Social Skills Jobs in the UK excluding London

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 17,418 17,424 18,688
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.05% 31.30% 24.64%
As % of the General category 40.10% 46.32% 40.24%
Number of salaries quoted 11,429 7,411 9,467
10th Percentile £24,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 43,435 37,614 46,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.98% 67.58% 61.25%
Number of salaries quoted 27,354 17,988 24,733
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £79,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the UK excluding London

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Social Skills in the UK excluding London

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the UK excluding London

Social Skills
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the UK excluding London 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
South East 0 4,524 £45,000 -10.00% 1,765
North of England +1 4,318 £42,500 -12.35% 1,980
Midlands 0 3,054 £42,350 -15.30% 1,468
North West +1 2,265 £45,000 -14.29% 1,107
South West +1 2,057 £45,000 - 1,047
West Midlands 0 1,955 £45,000 -14.29% 871
East of England 0 1,566 £43,750 -12.50% 900
Yorkshire +1 1,523 £45,000 - 647
Scotland -16 1,210 £45,000 -18.18% 477
East Midlands 0 1,085 £40,000 -15.79% 600
North East 0 531 £39,000 -8.24% 257
Wales 0 517 £41,250 -2.94% 185
Northern Ireland +6 166 £50,000 -13.04% 91
Isle of Man - 15 £42,500 - 4
Channel Islands +1 6 £100,000 - 2
South Coast - 1 £35,000 -
Social Skills
UK

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 693 (3.98%) SharePoint
2 569 (3.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 203 (1.17%) Confluence
4 151 (0.87%) SAS
5 140 (0.80%) CMS
6 113 (0.65%) WordPress
7 69 (0.40%) WebLogic
8 46 (0.26%) IIS
9 40 (0.23%) Apache Spark
10 38 (0.22%) Apache
11 23 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 23 (0.13%) nginx
11 23 (0.13%) Skype for Business
12 22 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
13 20 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
13 20 (0.11%) OpenStack
14 19 (0.11%) Drupal
15 18 (0.10%) WebSphere
16 17 (0.098%) OpenEdge
17 16 (0.092%) Documentum
Applications
1 1,799 (10.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1,782 (10.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 579 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 195 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
5 116 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
6 105 (0.60%) MS Visio
7 91 (0.52%) AutoCAD
8 82 (0.47%) Photoshop
9 64 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
10 58 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 50 (0.29%) Simulink
12 46 (0.26%) InDesign
13 38 (0.22%) Sketch
14 37 (0.21%) Adobe XD
15 35 (0.20%) Trello
16 32 (0.18%) UserZoom
17 19 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
18 14 (0.080%) Adobe Premiere
18 14 (0.080%) Chatbot
19 13 (0.075%) Revit
Business Applications
1 132 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 96 (0.55%) SAP ERP
3 67 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 57 (0.33%) Shopify
5 55 (0.32%) NetSuite
6 42 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
7 41 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 37 (0.21%) NEC Housing
9 33 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
9 33 (0.19%) Magento
10 27 (0.16%) Primavera
11 24 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
12 21 (0.12%) Maximo
13 19 (0.11%) SAP Business One
14 16 (0.092%) Sage 200
15 15 (0.086%) SAP MM
16 13 (0.075%) SAP FI
16 13 (0.075%) Teamcenter
16 13 (0.075%) TrackWise
17 11 (0.063%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 2,667 (15.31%) Azure
2 1,909 (10.96%) Microsoft 365
3 1,332 (7.65%) AWS
4 1,104 (6.34%) Power Platform
5 574 (3.30%) SaaS
6 419 (2.41%) Entra ID
7 300 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
8 284 (1.63%) GCP
9 266 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
10 196 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
11 164 (0.94%) PowerApps
12 158 (0.91%) Power Automate
13 155 (0.89%) Serverless
14 154 (0.88%) GitHub
15 124 (0.71%) OneDrive
16 95 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
17 93 (0.53%) Datadog
17 93 (0.53%) Figma
18 91 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
19 90 (0.52%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 808 (4.64%) Firewall
2 492 (2.82%) Broadband
3 455 (2.61%) WAN
4 441 (2.53%) DNS
5 413 (2.37%) LAN
6 340 (1.95%) TCP/IP
7 320 (1.84%) Wireless
8 306 (1.76%) DHCP
9 282 (1.62%) VPN
10 247 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
11 236 (1.35%) VoIP
12 217 (1.25%) SAN
13 215 (1.23%) Network Security
14 192 (1.10%) Internet
15 145 (0.83%) VLAN
16 124 (0.71%) Intranet
17 100 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
18 97 (0.56%) SD-WAN
19 92 (0.53%) BGP
20 86 (0.49%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 926 (5.32%) Power BI
2 911 (5.23%) SQL Server
3 324 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
4 280 (1.61%) MySQL
5 237 (1.36%) Relational Database
6 231 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
7 203 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 177 (1.02%) Tableau
9 148 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
10 147 (0.84%) NoSQL
11 125 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
12 112 (0.64%) Data Lake
13 107 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 91 (0.52%) Geospatial Data
15 86 (0.49%) Big Data
16 85 (0.49%) Oracle Database
17 79 (0.45%) Redis
18 78 (0.45%) DynamoDB
19 76 (0.44%) MongoDB
20 65 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 640 (3.67%) Git
2 585 (3.36%) JIRA
3 187 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 118 (0.68%) Visual Studio
5 74 (0.42%) Selenium
6 61 (0.35%) GitLab
7 51 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 39 (0.22%) Subversion
9 38 (0.22%) TeamCity
10 35 (0.20%) Cucumber
10 35 (0.20%) JUnit
11 32 (0.18%) Cypress.io
11 32 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
12 29 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
13 28 (0.16%) LabVIEW
14 27 (0.16%) Maven
14 27 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
15 26 (0.15%) CircleCI
15 26 (0.15%) JMeter
16 25 (0.14%) Gatling
General
1 3,702 (21.25%) Finance
2 3,399 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
3 1,571 (9.02%) Retail
4 1,459 (8.38%) Organisational Skills
5 1,276 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1,158 (6.65%) Marketing
7 1,091 (6.26%) Presentation Skills
8 895 (5.14%) Manufacturing
9 891 (5.12%) Law
10 885 (5.08%) Legal
11 809 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
12 735 (4.22%) Public Sector
13 519 (2.98%) Telecoms
14 397 (2.28%) Banking
15 326 (1.87%) Electronics
16 299 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
17 284 (1.63%) Billing
18 234 (1.34%) Automotive
19 232 (1.33%) Games
20 212 (1.22%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2,258 (12.96%) Analyst
2 1,854 (10.64%) Senior
3 1,685 (9.67%) Developer
4 1,164 (6.68%) Lead
5 1,117 (6.41%) Project Manager
6 872 (5.01%) IT Support
7 831 (4.77%) Architect
8 743 (4.27%) Consultant
9 687 (3.94%) Support Engineer
10 601 (3.45%) Software Engineer
11 581 (3.34%) IT Manager
12 567 (3.26%) IT Engineer
13 504 (2.89%) Administrator
14 405 (2.33%) Solutions Architect
15 389 (2.23%) Senior Developer
16 364 (2.09%) Coordinator
17 362 (2.08%) Support Analyst
18 357 (2.05%) Graduate
19 350 (2.01%) IT Support Engineer
20 338 (1.94%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 822 (4.72%) .NET
2 693 (3.98%) HTML
3 575 (3.30%) CSS
4 468 (2.69%) React
5 309 (1.77%) AngularJS
6 264 (1.52%) Node.js
7 246 (1.41%) .NET Framework
8 242 (1.39%) REST
9 235 (1.35%) Web Services
10 214 (1.23%) Vue
11 209 (1.20%) ASP.NET
12 208 (1.19%) RESTful
13 194 (1.11%) .NET Core
14 180 (1.03%) HTML5
15 160 (0.92%) Laravel
16 149 (0.86%) JSON
17 144 (0.83%) Spring
18 140 (0.80%) Entity Framework
19 132 (0.76%) XML
20 129 (0.74%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 1,587 (9.11%) Self-Motivation
2 906 (5.20%) Management Information System
3 778 (4.47%) Driving Licence
4 593 (3.40%) Onboarding
5 383 (2.20%) Product Ownership
6 326 (1.87%) Data Centre
7 240 (1.38%) Algorithms
8 227 (1.30%) Mobile App
9 209 (1.20%) IoT
10 198 (1.14%) Cloud Native
11 197 (1.13%) Public Cloud
12 186 (1.07%) NHS
13 181 (1.04%) Social Media
14 180 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
15 179 (1.03%) FMCG
16 158 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
17 147 (0.84%) Client/Server
18 139 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
19 130 (0.75%) Digital Signage
20 122 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2,208 (12.68%) Windows
2 896 (5.14%) Linux
3 857 (4.92%) Windows Server
4 571 (3.28%) Windows 10
5 237 (1.36%) Android
6 233 (1.34%) Apple iOS
7 191 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 174 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
9 157 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
10 140 (0.80%) Mac OS
11 137 (0.79%) Unix
12 107 (0.61%) VMS
13 100 (0.57%) Windows 7
14 71 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 54 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
16 44 (0.25%) Ubuntu
17 38 (0.22%) Windows 8
18 35 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
19 33 (0.19%) Mac OS X
20 23 (0.13%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5,827 (33.45%) Problem-Solving
2 3,349 (19.23%) Agile
3 2,943 (16.90%) Customer Service
4 2,506 (14.39%) Project Management
5 1,969 (11.30%) Mentoring
6 1,700 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 1,403 (8.05%) Decision-Making
8 1,379 (7.92%) ITIL
9 1,283 (7.37%) Computer Science
10 1,210 (6.95%) DevOps
11 1,085 (6.23%) Business Intelligence
12 1,084 (6.22%) Software Engineering
13 1,067 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
14 997 (5.72%) Time Management
15 991 (5.69%) Project Delivery
16 984 (5.65%) Roadmaps
17 949 (5.45%) Collaborative Working
18 948 (5.44%) Coaching
19 937 (5.38%) Analytics
20 924 (5.30%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 1,872 (10.75%) SQL
2 1,036 (5.95%) JavaScript
3 995 (5.71%) C#
4 970 (5.57%) Python
5 717 (4.12%) Java
6 380 (2.18%) PowerShell
7 364 (2.09%) C
8 339 (1.95%) PHP
9 308 (1.77%) C++
10 240 (1.38%) T-SQL
11 202 (1.16%) TypeScript
12 143 (0.82%) Bash
13 104 (0.60%) Embedded C
14 100 (0.57%) R
15 93 (0.53%) Go
16 90 (0.52%) Scala
17 80 (0.46%) VB
18 67 (0.38%) MATLAB
19 66 (0.38%) SystemVerilog
20 63 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4,262 (24.47%) Degree
2 1,296 (7.44%) Security Cleared
3 802 (4.60%) SC Cleared
4 746 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 592 (3.40%) DBS Check
6 454 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 367 (2.11%) ACCA
8 362 (2.08%) HNC
9 334 (1.92%) Master's Degree
10 280 (1.61%) CIMA
11 262 (1.50%) PMI Certification
12 258 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
13 239 (1.37%) DV Cleared
14 222 (1.27%) Azure Certification
15 192 (1.10%) CCNA
16 165 (0.95%) PMP
17 161 (0.92%) HND
18 157 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
19 124 (0.71%) A+ Certification
20 118 (0.68%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 830 (4.77%) QA
2 783 (4.50%) SLA
3 427 (2.45%) GDPR
4 320 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 309 (1.77%) PMO
6 298 (1.71%) Data Quality
7 218 (1.25%) Accessibility
8 202 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 155 (0.89%) ISO 9001
10 111 (0.64%) GMP
11 107 (0.61%) NIST
12 94 (0.54%) IFRS
13 58 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
14 57 (0.33%) PCI DSS
15 46 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
16 44 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 17025
17 40 (0.23%) IFRS 9
18 38 (0.22%) NEBOSH
19 35 (0.20%) ISO 14001
20 33 (0.19%) GAAP
System Software
1 1,435 (8.24%) Active Directory
2 475 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 425 (2.44%) Hyper-V
4 378 (2.17%) Docker
5 210 (1.21%) Firmware
6 197 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
7 87 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
8 65 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
9 52 (0.30%) vSphere
10 49 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
11 27 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
12 20 (0.11%) Terminal Services
13 19 (0.11%) VMware NSX
14 17 (0.098%) KVM
15 11 (0.063%) XenApp
16 10 (0.057%) Microsoft App-V
16 10 (0.057%) VMware Workstation
16 10 (0.057%) XenDesktop
17 9 (0.052%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 8 (0.046%) NFS
Systems Management
1 428 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 328 (1.88%) Kubernetes
3 265 (1.52%) Terraform
4 210 (1.21%) SCCM
5 144 (0.83%) Ansible
6 86 (0.49%) Grafana
7 72 (0.41%) WSUS
8 67 (0.38%) SCOM
9 49 (0.28%) FortiGate
10 42 (0.24%) Puppet
10 42 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
11 39 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 31 (0.18%) Prometheus
13 30 (0.17%) Progress Chef
14 28 (0.16%) EnCase
14 28 (0.16%) ZABBIX
15 27 (0.16%) Autotask
16 25 (0.14%) NetBackup
16 25 (0.14%) OpenSSO
17 24 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4,657 (26.74%) Microsoft
2 705 (4.05%) VMware
3 552 (3.17%) SAP
4 489 (2.81%) Oracle
5 409 (2.35%) Cisco
6 328 (1.88%) Google
7 240 (1.38%) Salesforce
8 219 (1.26%) HP
9 199 (1.14%) ServiceNow
10 198 (1.14%) Veeam
11 194 (1.11%) Adobe
12 177 (1.02%) Citrix
13 164 (0.94%) Dell
14 159 (0.91%) Apple
15 133 (0.76%) IBM
16 116 (0.67%) Splunk
17 96 (0.55%) Sage
18 95 (0.55%) Hyperion
19 94 (0.54%) Databricks
19 94 (0.54%) Meraki