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 in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 869 1,818 1,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 21.01% 24.16% 31.79%
As % of the General category 36.88% 42.09% 41.76%
Number of salaries quoted 433 1,266 814
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,700 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £45,000 £51,782
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -13.10% +9.01%
75th Percentile £61,750 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £48,734 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.73% -15.25% +4.55%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,356 4,319 4,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.96% 57.39% 76.14%
Number of salaries quoted 978 3,028 2,185
10th Percentile £27,925 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,875 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

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 23 May 2025.

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 23 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
Birmingham 0 350 £55,000 +10.00% 772
Warwickshire -10 168 £33,500 -12.42% 223
Staffordshire -10 97 £37,500 +15.38% 700
Worcestershire -1 44 £30,500 +6.09% 455
Coventry -8 43 £57,500 +7.48% 465
Shropshire 0 38 £42,500 +0.51% 830
Solihull -4 28 £51,250 +2.50% 40
Wolverhampton 0 17 £36,250 +5.07% 412
Herefordshire -1 9 £40,000 +14.29% 23
West Bromwich -1 8 £26,000 -23.53% 4
Walsall -4 7 £49,703 +32.54% 12
Willenhall 0 6 £45,000 - 1
Dudley -3 6 £30,000 +20.00% 5
Sutton Coldfield +2 5 - - 1
Wednesbury +3 2 £45,000 +20.00% 2
Halesowen +1 2 £36,000 +2.86% 6
Stourbridge - 1 - - 2
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 20 (2.30%) OpenEdge
2 17 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.73%) Confluence
4 12 (1.38%) CMS
5 11 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.58%) IIS
7 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.23%) MTS
7 2 (0.23%) nginx
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.12%) ColdFusion
8 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.12%) SAS
8 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 77 (8.86%) Microsoft Office
2 49 (5.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.46%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.46%) Sketch
6 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.35%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.23%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.23%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.12%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.12%) Revit
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 35 (4.03%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.27%) Dynamics NAV
2 11 (1.27%) Shopify
3 9 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.69%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.58%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.35%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.35%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.23%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.23%) Magento
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.23%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 2 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.23%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.12%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
9 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 135 (15.54%) Azure
2 130 (14.96%) AWS
3 101 (11.62%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (4.95%) Power Platform
5 30 (3.45%) SaaS
6 25 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (2.07%) Google Workspace
8 17 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
8 17 (1.96%) GCP
9 12 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 12 (1.38%) Figma
10 11 (1.27%) Entra ID
10 11 (1.27%) Power Automate
11 10 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.15%) GitHub
11 10 (1.15%) Snowflake
12 9 (1.04%) Google Analytics
12 9 (1.04%) PowerApps
12 9 (1.04%) Serverless
13 8 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 60 (6.90%) WAN
2 58 (6.67%) LAN
3 50 (5.75%) Firewall
4 34 (3.91%) VoIP
5 32 (3.68%) TCP/IP
6 24 (2.76%) DHCP
6 24 (2.76%) DNS
7 17 (1.96%) VLAN
8 13 (1.50%) VPN
9 12 (1.38%) BGP
9 12 (1.38%) Broadband
9 12 (1.38%) OSPF
9 12 (1.38%) WLAN
10 8 (0.92%) Network Security
11 6 (0.69%) ATM
11 6 (0.69%) Frame Relay
11 6 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (0.69%) SDH
12 5 (0.58%) HTTP
13 4 (0.46%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.49%) Power BI
2 32 (3.68%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.96%) NoSQL
3 17 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.27%) Tableau
5 9 (1.04%) BigQuery
5 9 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (0.58%) MySQL
7 5 (0.58%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.46%) Cloud Spanner
8 4 (0.46%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.46%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.46%) DB2
8 4 (0.46%) Looker
8 4 (0.46%) Metadata
8 4 (0.46%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.46%) Redis
Development Applications
1 31 (3.57%) JIRA
2 17 (1.96%) Git
3 9 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.58%) GitLab
4 5 (0.58%) Vagrant
5 4 (0.46%) Selenium
6 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.23%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.23%) Mocha
7 2 (0.23%) NUnit
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.23%) Postman
7 2 (0.23%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.23%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.23%) Storybook
7 2 (0.23%) Subversion
7 2 (0.23%) WebDriver
General
1 187 (21.52%) Finance
2 162 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
3 122 (14.04%) Presentation Skills
4 68 (7.83%) Retail
5 58 (6.67%) Marketing
6 52 (5.98%) Law
7 48 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
8 44 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 40 (4.60%) Legal
10 28 (3.22%) Automotive
11 26 (2.99%) Public Sector
12 24 (2.76%) Manufacturing
13 21 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
13 21 (2.42%) Electronics
14 17 (1.96%) Advertising
15 14 (1.61%) Telecoms
16 13 (1.50%) Financial Institution
17 10 (1.15%) Banking
17 10 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (0.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 174 (20.02%) IT Support
2 111 (12.77%) Senior
3 93 (10.70%) Analyst
4 78 (8.98%) Developer
5 46 (5.29%) Lead
6 43 (4.95%) Consultant
7 36 (4.14%) Architect
8 33 (3.80%) Project Manager
8 33 (3.80%) Support Specialist
9 32 (3.68%) Support Analyst
10 31 (3.57%) IT Support Specialist
11 23 (2.65%) Support Engineer
12 22 (2.53%) Technical Support
13 21 (2.42%) Senior Developer
14 20 (2.30%) OpenEdge Developer
14 20 (2.30%) Progress Developer
15 19 (2.19%) C# Developer
15 19 (2.19%) Full-Stack Developer
16 18 (2.07%) 2nd Line Support
16 18 (2.07%) Customer Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.37%) HTML
2 34 (3.91%) .NET
3 23 (2.65%) CSS
4 19 (2.19%) ASP.NET
5 18 (2.07%) React
6 15 (1.73%) Blazor
6 15 (1.73%) REST
7 13 (1.50%) ASP.NET MVC
8 10 (1.15%) Middleware
9 9 (1.04%) Node.js
9 9 (1.04%) SOAP
10 8 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
11 7 (0.81%) OAuth
11 7 (0.81%) XML
12 6 (0.69%) AngularJS
12 6 (0.69%) Express.js
12 6 (0.69%) GraphQL
12 6 (0.69%) jQuery
12 6 (0.69%) React Native
12 6 (0.69%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 89 (10.24%) Enterprise Software
2 42 (4.83%) Legacy Systems
3 38 (4.37%) Management Information System
4 34 (3.91%) CCTV
5 32 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (3.57%) Driving Licence
7 24 (2.76%) Mobile App
7 24 (2.76%) Onboarding
8 18 (2.07%) IoT
9 17 (1.96%) SCADA
10 16 (1.84%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 16 (1.84%) Product Ownership
11 13 (1.50%) EPoS
12 12 (1.38%) Smartphone
13 9 (1.04%) Data Centre
13 9 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (0.92%) Credit Risk
14 8 (0.92%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
15 7 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 213 (24.51%) Windows
2 56 (6.44%) Windows 10
3 39 (4.49%) Linux
4 33 (3.80%) Windows Server
5 18 (2.07%) Apple iOS
6 14 (1.61%) Ubuntu
6 14 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (1.50%) Mac OS X
7 13 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (1.04%) Android
9 7 (0.81%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.69%) Unix
11 5 (0.58%) VMS
11 5 (0.58%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.46%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.12%) CentOS
14 1 (0.12%) Debian
14 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (43.04%) Problem-Solving
2 172 (19.79%) Mathematics
3 124 (14.27%) Project Management
4 104 (11.97%) Line Management
5 99 (11.39%) Agile
6 92 (10.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 77 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
8 75 (8.63%) Collaborative Working
9 73 (8.40%) Systems Engineering
10 70 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 70 (8.06%) Physics
11 69 (7.94%) Analytics
12 65 (7.48%) Decision-Making
13 63 (7.25%) Customer Service
14 60 (6.90%) Ergonomics
14 60 (6.90%) Human Factors
15 57 (6.56%) Computer Science
16 56 (6.44%) DevOps
17 55 (6.33%) Change Management
18 52 (5.98%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 108 (12.43%) SQL
2 51 (5.87%) Python
3 43 (4.95%) C#
4 31 (3.57%) JavaScript
5 28 (3.22%) PowerShell
6 21 (2.42%) Java
7 9 (1.04%) TypeScript
8 8 (0.92%) C++
9 7 (0.81%) C
10 6 (0.69%) Bash
10 6 (0.69%) PHP
10 6 (0.69%) R
11 5 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.58%) Groovy
11 5 (0.58%) Perl
12 3 (0.35%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.35%) Swift
13 1 (0.12%) Scala
13 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 240 (27.62%) Degree
2 63 (7.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 59 (6.79%) Security Cleared
4 41 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (3.57%) SC Cleared
6 27 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (1.96%) MCSE
8 15 (1.73%) ACCA
9 13 (1.50%) HNC
10 12 (1.38%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.38%) HND
11 10 (1.15%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.15%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.04%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.92%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 7 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.69%) CIMA
15 6 (0.69%) CISM
15 6 (0.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.57%) QA
2 19 (2.19%) Data Quality
3 17 (1.96%) SLA
4 15 (1.73%) GDPR
4 15 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.15%) NIST
6 9 (1.04%) PMO
7 6 (0.69%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.35%) GRC
9 3 (0.35%) PMBOK
10 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.23%) NCSC
11 1 (0.12%) COBIT
11 1 (0.12%) ITGC
11 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 92 (10.59%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.38%) Docker
4 5 (0.58%) DFS Replication
5 3 (0.35%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.23%) Dovecot
6 2 (0.23%) Postfix
6 2 (0.23%) Squid
6 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.12%) Firmware
7 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (1.73%) Terraform
2 9 (1.04%) Grafana
2 9 (1.04%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.04%) Prometheus
3 4 (0.46%) Ansible
4 3 (0.35%) Puppet
4 3 (0.35%) QRadar
4 3 (0.35%) SCCM
4 3 (0.35%) SCOM
5 2 (0.23%) Nessus
5 2 (0.23%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.23%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.12%) Automic
6 1 (0.12%) AWS Copilot
6 1 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.12%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.12%) SCSM
6 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 187 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 51 (5.87%) Google
3 40 (4.60%) SAP
4 36 (4.14%) Salesforce
5 27 (3.11%) Cisco
6 26 (2.99%) Dell
7 25 (2.88%) Apple
8 20 (2.30%) Progress
8 20 (2.30%) ServiceNow
9 17 (1.96%) VMware
10 16 (1.84%) Rockwell
10 16 (1.84%) Siemens
11 15 (1.73%) Oracle
12 12 (1.38%) Fortinet
12 12 (1.38%) Ubiquiti
13 8 (0.92%) Adobe
13 8 (0.92%) Juniper
14 7 (0.81%) Avaloq
15 6 (0.69%) McAfee
15 6 (0.69%) Splunk