Social Skills Jobs in the Thames Valley

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 1,638 1,794 1,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 23.51% 30.60% 23.19%
As % of the General category 44.74% 47.49% 39.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,122 807 771
10th Percentile £25,625 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,976 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.96% -0.05% -
75th Percentile £58,938 £66,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +2.04%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,661 3,778 4,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 52.55% 64.45% 59.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,214 1,690 2,073
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £60,750 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,625 £80,050 £81,250
South East median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,850
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.28% +9.70%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Berkshire -1 722 £47,500 -5.00% 317
Buckinghamshire -1 528 £45,000 -3.82% 183
Oxfordshire 0 388 £44,718 -10.52% 188
Social Skills
South East

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 69 (4.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (3.30%) SharePoint
3 39 (2.38%) CMS
4 26 (1.59%) WebLogic
5 18 (1.10%) Confluence
6 14 (0.85%) WordPress
7 11 (0.67%) Drupal
8 6 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.31%) Joomla!
10 4 (0.24%) Apache
11 3 (0.18%) nginx
11 3 (0.18%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.12%) IBM Domino
12 2 (0.12%) Kentico
12 2 (0.12%) Moodle
13 1 (0.061%) JBoss
Applications
1 258 (15.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 150 (9.16%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 9 (0.55%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.31%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.31%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.31%) InDesign
10 4 (0.24%) Adobe Captivate
10 4 (0.24%) Maya
10 4 (0.24%) MotionBuilder
10 4 (0.24%) Sketch
10 4 (0.24%) Solid Edge
10 4 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
11 3 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 22 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.61%) Primavera
3 9 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.24%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.24%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
7 3 (0.18%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.18%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.12%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.061%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.061%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.061%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.061%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 239 (14.59%) Azure
2 180 (10.99%) Microsoft 365
3 129 (7.88%) Power Platform
4 72 (4.40%) AWS
5 46 (2.81%) Entra ID
6 43 (2.63%) SaaS
7 37 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (1.65%) PowerApps
10 26 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
11 22 (1.34%) Power Automate
12 21 (1.28%) Azure Storage
12 21 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
13 16 (0.98%) GitHub
14 15 (0.92%) WhatsApp
15 14 (0.85%) GCP
15 14 (0.85%) Serverless
16 13 (0.79%) OCI
17 12 (0.73%) Snowflake
18 11 (0.67%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 104 (6.35%) Firewall
2 78 (4.76%) DNS
3 64 (3.91%) DHCP
4 59 (3.60%) Broadband
5 39 (2.38%) Wireless
6 25 (1.53%) VoIP
7 22 (1.34%) VPN
8 21 (1.28%) Network Security
9 19 (1.16%) LAN
9 19 (1.16%) TCP/IP
10 18 (1.10%) SAN
11 15 (0.92%) WAN
12 14 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (0.67%) Intranet
14 10 (0.61%) SSL
15 9 (0.55%) 5G
15 9 (0.55%) BGP
16 8 (0.49%) VLAN
17 6 (0.37%) Internet
18 5 (0.31%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (5.01%) Power BI
2 59 (3.60%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
4 27 (1.65%) Relational Database
5 18 (1.10%) MySQL
6 13 (0.79%) Data Lake
6 13 (0.79%) Tableau
7 12 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (0.61%) NoSQL
8 10 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.49%) CouchDB
11 7 (0.43%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.43%) MS Access
12 6 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.37%) Big Data
12 6 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.37%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 50 (3.05%) JIRA
2 24 (1.47%) Git
3 11 (0.67%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.55%) Gradle
4 9 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.49%) MSI
5 8 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.43%) GitLab
6 7 (0.43%) NUnit
7 6 (0.37%) AdminStudio
7 6 (0.37%) InstallShield
7 6 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.31%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.18%) Selenium
10 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.12%) ERwin
10 2 (0.12%) JUnit
11 1 (0.061%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.061%) Maven
General
1 370 (22.59%) Analytical Skills
2 273 (16.67%) Finance
3 139 (8.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 136 (8.30%) Organisational Skills
5 115 (7.02%) Marketing
6 110 (6.72%) Retail
7 85 (5.19%) Legal
8 80 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
9 78 (4.76%) Manufacturing
10 74 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
11 68 (4.15%) Public Sector
12 56 (3.42%) Pharmaceutical
13 46 (2.81%) Law
14 43 (2.63%) Telecoms
15 41 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
16 34 (2.08%) Police
17 27 (1.65%) Back Office
18 21 (1.28%) Banking
18 21 (1.28%) Electronics
19 18 (1.10%) Games
Job Titles
1 223 (13.61%) Analyst
2 208 (12.70%) Senior
3 154 (9.40%) Lead
4 109 (6.65%) Architect
5 90 (5.49%) Developer
5 90 (5.49%) Project Manager
6 82 (5.01%) Support Engineer
7 76 (4.64%) IT Support
8 73 (4.46%) Consultant
9 65 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
10 61 (3.72%) Support Analyst
11 58 (3.54%) Senior Analyst
12 50 (3.05%) Administrator
13 46 (2.81%) Applications Support
13 46 (2.81%) Software Engineer
14 44 (2.69%) IT Engineer
15 42 (2.56%) Applications Support Analyst
16 41 (2.50%) Technical Support
17 37 (2.26%) IT Manager
18 34 (2.08%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (3.60%) .NET
2 43 (2.63%) React
3 38 (2.32%) Spring
4 35 (2.14%) CSS
5 33 (2.01%) HTML
6 22 (1.34%) J2EE
6 22 (1.34%) Java EE
7 21 (1.28%) EDI
8 19 (1.16%) ARM Templates
9 18 (1.10%) .NET Core
10 17 (1.04%) AngularJS
11 16 (0.98%) JSON
11 16 (0.98%) Spring Boot
12 15 (0.92%) Node.js
12 15 (0.92%) Web Services
13 14 (0.85%) XML
14 12 (0.73%) Kafka
15 11 (0.67%) ASP.NET
16 9 (0.55%) .NET Framework
16 9 (0.55%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 205 (12.52%) Self-Motivation
2 114 (6.96%) Management Information System
3 55 (3.36%) Driving Licence
4 35 (2.14%) Algorithms
5 32 (1.95%) Data Centre
6 31 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
7 28 (1.71%) Social Media
8 27 (1.65%) PKI
9 26 (1.59%) Onboarding
9 26 (1.59%) Product Ownership
10 24 (1.47%) Biopharmaceutical
11 23 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.34%) Life Science
12 22 (1.34%) PMI
13 21 (1.28%) Replication
14 18 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (1.04%) FMCG
16 16 (0.98%) IoT
17 15 (0.92%) Digital Signage
18 14 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 222 (13.55%) Windows
2 92 (5.62%) Linux
3 83 (5.07%) Windows Server
4 70 (4.27%) Windows 10
5 38 (2.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 37 (2.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 32 (1.95%) Unix
8 26 (1.59%) Windows 7
9 23 (1.40%) Mac OS
9 23 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (1.04%) Windows XP
11 16 (0.98%) Apple iOS
12 11 (0.67%) Android
12 11 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 11 (0.67%) VMS
13 7 (0.43%) Windows 8
14 6 (0.37%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.18%) Windows NT
16 2 (0.12%) SUSE
16 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 672 (41.03%) Problem-Solving
2 283 (17.28%) Project Management
3 274 (16.73%) Mentoring
4 257 (15.69%) Agile
5 236 (14.41%) Decision-Making
6 199 (12.15%) Customer Service
7 169 (10.32%) ITIL
8 168 (10.26%) Coaching
9 159 (9.71%) Actionable Insight
10 151 (9.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 135 (8.24%) Collaborative Working
12 118 (7.20%) Analytics
13 109 (6.65%) DevOps
14 105 (6.41%) Service Management
15 103 (6.29%) Data Analysis
16 97 (5.92%) Computer Science
17 90 (5.49%) Project Delivery
18 84 (5.13%) Business Intelligence
19 79 (4.82%) Mathematics
20 77 (4.70%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 160 (9.77%) SQL
2 105 (6.41%) Python
3 92 (5.62%) C#
4 91 (5.56%) Java
5 75 (4.58%) JavaScript
6 60 (3.66%) PowerShell
7 31 (1.89%) C
8 29 (1.77%) VB
9 24 (1.47%) VBScript
10 23 (1.40%) Shell Script
11 22 (1.34%) C++
12 20 (1.22%) Bash
13 19 (1.16%) Bicep
14 18 (1.10%) Fortran
15 17 (1.04%) PHP
16 16 (0.98%) T-SQL
17 15 (0.92%) VB.NET
18 9 (0.55%) Perl
18 9 (0.55%) Scala
19 8 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 458 (27.96%) Degree
2 207 (12.64%) Security Cleared
3 150 (9.16%) SC Cleared
4 108 (6.59%) DV Cleared
5 60 (3.66%) DBS Check
6 57 (3.48%) ACCA
7 48 (2.93%) Master's Degree
8 45 (2.75%) CIMA
9 43 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 40 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 32 (1.95%) PhD
12 31 (1.89%) PMI Certification
13 26 (1.59%) Azure Certification
14 25 (1.53%) A+ Certification
15 24 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
16 23 (1.40%) CIPD
16 23 (1.40%) MCP
17 22 (1.34%) CCNA
17 22 (1.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 21 (1.28%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (6.72%) SLA
2 96 (5.86%) QA
3 57 (3.48%) PMO
4 45 (2.75%) GDPR
5 34 (2.08%) Data Quality
6 32 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 23 (1.40%) ISO 9001
8 21 (1.28%) Good Clinical Practice
9 17 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (0.73%) IFRS
11 9 (0.55%) ISO 13485
11 9 (0.55%) ISO 14001
12 8 (0.49%) NEBOSH
12 8 (0.49%) NIST
13 7 (0.43%) IEC 62304
13 7 (0.43%) ISO 22301
14 6 (0.37%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.37%) GxP
14 6 (0.37%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 160 (9.77%) Active Directory
2 73 (4.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (2.38%) Docker
3 39 (2.38%) Hyper-V
4 26 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 20 (1.22%) Firmware
7 14 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (0.73%) KVM
9 7 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (0.37%) vSphere
11 2 (0.12%) HDFS
12 1 (0.061%) NFS
Systems Management
1 77 (4.70%) SCCM
2 57 (3.48%) SCOM
3 47 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 44 (2.69%) Kubernetes
4 44 (2.69%) WSUS
5 27 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 22 (1.34%) OpenSSO
6 22 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.79%) NetBackup
8 12 (0.73%) Ansible
8 12 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
8 12 (0.73%) Terraform
8 12 (0.73%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.24%) PaperCut
10 3 (0.18%) Sysprep
11 2 (0.12%) Nagios
11 2 (0.12%) Nessus
11 2 (0.12%) Netcool
11 2 (0.12%) SolarWinds Orion
11 2 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 488 (29.79%) Microsoft
2 79 (4.82%) Oracle
2 79 (4.82%) VMware
3 72 (4.40%) Salesforce
4 42 (2.56%) HP
5 38 (2.32%) ServiceNow
6 37 (2.26%) SAP
7 33 (2.01%) Veeam
8 32 (1.95%) Google
9 31 (1.89%) Cisco
10 29 (1.77%) Citrix
11 22 (1.34%) Remedy
12 21 (1.28%) Adobe
12 21 (1.28%) Dell
12 21 (1.28%) MuleSoft
13 20 (1.22%) EMC
14 17 (1.04%) Juniper
15 16 (0.98%) YouTube
16 15 (0.92%) Dynatrace
16 15 (0.92%) Palo Alto