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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 9,159 10,465 15,886
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.05% 24.69% 23.23%
As % of the General category 44.07% 37.37% 37.01%
Number of salaries quoted 6,217 7,104 8,868
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £39,221 £45,300 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £48,507 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.64% +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 20,785 28,005 42,918
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.39% 66.07% 62.75%
Number of salaries quoted 15,154 18,641 24,542
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 £78,938
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £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 6 May 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
1 339 (3.70%) SAS
2 257 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 230 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 86 (0.94%) WordPress
5 82 (0.90%) CMS
6 70 (0.76%) Confluence
7 60 (0.66%) Apache Spark
8 46 (0.50%) WebLogic
9 39 (0.43%) IIS
10 38 (0.41%) Apache
11 27 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
12 20 (0.22%) OpenEdge
12 20 (0.22%) OpenStack
13 19 (0.21%) nginx
14 15 (0.16%) Anypoint
14 15 (0.16%) Documentum
14 15 (0.16%) Drupal
15 9 (0.098%) Exchange Server 2013
16 7 (0.076%) BizTalk Server
17 6 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 971 (10.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 503 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
3 192 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 56 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 37 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 33 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 32 (0.35%) Photoshop
8 31 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 22 (0.24%) InDesign
10 21 (0.23%) Adobe XD
11 20 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
11 20 (0.22%) Sketch
12 18 (0.20%) Trello
13 16 (0.17%) Simulink
14 10 (0.11%) AutoCAD
15 8 (0.087%) Adobe After Effects
15 8 (0.087%) Chatbot
16 7 (0.076%) Adobe Captivate
16 7 (0.076%) SOLIDWORKS
17 6 (0.066%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 306 (3.34%) SAP ERP
2 89 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 72 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 47 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 37 (0.40%) Shopify
5 37 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
6 20 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 20 (0.22%) SAP CO
6 20 (0.22%) SAP FI
6 20 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
7 19 (0.21%) SAP HR
8 17 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
9 13 (0.14%) TrackWise
10 10 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
10 10 (0.11%) SAP Business One
10 10 (0.11%) SAP CX
11 9 (0.098%) Oracle Payables
11 9 (0.098%) Primavera
11 9 (0.098%) SAP Payroll
12 8 (0.087%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1,710 (18.67%) Azure
2 897 (9.79%) AWS
3 755 (8.24%) Power Platform
4 742 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
5 523 (5.71%) SaaS
6 281 (3.07%) GCP
7 215 (2.35%) Entra ID
8 197 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
9 172 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
10 149 (1.63%) Serverless
11 146 (1.59%) PowerApps
12 142 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
13 121 (1.32%) Power Automate
14 102 (1.11%) GitHub
15 89 (0.97%) Amazon S3
16 88 (0.96%) Snowflake
17 87 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
18 86 (0.94%) PaaS
19 74 (0.81%) IaaS
20 73 (0.80%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 888 (9.70%) Broadband
2 385 (4.20%) Firewall
3 237 (2.59%) DNS
4 231 (2.52%) WAN
5 198 (2.16%) LAN
6 184 (2.01%) Wireless
7 160 (1.75%) VPN
8 152 (1.66%) TCP/IP
9 145 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
10 126 (1.38%) DHCP
11 118 (1.29%) SAN
12 105 (1.15%) Internet
13 95 (1.04%) VoIP
14 83 (0.91%) BGP
15 77 (0.84%) VLAN
16 68 (0.74%) Network Security
17 59 (0.64%) SSL
18 51 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
19 48 (0.52%) SD-WAN
20 45 (0.49%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 637 (6.95%) SQL Server
2 624 (6.81%) Power BI
3 265 (2.89%) Tableau
4 261 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
5 244 (2.66%) Relational Database
6 212 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 160 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
8 147 (1.60%) MySQL
9 122 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
10 120 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
11 93 (1.02%) Oracle Database
12 87 (0.95%) Big Data
13 86 (0.94%) RDBMS
14 78 (0.85%) MongoDB
15 77 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 73 (0.80%) Data Lake
17 61 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
18 57 (0.62%) NoSQL
19 47 (0.51%) BigQuery
20 43 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 451 (4.92%) Git
2 251 (2.74%) JIRA
3 102 (1.11%) Jenkins
4 65 (0.71%) GitLab
5 62 (0.68%) Visual Studio
6 47 (0.51%) Selenium
7 32 (0.35%) Bitbucket
8 27 (0.29%) JUnit
9 26 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
10 21 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
11 20 (0.22%) Maven
12 19 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
12 19 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
13 18 (0.20%) Cypress.io
14 17 (0.19%) webpack
15 15 (0.16%) Postman
15 15 (0.16%) Rational Rhapsody
16 13 (0.14%) TeamCity
17 12 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
17 12 (0.13%) WebDriver
General
1 2,769 (30.23%) Finance
2 1,784 (19.48%) Analytical Skills
3 696 (7.60%) Retail
4 650 (7.10%) Marketing
5 648 (7.08%) Influencing Skills
6 603 (6.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 527 (5.75%) Public Sector
8 523 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
9 436 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
10 423 (4.62%) Legal
11 329 (3.59%) Law
12 250 (2.73%) Banking
13 216 (2.36%) Manufacturing
14 181 (1.98%) Telecoms
15 146 (1.59%) Games
16 110 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
17 105 (1.15%) Advertising
17 105 (1.15%) Electronics
18 101 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
19 79 (0.86%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,539 (16.80%) Analyst
2 1,466 (16.01%) Senior
3 1,217 (13.29%) Developer
4 921 (10.06%) Architect
5 737 (8.05%) Lead
6 648 (7.08%) Solutions Architect
7 503 (5.49%) Consultant
8 486 (5.31%) Project Manager
9 396 (4.32%) Senior Analyst
10 354 (3.87%) Senior Developer
11 256 (2.80%) IT Manager
12 243 (2.65%) Software Engineer
13 231 (2.52%) Support Engineer
14 227 (2.48%) Software Developer
15 212 (2.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 209 (2.28%) IT Support
17 208 (2.27%) Administrator
18 195 (2.13%) Data Analyst
19 179 (1.95%) Support Analyst
20 178 (1.94%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 475 (5.19%) .NET
2 371 (4.05%) HTML
3 334 (3.65%) CSS
4 248 (2.71%) React
5 175 (1.91%) Node.js
6 167 (1.82%) RESTful
7 165 (1.80%) AngularJS
7 165 (1.80%) REST
8 136 (1.48%) Kafka
9 134 (1.46%) Web Services
10 120 (1.31%) GraphQL
11 112 (1.22%) JSON
12 111 (1.21%) .NET Core
12 111 (1.21%) RabbitMQ
12 111 (1.21%) Vue
13 109 (1.19%) ASP.NET
14 104 (1.14%) Spring Boot
15 94 (1.03%) .NET Framework
15 94 (1.03%) Laravel
16 84 (0.92%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 491 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
2 346 (3.78%) Management Information System
3 243 (2.65%) Client/Server
4 242 (2.64%) Product Ownership
5 214 (2.34%) Onboarding
6 204 (2.23%) Data Centre
7 196 (2.14%) Driving Licence
8 188 (2.05%) Algorithms
9 137 (1.50%) Data Structures
10 136 (1.48%) Social Media
11 128 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
11 128 (1.40%) Public Cloud
12 122 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
13 106 (1.16%) Cloud Native
14 103 (1.12%) Mobile App
15 91 (0.99%) IoT
16 78 (0.85%) NHS
17 77 (0.84%) Life Science
18 75 (0.82%) Virtual Team
19 66 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 817 (8.92%) Windows
2 539 (5.88%) Linux
3 336 (3.67%) Windows Server
4 144 (1.57%) Windows 10
5 138 (1.51%) Apple iOS
6 137 (1.50%) Android
7 116 (1.27%) VMS
8 109 (1.19%) Unix
9 69 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 56 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
11 54 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
12 52 (0.57%) Ubuntu
13 47 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
14 40 (0.44%) Mac OS
15 28 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
16 27 (0.29%) zOS
17 22 (0.24%) Windows 7
18 21 (0.23%) Mac OS X
19 16 (0.17%) Solaris
20 15 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,722 (29.72%) Agile
2 2,541 (27.74%) Problem-Solving
3 1,238 (13.52%) Mentoring
4 1,104 (12.05%) Project Management
5 1,074 (11.73%) Decision-Making
6 1,046 (11.42%) Actionable Insight
7 949 (10.36%) Roadmaps
8 782 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
9 738 (8.06%) Analytics
10 710 (7.75%) Customer Service
11 702 (7.66%) DevOps
12 695 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
13 691 (7.54%) Business Case
14 677 (7.39%) Stakeholder Management
15 662 (7.23%) Software Engineering
16 633 (6.91%) Computer Science
17 625 (6.82%) ITIL
18 586 (6.40%) ERP
19 560 (6.11%) Change Management
20 542 (5.92%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,401 (15.30%) SQL
2 859 (9.38%) Python
3 589 (6.43%) C#
4 579 (6.32%) JavaScript
5 424 (4.63%) Java
6 235 (2.57%) T-SQL
7 206 (2.25%) PHP
8 196 (2.14%) PowerShell
9 189 (2.06%) C
10 160 (1.75%) TypeScript
11 114 (1.24%) Go
12 98 (1.07%) Bash
13 97 (1.06%) C++
14 79 (0.86%) R
15 71 (0.78%) Embedded C
16 61 (0.67%) Scala
17 39 (0.43%) VB
18 36 (0.39%) PL/SQL
19 31 (0.34%) Kotlin
20 28 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,947 (21.26%) Degree
2 807 (8.81%) Security Cleared
3 550 (6.01%) SC Cleared
4 516 (5.63%) ACCA
5 470 (5.13%) CIMA
6 373 (4.07%) DBS Check
7 350 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 209 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 198 (2.16%) Master's Degree
10 150 (1.64%) PMI Certification
11 136 (1.48%) DV Cleared
12 122 (1.33%) Azure Certification
13 121 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
14 113 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
15 102 (1.11%) CISSP
16 97 (1.06%) PMP
17 92 (1.00%) AWS Certification
18 87 (0.95%) CCNA
19 75 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
20 69 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 408 (4.45%) QA
2 173 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 169 (1.85%) SLA
4 128 (1.40%) Data Quality
5 106 (1.16%) GDPR
6 105 (1.15%) Accessibility
7 101 (1.10%) PMO
8 93 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
9 62 (0.68%) NIST
10 53 (0.58%) IFRS
11 46 (0.50%) PCI DSS
12 40 (0.44%) ISO 9001
13 27 (0.29%) GRC
14 22 (0.24%) Good Clinical Practice
15 20 (0.22%) JSP 440
16 19 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
17 18 (0.20%) ITGC
17 18 (0.20%) NCSC
18 17 (0.19%) GMP
19 16 (0.17%) GxP
System Software
1 546 (5.96%) Active Directory
2 285 (3.11%) Docker
3 201 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 166 (1.81%) Hyper-V
5 146 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
6 112 (1.22%) Firmware
7 79 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
8 51 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
9 43 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
10 20 (0.22%) vSphere
11 8 (0.087%) Terminal Services
11 8 (0.087%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (0.076%) NFS
13 6 (0.066%) KVM
14 4 (0.044%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.044%) XenApp
14 4 (0.044%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.033%) Time Sharing Option
15 3 (0.033%) VMware Server
15 3 (0.033%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 266 (2.90%) Kubernetes
2 228 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 208 (2.27%) Terraform
4 150 (1.64%) Ansible
5 77 (0.84%) SCCM
6 45 (0.49%) WSUS
7 43 (0.47%) vCenter Server
8 41 (0.45%) SCOM
9 39 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
10 30 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 29 (0.32%) Grafana
12 28 (0.31%) Puppet
13 24 (0.26%) Progress Chef
14 19 (0.21%) FortiGate
14 19 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
15 16 (0.17%) Nagios
16 15 (0.16%) Prometheus
16 15 (0.16%) ZABBIX
17 14 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
18 13 (0.14%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 2,362 (25.79%) Microsoft
2 617 (6.74%) SAP
3 554 (6.05%) Oracle
4 314 (3.43%) VMware
5 305 (3.33%) Hyperion
6 299 (3.26%) Anaplan
7 270 (2.95%) Google
8 218 (2.38%) Databricks
9 213 (2.33%) Cisco
10 154 (1.68%) Salesforce
11 127 (1.39%) Dell
12 111 (1.21%) IBM
13 107 (1.17%) Adobe
14 104 (1.14%) ServiceNow
15 91 (0.99%) HP
16 73 (0.80%) Fortinet
17 68 (0.74%) Citrix
18 54 (0.59%) Aruba
19 53 (0.58%) Facebook
20 52 (0.57%) Meraki