Social Skills Jobs with Work from Home Options

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 7,276 8,025 20,180
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.04% 24.45% 25.70%
As % of the General category 42.74% 37.56% 38.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,373 6,047 9,875
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,556 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +2.56% +6.36%
75th Percentile £69,800 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 17,022 21,367 51,870
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.93% 65.11% 66.05%
Number of salaries quoted 11,520 15,606 26,987
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +7.14%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

Social Skills
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Social Skills trend for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Skills.

Social Skills salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Social Skills over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Social Skills salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 322 (4.43%) SAS
2 209 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 172 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 72 (0.99%) Confluence
5 65 (0.89%) WordPress
6 56 (0.77%) CMS
7 51 (0.70%) WebLogic
8 32 (0.44%) IIS
9 30 (0.41%) Apache Spark
10 23 (0.32%) Apache
11 20 (0.27%) nginx
12 15 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
13 14 (0.19%) OpenEdge
13 14 (0.19%) OpenStack
14 13 (0.18%) Drupal
15 12 (0.16%) Documentum
16 10 (0.14%) Tomcat
17 7 (0.096%) BizTalk Server
18 6 (0.082%) Kentico
18 6 (0.082%) Moodle
Applications
1 845 (11.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 365 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
3 129 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 51 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
5 46 (0.63%) Simulink
6 34 (0.47%) MS Visio
7 22 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 20 (0.27%) Photoshop
9 19 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
10 18 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
11 13 (0.18%) InDesign
12 11 (0.15%) AutoCAD
13 8 (0.11%) Adobe XD
13 8 (0.11%) Sketch
13 8 (0.11%) Trello
14 7 (0.096%) Adobe Captivate
15 6 (0.082%) Adobe After Effects
16 5 (0.069%) Chatbot
17 4 (0.055%) Blender
18 3 (0.041%) Revit
Business Applications
1 306 (4.21%) SAP ERP
2 79 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 55 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 54 (0.74%) NEC Housing
5 49 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 30 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
7 22 (0.30%) Shopify
8 21 (0.29%) Magento
9 20 (0.27%) NetSuite
10 14 (0.19%) Maximo
11 13 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
12 12 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
12 12 (0.16%) TrackWise
13 11 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
14 10 (0.14%) SAP MM
15 9 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
15 9 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
16 8 (0.11%) iTrent
16 8 (0.11%) Odoo
17 7 (0.096%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 1,305 (17.94%) Azure
2 787 (10.82%) AWS
3 530 (7.28%) Microsoft 365
4 499 (6.86%) Power Platform
5 355 (4.88%) SaaS
6 180 (2.47%) GCP
7 170 (2.34%) Entra ID
8 156 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
8 156 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
9 135 (1.86%) Serverless
10 116 (1.59%) PowerApps
11 108 (1.48%) Power Automate
12 105 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
13 77 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
14 74 (1.02%) GitHub
15 69 (0.95%) PaaS
16 67 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
17 57 (0.78%) Amazon SQS
18 54 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
19 53 (0.73%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 822 (11.30%) Broadband
2 283 (3.89%) Firewall
3 199 (2.74%) DNS
4 174 (2.39%) WAN
5 151 (2.08%) TCP/IP
6 138 (1.90%) LAN
7 129 (1.77%) VPN
8 120 (1.65%) Wireless
9 92 (1.26%) DHCP
10 89 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
11 75 (1.03%) BGP
11 75 (1.03%) Internet
12 69 (0.95%) VoIP
13 67 (0.92%) Network Security
14 65 (0.89%) SAN
15 62 (0.85%) VLAN
16 61 (0.84%) SSL
17 46 (0.63%) HTTP
17 46 (0.63%) SD-WAN
18 39 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 383 (5.26%) Power BI
2 353 (4.85%) SQL Server
3 274 (3.77%) Tableau
4 183 (2.52%) Relational Database
5 131 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
6 130 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
7 125 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
8 97 (1.33%) MySQL
9 95 (1.31%) Oracle Database
10 94 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 77 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
12 73 (1.00%) Big Data
13 72 (0.99%) MongoDB
14 67 (0.92%) RDBMS
15 66 (0.91%) Data Lake
15 66 (0.91%) NoSQL
16 50 (0.69%) DynamoDB
17 49 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 32 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
18 32 (0.44%) Redis
Development Applications
1 436 (5.99%) Git
2 222 (3.05%) JIRA
3 60 (0.82%) GitLab
4 58 (0.80%) Jenkins
5 44 (0.60%) Selenium
6 41 (0.56%) Visual Studio
7 37 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 22 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
9 20 (0.27%) webpack
10 19 (0.26%) JUnit
11 15 (0.21%) WebDriver
12 14 (0.19%) Cypress.io
12 14 (0.19%) JMeter
12 14 (0.19%) TeamCity
13 13 (0.18%) Postman
13 13 (0.18%) SpecFlow
14 12 (0.16%) Maven
14 12 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
15 11 (0.15%) MSI
16 10 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2,232 (30.68%) Finance
2 1,689 (23.21%) Analytical Skills
3 594 (8.16%) Influencing Skills
4 574 (7.89%) Marketing
5 534 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 522 (7.17%) Retail
7 489 (6.72%) Presentation Skills
8 411 (5.65%) Public Sector
9 367 (5.04%) Legal
10 301 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
11 258 (3.55%) Law
12 174 (2.39%) Manufacturing
13 155 (2.13%) Telecoms
14 143 (1.97%) Banking
15 129 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
16 118 (1.62%) Local Government
17 117 (1.61%) Games
18 87 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
19 77 (1.06%) Police
20 75 (1.03%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,326 (18.22%) Analyst
2 1,258 (17.29%) Senior
3 923 (12.69%) Developer
4 695 (9.55%) Architect
5 536 (7.37%) Lead
6 455 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
7 432 (5.94%) Senior Analyst
8 409 (5.62%) Project Manager
9 362 (4.98%) Consultant
10 210 (2.89%) Data Analyst
11 203 (2.79%) IT Manager
12 192 (2.64%) Software Developer
13 188 (2.58%) Senior Developer
14 176 (2.42%) Software Engineer
15 158 (2.17%) Financial Analyst
16 150 (2.06%) Support Engineer
17 145 (1.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 138 (1.90%) .NET Developer
19 134 (1.84%) IT Support
20 124 (1.70%) Commercial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 398 (5.47%) .NET
2 353 (4.85%) HTML
3 266 (3.66%) CSS
4 162 (2.23%) React
5 138 (1.90%) REST
6 134 (1.84%) RESTful
7 132 (1.81%) Web Services
8 123 (1.69%) Node.js
9 112 (1.54%) RabbitMQ
10 94 (1.29%) Kafka
11 93 (1.28%) AngularJS
12 92 (1.26%) GraphQL
13 90 (1.24%) XML
14 85 (1.17%) ASP.NET
15 84 (1.15%) .NET Framework
15 84 (1.15%) Django
15 84 (1.15%) JSON
16 79 (1.09%) .NET Core
17 76 (1.04%) Vue
18 71 (0.98%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 347 (4.77%) Self-Motivation
2 237 (3.26%) Management Information System
3 185 (2.54%) Algorithms
3 185 (2.54%) Product Ownership
4 171 (2.35%) Onboarding
5 154 (2.12%) Data Centre
6 129 (1.77%) Public Cloud
7 127 (1.75%) Driving Licence
8 118 (1.62%) Social Media
9 112 (1.54%) Mobile App
10 105 (1.44%) Client/Server
11 94 (1.29%) Life Science
12 91 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
13 84 (1.15%) Cloud Native
14 79 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
15 71 (0.98%) NHS
16 67 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
17 64 (0.88%) Data Structures
18 55 (0.76%) IoT
19 53 (0.73%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 593 (8.15%) Windows
2 415 (5.70%) Linux
3 226 (3.11%) Windows Server
4 114 (1.57%) Windows 10
5 95 (1.31%) Apple iOS
6 93 (1.28%) Android
7 77 (1.06%) Unix
8 72 (0.99%) VMS
9 64 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 51 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
11 42 (0.58%) Ubuntu
12 41 (0.56%) Mac OS
13 40 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
13 40 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
14 31 (0.43%) zOS
15 25 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
16 13 (0.18%) Solaris
17 11 (0.15%) CentOS
17 11 (0.15%) Windows 7
17 11 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,263 (31.10%) Agile
2 2,045 (28.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1,134 (15.59%) Mentoring
4 940 (12.92%) Decision-Making
5 918 (12.62%) Project Management
6 873 (12.00%) Actionable Insight
7 795 (10.93%) Roadmaps
8 655 (9.00%) Computer Science
9 638 (8.77%) Analytics
10 575 (7.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 575 (7.90%) Stakeholder Management
11 555 (7.63%) Business Case
12 548 (7.53%) Change Management
13 540 (7.42%) Software Engineering
14 518 (7.12%) Customer Service
15 508 (6.98%) DevOps
15 508 (6.98%) ERP
16 507 (6.97%) ITIL
17 490 (6.73%) Business Intelligence
18 487 (6.69%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,102 (15.15%) SQL
2 776 (10.67%) Python
3 503 (6.91%) C#
4 466 (6.40%) JavaScript
5 308 (4.23%) Java
6 163 (2.24%) PowerShell
7 151 (2.08%) PHP
8 142 (1.95%) C
9 139 (1.91%) T-SQL
10 127 (1.75%) C++
11 104 (1.43%) TypeScript
12 90 (1.24%) Go
13 69 (0.95%) Bash
14 41 (0.56%) PL/SQL
15 38 (0.52%) R
16 36 (0.49%) Embedded C
17 34 (0.47%) VB
18 32 (0.44%) Bicep
19 30 (0.41%) Kotlin
20 29 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,747 (24.01%) Degree
2 621 (8.53%) Security Cleared
3 523 (7.19%) ACCA
4 464 (6.38%) CIMA
5 430 (5.91%) DBS Check
6 389 (5.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 367 (5.04%) SC Cleared
8 230 (3.16%) Master's Degree
9 176 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 137 (1.88%) PMI Certification
11 127 (1.75%) DV Cleared
12 123 (1.69%) Azure Certification
13 101 (1.39%) PMP
14 97 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
15 84 (1.15%) CISSP
16 78 (1.07%) AWS Certification
17 70 (0.96%) PhD
18 69 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
19 60 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
20 58 (0.80%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 374 (5.14%) QA
2 153 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 150 (2.06%) SLA
4 139 (1.91%) Accessibility
5 105 (1.44%) Data Quality
6 91 (1.25%) GDPR
7 76 (1.04%) PMO
8 74 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
9 51 (0.70%) IFRS
9 51 (0.70%) PCI DSS
10 48 (0.66%) NIST
11 42 (0.58%) ISO 9001
12 23 (0.32%) GRC
13 20 (0.27%) JSP 440
14 19 (0.26%) GMP
14 19 (0.26%) ITGC
15 16 (0.22%) SOC 2
16 15 (0.21%) GxP
16 15 (0.21%) HIPAA
17 14 (0.19%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 391 (5.37%) Active Directory
2 204 (2.80%) Docker
3 135 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 104 (1.43%) Hyper-V
5 94 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
6 68 (0.93%) Firmware
7 47 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 45 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
9 26 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
10 21 (0.29%) vSphere
11 6 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.082%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.069%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (0.069%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.055%) BitLocker
13 4 (0.055%) NFS
13 4 (0.055%) Time Sharing Option
14 3 (0.041%) Kamailio
14 3 (0.041%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.041%) RACF
Systems Management
1 170 (2.34%) Kubernetes
2 157 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 135 (1.86%) Terraform
4 92 (1.26%) Ansible
5 72 (0.99%) SCCM
6 40 (0.55%) WSUS
7 31 (0.43%) Puppet
8 30 (0.41%) SCOM
8 30 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 25 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 25 (0.34%) vCenter Server
10 14 (0.19%) Grafana
11 12 (0.16%) ZABBIX
12 11 (0.15%) Progress Chef
13 10 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
14 8 (0.11%) Autotask
14 8 (0.11%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.11%) Nessus
14 8 (0.11%) Prometheus
15 6 (0.082%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 1,901 (26.13%) Microsoft
2 552 (7.59%) Oracle
3 550 (7.56%) SAP
4 299 (4.11%) Anaplan
4 299 (4.11%) Hyperion
5 268 (3.68%) Databricks
6 198 (2.72%) VMware
7 193 (2.65%) Google
8 162 (2.23%) Cisco
9 109 (1.50%) Salesforce
10 96 (1.32%) ServiceNow
11 72 (0.99%) Adobe
12 64 (0.88%) Fortinet
13 56 (0.77%) NEC
14 49 (0.67%) Sparx
15 46 (0.63%) IBM
15 46 (0.63%) Xilinx
16 45 (0.62%) Splunk
17 41 (0.56%) CA
18 38 (0.52%) Palo Alto