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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 1,641 1,748 1,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 23.08% 30.67% 23.39%
As % of the General category 44.27% 47.62% 39.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,114 785 777
10th Percentile £25,538 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £58,938 £66,250 £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% - +1.01%

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 3,707 3,671 4,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 52.14% 64.41% 59.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,213 1,662 2,081
10th Percentile £26,550 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £53,850
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -7.15% +7.70%
75th Percentile £60,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £74,750 £80,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +8.00%

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 1 June 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 1 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
Berkshire -1 723 £47,500 -5.00% 308
Buckinghamshire -1 530 £45,000 -3.82% 191
Oxfordshire 0 388 £44,435 -11.09% 199
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 67 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (3.29%) SharePoint
3 40 (2.44%) CMS
4 26 (1.58%) 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 (0.30%) Joomla!
10 4 (0.24%) Apache
11 3 (0.18%) nginx
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
12 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.061%) JBoss
Applications
1 260 (15.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 149 (9.08%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.52%) 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 (0.30%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.30%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.30%) 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%) Revit
11 3 (0.18%) Siemens NX
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%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.30%) 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
7 3 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
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
1 236 (14.38%) Azure
2 175 (10.66%) Microsoft 365
3 129 (7.86%) Power Platform
4 71 (4.33%) AWS
5 46 (2.80%) Entra ID
6 44 (2.68%) SaaS
7 37 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (1.65%) PowerApps
10 25 (1.52%) 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 (0.91%) GCP
14 15 (0.91%) WhatsApp
15 13 (0.79%) OCI
15 13 (0.79%) Serverless
16 12 (0.73%) Snowflake
17 11 (0.67%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 103 (6.28%) Firewall
2 77 (4.69%) DNS
3 64 (3.90%) DHCP
4 59 (3.60%) Broadband
5 38 (2.32%) Wireless
6 25 (1.52%) VoIP
7 21 (1.28%) Network Security
7 21 (1.28%) VPN
8 20 (1.22%) TCP/IP
9 19 (1.16%) LAN
9 19 (1.16%) SAN
10 15 (0.91%) WAN
11 14 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.61%) Intranet
12 10 (0.61%) SSL
13 9 (0.55%) 5G
13 9 (0.55%) VLAN
14 7 (0.43%) BGP
15 6 (0.37%) Internet
16 5 (0.30%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (5.00%) Power BI
2 60 (3.66%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
4 26 (1.58%) Relational Database
5 20 (1.22%) MySQL
6 13 (0.79%) Data Lake
6 13 (0.79%) Tableau
7 12 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.55%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.49%) CouchDB
11 7 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
11 7 (0.43%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.43%) MS Access
12 6 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.37%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 50 (3.05%) JIRA
2 23 (1.40%) Git
3 11 (0.67%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.55%) Gradle
5 8 (0.49%) 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 (0.30%) 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 (22.55%) Analytical Skills
2 277 (16.88%) Finance
3 142 (8.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 137 (8.35%) Organisational Skills
5 115 (7.01%) Marketing
6 110 (6.70%) Retail
7 86 (5.24%) Legal
8 77 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
9 76 (4.63%) Manufacturing
10 75 (4.57%) Influencing Skills
11 68 (4.14%) Public Sector
12 58 (3.53%) Pharmaceutical
13 46 (2.80%) Law
14 42 (2.56%) Telecoms
15 37 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
16 34 (2.07%) Police
17 27 (1.65%) Back Office
18 21 (1.28%) Banking
18 21 (1.28%) Electronics
19 18 (1.10%) Games
Job Titles
1 222 (13.53%) Analyst
2 211 (12.86%) Senior
3 153 (9.32%) Lead
4 110 (6.70%) Architect
5 93 (5.67%) Developer
6 89 (5.42%) Project Manager
7 82 (5.00%) Support Engineer
8 74 (4.51%) IT Support
9 72 (4.39%) Consultant
10 65 (3.96%) Solutions Architect
11 59 (3.60%) Support Analyst
12 58 (3.53%) Senior Analyst
13 52 (3.17%) Administrator
14 47 (2.86%) Software Engineer
15 46 (2.80%) Applications Support
16 43 (2.62%) IT Engineer
17 42 (2.56%) Applications Support Analyst
18 41 (2.50%) Technical Support
19 37 (2.25%) IT Manager
20 34 (2.07%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (3.66%) .NET
2 42 (2.56%) React
3 37 (2.25%) CSS
3 37 (2.25%) Spring
4 36 (2.19%) HTML
5 22 (1.34%) EDI
5 22 (1.34%) J2EE
5 22 (1.34%) Java EE
6 19 (1.16%) ARM Templates
7 18 (1.10%) .NET Core
8 16 (0.98%) AngularJS
9 15 (0.91%) JSON
9 15 (0.91%) Spring Boot
10 14 (0.85%) Node.js
10 14 (0.85%) Web Services
11 13 (0.79%) XML
12 12 (0.73%) Kafka
13 11 (0.67%) ASP.NET
14 9 (0.55%) .NET Framework
14 9 (0.55%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 206 (12.55%) Self-Motivation
2 115 (7.01%) Management Information System
3 55 (3.35%) Driving Licence
4 36 (2.19%) Algorithms
5 32 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
6 31 (1.89%) Data Centre
7 28 (1.71%) Social Media
8 27 (1.65%) Product Ownership
9 26 (1.58%) Onboarding
9 26 (1.58%) PKI
10 25 (1.52%) Biopharmaceutical
11 23 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
11 23 (1.40%) Life Science
12 22 (1.34%) PMI
12 22 (1.34%) Replication
13 19 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
14 16 (0.98%) FMCG
14 16 (0.98%) IoT
15 15 (0.91%) Digital Signage
16 14 (0.85%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 220 (13.41%) Windows
2 94 (5.73%) Linux
3 82 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 70 (4.27%) Windows 10
5 37 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 36 (2.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 32 (1.95%) Unix
8 26 (1.58%) Windows 7
9 23 (1.40%) Mac OS
10 22 (1.34%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (1.04%) Windows XP
12 16 (0.98%) Apple iOS
13 11 (0.67%) Android
13 11 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 10 (0.61%) VMS
15 7 (0.43%) Windows 8
16 6 (0.37%) Mac OS X
17 3 (0.18%) Windows NT
18 2 (0.12%) SUSE
18 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 680 (41.44%) Problem-Solving
2 283 (17.25%) Project Management
3 273 (16.64%) Mentoring
4 255 (15.54%) Agile
5 237 (14.44%) Decision-Making
6 198 (12.07%) Customer Service
7 170 (10.36%) ITIL
8 167 (10.18%) Coaching
9 159 (9.69%) Actionable Insight
10 152 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 134 (8.17%) Collaborative Working
12 118 (7.19%) Analytics
13 110 (6.70%) DevOps
14 106 (6.46%) Service Management
15 105 (6.40%) Data Analysis
16 98 (5.97%) Computer Science
17 88 (5.36%) Project Delivery
18 84 (5.12%) Business Intelligence
19 80 (4.88%) Mathematics
20 78 (4.75%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 159 (9.69%) SQL
2 108 (6.58%) Python
3 93 (5.67%) C#
4 88 (5.36%) Java
5 75 (4.57%) JavaScript
6 62 (3.78%) PowerShell
7 31 (1.89%) C
8 29 (1.77%) VB
9 24 (1.46%) VBScript
10 23 (1.40%) Bash
10 23 (1.40%) Shell Script
11 22 (1.34%) C++
12 19 (1.16%) Bicep
12 19 (1.16%) PHP
13 18 (1.10%) Fortran
14 16 (0.98%) T-SQL
15 15 (0.91%) VB.NET
16 9 (0.55%) Perl
16 9 (0.55%) Scala
17 8 (0.49%) Go
Qualifications
1 458 (27.91%) Degree
2 211 (12.86%) Security Cleared
3 150 (9.14%) SC Cleared
4 108 (6.58%) DV Cleared
5 60 (3.66%) DBS Check
6 58 (3.53%) ACCA
7 48 (2.93%) Master's Degree
8 45 (2.74%) CIMA
9 43 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 40 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 32 (1.95%) PhD
12 31 (1.89%) PMI Certification
13 25 (1.52%) A+ Certification
13 25 (1.52%) Azure Certification
14 24 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
15 23 (1.40%) CIPD
15 23 (1.40%) MCP
16 22 (1.34%) CCNA
16 22 (1.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 21 (1.28%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (6.76%) SLA
2 95 (5.79%) QA
3 57 (3.47%) PMO
4 45 (2.74%) GDPR
5 34 (2.07%) Data Quality
6 33 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 24 (1.46%) ISO 9001
8 22 (1.34%) Good Clinical Practice
9 18 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.79%) 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%) GxP
13 7 (0.43%) IEC 62304
13 7 (0.43%) ISO 22301
13 7 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.37%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 157 (9.57%) Active Directory
2 72 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (2.32%) Hyper-V
4 37 (2.25%) Docker
5 26 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 20 (1.22%) Firmware
8 13 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
9 12 (0.73%) KVM
10 7 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
11 6 (0.37%) vSphere
12 2 (0.12%) HDFS
13 1 (0.061%) NFS
Systems Management
1 77 (4.69%) SCCM
2 58 (3.53%) SCOM
3 47 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
4 43 (2.62%) WSUS
5 42 (2.56%) Kubernetes
6 27 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 22 (1.34%) OpenSSO
7 22 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.79%) NetBackup
9 12 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
9 12 (0.73%) vCenter Server
10 11 (0.67%) Ansible
10 11 (0.67%) Terraform
11 4 (0.24%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.18%) Sysprep
13 2 (0.12%) Nagios
13 2 (0.12%) Netcool
13 2 (0.12%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.061%) Nessus
14 1 (0.061%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 493 (30.04%) Microsoft
2 79 (4.81%) Oracle
3 78 (4.75%) VMware
4 67 (4.08%) Salesforce
5 42 (2.56%) HP
6 38 (2.32%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.25%) SAP
8 34 (2.07%) Veeam
9 30 (1.83%) Cisco
10 29 (1.77%) Citrix
10 29 (1.77%) Google
11 22 (1.34%) Remedy
12 21 (1.28%) Adobe
12 21 (1.28%) MuleSoft
13 20 (1.22%) Dell
13 20 (1.22%) EMC
14 16 (0.98%) YouTube
15 15 (0.91%) Dynatrace
15 15 (0.91%) Juniper
15 15 (0.91%) Palo Alto