 (6.36%) Games
7 67 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 64 (5.73%) Presentation Skills
9 56 (5.02%) Automotive
10 55 (4.93%) Public Sector
11 51 (4.57%) Law
11 51 (4.57%) Legal
11 51 (4.57%) Manufacturing
12 49 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
13 35 (3.14%) Marketing
14 29 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (2.15%) Banking
16 11 (0.99%) Fire and Rescue
17 8 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.63%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 191 (17.11%) Analyst
2 137 (12.28%) Consultant
3 109 (9.77%) Developer
4 99 (8.87%) Senior
5 78 (6.99%) Lead
6 53 (4.75%) Architect
7 46 (4.12%) Business Manager
7 46 (4.12%) Project Manager
8 45 (4.03%) Development Manager
9 44 (3.94%) Business Development Manager
10 41 (3.67%) Graduate
11 38 (3.41%) Enterprise Consultant
12 36 (3.23%) Pricing Analyst
13 35 (3.14%) IT Support
14 31 (2.78%) Support Engineer
15 30 (2.69%) Functional Consultant
15 30 (2.69%) IT Engineer
15 30 (2.69%) NetSuite Consultant
16 28 (2.51%) Senior Consultant
17 27 (2.42%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (5.91%) .NET
2 38 (3.41%) HTML
3 31 (2.78%) CSS
4 24 (2.15%) RESTful
5 19 (1.70%) ASP.NET
6 18 (1.61%) AngularJS
7 17 (1.52%) Spring
8 16 (1.43%) React
9 15 (1.34%) Web Services
10 14 (1.25%) HTML5
10 14 (1.25%) Middleware
10 14 (1.25%) Spring Boot
11 13 (1.16%) .NET Framework
12 10 (0.90%) CSS3
12 10 (0.90%) Entity Framework
12 10 (0.90%) jQuery
13 9 (0.81%) .NET Core
13 9 (0.81%) Node.js
14 8 (0.72%) RabbitMQ
14 8 (0.72%) Restlet
Miscellaneous
1 81 (7.26%) Self-Motivation
2 69 (6.18%) Management Information System
3 59 (5.29%) Driving Licence
4 41 (3.67%) Data Centre
5 37 (3.32%) Product Ownership
6 34 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
7 24 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 19 (1.70%) Algorithms
9 17 (1.52%) Mobile App
10 15 (1.34%) Replication
11 12 (1.08%) EPoS
11 12 (1.08%) Operational Technology
12 11 (0.99%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.90%) NHS
14 9 (0.81%) Data Structures
14 9 (0.81%) Digital Media
14 9 (0.81%) Educational Technology
15 8 (0.72%) CMDB
15 8 (0.72%) Onboarding
16 7 (0.63%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 141 (12.63%) Windows
2 58 (5.20%) Windows Server
3 53 (4.75%) Windows 10
4 37 (3.32%) Linux
5 27 (2.42%) Android
6 16 (1.43%) Apple iOS
6 16 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (1.25%) Unix
8 13 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.72%) Windows 7
11 6 (0.54%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.54%) Windows 8
12 4 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
13 3 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.27%) Windows Mobile
14 1 (0.090%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (30.29%) Problem-Solving
2 201 (18.01%) Agile
3 162 (14.52%) Decision-Making
4 138 (12.37%) Project Management
5 118 (10.57%) Customer Service
6 109 (9.77%) Collaborative Working
7 104 (9.32%) ITIL
8 98 (8.78%) Customer Experience
9 95 (8.51%) DevOps
10 91 (8.15%) B2B
10 91 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 90 (8.06%) Process Improvement
12 86 (7.71%) Cybersecurity
13 76 (6.81%) B2C
14 74 (6.63%) Business Intelligence
15 72 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
16 70 (6.27%) Computer Science
17 66 (5.91%) Migration
18 60 (5.38%) Analytics
19 58 (5.20%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 136 (12.19%) SQL
2 78 (6.99%) C#
3 71 (6.36%) JavaScript
4 40 (3.58%) Python
5 34 (3.05%) Java
6 32 (2.87%) R
7 24 (2.15%) TypeScript
8 16 (1.43%) C++
8 16 (1.43%) PowerShell
9 14 (1.25%) T-SQL
10 12 (1.08%) VB.NET
11 10 (0.90%) MATLAB
12 9 (0.81%) C
13 6 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.45%) Bash
14 5 (0.45%) Go
14 5 (0.45%) Ruby
15 4 (0.36%) Rust
16 3 (0.27%) COBOL
16 3 (0.27%) JCL
Qualifications
1 222 (19.89%) Degree
2 111 (9.95%) Security Cleared
3 57 (5.11%) SC Cleared
4 46 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (2.06%) CCNA
8 18 (1.61%) DBS Check
8 18 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
9 16 (1.43%) CISSP
10 15 (1.34%) CCNP
11 13 (1.16%) ACCA
11 13 (1.16%) HNC
12 12 (1.08%) MCSE
12 12 (1.08%) PMI Certification
13 11 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
13 11 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 9 (0.81%) NVQ Level 3
14 9 (0.81%) PMP
15 8 (0.72%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 26 (2.33%) SLA
4 25 (2.24%) QA
5 19 (1.70%) ISO 9001
6 17 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 16 (1.43%) Data Quality
8 14 (1.25%) NIST
9 11 (0.99%) PMO
10 10 (0.90%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.63%) GDPR
12 5 (0.45%) GRC
12 5 (0.45%) IFRS
13 4 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.36%) GAAP
14 3 (0.27%) AUTOSAR
14 3 (0.27%) ISO 26262
14 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 2 (0.18%) COBIT
15 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 102 (9.14%) Active Directory
2 49 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (1.88%) Hyper-V
5 16 (1.43%) Docker
5 16 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.36%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.36%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.36%) vSphere
8 3 (0.27%) Firmware
8 3 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.18%) NFS
10 1 (0.090%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.090%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 30 (2.69%) SCCM
2 28 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (1.79%) Kubernetes
4 17 (1.52%) EnCase
5 14 (1.25%) Terraform
6 8 (0.72%) Ansible
7 5 (0.45%) Nagios
8 3 (0.27%) Puppet
9 2 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.090%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.090%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.090%) Icinga
10 1 (0.090%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.090%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.090%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.090%) VxRail
10 1 (0.090%) WSUS
Vendors
1 273 (24.46%) Microsoft
2 79 (7.08%) BT
3 59 (5.29%) VMware
4 37 (3.32%) SAP
5 32 (2.87%) Cisco
6 31 (2.78%) Juniper
7 22 (1.97%) Aruba
8 21 (1.88%) SolarWinds
9 18 (1.61%) Google
10 16 (1.43%) Apple
10 16 (1.43%) Salesforce
11 15 (1.34%) F5
11 15 (1.34%) ServiceNow
12 14 (1.25%) Veeam
13 12 (1.08%) Citrix
14 11 (0.99%) BMC
14 11 (0.99%) Palo Alto
15 8 (0.72%) JD Edwards
16 7 (0.63%) Dell
16 7 (0.63%) IBM