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 permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 9,093 10,711 15,412
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.95% 24.82% 23.08%
As % of the General category 43.93% 37.44% 37.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,197 7,226 8,782
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,588
25th Percentile £39,073 £45,396 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.11% +6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,699 28,610 41,637
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.34% 66.31% 62.37%
Number of salaries quoted 15,087 18,942 24,253
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 27 April 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
1 337 (3.71%) SAS
2 257 (2.83%) SharePoint
3 229 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 86 (0.95%) WordPress
5 84 (0.92%) CMS
6 71 (0.78%) Confluence
7 60 (0.66%) Apache Spark
8 46 (0.51%) WebLogic
9 39 (0.43%) IIS
10 37 (0.41%) Apache
11 26 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
12 20 (0.22%) OpenEdge
12 20 (0.22%) OpenStack
13 18 (0.20%) nginx
14 15 (0.16%) Anypoint
14 15 (0.16%) Drupal
15 13 (0.14%) Documentum
16 9 (0.099%) Exchange Server 2013
17 7 (0.077%) BizTalk Server
18 6 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 968 (10.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 510 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
3 191 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 56 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
5 37 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 34 (0.37%) Photoshop
7 32 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
8 31 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 24 (0.26%) InDesign
10 21 (0.23%) Adobe XD
11 20 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
11 20 (0.22%) Sketch
12 18 (0.20%) Trello
13 14 (0.15%) Simulink
14 10 (0.11%) AutoCAD
15 8 (0.088%) Adobe After Effects
15 8 (0.088%) Chatbot
16 7 (0.077%) Adobe Captivate
16 7 (0.077%) SOLIDWORKS
17 6 (0.066%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 306 (3.37%) SAP ERP
2 90 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 68 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 47 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 39 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
6 37 (0.41%) Shopify
7 20 (0.22%) NetSuite
8 19 (0.21%) SAP HR
9 18 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
9 18 (0.20%) SAP CO
9 18 (0.20%) SAP FI
9 18 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
10 11 (0.12%) SAP Business One
11 10 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
11 10 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
11 10 (0.11%) SAP CX
11 10 (0.11%) TrackWise
12 9 (0.099%) Primavera
13 8 (0.088%) Misys Midas
13 8 (0.088%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1,698 (18.67%) Azure
2 881 (9.69%) AWS
3 750 (8.25%) Power Platform
4 739 (8.13%) Microsoft 365
5 527 (5.80%) SaaS
6 282 (3.10%) GCP
7 215 (2.36%) Entra ID
8 199 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
9 172 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
10 152 (1.67%) Serverless
11 143 (1.57%) PowerApps
12 141 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
13 117 (1.29%) Power Automate
14 104 (1.14%) GitHub
15 91 (1.00%) Amazon S3
16 90 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
17 88 (0.97%) Snowflake
18 85 (0.93%) PaaS
19 75 (0.82%) IaaS
20 74 (0.81%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 892 (9.81%) Broadband
2 386 (4.25%) Firewall
3 239 (2.63%) DNS
4 231 (2.54%) WAN
5 203 (2.23%) LAN
6 187 (2.06%) Wireless
7 161 (1.77%) VPN
8 153 (1.68%) TCP/IP
9 144 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
10 128 (1.41%) DHCP
11 115 (1.26%) SAN
12 101 (1.11%) Internet
13 93 (1.02%) VoIP
14 82 (0.90%) BGP
15 81 (0.89%) VLAN
16 65 (0.71%) Network Security
17 59 (0.65%) SSL
18 50 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
19 46 (0.51%) SD-WAN
19 46 (0.51%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 636 (6.99%) SQL Server
2 617 (6.79%) Power BI
3 260 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 241 (2.65%) Relational Database
4 241 (2.65%) Tableau
5 214 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 154 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
7 151 (1.66%) MySQL
8 125 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
9 121 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
10 94 (1.03%) Oracle Database
11 86 (0.95%) Big Data
12 85 (0.93%) RDBMS
13 82 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 77 (0.85%) MongoDB
15 72 (0.79%) Data Lake
16 61 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
17 56 (0.62%) NoSQL
18 49 (0.54%) BigQuery
19 42 (0.46%) Redis
Development Applications
1 423 (4.65%) Git
2 251 (2.76%) JIRA
3 104 (1.14%) Jenkins
4 64 (0.70%) GitLab
5 60 (0.66%) Visual Studio
6 49 (0.54%) Selenium
7 32 (0.35%) Bitbucket
8 27 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
9 26 (0.29%) JUnit
10 22 (0.24%) Maven
11 21 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
12 19 (0.21%) Cypress.io
12 19 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
12 19 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
12 19 (0.21%) webpack
13 15 (0.16%) Postman
13 15 (0.16%) Rational Rhapsody
14 13 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
14 13 (0.14%) TeamCity
15 12 (0.13%) WebDriver
General
1 2,757 (30.32%) Finance
2 1,767 (19.43%) Analytical Skills
3 673 (7.40%) Retail
4 642 (7.06%) Influencing Skills
5 635 (6.98%) Marketing
6 588 (6.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 527 (5.80%) Public Sector
8 509 (5.60%) Presentation Skills
9 437 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
10 413 (4.54%) Legal
11 326 (3.59%) Law
12 253 (2.78%) Banking
13 210 (2.31%) Manufacturing
14 180 (1.98%) Telecoms
15 146 (1.61%) Games
16 107 (1.18%) Advertising
17 103 (1.13%) Electronics
18 102 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
18 102 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
19 78 (0.86%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,524 (16.76%) Analyst
2 1,452 (15.97%) Senior
3 1,218 (13.39%) Developer
4 926 (10.18%) Architect
5 739 (8.13%) Lead
6 659 (7.25%) Solutions Architect
7 499 (5.49%) Consultant
8 474 (5.21%) Project Manager
9 380 (4.18%) Senior Analyst
10 358 (3.94%) Senior Developer
11 256 (2.82%) IT Manager
12 244 (2.68%) Software Engineer
13 231 (2.54%) Support Engineer
14 225 (2.47%) Software Developer
15 209 (2.30%) Administrator
15 209 (2.30%) IT Support
16 208 (2.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 183 (2.01%) Support Analyst
18 179 (1.97%) Business Analyst
18 179 (1.97%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 476 (5.23%) .NET
2 376 (4.14%) HTML
3 338 (3.72%) CSS
4 251 (2.76%) React
5 175 (1.92%) Node.js
6 170 (1.87%) AngularJS
7 169 (1.86%) RESTful
8 164 (1.80%) REST
9 130 (1.43%) Kafka
10 126 (1.39%) Web Services
11 115 (1.26%) Vue
12 114 (1.25%) GraphQL
13 111 (1.22%) JSON
14 108 (1.19%) .NET Core
15 106 (1.17%) ASP.NET
16 103 (1.13%) RabbitMQ
17 101 (1.11%) Spring Boot
18 95 (1.04%) Laravel
19 93 (1.02%) .NET Framework
20 79 (0.87%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 490 (5.39%) Self-Motivation
2 348 (3.83%) Management Information System
3 243 (2.67%) Product Ownership
4 242 (2.66%) Client/Server
5 212 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 202 (2.22%) Data Centre
7 196 (2.16%) Driving Licence
8 181 (1.99%) Algorithms
9 135 (1.48%) Data Structures
10 134 (1.47%) Social Media
11 128 (1.41%) Public Cloud
12 127 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
13 125 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
14 106 (1.17%) Cloud Native
15 105 (1.15%) Mobile App
16 92 (1.01%) IoT
17 74 (0.81%) Life Science
17 74 (0.81%) NHS
17 74 (0.81%) Virtual Team
18 64 (0.70%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 821 (9.03%) Windows
2 540 (5.94%) Linux
3 335 (3.68%) Windows Server
4 146 (1.61%) Windows 10
5 140 (1.54%) Android
6 139 (1.53%) Apple iOS
7 115 (1.26%) VMS
8 109 (1.20%) Unix
9 68 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 54 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
11 53 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
12 50 (0.55%) Ubuntu
13 47 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
14 41 (0.45%) Mac OS
15 27 (0.30%) zOS
16 26 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
17 22 (0.24%) Mac OS X
17 22 (0.24%) Windows 7
18 16 (0.18%) Solaris
18 16 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,723 (29.95%) Agile
2 2,498 (27.47%) Problem-Solving
3 1,233 (13.56%) Mentoring
4 1,102 (12.12%) Project Management
5 1,072 (11.79%) Decision-Making
6 1,021 (11.23%) Actionable Insight
7 942 (10.36%) Roadmaps
8 772 (8.49%) Business Intelligence
9 726 (7.98%) Analytics
10 711 (7.82%) Customer Service
11 698 (7.68%) DevOps
12 695 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
13 691 (7.60%) Business Case
14 678 (7.46%) Stakeholder Management
15 659 (7.25%) Software Engineering
16 626 (6.88%) ITIL
17 625 (6.87%) Computer Science
18 591 (6.50%) ERP
19 556 (6.11%) Change Management
20 541 (5.95%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,380 (15.18%) SQL
2 835 (9.18%) Python
3 590 (6.49%) JavaScript
4 588 (6.47%) C#
5 418 (4.60%) Java
6 236 (2.60%) T-SQL
7 206 (2.27%) PHP
8 193 (2.12%) PowerShell
9 185 (2.03%) C
10 160 (1.76%) TypeScript
11 111 (1.22%) Go
12 99 (1.09%) Bash
13 92 (1.01%) C++
14 77 (0.85%) R
15 71 (0.78%) Embedded C
16 62 (0.68%) Scala
17 40 (0.44%) VB
18 35 (0.38%) PL/SQL
19 31 (0.34%) Kotlin
20 28 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,916 (21.07%) Degree
2 802 (8.82%) Security Cleared
3 551 (6.06%) SC Cleared
4 516 (5.67%) ACCA
5 469 (5.16%) CIMA
6 347 (3.82%) DBS Check
7 343 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 212 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 192 (2.11%) Master's Degree
10 142 (1.56%) PMI Certification
11 132 (1.45%) DV Cleared
12 123 (1.35%) Azure Certification
12 123 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
13 114 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
14 101 (1.11%) CISSP
15 93 (1.02%) AWS Certification
16 91 (1.00%) CCNA
17 89 (0.98%) PMP
18 75 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 72 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 405 (4.45%) QA
2 173 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 167 (1.84%) SLA
4 125 (1.37%) Data Quality
5 105 (1.15%) PMO
6 104 (1.14%) GDPR
7 101 (1.11%) Accessibility
8 91 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
9 63 (0.69%) NIST
10 53 (0.58%) IFRS
11 45 (0.49%) PCI DSS
12 40 (0.44%) ISO 9001
13 28 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
14 27 (0.30%) GRC
15 21 (0.23%) ITGC
16 20 (0.22%) JSP 440
17 19 (0.21%) Good Clinical Practice
17 19 (0.21%) NCSC
18 15 (0.16%) COBIT
19 14 (0.15%) GMP
System Software
1 549 (6.04%) Active Directory
2 281 (3.09%) Docker
3 198 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 163 (1.79%) Hyper-V
5 146 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
6 111 (1.22%) Firmware
7 79 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
8 50 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 42 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
10 20 (0.22%) vSphere
11 9 (0.099%) Virtual Servers
12 8 (0.088%) Terminal Services
13 7 (0.077%) NFS
14 6 (0.066%) KVM
15 4 (0.044%) Microsoft App-V
15 4 (0.044%) XenApp
15 4 (0.044%) XenDesktop
16 3 (0.033%) Time Sharing Option
16 3 (0.033%) VMware Server
16 3 (0.033%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 264 (2.90%) Kubernetes
2 231 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 209 (2.30%) Terraform
4 151 (1.66%) Ansible
5 79 (0.87%) SCCM
6 45 (0.49%) WSUS
7 43 (0.47%) vCenter Server
8 38 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 36 (0.40%) SCOM
10 30 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 29 (0.32%) Grafana
12 26 (0.29%) Puppet
13 24 (0.26%) Progress Chef
14 19 (0.21%) FortiGate
14 19 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
15 16 (0.18%) Nagios
16 15 (0.16%) ZABBIX
17 14 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
17 14 (0.15%) Prometheus
18 13 (0.14%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 2,365 (26.01%) Microsoft
2 617 (6.79%) SAP
3 556 (6.11%) Oracle
4 311 (3.42%) VMware
5 305 (3.35%) Hyperion
6 299 (3.29%) Anaplan
7 273 (3.00%) Google
8 218 (2.40%) Cisco
9 196 (2.16%) Databricks
10 155 (1.70%) Salesforce
11 137 (1.51%) Dell
12 112 (1.23%) IBM
13 111 (1.22%) Adobe
14 103 (1.13%) ServiceNow
15 90 (0.99%) HP
16 71 (0.78%) Fortinet
17 67 (0.74%) Citrix
18 54 (0.59%) Aruba
18 54 (0.59%) Facebook
18 54 (0.59%) Meraki