Social Skills Jobs in England

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. 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 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 21,860 24,500 34,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 24.03% 29.12% 24.37%
As % of the General category 41.59% 42.95% 37.45%
Number of salaries quoted 14,747 12,613 16,508
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £29,150
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.52% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 52,555 57,045 91,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 57.76% 67.80% 65.08%
Number of salaries quoted 36,197 31,816 45,649
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,282 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in England

Social Skills
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in England.

Salary trend for Social Skills in England

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in England

Social Skills
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the England 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
London +1 6,534 £65,000 -7.14% 3,556
South East 0 4,452 £45,000 -10.00% 1,810
North of England +1 4,180 £43,000 -10.42% 1,954
Midlands 0 2,879 £42,500 -15.00% 1,481
North West +1 2,212 £45,000 -12.62% 1,071
South West +1 2,025 £45,000 - 1,057
West Midlands +1 1,842 £45,000 -14.29% 903
East of England 0 1,551 £43,500 -13.00% 856
Yorkshire +1 1,464 £45,000 - 632
East Midlands 0 1,023 £39,984 -15.82% 580
North East 0 506 £39,000 -8.24% 287
Social Skills
UK

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 863 (3.95%) SharePoint
2 763 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 425 (1.94%) SAS
4 266 (1.22%) Confluence
5 195 (0.89%) CMS
6 140 (0.64%) WordPress
7 103 (0.47%) Apache
8 87 (0.40%) Apache Spark
9 59 (0.27%) IIS
10 56 (0.26%) WebLogic
11 53 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
12 37 (0.17%) nginx
13 29 (0.13%) Drupal
14 27 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
15 25 (0.11%) Skype for Business
16 24 (0.11%) Umbraco
17 23 (0.11%) WebSphere
18 21 (0.096%) OpenEdge
19 20 (0.091%) ArcGIS
20 17 (0.078%) Documentum
Applications
1 2,372 (10.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1,988 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
3 762 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 195 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 135 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
6 121 (0.55%) MS Visio
7 97 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 93 (0.43%) Photoshop
9 92 (0.42%) AutoCAD
10 64 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
11 54 (0.25%) InDesign
12 50 (0.23%) Trello
13 42 (0.19%) Simulink
14 34 (0.16%) Adobe XD
14 34 (0.16%) Sketch
15 27 (0.12%) SPSS
16 25 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
16 25 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
17 18 (0.082%) SOLIDWORKS
18 15 (0.069%) Revit
Business Applications
1 333 (1.52%) SAP ERP
2 190 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 97 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 67 (0.31%) NetSuite
4 67 (0.31%) Shopify
5 42 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
6 40 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
7 36 (0.16%) NEC Housing
8 35 (0.16%) Magento
8 35 (0.16%) Primavera
9 32 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 26 (0.12%) SAP HR
11 23 (0.11%) Teamcenter
12 22 (0.10%) SAP Business One
13 21 (0.096%) Maximo
13 21 (0.096%) Unit4 Business World
14 20 (0.091%) SAP FI
15 18 (0.082%) Elite 3E
16 16 (0.073%) Oracle Applications
16 16 (0.073%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 3,456 (15.81%) Azure
2 2,271 (10.39%) Microsoft 365
3 1,820 (8.33%) AWS
4 1,445 (6.61%) Power Platform
5 829 (3.79%) SaaS
6 505 (2.31%) Entra ID
7 458 (2.10%) GCP
8 428 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
9 379 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
10 282 (1.29%) Serverless
11 261 (1.19%) PowerApps
12 251 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
12 251 (1.15%) Power Automate
13 229 (1.05%) GitHub
14 167 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
15 156 (0.71%) PaaS
16 137 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
16 137 (0.63%) IaaS
17 135 (0.62%) Snowflake
18 134 (0.61%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1,009 (4.62%) Firewall
2 943 (4.31%) Broadband
3 589 (2.69%) WAN
4 523 (2.39%) DNS
5 486 (2.22%) LAN
6 403 (1.84%) Wireless
7 378 (1.73%) VPN
8 366 (1.67%) TCP/IP
9 338 (1.55%) DHCP
10 332 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
11 294 (1.34%) Network Security
12 281 (1.29%) Internet
13 244 (1.12%) VoIP
14 226 (1.03%) SAN
15 179 (0.82%) VLAN
16 178 (0.81%) SD-WAN
17 158 (0.72%) Intranet
18 107 (0.49%) Remote Desktop
19 99 (0.45%) 5G
20 91 (0.42%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,177 (5.38%) Power BI
2 1,150 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 478 (2.19%) Tableau
4 409 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
5 333 (1.52%) MySQL
6 315 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
7 294 (1.34%) Relational Database
8 243 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 221 (1.01%) NoSQL
10 185 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
11 170 (0.78%) Data Lake
12 152 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
13 148 (0.68%) Big Data
14 145 (0.66%) MongoDB
15 140 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 126 (0.58%) DynamoDB
17 109 (0.50%) Oracle Database
18 90 (0.41%) Redis
19 85 (0.39%) Data Mining
20 84 (0.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 958 (4.38%) Git
2 754 (3.45%) JIRA
3 259 (1.18%) Jenkins
4 185 (0.85%) GitLab
5 137 (0.63%) Visual Studio
6 78 (0.36%) Selenium
7 59 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 59 (0.27%) TeamCity
8 50 (0.23%) JUnit
9 43 (0.20%) Cucumber
10 42 (0.19%) Subversion
11 41 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
12 37 (0.17%) NUnit
13 35 (0.16%) Postman
14 32 (0.15%) Burp Suite
14 32 (0.15%) Metasploit
14 32 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
15 31 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
16 30 (0.14%) CircleCI
17 29 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 5,248 (24.01%) Finance
2 4,814 (22.02%) Analytical Skills
3 1,850 (8.46%) Retail
4 1,655 (7.57%) Organisational Skills
5 1,464 (6.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1,447 (6.62%) Marketing
7 1,266 (5.79%) Presentation Skills
8 1,089 (4.98%) Legal
9 1,085 (4.96%) Influencing Skills
10 956 (4.37%) Public Sector
11 927 (4.24%) Law
12 823 (3.76%) Manufacturing
13 658 (3.01%) Banking
14 548 (2.51%) Telecoms
15 366 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
16 341 (1.56%) Billing
17 303 (1.39%) Electronics
18 282 (1.29%) Games
19 278 (1.27%) Local Government
20 276 (1.26%) German Language
Job Titles
1 3,146 (14.39%) Analyst
2 2,923 (13.37%) Senior
3 2,107 (9.64%) Developer
4 1,513 (6.92%) Lead
5 1,346 (6.16%) Architect
6 1,277 (5.84%) Project Manager
7 980 (4.48%) Consultant
8 971 (4.44%) IT Support
9 752 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
10 747 (3.42%) Support Engineer
11 636 (2.91%) IT Manager
12 634 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
13 604 (2.76%) Administrator
14 541 (2.47%) IT Engineer
15 529 (2.42%) Software Engineer
16 513 (2.35%) Senior Manager
17 475 (2.17%) Senior Developer
18 464 (2.12%) Support Analyst
19 430 (1.97%) Coordinator
20 415 (1.90%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,022 (4.68%) .NET
2 827 (3.78%) HTML
3 742 (3.39%) CSS
4 538 (2.46%) React
5 325 (1.49%) REST
6 303 (1.39%) AngularJS
7 298 (1.36%) Web Services
8 283 (1.29%) RESTful
9 273 (1.25%) .NET Framework
10 266 (1.22%) Node.js
11 254 (1.16%) ASP.NET
12 234 (1.07%) .NET Core
13 226 (1.03%) Vue
14 211 (0.97%) JSON
15 185 (0.85%) XML
16 182 (0.83%) HTML5
17 166 (0.76%) Laravel
18 165 (0.75%) GraphQL
19 155 (0.71%) Kafka
20 153 (0.70%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1,922 (8.79%) Self-Motivation
2 1,097 (5.02%) Management Information System
3 898 (4.11%) Driving Licence
4 522 (2.39%) Product Ownership
5 509 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 382 (1.75%) Data Centre
7 342 (1.56%) Algorithms
8 288 (1.32%) Social Media
9 283 (1.29%) Client/Server
10 257 (1.18%) Mobile App
11 256 (1.17%) IoT
12 238 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
13 224 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
14 218 (1.00%) NHS
15 204 (0.93%) Data Structures
16 203 (0.93%) Public Cloud
17 186 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
18 180 (0.82%) Life Science
19 177 (0.81%) Cloud Native
20 172 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2,675 (12.24%) Windows
2 1,101 (5.04%) Linux
3 946 (4.33%) Windows Server
4 730 (3.34%) Windows 10
5 361 (1.65%) Android
6 290 (1.33%) Apple iOS
7 207 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
8 193 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 186 (0.85%) Mac OS
10 185 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
11 174 (0.80%) Unix
12 136 (0.62%) VMS
13 109 (0.50%) Windows 7
14 99 (0.45%) Ubuntu
15 66 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 49 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
17 44 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
18 39 (0.18%) Windows 8
19 32 (0.15%) Kali Linux
20 30 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7,000 (32.02%) Problem-Solving
2 4,622 (21.14%) Agile
3 3,061 (14.00%) Project Management
4 2,903 (13.28%) Customer Service
5 2,370 (10.84%) Mentoring
6 2,020 (9.24%) Decision-Making
7 1,876 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 1,810 (8.28%) Computer Science
9 1,624 (7.43%) ITIL
10 1,530 (7.00%) DevOps
11 1,527 (6.99%) Roadmaps
12 1,415 (6.47%) Analytics
13 1,395 (6.38%) Business Intelligence
14 1,374 (6.29%) Stakeholder Management
15 1,278 (5.85%) Actionable Insight
16 1,240 (5.67%) Project Delivery
17 1,182 (5.41%) Software Engineering
18 1,166 (5.33%) Time Management
19 1,141 (5.22%) Coaching
20 1,103 (5.05%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2,761 (12.63%) SQL
2 1,746 (7.99%) Python
3 1,317 (6.02%) JavaScript
4 1,248 (5.71%) C#
5 791 (3.62%) Java
6 582 (2.66%) PowerShell
7 351 (1.61%) PHP
8 329 (1.51%) C
9 327 (1.50%) T-SQL
10 321 (1.47%) TypeScript
11 314 (1.44%) C++
12 230 (1.05%) Bash
13 192 (0.88%) R
14 110 (0.50%) Go
15 99 (0.45%) Scala
16 85 (0.39%) VB
17 73 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 73 (0.33%) MATLAB
18 68 (0.31%) Perl
18 68 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5,395 (24.68%) Degree
2 1,438 (6.58%) Security Cleared
3 1,132 (5.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 1,010 (4.62%) DBS Check
5 832 (3.81%) SC Cleared
6 628 (2.87%) ACCA
7 623 (2.85%) Master's Degree
8 541 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 518 (2.37%) CIMA
10 342 (1.56%) PMI Certification
11 310 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
12 308 (1.41%) DV Cleared
13 286 (1.31%) Azure Certification
14 225 (1.03%) PMP
15 222 (1.02%) CISSP
16 196 (0.90%) CCNA
17 168 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
18 163 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
19 162 (0.74%) HNC
20 152 (0.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 985 (4.51%) QA
2 921 (4.21%) SLA
3 531 (2.43%) GDPR
4 459 (2.10%) Data Quality
5 426 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 356 (1.63%) PMO
7 259 (1.18%) Accessibility
8 222 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
9 184 (0.84%) NIST
10 152 (0.70%) ISO 9001
11 145 (0.66%) IFRS
12 123 (0.56%) GMP
13 87 (0.40%) PCI DSS
14 67 (0.31%) Good Clinical Practice
15 61 (0.28%) GAAP
16 56 (0.26%) GRC
17 49 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 17025
18 43 (0.20%) IFRS 9
19 41 (0.19%) NEBOSH
20 36 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1,802 (8.24%) Active Directory
2 560 (2.56%) Docker
3 541 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 441 (2.02%) Hyper-V
5 198 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
6 182 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
7 140 (0.64%) Firmware
8 92 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 78 (0.36%) XenApp
10 77 (0.35%) XenDesktop
11 73 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
11 73 (0.33%) vSphere
12 31 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
13 25 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
14 23 (0.11%) KVM
15 21 (0.096%) Terminal Services
16 11 (0.050%) NFS
16 11 (0.050%) VMware Workstation
17 9 (0.041%) vCloud
18 7 (0.032%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 504 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 500 (2.29%) Kubernetes
3 427 (1.95%) Terraform
4 309 (1.41%) SCCM
5 212 (0.97%) Ansible
6 87 (0.40%) WSUS
7 83 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 71 (0.32%) AirWatch
9 69 (0.32%) vCenter Server
10 68 (0.31%) SCOM
11 67 (0.31%) Puppet
12 48 (0.22%) Progress Chef
13 47 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 44 (0.20%) Grafana
15 38 (0.17%) FortiGate
16 36 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
16 36 (0.16%) Nagios
17 35 (0.16%) Functional Safety
18 32 (0.15%) Prometheus
19 30 (0.14%) EnCase
Vendors
1 5,836 (26.70%) Microsoft
2 875 (4.00%) SAP
3 833 (3.81%) VMware
4 820 (3.75%) Oracle
5 547 (2.50%) Cisco
6 507 (2.32%) Google
7 388 (1.77%) Salesforce
8 373 (1.71%) ServiceNow
9 348 (1.59%) Databricks
10 314 (1.44%) Hyperion
11 304 (1.39%) Anaplan
12 281 (1.29%) Adobe
12 281 (1.29%) Citrix
13 248 (1.13%) HP
14 243 (1.11%) Dell
15 203 (0.93%) Veeam
16 193 (0.88%) Apple
17 177 (0.81%) IBM
18 114 (0.52%) Meraki
19 102 (0.47%) Splunk