Hybrid/Remote Social Skills Job Trends

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 10 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 5,158 4,481 6,568
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 22.72% 27.12% 26.43%
As % of the General category 37.85% 37.36% 43.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,489 2,913 3,872
10th Percentile £30,965 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,527 £35,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,312 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £49,550 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.91% -0.90% -13.04%

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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 13,626 11,994 15,214
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.03% 72.60% 61.23%
Number of salaries quoted 8,663 6,683 10,294
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.21% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Social Skills and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Social Skills job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Social Skills
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Social Skills over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Social Skills salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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
1 242 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 147 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 96 (1.86%) Confluence
4 66 (1.28%) CMS
5 30 (0.58%) WordPress
6 28 (0.54%) IIS
7 17 (0.33%) Apache Spark
8 15 (0.29%) Apache
9 14 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
10 11 (0.21%) SAS
11 6 (0.12%) nginx
12 5 (0.097%) ArcGIS
12 5 (0.097%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 5 (0.097%) Totara
13 4 (0.078%) Oracle Application Server
14 3 (0.058%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.058%) BizTalk Server
14 3 (0.058%) Umbraco
15 2 (0.039%) Appian
15 2 (0.039%) GeoServer
Applications
1 408 (7.91%) Microsoft Office
2 330 (6.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 136 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 96 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (0.45%) MS Visio
6 21 (0.41%) Acrobat
7 20 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
8 17 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 13 (0.25%) AutoCAD
9 13 (0.25%) Trello
10 12 (0.23%) Simulink
11 11 (0.21%) Photoshop
12 10 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
12 10 (0.19%) Revit
13 7 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
13 7 (0.14%) Chatbot
13 7 (0.14%) InDesign
14 5 (0.097%) CorelDRAW
14 5 (0.097%) Navisworks
15 4 (0.078%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 81 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
3 32 (0.62%) Dynamics GP
3 32 (0.62%) NetSuite
4 26 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
5 22 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 22 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
6 21 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
7 17 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
8 15 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
9 14 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
10 13 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
10 13 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 11 (0.21%) Shopify
12 9 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
12 9 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
13 8 (0.16%) Workday HCM
14 7 (0.14%) Elite 3E
15 6 (0.12%) Sage 200
15 6 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,135 (22.00%) Azure
2 684 (13.26%) AWS
3 633 (12.27%) Microsoft 365
4 435 (8.43%) SaaS
5 408 (7.91%) Power Platform
6 297 (5.76%) Entra ID
7 253 (4.91%) GCP
8 140 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
9 126 (2.44%) GitHub
10 109 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
11 93 (1.80%) Serverless
12 78 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
13 73 (1.42%) Power Automate
14 70 (1.36%) PowerApps
15 69 (1.34%) OneDrive
16 56 (1.09%) dbt
17 52 (1.01%) Figma
18 47 (0.91%) IaaS
19 45 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
19 45 (0.87%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 285 (5.53%) Firewall
2 156 (3.02%) LAN
3 155 (3.01%) WAN
4 154 (2.99%) DNS
5 145 (2.81%) VPN
6 119 (2.31%) Broadband
7 118 (2.29%) TCP/IP
8 109 (2.11%) DHCP
9 101 (1.96%) Network Security
10 88 (1.71%) VLAN
11 68 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
11 68 (1.32%) Wireless
12 40 (0.78%) VoIP
13 32 (0.62%) SD-WAN
14 26 (0.50%) Internet
15 21 (0.41%) SSL
15 21 (0.41%) WLAN
16 19 (0.37%) BGP
16 19 (0.37%) Unified Communications
17 17 (0.33%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 296 (5.74%) Power BI
2 176 (3.41%) SQL Server
3 102 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
4 94 (1.82%) Tableau
5 63 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
6 56 (1.09%) Relational Database
7 51 (0.99%) Metadata
8 47 (0.91%) MySQL
9 46 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
10 43 (0.83%) Data Lake
11 40 (0.78%) NoSQL
12 39 (0.76%) MongoDB
13 32 (0.62%) BigQuery
14 27 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 26 (0.50%) Looker
16 24 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 23 (0.45%) Oracle Database
17 23 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
18 21 (0.41%) DynamoDB
18 21 (0.41%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 181 (3.51%) JIRA
2 173 (3.35%) Git
3 50 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 44 (0.85%) GitLab
5 24 (0.47%) Postman
6 19 (0.37%) Claude Code
6 19 (0.37%) Cypress.io
7 16 (0.31%) Selenium
8 14 (0.27%) Crashlytics
8 14 (0.27%) XCTest
9 12 (0.23%) LabVIEW
9 12 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
10 11 (0.21%) JUnit
11 9 (0.17%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
12 8 (0.16%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
14 6 (0.12%) Bitbucket
14 6 (0.12%) Gatling
14 6 (0.12%) TestRail
General
1 1,354 (26.25%) Finance
2 839 (16.27%) Analytical Skills
3 583 (11.30%) Legal
4 531 (10.29%) Organisational Skills
5 480 (9.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 449 (8.70%) Marketing
7 361 (7.00%) Law
8 354 (6.86%) Public Sector
9 329 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
10 303 (5.87%) Banking
11 269 (5.22%) Retail
12 177 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
13 150 (2.91%) Manufacturing
14 145 (2.81%) Telecoms
15 78 (1.51%) Advertising
16 76 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
17 70 (1.36%) Games
18 67 (1.30%) Electronics
19 64 (1.24%) Aerospace
20 61 (1.18%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 867 (16.81%) Senior
2 584 (11.32%) Analyst
3 409 (7.93%) Lead
4 365 (7.08%) Architect
5 327 (6.34%) Consultant
6 312 (6.05%) Developer
7 287 (5.56%) Senior Manager
8 200 (3.88%) IT Support
9 193 (3.74%) Support Engineer
10 182 (3.53%) Project Manager
11 150 (2.91%) IT Manager
12 130 (2.52%) IT Engineer
13 117 (2.27%) Software Engineer
14 116 (2.25%) IT Support Engineer
15 112 (2.17%) Support Analyst
16 109 (2.11%) Business Analyst
17 103 (2.00%) Service Analyst
18 97 (1.88%) Service Desk Analyst
19 95 (1.84%) Development Manager
19 95 (1.84%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (3.47%) .NET
2 175 (3.39%) React
3 127 (2.46%) REST
4 120 (2.33%) RESTful
5 118 (2.29%) CSS
6 113 (2.19%) HTML
7 109 (2.11%) Node.js
8 74 (1.43%) JSON
9 53 (1.03%) .NET Core
10 47 (0.91%) GraphQL
11 45 (0.87%) SOAP
12 43 (0.83%) React Native
12 43 (0.83%) Vue
13 37 (0.72%) ASP.NET
13 37 (0.72%) Web Services
14 33 (0.64%) Playwright
15 31 (0.60%) Middleware
16 30 (0.58%) Spring
17 29 (0.56%) Next.js
17 29 (0.56%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 313 (6.07%) Onboarding
2 265 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
3 240 (4.65%) Cloud Native
4 226 (4.38%) Management Information System
5 219 (4.25%) Virtual Team
6 204 (3.96%) Web Conferencing
7 200 (3.88%) Product Ownership
8 184 (3.57%) Driving Licence
9 159 (3.08%) Podcast
10 115 (2.23%) Social Media
11 91 (1.76%) AI Agents
12 87 (1.69%) Security Posture
13 84 (1.63%) Data Centre
14 79 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
15 74 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
16 73 (1.42%) Blog
17 70 (1.36%) Data Structures
18 63 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
19 55 (1.07%) Mobile App
20 54 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 460 (8.92%) Windows
2 193 (3.74%) Linux
2 193 (3.74%) Windows Server
3 66 (1.28%) Apple iOS
4 62 (1.20%) Android
5 44 (0.85%) Windows 10
6 41 (0.79%) Unix
7 38 (0.74%) Mac OS
8 18 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.23%) VMS
10 9 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 9 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (0.12%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.078%) Kali Linux
14 3 (0.058%) Debian
14 3 (0.058%) Solaris
14 3 (0.058%) VME
15 2 (0.039%) AIX
15 2 (0.039%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,313 (25.46%) Problem-Solving
2 1,178 (22.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 1,025 (19.87%) Agile
4 892 (17.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 804 (15.59%) AI
6 761 (14.75%) Mentoring
7 659 (12.78%) Decision-Making
8 655 (12.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 643 (12.47%) Project Delivery
10 585 (11.34%) Roadmaps
11 564 (10.93%) Customer Service
12 520 (10.08%) Cybersecurity
13 516 (10.00%) ITIL
14 498 (9.65%) Analytics
15 474 (9.19%) Project Management
16 473 (9.17%) CI/CD
17 460 (8.92%) DevOps
18 438 (8.49%) CRM
19 430 (8.34%) Software Engineering
20 376 (7.29%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 579 (11.23%) Python
2 536 (10.39%) SQL
3 281 (5.45%) JavaScript
4 258 (5.00%) C#
5 228 (4.42%) PowerShell
6 221 (4.28%) TypeScript
7 165 (3.20%) Java
8 70 (1.36%) C++
9 50 (0.97%) Bash
10 49 (0.95%) PHP
11 48 (0.93%) Bicep
12 42 (0.81%) Go
13 35 (0.68%) Ruby
14 34 (0.66%) VBA
15 28 (0.54%) Kotlin
16 27 (0.52%) C
17 25 (0.48%) T-SQL
18 22 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 22 (0.43%) MATLAB
18 22 (0.43%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 781 (15.14%) Degree
2 529 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 426 (8.26%) SC Cleared
4 180 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 172 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 135 (2.62%) CISSP
7 113 (2.19%) DV Cleared
8 110 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 108 (2.09%) AWS Certification
9 108 (2.09%) CISM
9 108 (2.09%) DBS Check
10 100 (1.94%) Azure Certification
11 89 (1.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 78 (1.51%) ACCA
12 78 (1.51%) PMI Certification
13 75 (1.45%) MCSE
14 66 (1.28%) CIMA
15 65 (1.26%) PMP
16 58 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
17 57 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 398 (7.72%) QA
2 220 (4.27%) GDPR
3 208 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 197 (3.82%) Accessibility
5 188 (3.64%) Data Quality
6 128 (2.48%) GRC
6 128 (2.48%) NIST
7 100 (1.94%) SLA
8 92 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
9 79 (1.53%) PMO
10 69 (1.34%) PCI DSS
11 55 (1.07%) WCAG
12 48 (0.93%) ISO 9001
13 36 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 28 (0.54%) IFRS
15 24 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
16 19 (0.37%) GAAP
16 19 (0.37%) NCSC
17 17 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 17 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 389 (7.54%) Active Directory
2 163 (3.16%) Docker
3 96 (1.86%) Hyper-V
4 90 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 36 (0.70%) Firmware
6 27 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (0.35%) vSphere
8 17 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
9 9 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.16%) VMware Server
11 6 (0.12%) Squid
12 5 (0.097%) ClearTrust
12 5 (0.097%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.039%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.019%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.019%) KVM
14 1 (0.019%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.019%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 213 (4.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 170 (3.30%) Terraform
3 134 (2.60%) Kubernetes
4 64 (1.24%) Ansible
5 21 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.33%) Grafana
7 16 (0.31%) SCCM
8 11 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 9 (0.17%) Prometheus
10 8 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 7 (0.14%) Podman
12 6 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 6 (0.12%) Packer
13 5 (0.097%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.097%) Jamf Pro
14 4 (0.078%) CASB
14 4 (0.078%) Failover Clustering
14 4 (0.078%) Nmap
14 4 (0.078%) Progress Chef
14 4 (0.078%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1,411 (27.36%) Microsoft
2 184 (3.57%) ServiceNow
3 175 (3.39%) Oracle
4 157 (3.04%) Google
5 149 (2.89%) Cisco
6 138 (2.68%) Salesforce
7 128 (2.48%) SAP
8 119 (2.31%) Adobe
9 117 (2.27%) VMware
10 68 (1.32%) CyberArk
11 63 (1.22%) HubSpot
12 55 (1.07%) Dell
13 49 (0.95%) Databricks
14 47 (0.91%) Palo Alto
14 47 (0.91%) Sage
15 38 (0.74%) OpenAI
16 34 (0.66%) Apple
17 31 (0.60%) iManage
18 29 (0.56%) Foundry
19 27 (0.52%) Veeam