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 in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 3,083 2,727 2,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 21.95% 32.11% 25.04%
As % of the General category 40.67% 44.19% 39.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,943 1,175 1,666
10th Percentile £24,696 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £34,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,001 £50,000 £46,085
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +8.50% +2.41%
75th Percentile £57,250 £65,000 £60,306
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 requiring common skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 7,581 6,171 7,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 53.98% 72.66% 62.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4,884 3,014 4,339
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £35,745
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 £71,725 £77,500 £75,832
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 13 June 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 13 June 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 0 1,974 £44,750 -14.76% 854
East Midlands 0 1,095 £40,000 -15.79% 579
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
1 162 (5.25%) SharePoint
2 100 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (0.78%) Confluence
4 23 (0.75%) WordPress
5 20 (0.65%) Skype for Business
6 16 (0.52%) CMS
6 16 (0.52%) SAS
7 15 (0.49%) IIS
8 10 (0.32%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.19%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.19%) Appian
9 6 (0.19%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 5 (0.16%) nginx
10 5 (0.16%) WebLogic
11 4 (0.13%) MQSeries
11 4 (0.13%) Office Communications Server
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 3 (0.097%) Drupal
12 3 (0.097%) Tomcat
Applications
1 440 (14.27%) Microsoft Office
2 296 (9.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 112 (3.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
5 22 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.52%) Photoshop
7 15 (0.49%) AutoCAD
8 14 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 14 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
8 14 (0.45%) Trello
9 12 (0.39%) Adobe XD
10 11 (0.36%) InDesign
11 8 (0.26%) MS Visio
12 6 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
13 5 (0.16%) Revit
13 5 (0.16%) Sketch
14 4 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
14 4 (0.13%) CANalyzer
14 4 (0.13%) EPLAN
14 4 (0.13%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 32 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.62%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
4 13 (0.42%) Shopify
5 10 (0.32%) Misys Midas
5 10 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
6 9 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
7 7 (0.23%) NEC Housing
7 7 (0.23%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.16%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.13%) Maximo
9 4 (0.13%) Sage 300 ERP
9 4 (0.13%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
10 3 (0.097%) iTrent
10 3 (0.097%) SAP WM
11 2 (0.065%) SAP MM
11 2 (0.065%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 442 (14.34%) Azure
2 357 (11.58%) Microsoft 365
3 220 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 148 (4.80%) AWS
5 100 (3.24%) Entra ID
6 89 (2.89%) SaaS
7 62 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
8 38 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.10%) GitHub
10 30 (0.97%) PowerApps
11 29 (0.94%) GCP
12 28 (0.91%) Power Automate
13 27 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (0.75%) OneDrive
15 22 (0.71%) Serverless
16 21 (0.68%) Figma
17 17 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
18 14 (0.45%) AWS Lambda
18 14 (0.45%) IaaS
18 14 (0.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 151 (4.90%) Firewall
2 102 (3.31%) WAN
3 91 (2.95%) LAN
4 85 (2.76%) DNS
5 71 (2.30%) TCP/IP
6 66 (2.14%) DHCP
7 57 (1.85%) Internet
8 50 (1.62%) SAN
9 45 (1.46%) VoIP
10 44 (1.43%) Broadband
10 44 (1.43%) VPN
11 38 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
12 36 (1.17%) VLAN
13 34 (1.10%) Network Security
14 30 (0.97%) Wireless
15 29 (0.94%) Intranet
16 21 (0.68%) Skype
16 21 (0.68%) WLAN
17 18 (0.58%) PBX
18 17 (0.55%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (6.62%) SQL Server
2 201 (6.52%) Power BI
3 58 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (1.72%) Tableau
5 50 (1.62%) MySQL
6 41 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 31 (1.01%) Relational Database
8 22 (0.71%) Data Lake
9 19 (0.62%) Metadata
9 19 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (0.55%) Oracle Database
10 17 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 13 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (0.42%) Data Mining
13 12 (0.39%) NoSQL
14 11 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
14 11 (0.36%) BigQuery
14 11 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
15 10 (0.32%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 100 (3.24%) JIRA
2 91 (2.95%) Git
3 8 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
4 7 (0.23%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (0.19%) CANoe
5 6 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (0.19%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.19%) webpack
6 4 (0.13%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.13%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.13%) sqlmap
7 3 (0.097%) GitLab
7 3 (0.097%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (0.097%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.097%) Xcode
8 2 (0.065%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.065%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.065%) Postman
8 2 (0.065%) SoapUI
General
1 693 (22.48%) Finance
2 692 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
3 460 (14.92%) Retail
4 357 (11.58%) Organisational Skills
5 262 (8.50%) Presentation Skills
6 204 (6.62%) Manufacturing
7 197 (6.39%) Influencing Skills
8 195 (6.33%) Marketing
9 171 (5.55%) Legal
10 150 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 128 (4.15%) Law
12 120 (3.89%) Public Sector
13 86 (2.79%) Telecoms
14 55 (1.78%) Automotive
15 52 (1.69%) Local Government
16 46 (1.49%) Banking
17 45 (1.46%) Games
18 39 (1.27%) Electronics
19 36 (1.17%) Billing
19 36 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 490 (15.89%) Analyst
2 279 (9.05%) Project Manager
3 275 (8.92%) Senior
4 256 (8.30%) Developer
5 194 (6.29%) IT Support
6 167 (5.42%) Lead
7 156 (5.06%) Consultant
8 141 (4.57%) IT Manager
9 132 (4.28%) Product Analyst
10 116 (3.76%) Sales Analyst
11 105 (3.41%) Support Engineer
12 87 (2.82%) IT Engineer
13 84 (2.72%) Architect
14 76 (2.47%) IT Technician
15 75 (2.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 72 (2.34%) Administrator
17 71 (2.30%) Development Manager
18 70 (2.27%) Support Technician
19 66 (2.14%) Senior Manager
20 65 (2.11%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (4.93%) .NET
2 131 (4.25%) HTML
3 95 (3.08%) CSS
4 47 (1.52%) React
5 43 (1.39%) ASP.NET
6 36 (1.17%) Vue
7 35 (1.14%) .NET Core
8 34 (1.10%) HTML5
9 33 (1.07%) JSON
10 27 (0.88%) AngularJS
10 27 (0.88%) ASP.NET MVC
10 27 (0.88%) jQuery
11 26 (0.84%) Laravel
12 25 (0.81%) RESTful
13 22 (0.71%) Web Services
14 21 (0.68%) .NET Framework
15 18 (0.58%) XML
16 17 (0.55%) EDI
16 17 (0.55%) REST
17 15 (0.49%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 276 (8.95%) Self-Motivation
2 176 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 167 (5.42%) Onboarding
4 136 (4.41%) Driving Licence
5 57 (1.85%) Mobile App
5 57 (1.85%) Product Ownership
6 38 (1.23%) Data Centre
7 34 (1.10%) Social Media
8 33 (1.07%) NHS
9 30 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (0.97%) FMCG
10 24 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
10 24 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 23 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
11 23 (0.75%) Replication
12 22 (0.71%) IoT
13 21 (0.68%) Video Conferencing
14 20 (0.65%) Graphic Design
15 17 (0.55%) CCTV
16 16 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 391 (12.68%) Windows
2 158 (5.12%) Windows Server
3 116 (3.76%) Windows 10
4 114 (3.70%) Linux
5 41 (1.33%) Android
6 40 (1.30%) Apple iOS
7 32 (1.04%) Mac OS
7 32 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
8 30 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
9 26 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
10 24 (0.78%) VMS
11 22 (0.71%) Windows 7
12 19 (0.62%) Unix
13 9 (0.29%) CentOS
13 9 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
14 7 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 6 (0.19%) SUSE
15 6 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 6 (0.19%) Ubuntu
16 5 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,116 (36.20%) Problem-Solving
2 755 (24.49%) Customer Service
3 493 (15.99%) Project Management
4 440 (14.27%) Agile
5 404 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 383 (12.42%) Mathematics
7 367 (11.90%) Mentoring
8 256 (8.30%) Decision-Making
9 252 (8.17%) Data Analysis
9 252 (8.17%) Stakeholder Management
10 215 (6.97%) Business Intelligence
11 214 (6.94%) ITIL
12 207 (6.71%) Project Delivery
13 180 (5.84%) Time Management
14 179 (5.81%) Customer Requirements
15 177 (5.74%) Computer Science
16 176 (5.71%) ERP
17 166 (5.38%) Risk Management
18 163 (5.29%) Cybersecurity
19 162 (5.25%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 386 (12.52%) SQL
2 161 (5.22%) C#
3 153 (4.96%) Python
4 140 (4.54%) JavaScript
5 70 (2.27%) PowerShell
6 49 (1.59%) C++
6 49 (1.59%) PHP
7 48 (1.56%) Java
8 35 (1.14%) TypeScript
9 34 (1.10%) C
10 26 (0.84%) T-SQL
11 17 (0.55%) R
12 15 (0.49%) VB.NET
13 12 (0.39%) Embedded C
13 12 (0.39%) Perl
14 10 (0.32%) Bicep
14 10 (0.32%) VB
15 9 (0.29%) Bash
16 8 (0.26%) ActionScript
16 8 (0.26%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 835 (27.08%) Degree
2 175 (5.68%) Security Cleared
3 139 (4.51%) HNC
4 111 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 97 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 90 (2.92%) DBS Check
7 68 (2.21%) SC Cleared
8 46 (1.49%) ACCA
9 41 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
10 38 (1.23%) Azure Certification
10 38 (1.23%) Master's Degree
11 32 (1.04%) A+ Certification
11 32 (1.04%) CIMA
12 27 (0.88%) CCNA
12 27 (0.88%) PMI Certification
13 24 (0.78%) HND
14 23 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 22 (0.71%) MCSE
16 20 (0.65%) PMP
17 19 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (3.24%) GDPR
2 98 (3.18%) QA
3 95 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 93 (3.02%) SLA
5 58 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 50 (1.62%) PMO
7 46 (1.49%) ISO 9001
8 44 (1.43%) Accessibility
9 36 (1.17%) Data Quality
10 28 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 19 (0.62%) NIST
12 16 (0.52%) GMP
13 12 (0.39%) IFRS
14 11 (0.36%) ISO 14001
15 10 (0.32%) PCI DSS
16 8 (0.26%) GRC
16 8 (0.26%) IFRS 9
17 7 (0.23%) ISO 22301
18 6 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 6 (0.19%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 279 (9.05%) Active Directory
2 103 (3.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 91 (2.95%) Hyper-V
4 31 (1.01%) Docker
5 21 (0.68%) Firmware
6 20 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (0.36%) vSphere
9 8 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (0.19%) NFS
11 4 (0.13%) pfSense
12 3 (0.097%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.065%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.065%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.032%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 78 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (1.04%) Terraform
3 31 (1.01%) SCCM
4 28 (0.91%) Kubernetes
5 27 (0.88%) EnCase
6 8 (0.26%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.23%) Functional Safety
8 6 (0.19%) SCOM
8 6 (0.19%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (0.16%) WSUS
10 4 (0.13%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.13%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.13%) SmoothWall
11 3 (0.097%) Autotask
11 3 (0.097%) Nagios
12 2 (0.065%) Grafana
12 2 (0.065%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.065%) VxRail
13 1 (0.032%) Kibana
Vendors
1 862 (27.96%) Microsoft
2 152 (4.93%) VMware
3 77 (2.50%) Veeam
4 75 (2.43%) Cisco
5 58 (1.88%) SAP
6 44 (1.43%) Google
6 44 (1.43%) HP
7 41 (1.33%) Adobe
8 39 (1.27%) Oracle
9 37 (1.20%) Databricks
10 36 (1.17%) ServiceNow
11 34 (1.10%) Salesforce
12 31 (1.01%) Citrix
12 31 (1.01%) Sophos
13 30 (0.97%) Apple
14 28 (0.91%) Sage
15 26 (0.84%) NEC
16 25 (0.81%) Dell
16 25 (0.81%) IBM
16 25 (0.81%) IFS