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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,265 2,198 2,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 20.21% 30.07% 22.43%
As % of the General category 38.72% 45.23% 36.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,598 970 1,144
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,004 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,741 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,875 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +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 5,850 4,860 6,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 52.19% 66.48% 60.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4,089 2,371 3,098
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,960
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +3.02% +7.28%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £75,772 £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 9 June 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 9 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
Manchester 0 1,256 £47,500 -17.39% 586
Cheshire 0 461 £39,000 -11.86% 207
Merseyside -3 254 £35,000 -17.65% 147
Lancashire -8 191 £38,500 -3.75% 129
Cumbria +3 88 £37,500 -16.67% 48
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 56 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 55 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.06%) Confluence
4 19 (0.84%) WordPress
5 15 (0.66%) CMS
5 15 (0.66%) SAS
6 13 (0.57%) IIS
7 8 (0.35%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.35%) WebLogic
8 7 (0.31%) OpenEdge
9 6 (0.26%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.18%) Apache
10 4 (0.18%) Drupal
11 3 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.088%) nginx
13 1 (0.044%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.044%) Jetty
13 1 (0.044%) OpenStack
Applications
1 202 (8.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 162 (7.15%) Microsoft Office
3 104 (4.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (0.66%) Photoshop
5 13 (0.57%) AutoCAD
5 13 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.35%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.35%) Sketch
7 7 (0.31%) Trello
8 6 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.22%) InDesign
10 4 (0.18%) MadCap Flare
10 4 (0.18%) RoboHelp
11 3 (0.13%) 3ds Max
11 3 (0.13%) InVision
12 2 (0.088%) SPSS
12 2 (0.088%) Stata
Business Applications
1 25 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.75%) Shopify
4 14 (0.62%) SAP Business One
5 12 (0.53%) Magento
5 12 (0.53%) NEC Housing
6 9 (0.40%) SAP CX
7 8 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.35%) SAP BPC
7 8 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 7 (0.31%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.22%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.22%) SAP PP
9 5 (0.22%) SAP SD
10 4 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.18%) Primavera
10 4 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.18%) SAP APO
10 4 (0.18%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.18%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 309 (13.64%) Azure
2 207 (9.14%) Microsoft 365
3 199 (8.79%) AWS
4 146 (6.45%) Power Platform
5 73 (3.22%) SaaS
6 53 (2.34%) GCP
7 40 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
8 38 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (1.59%) Amazon Kinesis
10 31 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
11 23 (1.02%) Entra ID
12 22 (0.97%) Serverless
13 20 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
14 17 (0.75%) GitHub
15 16 (0.71%) Amazon SQS
16 15 (0.66%) Figma
17 13 (0.57%) PaaS
18 12 (0.53%) Amazon EKS
19 11 (0.49%) IaaS
20 10 (0.44%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 79 (3.49%) Firewall
2 67 (2.96%) LAN
3 54 (2.38%) WAN
4 49 (2.16%) TCP/IP
5 48 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
6 44 (1.94%) DNS
7 35 (1.55%) Broadband
8 34 (1.50%) VoIP
8 34 (1.50%) Wireless
9 32 (1.41%) Internet
10 27 (1.19%) DHCP
11 22 (0.97%) BGP
11 22 (0.97%) Network Security
11 22 (0.97%) PPP
12 16 (0.71%) SAN
13 15 (0.66%) VPN
14 14 (0.62%) OSPF
15 10 (0.44%) Ethernet
15 10 (0.44%) MPLS
15 10 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (5.39%) Power BI
2 105 (4.64%) SQL Server
3 70 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
4 52 (2.30%) NoSQL
5 46 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
6 44 (1.94%) DynamoDB
7 38 (1.68%) Amazon Aurora
8 35 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 31 (1.37%) MySQL
9 31 (1.37%) Relational Database
10 28 (1.24%) Redis
11 23 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 19 (0.84%) Tableau
13 18 (0.79%) Data Lake
13 18 (0.79%) Geospatial Data
14 16 (0.71%) Power Query
15 15 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
15 15 (0.66%) Oracle Database
16 13 (0.57%) Big Data
16 13 (0.57%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 95 (4.19%) Git
2 65 (2.87%) JIRA
3 24 (1.06%) Gatling
4 22 (0.97%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.79%) TeamCity
6 9 (0.40%) Eclipse
6 9 (0.40%) Subversion
7 7 (0.31%) Selenium
7 7 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 7 (0.31%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.22%) SpecFlow
9 4 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.18%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.18%) JMeter
9 4 (0.18%) JUnit
9 4 (0.18%) Mockito
9 4 (0.18%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.13%) GitLab
10 3 (0.13%) Postman
10 3 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 504 (22.25%) Finance
2 405 (17.88%) Analytical Skills
3 237 (10.46%) Retail
4 144 (6.36%) Organisational Skills
5 136 (6.00%) Legal
6 133 (5.87%) Marketing
7 123 (5.43%) Public Sector
8 113 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 111 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
10 88 (3.89%) Law
11 68 (3.00%) Manufacturing
12 63 (2.78%) Billing
13 55 (2.43%) Games
14 54 (2.38%) Telecoms
15 46 (2.03%) Local Government
16 40 (1.77%) Banking
16 40 (1.77%) Electronics
17 37 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
18 33 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
19 31 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 244 (10.77%) Analyst
2 241 (10.64%) Developer
3 230 (10.15%) Senior
4 156 (6.89%) Project Manager
5 132 (5.83%) Lead
6 108 (4.77%) IT Support
7 107 (4.72%) Architect
8 102 (4.50%) IT Manager
9 88 (3.89%) Software Engineer
10 80 (3.53%) Development Manager
11 78 (3.44%) Consultant
12 76 (3.36%) Business Manager
13 66 (2.91%) Administrator
13 66 (2.91%) Support Analyst
14 65 (2.87%) Business Development Manager
15 62 (2.74%) IT Engineer
16 59 (2.60%) Support Engineer
17 54 (2.38%) Coordinator
18 45 (1.99%) IT Support Engineer
18 45 (1.99%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (4.37%) HTML
2 97 (4.28%) .NET
3 83 (3.66%) CSS
4 51 (2.25%) Web Services
5 49 (2.16%) REST
6 46 (2.03%) GraphQL
7 43 (1.90%) React
8 39 (1.72%) Laravel
9 34 (1.50%) http4s
9 34 (1.50%) Scalaz
10 33 (1.46%) Node.js
11 32 (1.41%) AngularJS
12 29 (1.28%) RESTful
12 29 (1.28%) Vue
13 25 (1.10%) .NET Framework
14 22 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
15 21 (0.93%) JSON
16 20 (0.88%) HTML5
17 17 (0.75%) .NET Core
17 17 (0.75%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 210 (9.27%) Self-Motivation
2 96 (4.24%) Management Information System
3 78 (3.44%) Driving Licence
4 51 (2.25%) Product Ownership
5 46 (2.03%) Blog
6 37 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
7 36 (1.59%) Media Streaming
8 33 (1.46%) NHS
9 29 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
10 28 (1.24%) Algorithms
10 28 (1.24%) EPoS
11 27 (1.19%) Mobile App
12 25 (1.10%) Cloud Native
13 23 (1.02%) Data Centre
14 22 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
14 22 (0.97%) Housing Association
15 21 (0.93%) Onboarding
15 21 (0.93%) Security Posture
16 20 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
16 20 (0.88%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 208 (9.18%) Windows
2 82 (3.62%) Linux
3 81 (3.58%) Windows Server
4 50 (2.21%) Windows 10
5 28 (1.24%) Android
6 25 (1.10%) Apple iOS
7 18 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (0.75%) VMS
9 15 (0.66%) Mac OS
9 15 (0.66%) Unix
10 12 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
11 8 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
13 6 (0.26%) Windows 8
13 6 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.18%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.13%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.13%) Windows Vista
16 2 (0.088%) Windows Server 2003
17 1 (0.044%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 698 (30.82%) Problem-Solving
2 442 (19.51%) Agile
3 348 (15.36%) Project Management
4 279 (12.32%) Customer Service
5 230 (10.15%) Mentoring
6 209 (9.23%) DevOps
7 201 (8.87%) Decision-Making
8 198 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 170 (7.51%) Analytics
10 168 (7.42%) Stakeholder Management
11 162 (7.15%) Computer Science
12 161 (7.11%) ITIL
13 158 (6.98%) Business Intelligence
14 143 (6.31%) Coaching
15 136 (6.00%) Software Engineering
16 133 (5.87%) Time Management
17 129 (5.70%) Cybersecurity
18 119 (5.25%) Roadmaps
19 116 (5.12%) Collaborative Working
20 115 (5.08%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 227 (10.02%) SQL
2 148 (6.53%) JavaScript
3 120 (5.30%) C#
4 111 (4.90%) Python
5 74 (3.27%) Java
6 58 (2.56%) PHP
7 40 (1.77%) Scala
8 33 (1.46%) T-SQL
9 30 (1.32%) PowerShell
10 21 (0.93%) C
11 19 (0.84%) Bash
12 18 (0.79%) TypeScript
13 14 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 13 (0.57%) Go
15 12 (0.53%) SystemVerilog
16 9 (0.40%) Embedded C
16 9 (0.40%) Swift
17 8 (0.35%) Rust
18 7 (0.31%) C++
18 7 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 485 (21.41%) Degree
2 125 (5.52%) Security Cleared
3 102 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 99 (4.37%) SC Cleared
5 59 (2.60%) DBS Check
6 53 (2.34%) PMI Certification
7 49 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.72%) ACCA
9 38 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
9 38 (1.68%) PMP
10 31 (1.37%) HND
11 30 (1.32%) Master's Degree
12 27 (1.19%) HNC
13 25 (1.10%) CIMA
14 24 (1.06%) CCNP
15 22 (0.97%) Azure Certification
16 21 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 20 (0.88%) CCNA
18 19 (0.84%) CISSP
19 18 (0.79%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (4.19%) QA
2 89 (3.93%) SLA
3 62 (2.74%) GDPR
4 56 (2.47%) Data Quality
5 45 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 37 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 33 (1.46%) PMO
8 31 (1.37%) Accessibility
9 22 (0.97%) IFRS
10 16 (0.71%) NIST
11 15 (0.66%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.62%) GAAP
12 14 (0.62%) GMP
13 12 (0.53%) ISO 9001
14 9 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.35%) IFRS 9
16 7 (0.31%) Good Clinical Practice
16 7 (0.31%) GxP
17 6 (0.26%) GLP
18 5 (0.22%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 162 (7.15%) Active Directory
2 54 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (2.12%) Docker
4 47 (2.08%) Hyper-V
5 26 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.40%) Firmware
6 9 (0.40%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.088%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.088%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.044%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.044%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.044%) Lustre
9 1 (0.044%) Postfix
9 1 (0.044%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.044%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.044%) vSphere
9 1 (0.044%) XenApp
9 1 (0.044%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 44 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (1.19%) Terraform
3 20 (0.88%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.49%) Ansible
5 9 (0.40%) Progress Chef
6 7 (0.31%) SCCM
7 5 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.18%) Autotask
8 4 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.18%) Nessus
8 4 (0.18%) Opsgenie
8 4 (0.18%) VxRail
8 4 (0.18%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.13%) Grafana
9 3 (0.13%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.13%) Puppet
9 3 (0.13%) SELinux
9 3 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.044%) Plesk
Vendors
1 494 (21.81%) Microsoft
2 83 (3.66%) SAP
3 67 (2.96%) VMware
4 45 (1.99%) Cisco
4 45 (1.99%) Oracle
5 37 (1.63%) Apple
6 36 (1.59%) NEC
7 34 (1.50%) Virgin Media
8 32 (1.41%) Adobe
8 32 (1.41%) Google
9 29 (1.28%) Salesforce
10 25 (1.10%) ServiceNow
11 21 (0.93%) HP
12 19 (0.84%) Cadence
13 18 (0.79%) IBM
13 18 (0.79%) Veeam
14 17 (0.75%) CA
15 16 (0.71%) Dell
16 15 (0.66%) Facebook
16 15 (0.66%) Sophos