Social Skills Jobs in the South West

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 1,995 1,720 1,744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 21.56% 25.66% 21.41%
As % of the General category 39.95% 40.46% 35.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,383 800 997
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £26,400
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,331 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £76,250
England median annual salary £48,559 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.55% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,994 4,251 4,946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 53.96% 63.43% 60.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,402 2,341 3,045
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £29,924
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £37,418
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,250 £77,500
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the South West over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Bristol +1 652 £50,000 -4.76% 336
Gloucestershire -3 314 £40,241 -14.38% 123
Dorset -1 290 £50,000 - 87
Wiltshire +3 275 £41,613 -3.79% 115
Devon 0 206 £36,984 +21.53% 120
Somerset 0 175 £41,500 +10.78% 228
Cornwall 0 65 £39,005 -13.32% 39
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 82 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 72 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (2.36%) Confluence
4 12 (0.60%) Apache
5 10 (0.50%) ArcGIS
6 9 (0.45%) SAS
7 8 (0.40%) CMS
8 6 (0.30%) JBoss
8 6 (0.30%) nginx
9 5 (0.25%) SharePoint 2010
9 5 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
10 4 (0.20%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.20%) Site Server
10 4 (0.20%) WebLogic
10 4 (0.20%) WordPress
11 3 (0.15%) GlassFish
11 3 (0.15%) Kentico
11 3 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 169 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
2 135 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 58 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.35%) MS Visio
5 18 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.60%) AutoCAD
7 11 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.40%) GNU Octave
9 7 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
9 7 (0.35%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.30%) Simulink
11 4 (0.20%) Sketch
12 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 2 (0.10%) Gliffy
13 2 (0.10%) SketchUp
13 2 (0.10%) Trello
14 1 (0.050%) Revit
14 1 (0.050%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (0.55%) Maximo
2 10 (0.50%) SAP QM
3 8 (0.40%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.35%) HFM
4 7 (0.35%) Hyperion Planning
5 5 (0.25%) Primavera
6 4 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.20%) Magento
6 4 (0.20%) SAP PLM
6 4 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.20%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
7 2 (0.10%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 2 (0.10%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.10%) Shopify
8 1 (0.050%) iTrent
8 1 (0.050%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.050%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.050%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.050%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 306 (15.34%) Azure
2 219 (10.98%) Microsoft 365
3 158 (7.92%) Power Platform
4 115 (5.76%) AWS
5 63 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
6 58 (2.91%) SaaS
7 43 (2.16%) Entra ID
8 41 (2.06%) PowerApps
9 38 (1.90%) Power Automate
10 29 (1.45%) OneDrive
11 21 (1.05%) GCP
12 18 (0.90%) Serverless
13 15 (0.75%) IaaS
14 13 (0.65%) WhatsApp
15 12 (0.60%) Snowflake
16 11 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
16 11 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
17 10 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
17 10 (0.50%) Azure Functions
17 10 (0.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (3.46%) WAN
2 67 (3.36%) Firewall
3 49 (2.46%) DNS
4 41 (2.06%) LAN
4 41 (2.06%) Network Security
5 40 (2.01%) Wireless
6 39 (1.95%) 5G
7 38 (1.90%) SD-WAN
8 36 (1.80%) TCP/IP
9 30 (1.50%) DHCP
9 30 (1.50%) VPN
10 27 (1.35%) SAN
11 26 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
12 23 (1.15%) Broadband
13 19 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
14 18 (0.90%) VoIP
15 10 (0.50%) BGP
15 10 (0.50%) Internet
16 9 (0.45%) Unified Communications
17 8 (0.40%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (6.82%) Power BI
2 134 (6.72%) SQL Server
3 39 (1.95%) Tableau
4 37 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
5 35 (1.75%) MySQL
6 28 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 27 (1.35%) Relational Database
8 17 (0.85%) Data Lake
8 17 (0.85%) Data Mining
9 15 (0.75%) Qlik Sense
9 15 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
13 11 (0.55%) Oracle BI EE
13 11 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
14 10 (0.50%) Big Data
15 9 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
16 7 (0.35%) Essbase
16 7 (0.35%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 96 (4.81%) Git
2 79 (3.96%) JIRA
3 22 (1.10%) Selenium
4 20 (1.00%) Rational DOORS
5 11 (0.55%) Cucumber
5 11 (0.55%) TeamCity
6 10 (0.50%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.40%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.40%) LabVIEW
8 6 (0.30%) RStudio
8 6 (0.30%) Subversion
9 5 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.25%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
10 4 (0.20%) Jasmine
10 4 (0.20%) Mocha
10 4 (0.20%) Moq
10 4 (0.20%) MSTest
10 4 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 405 (20.30%) Analytical Skills
2 397 (19.90%) Finance
3 223 (11.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 195 (9.77%) Organisational Skills
5 183 (9.17%) Law
6 146 (7.32%) Banking
7 143 (7.17%) Presentation Skills
8 124 (6.22%) Retail
9 121 (6.07%) Marketing
10 116 (5.81%) Investment Banking
11 94 (4.71%) Influencing Skills
12 86 (4.31%) Telecoms
13 64 (3.21%) Electronics
14 60 (3.01%) Manufacturing
15 58 (2.91%) Public Sector
16 54 (2.71%) Fire and Rescue
17 52 (2.61%) Aerospace
18 51 (2.56%) Legal
19 48 (2.41%) Military
20 28 (1.40%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 276 (13.83%) Analyst
2 252 (12.63%) Senior
3 247 (12.38%) Developer
4 137 (6.87%) Consultant
5 136 (6.82%) Lead
6 126 (6.32%) Project Manager
7 88 (4.41%) Architect
8 86 (4.31%) IT Support
9 84 (4.21%) Support Engineer
10 77 (3.86%) Senior Developer
11 72 (3.61%) Software Developer
12 65 (3.26%) IT Engineer
13 63 (3.16%) Software Engineer
14 60 (3.01%) Systems Engineer
15 58 (2.91%) Service Analyst
16 56 (2.81%) Administrator
17 52 (2.61%) Solutions Architect
18 50 (2.51%) .NET Developer
18 50 (2.51%) Security Consultant
19 46 (2.31%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (6.17%) .NET
2 102 (5.11%) HTML
3 92 (4.61%) CSS
4 67 (3.36%) React
5 58 (2.91%) .NET Framework
6 56 (2.81%) .NET Core
7 55 (2.76%) ASP.NET
8 50 (2.51%) Entity Framework
9 44 (2.21%) AngularJS
10 39 (1.95%) Vue
11 31 (1.55%) LESS
12 29 (1.45%) Laravel
13 28 (1.40%) Node.js
14 20 (1.00%) REST
15 18 (0.90%) RESTful
16 16 (0.80%) XML
17 14 (0.70%) HTML5
18 13 (0.65%) ASP.NET Core
19 11 (0.55%) ASP.NET Web API
19 11 (0.55%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 141 (7.07%) Self-Motivation
2 71 (3.56%) Driving Licence
3 58 (2.91%) Onboarding
4 55 (2.76%) Product Ownership
5 50 (2.51%) Management Information System
6 37 (1.85%) Mobile App
7 29 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
8 27 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 24 (1.20%) Algorithms
10 23 (1.15%) Data Centre
10 23 (1.15%) Robotics
11 22 (1.10%) IoT
12 21 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
13 20 (1.00%) Cloud Native
13 20 (1.00%) Renewable Energy
14 19 (0.95%) Cyber Defence
14 19 (0.95%) FPGA
14 19 (0.95%) Virtual Team
15 18 (0.90%) Client/Server
15 18 (0.90%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 277 (13.88%) Windows
2 147 (7.37%) Linux
3 80 (4.01%) Windows Server
4 62 (3.11%) Windows 10
5 34 (1.70%) Apple iOS
6 32 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 24 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 23 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 20 (1.00%) Unix
10 18 (0.90%) Android
10 18 (0.90%) Mac OS
11 16 (0.80%) Ubuntu
11 16 (0.80%) Windows 7
12 15 (0.75%) AIX
13 11 (0.55%) VMS
14 9 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 9 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (0.40%) Debian
16 5 (0.25%) Solaris
17 4 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 641 (32.13%) Problem-Solving
2 382 (19.15%) Agile
3 280 (14.04%) Project Management
4 278 (13.93%) Customer Service
5 206 (10.33%) Mentoring
6 203 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 165 (8.27%) DevOps
8 159 (7.97%) Collaborative Working
9 152 (7.62%) ITIL
10 147 (7.37%) Business Intelligence
11 143 (7.17%) Computer Science
11 143 (7.17%) Time Management
12 140 (7.02%) Scrum
12 140 (7.02%) Software Engineering
13 139 (6.97%) Project Delivery
14 130 (6.52%) Analytics
15 125 (6.27%) User Experience
16 119 (5.96%) Cybersecurity
17 112 (5.61%) Coaching
18 104 (5.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 253 (12.68%) SQL
2 157 (7.87%) C#
3 144 (7.22%) Python
4 138 (6.92%) JavaScript
5 121 (6.07%) Java
6 56 (2.81%) C
7 53 (2.66%) C++
8 48 (2.41%) PowerShell
9 47 (2.36%) PHP
10 40 (2.01%) TypeScript
11 39 (1.95%) T-SQL
12 29 (1.45%) MATLAB
13 24 (1.20%) Bash
14 21 (1.05%) SystemVerilog
15 18 (0.90%) VBA
16 17 (0.85%) R
16 17 (0.85%) Tcl
16 17 (0.85%) VB
17 12 (0.60%) Scala
18 10 (0.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 454 (22.76%) Degree
2 271 (13.58%) Security Cleared
3 131 (6.57%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 68 (3.41%) DV Cleared
6 62 (3.11%) DBS Check
6 62 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 27 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
9 25 (1.25%) PMI Certification
10 20 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
11 19 (0.95%) A+ Certification
11 19 (0.95%) CCNA
11 19 (0.95%) HND
12 18 (0.90%) HNC
12 18 (0.90%) Master's Degree
13 17 (0.85%) ISTQB
13 17 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
14 16 (0.80%) AWS Certification
14 16 (0.80%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (4.81%) QA
2 81 (4.06%) SLA
3 37 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 35 (1.75%) NIST
5 33 (1.65%) PMO
6 20 (1.00%) JSP 440
7 19 (0.95%) NIST 800
8 18 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
8 18 (0.90%) GDPR
8 18 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (0.70%) Accessibility
9 14 (0.70%) Def Stans
9 14 (0.70%) IEC 61508
10 10 (0.50%) NEBOSH
11 9 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.45%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.30%) SEPA
13 5 (0.25%) TARGET2
14 4 (0.20%) MISRA
14 4 (0.20%) MISRA C
System Software
1 173 (8.67%) Active Directory
2 48 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (1.45%) Docker
4 26 (1.30%) Hyper-V
5 22 (1.10%) Firmware
6 20 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
8 9 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.20%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.15%) KVM
10 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.15%) vSphere
10 3 (0.15%) XenApp
11 2 (0.10%) Kamailio
11 2 (0.10%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.10%) Terminal Server
11 2 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.050%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 46 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (1.25%) Kubernetes
3 21 (1.05%) SCCM
4 12 (0.60%) Backup Exec
4 12 (0.60%) NetBackup
4 12 (0.60%) Terraform
5 11 (0.55%) Ansible
6 8 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.35%) Icinga
8 5 (0.25%) Graphite
8 5 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.25%) Nagios
8 5 (0.25%) Puppet
8 5 (0.25%) Rancher
9 4 (0.20%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.20%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.20%) WSUS
10 3 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle Statspack
11 2 (0.10%) CASB
Vendors
1 521 (26.12%) Microsoft
2 86 (4.31%) Oracle
3 56 (2.81%) VMware
4 36 (1.80%) Google
5 31 (1.55%) Cisco
6 29 (1.45%) ServiceNow
7 28 (1.40%) IBM
7 28 (1.40%) SAP
8 26 (1.30%) Alteryx
8 26 (1.30%) Salesforce
9 21 (1.05%) Citrix
10 20 (1.00%) HP
11 19 (0.95%) Adobe
11 19 (0.95%) Xamarin
12 15 (0.75%) Databricks
13 13 (0.65%) Apple
14 12 (0.60%) Hitachi
14 12 (0.60%) NetApp
14 12 (0.60%) Snow
14 12 (0.60%) Veritas