Social Skills Jobs in the North West

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 2,151 2,269 2,121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 21.81% 29.07% 22.43%
As % of the General category 40.68% 42.89% 36.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,628 965 1,143
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,139 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.25% +5.56% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £62,827
90th Percentile £74,782 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £48,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.22% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,287 5,290 5,837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.61% 67.78% 61.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,915 2,425 3,094
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +0.48% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,438
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the North West

Social Skills
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the North West 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
Manchester +1 1,153 £48,500 -11.82% 568
Cheshire 0 432 £39,500 -7.60% 256
Merseyside -1 253 £35,000 -18.84% 137
Lancashire -4 212 £42,500 +6.25% 146
Cumbria +1 85 £37,500 -16.67% 43
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 54 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.16%) Confluence
4 16 (0.74%) WordPress
5 15 (0.70%) CMS
5 15 (0.70%) IIS
5 15 (0.70%) SAS
6 8 (0.37%) ArcGIS
6 8 (0.37%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.33%) OpenEdge
8 4 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.14%) Apache
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.046%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.046%) Drupal
10 1 (0.046%) Jetty
10 1 (0.046%) nginx
10 1 (0.046%) OpenStack
Applications
1 165 (7.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 125 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (0.70%) Photoshop
5 13 (0.60%) AutoCAD
5 13 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.37%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.33%) Trello
8 6 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.28%) Sketch
9 5 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.23%) InDesign
10 3 (0.14%) 3ds Max
10 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.093%) SPSS
11 2 (0.093%) Stata
12 1 (0.046%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.046%) Final Cut Pro
12 1 (0.046%) InVision
Business Applications
1 24 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.79%) Shopify
4 14 (0.65%) SAP Business One
5 10 (0.46%) SAP BPC
6 9 (0.42%) Magento
6 9 (0.42%) SAP CX
7 8 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.37%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 6 (0.28%) NEC Housing
8 6 (0.28%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.23%) SAP PP
9 5 (0.23%) SAP SD
10 4 (0.19%) MIS ActiveH
10 4 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.19%) Primavera
10 4 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.19%) SAP APO
10 4 (0.19%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 294 (13.67%) Azure
2 199 (9.25%) Microsoft 365
3 159 (7.39%) AWS
4 145 (6.74%) Power Platform
5 67 (3.11%) SaaS
6 58 (2.70%) GCP
7 36 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
9 28 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
10 23 (1.07%) GitHub
11 19 (0.88%) Entra ID
11 19 (0.88%) Serverless
12 18 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (0.70%) Amazon SQS
14 14 (0.65%) Figma
15 13 (0.60%) PaaS
16 12 (0.56%) Amazon EKS
17 11 (0.51%) IaaS
18 9 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
19 8 (0.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 74 (3.44%) Firewall
2 57 (2.65%) LAN
3 50 (2.32%) WAN
4 47 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
5 46 (2.14%) TCP/IP
6 45 (2.09%) DNS
7 36 (1.67%) VoIP
8 35 (1.63%) Broadband
9 31 (1.44%) Internet
9 31 (1.44%) Wireless
10 27 (1.26%) DHCP
11 22 (1.02%) BGP
11 22 (1.02%) Network Security
12 20 (0.93%) PPP
13 15 (0.70%) SAN
14 14 (0.65%) OSPF
14 14 (0.65%) VPN
15 10 (0.46%) Ethernet
16 9 (0.42%) MPLS
16 9 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (5.44%) Power BI
2 103 (4.79%) SQL Server
3 46 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
4 45 (2.09%) Tableau
5 41 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (1.53%) MySQL
7 32 (1.49%) Relational Database
8 31 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 22 (1.02%) NoSQL
10 21 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.74%) Power Query
12 15 (0.70%) Oracle Database
13 14 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (0.65%) Data Lake
14 13 (0.60%) DynamoDB
15 12 (0.56%) MongoDB
16 11 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
17 10 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
17 10 (0.46%) Big Data
17 10 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 86 (4.00%) Git
2 63 (2.93%) JIRA
3 24 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.74%) TeamCity
5 9 (0.42%) Eclipse
5 9 (0.42%) Subversion
6 7 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.28%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.23%) Spinnaker
9 4 (0.19%) Gatling
9 4 (0.19%) GitLab
9 4 (0.19%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.19%) Jasmine
9 4 (0.19%) JUnit
9 4 (0.19%) Mockito
9 4 (0.19%) Selenium
10 3 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.14%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 468 (21.76%) Finance
2 398 (18.50%) Analytical Skills
3 198 (9.21%) Retail
4 134 (6.23%) Organisational Skills
5 129 (6.00%) Legal
6 125 (5.81%) Marketing
6 125 (5.81%) Public Sector
7 112 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 109 (5.07%) Presentation Skills
9 78 (3.63%) Law
10 66 (3.07%) Manufacturing
11 55 (2.56%) Games
12 54 (2.51%) Banking
13 51 (2.37%) Telecoms
14 43 (2.00%) Billing
15 38 (1.77%) Local Government
16 37 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
16 37 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
17 29 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
18 23 (1.07%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 251 (11.67%) Analyst
2 247 (11.48%) Developer
3 224 (10.41%) Senior
4 149 (6.93%) Project Manager
5 143 (6.65%) Lead
6 110 (5.11%) IT Support
7 105 (4.88%) IT Manager
8 95 (4.42%) Architect
9 77 (3.58%) Consultant
10 70 (3.25%) Support Analyst
11 66 (3.07%) Software Engineer
12 65 (3.02%) Administrator
13 59 (2.74%) IT Engineer
14 58 (2.70%) Support Engineer
15 54 (2.51%) Coordinator
16 46 (2.14%) Business Analyst
16 46 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
17 45 (2.09%) IT Analyst
18 44 (2.05%) IT Support Engineer
19 43 (2.00%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (4.28%) HTML
2 88 (4.09%) .NET
3 78 (3.63%) CSS
4 37 (1.72%) Laravel
5 35 (1.63%) React
6 34 (1.58%) AngularJS
7 32 (1.49%) RESTful
8 29 (1.35%) Node.js
9 25 (1.16%) Vue
10 21 (0.98%) .NET Framework
10 21 (0.98%) RabbitMQ
11 19 (0.88%) HTML5
12 18 (0.84%) REST
12 18 (0.84%) Web Services
13 17 (0.79%) GraphQL
13 17 (0.79%) JSON
14 16 (0.74%) .NET Core
15 15 (0.70%) React Native
15 15 (0.70%) Spring Boot
16 14 (0.65%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 192 (8.93%) Self-Motivation
2 88 (4.09%) Management Information System
3 76 (3.53%) Driving Licence
4 59 (2.74%) Product Ownership
5 36 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
6 33 (1.53%) NHS
7 26 (1.21%) Cloud Native
8 25 (1.16%) Algorithms
9 24 (1.12%) EPoS
10 23 (1.07%) Mobile App
11 22 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
11 22 (1.02%) Housing Association
12 21 (0.98%) Onboarding
13 20 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
13 20 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (0.93%) Security Posture
14 19 (0.88%) Data Centre
14 19 (0.88%) PMI
15 17 (0.79%) Blog
16 15 (0.70%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 200 (9.30%) Windows
2 84 (3.91%) Windows Server
3 83 (3.86%) Linux
4 46 (2.14%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.12%) Android
6 21 (0.98%) Apple iOS
7 17 (0.79%) VMS
7 17 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (0.74%) Mac OS
8 16 (0.74%) Unix
9 12 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (0.28%) Windows 8
12 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.19%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.19%) Windows Vista
14 3 (0.14%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.093%) CentOS
15 2 (0.093%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 674 (31.33%) Problem-Solving
2 410 (19.06%) Agile
3 337 (15.67%) Project Management
4 279 (12.97%) Customer Service
5 208 (9.67%) Mentoring
6 197 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 172 (8.00%) Analytics
8 169 (7.86%) DevOps
8 169 (7.86%) ITIL
9 167 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 165 (7.67%) Decision-Making
11 156 (7.25%) Business Intelligence
12 136 (6.32%) Computer Science
13 132 (6.14%) Coaching
14 130 (6.04%) Cybersecurity
15 126 (5.86%) Roadmaps
16 124 (5.76%) Time Management
17 120 (5.58%) ERP
18 114 (5.30%) Collaborative Working
19 111 (5.16%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 220 (10.23%) SQL
2 130 (6.04%) JavaScript
3 106 (4.93%) C#
3 106 (4.93%) Python
4 63 (2.93%) Java
5 53 (2.46%) PHP
6 34 (1.58%) T-SQL
7 30 (1.39%) PowerShell
8 21 (0.98%) C
8 21 (0.98%) TypeScript
9 18 (0.84%) Bash
10 14 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (0.65%) Go
11 12 (0.56%) Scala
11 12 (0.56%) SystemVerilog
12 9 (0.42%) Embedded C
13 8 (0.37%) Rust
14 7 (0.33%) C++
14 7 (0.33%) Swift
14 7 (0.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 463 (21.52%) Degree
2 120 (5.58%) Security Cleared
3 96 (4.46%) SC Cleared
4 75 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 52 (2.42%) DBS Check
6 49 (2.28%) PMI Certification
7 48 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.81%) ACCA
9 37 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (1.58%) PMP
11 30 (1.39%) Master's Degree
12 25 (1.16%) CIMA
12 25 (1.16%) HND
13 22 (1.02%) CCNP
14 21 (0.98%) Azure Certification
15 20 (0.93%) CCNA
15 20 (0.93%) HNC
16 19 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 18 (0.84%) CISSP
18 17 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (4.18%) SLA
2 88 (4.09%) QA
3 58 (2.70%) GDPR
4 55 (2.56%) Data Quality
5 44 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 36 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 33 (1.53%) PMO
8 27 (1.26%) Accessibility
9 22 (1.02%) IFRS
10 16 (0.74%) NIST
11 15 (0.70%) GMP
11 15 (0.70%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.65%) GAAP
13 11 (0.51%) ISO 9001
14 9 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.37%) IFRS 9
16 7 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
16 7 (0.33%) GxP
17 6 (0.28%) GLP
18 5 (0.23%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 164 (7.62%) Active Directory
2 54 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (2.19%) Hyper-V
4 45 (2.09%) Docker
5 24 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.42%) Terminal Services
7 7 (0.33%) Firmware
8 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.093%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.093%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.046%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.046%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.046%) Lustre
10 1 (0.046%) Postfix
10 1 (0.046%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.046%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (1.21%) Terraform
3 17 (0.79%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.51%) Progress Chef
5 10 (0.46%) Ansible
6 6 (0.28%) SCCM
7 5 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.19%) Autotask
8 4 (0.19%) Grafana
8 4 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.19%) Nessus
8 4 (0.19%) Opsgenie
8 4 (0.19%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.19%) VxRail
8 4 (0.19%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.14%) Puppet
9 3 (0.14%) SELinux
10 2 (0.093%) Icinga
Vendors
1 447 (20.78%) Microsoft
2 88 (4.09%) SAP
3 66 (3.07%) VMware
4 43 (2.00%) Cisco
5 41 (1.91%) Oracle
6 37 (1.72%) Apple
7 34 (1.58%) Adobe
7 34 (1.58%) Google
7 34 (1.58%) Virgin Media
8 30 (1.39%) NEC
9 25 (1.16%) Salesforce
10 23 (1.07%) ServiceNow
11 19 (0.88%) Cadence
11 19 (0.88%) IBM
12 18 (0.84%) HP
12 18 (0.84%) Veeam
13 17 (0.79%) CA
14 15 (0.70%) Facebook
15 14 (0.65%) Fortinet
15 14 (0.65%) Sophos