Social Skills Jobs in the Midlands

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +3
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,830 2,860 2,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.83% 31.11% 24.38%
As % of the General category 42.11% 42.28% 39.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,944 1,135 1,597
10th Percentile £24,696 £26,020 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,700 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £76,430
England median annual salary £48,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.22% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,721 6,765 6,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.59% 73.60% 61.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,701 3,067 4,209
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £35,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
West Midlands +1 1,820 £45,000 -14.29% 961
East Midlands 0 996 £39,969 -15.86% 618
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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
1 166 (5.87%) SharePoint
2 91 (3.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (0.78%) Confluence
4 21 (0.74%) WordPress
5 16 (0.57%) SAS
6 14 (0.49%) Skype for Business
7 12 (0.42%) CMS
8 9 (0.32%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.28%) IIS
10 6 (0.21%) Apache Spark
10 6 (0.21%) Appian
11 5 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
11 5 (0.18%) nginx
11 5 (0.18%) WebLogic
12 4 (0.14%) Office Communications Server
13 3 (0.11%) Apache
13 3 (0.11%) Drupal
13 3 (0.11%) IBM Notes
13 3 (0.11%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 411 (14.52%) Microsoft Office
2 275 (9.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 94 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
5 22 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.57%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.49%) Trello
8 12 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
8 12 (0.42%) AutoCAD
9 11 (0.39%) InDesign
10 9 (0.32%) Adobe XD
11 6 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
11 6 (0.21%) CANalyzer
11 6 (0.21%) MS Visio
12 5 (0.18%) Sketch
13 4 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
13 4 (0.14%) EPLAN
13 4 (0.14%) Simulink
13 4 (0.14%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 31 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.81%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 13 (0.46%) Shopify
5 11 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
6 10 (0.35%) Misys Midas
6 10 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.21%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.18%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.18%) SAP SD
8 5 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.14%) Sage 300 ERP
9 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.14%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.11%) iTrent
10 3 (0.11%) Maximo
10 3 (0.11%) SAP MM
11 2 (0.071%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 419 (14.81%) Azure
2 335 (11.84%) Microsoft 365
3 222 (7.84%) Power Platform
4 126 (4.45%) AWS
5 96 (3.39%) Entra ID
6 81 (2.86%) SaaS
7 61 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (1.20%) PowerApps
9 33 (1.17%) GitHub
10 32 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
11 27 (0.95%) Power Automate
12 26 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
12 26 (0.92%) GCP
13 23 (0.81%) OneDrive
14 18 (0.64%) Figma
15 16 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
16 14 (0.49%) Serverless
17 13 (0.46%) Smartsheet
17 13 (0.46%) Snowflake
17 13 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 148 (5.23%) Firewall
2 102 (3.60%) WAN
3 93 (3.29%) LAN
4 82 (2.90%) DNS
5 68 (2.40%) TCP/IP
6 65 (2.30%) DHCP
7 54 (1.91%) Internet
8 47 (1.66%) SAN
9 43 (1.52%) Broadband
10 42 (1.48%) VoIP
11 36 (1.27%) VLAN
12 33 (1.17%) Network Security
12 33 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
13 32 (1.13%) VPN
14 29 (1.02%) Intranet
15 26 (0.92%) Wireless
16 21 (0.74%) WLAN
17 20 (0.71%) Ethernet
17 20 (0.71%) PBX
18 15 (0.53%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (6.96%) Power BI
2 189 (6.68%) SQL Server
3 59 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (1.80%) Tableau
5 40 (1.41%) MySQL
6 39 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 27 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 22 (0.78%) Data Lake
9 19 (0.67%) Metadata
10 17 (0.60%) Oracle Database
10 17 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (0.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 14 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
12 14 (0.49%) Data Mining
13 12 (0.42%) BigQuery
14 10 (0.35%) Power Query
15 9 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
16 8 (0.28%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 91 (3.22%) JIRA
2 78 (2.76%) Git
3 9 (0.32%) CANoe
3 9 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.18%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.18%) webpack
7 4 (0.14%) GitLab
8 3 (0.11%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
8 3 (0.11%) Maven
8 3 (0.11%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.11%) Postman
8 3 (0.11%) sqlmap
8 3 (0.11%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.071%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.071%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.071%) SoapUI
General
1 658 (23.25%) Analytical Skills
2 652 (23.04%) Finance
3 354 (12.51%) Organisational Skills
4 299 (10.57%) Retail
5 191 (6.75%) Influencing Skills
6 190 (6.71%) Manufacturing
7 185 (6.54%) Marketing
8 146 (5.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 138 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
10 134 (4.73%) Legal
11 128 (4.52%) Public Sector
12 123 (4.35%) Law
13 84 (2.97%) Telecoms
14 57 (2.01%) Automotive
15 53 (1.87%) Local Government
16 47 (1.66%) Banking
17 42 (1.48%) Games
18 35 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
18 35 (1.24%) Electronics
19 34 (1.20%) Billing
Job Titles
1 469 (16.57%) Analyst
2 275 (9.72%) Project Manager
3 266 (9.40%) Senior
4 222 (7.84%) Developer
5 168 (5.94%) IT Support
6 163 (5.76%) Lead
7 148 (5.23%) Consultant
8 132 (4.66%) Product Analyst
9 127 (4.49%) IT Manager
10 116 (4.10%) Sales Analyst
11 102 (3.60%) Support Engineer
12 83 (2.93%) IT Engineer
13 82 (2.90%) Architect
14 73 (2.58%) IT Technician
15 72 (2.54%) Administrator
16 68 (2.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 67 (2.37%) Support Technician
18 65 (2.30%) Senior Manager
19 60 (2.12%) 1st Line Support
20 59 (2.08%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (4.66%) .NET
2 109 (3.85%) HTML
3 76 (2.69%) CSS
4 42 (1.48%) React
5 31 (1.10%) ASP.NET
6 25 (0.88%) .NET Core
6 25 (0.88%) JSON
7 24 (0.85%) ASP.NET MVC
7 24 (0.85%) Vue
8 23 (0.81%) RESTful
9 22 (0.78%) HTML5
10 21 (0.74%) jQuery
11 20 (0.71%) Web Services
12 19 (0.67%) AngularJS
13 17 (0.60%) .NET Framework
13 17 (0.60%) EDI
13 17 (0.60%) Laravel
14 15 (0.53%) XML
15 13 (0.46%) EDIFACT
15 13 (0.46%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 272 (9.61%) Self-Motivation
2 193 (6.82%) Management Information System
3 140 (4.95%) Driving Licence
4 57 (2.01%) Product Ownership
5 56 (1.98%) Mobile App
6 50 (1.77%) Onboarding
7 36 (1.27%) NHS
8 35 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
9 33 (1.17%) Data Centre
10 29 (1.02%) Social Media
11 27 (0.95%) FMCG
12 25 (0.88%) Replication
13 23 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
14 22 (0.78%) IoT
14 22 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
15 18 (0.64%) Graphic Design
16 16 (0.57%) CCTV
16 16 (0.57%) Low-Code
16 16 (0.57%) Taxonomies
16 16 (0.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 362 (12.79%) Windows
2 155 (5.48%) Windows Server
3 110 (3.89%) Windows 10
4 103 (3.64%) Linux
5 35 (1.24%) Android
6 33 (1.17%) Apple iOS
7 32 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 30 (1.06%) Mac OS
9 26 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
10 25 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
11 22 (0.78%) Unix
11 22 (0.78%) Windows 7
12 17 (0.60%) VMS
13 9 (0.32%) CentOS
14 8 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 6 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
15 6 (0.21%) SUSE
15 6 (0.21%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 5 (0.18%) Mac OS X
16 5 (0.18%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 985 (34.81%) Problem-Solving
2 601 (21.24%) Customer Service
3 492 (17.39%) Project Management
4 419 (14.81%) Agile
5 380 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 263 (9.29%) Mathematics
7 243 (8.59%) Stakeholder Management
8 236 (8.34%) Mentoring
9 220 (7.77%) Decision-Making
10 209 (7.39%) Business Intelligence
11 203 (7.17%) Project Delivery
12 194 (6.86%) ITIL
13 187 (6.61%) Time Management
14 177 (6.25%) ERP
15 176 (6.22%) Customer Requirements
16 171 (6.04%) Cybersecurity
17 168 (5.94%) Risk Management
18 163 (5.76%) CRM
19 147 (5.19%) Computer Science
20 132 (4.66%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 354 (12.51%) SQL
2 141 (4.98%) Python
3 132 (4.66%) C#
4 115 (4.06%) JavaScript
5 60 (2.12%) PowerShell
6 45 (1.59%) Java
7 37 (1.31%) C++
7 37 (1.31%) PHP
8 28 (0.99%) C
8 28 (0.99%) TypeScript
9 27 (0.95%) T-SQL
10 16 (0.57%) R
11 13 (0.46%) Perl
12 12 (0.42%) VB.NET
13 9 (0.32%) VB
14 8 (0.28%) ActionScript
14 8 (0.28%) ActionScript 2.0
14 8 (0.28%) Bash
14 8 (0.28%) Bicep
14 8 (0.28%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 680 (24.03%) Degree
2 178 (6.29%) Security Cleared
3 92 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 85 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 84 (2.97%) DBS Check
6 64 (2.26%) SC Cleared
7 47 (1.66%) ACCA
8 42 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (1.13%) CIMA
10 30 (1.06%) Azure Certification
11 29 (1.02%) Master's Degree
12 28 (0.99%) CCNA
13 27 (0.95%) A+ Certification
14 25 (0.88%) PMI Certification
14 25 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 24 (0.85%) HNC
16 23 (0.81%) HND
17 19 (0.67%) MCSE
18 17 (0.60%) PMP
19 16 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (3.39%) GDPR
2 96 (3.39%) QA
3 79 (2.79%) SLA
4 62 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 55 (1.94%) ISO 9001
6 50 (1.77%) PMO
7 40 (1.41%) Accessibility
8 39 (1.38%) Data Quality
8 39 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 20 (0.71%) NIST
10 17 (0.60%) GMP
11 12 (0.42%) IFRS
12 9 (0.32%) ISO 26262
13 8 (0.28%) GRC
13 8 (0.28%) IFRS 9
13 8 (0.28%) ISO 14001
14 7 (0.25%) ISO 22301
14 7 (0.25%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 260 (9.19%) Active Directory
2 97 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 88 (3.11%) Hyper-V
4 28 (0.99%) Docker
5 23 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (0.57%) Firmware
8 11 (0.39%) vSphere
9 8 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
10 7 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.21%) NFS
12 4 (0.14%) pfSense
13 3 (0.11%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.071%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
15 1 (0.035%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.035%) VMware NSX
15 1 (0.035%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 79 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (1.34%) EnCase
3 33 (1.17%) SCCM
4 23 (0.81%) Kubernetes
5 22 (0.78%) Terraform
6 7 (0.25%) FortiGate
6 7 (0.25%) Functional Safety
7 6 (0.21%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (0.18%) WSUS
9 4 (0.14%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.14%) SmoothWall
10 3 (0.11%) Nagios
10 3 (0.11%) SCOM
11 2 (0.071%) Autotask
11 2 (0.071%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.035%) Ansible
12 1 (0.035%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.035%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.035%) VxRail
Vendors
1 794 (28.06%) Microsoft
2 144 (5.09%) VMware
3 77 (2.72%) Cisco
4 72 (2.54%) Veeam
5 58 (2.05%) SAP
6 39 (1.38%) HP
6 39 (1.38%) Oracle
7 37 (1.31%) Adobe
8 36 (1.27%) Databricks
9 35 (1.24%) Google
9 35 (1.24%) Salesforce
10 31 (1.10%) Citrix
11 30 (1.06%) Apple
12 29 (1.02%) Sophos
13 27 (0.95%) Sage
14 25 (0.88%) NEC
14 25 (0.88%) ServiceNow
15 24 (0.85%) Dell
15 24 (0.85%) IFS
16 23 (0.81%) Openreach