Social Skills Jobs in the Midlands

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +3
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,846 2,829 2,677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.57% 31.19% 24.39%
As % of the General category 41.90% 42.34% 39.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,948 1,128 1,592
10th Percentile £24,696 £26,020 £26,025
25th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £77,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,792 6,682 6,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.25% 73.67% 62.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4,722 3,028 4,221
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
West Midlands +1 1,826 £45,000 -13.46% 955
East Midlands 0 1,006 £39,984 -15.82% 605
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 165 (5.80%) SharePoint
2 90 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (0.77%) Confluence
4 21 (0.74%) WordPress
5 16 (0.56%) SAS
6 15 (0.53%) Skype for Business
7 13 (0.46%) CMS
8 9 (0.32%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.28%) IIS
10 6 (0.21%) Apache Spark
10 6 (0.21%) Appian
11 5 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
11 5 (0.18%) nginx
11 5 (0.18%) WebLogic
12 4 (0.14%) Office Communications Server
13 3 (0.11%) Apache
13 3 (0.11%) Drupal
13 3 (0.11%) IBM Notes
13 3 (0.11%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 411 (14.44%) Microsoft Office
2 277 (9.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 95 (3.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 39 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
5 22 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.56%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.49%) Trello
8 12 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
8 12 (0.42%) AutoCAD
9 11 (0.39%) InDesign
10 9 (0.32%) Adobe XD
11 7 (0.25%) MS Visio
12 6 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
12 6 (0.21%) CANalyzer
13 5 (0.18%) Sketch
14 4 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
14 4 (0.14%) EPLAN
14 4 (0.14%) Simulink
14 4 (0.14%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 32 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.81%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 13 (0.46%) Shopify
5 11 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
6 10 (0.35%) Misys Midas
6 10 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.25%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.18%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.18%) SAP SD
8 5 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.14%) Sage 300 ERP
9 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.14%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.11%) iTrent
10 3 (0.11%) Maximo
10 3 (0.11%) SAP MM
11 2 (0.070%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 422 (14.83%) Azure
2 337 (11.84%) Microsoft 365
3 223 (7.84%) Power Platform
4 129 (4.53%) AWS
5 96 (3.37%) Entra ID
6 81 (2.85%) SaaS
7 62 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (1.19%) GitHub
9 33 (1.16%) PowerApps
10 31 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
11 27 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
11 27 (0.95%) Power Automate
12 26 (0.91%) GCP
13 23 (0.81%) OneDrive
14 18 (0.63%) Figma
15 16 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
16 14 (0.49%) Serverless
17 13 (0.46%) Smartsheet
17 13 (0.46%) Snowflake
17 13 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 148 (5.20%) Firewall
2 100 (3.51%) WAN
3 91 (3.20%) LAN
4 82 (2.88%) DNS
5 67 (2.35%) TCP/IP
6 65 (2.28%) DHCP
7 54 (1.90%) Internet
8 47 (1.65%) SAN
9 43 (1.51%) Broadband
10 41 (1.44%) VoIP
11 36 (1.26%) VLAN
12 34 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
13 32 (1.12%) Network Security
13 32 (1.12%) VPN
14 29 (1.02%) Intranet
15 25 (0.88%) Wireless
16 21 (0.74%) WLAN
17 20 (0.70%) Ethernet
17 20 (0.70%) PBX
18 16 (0.56%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (6.96%) Power BI
2 192 (6.75%) SQL Server
3 60 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (1.86%) Tableau
5 41 (1.44%) MySQL
6 39 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 27 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 22 (0.77%) Data Lake
9 19 (0.67%) Metadata
10 18 (0.63%) Oracle Database
10 18 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (0.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 14 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
13 14 (0.49%) Data Mining
14 12 (0.42%) BigQuery
15 10 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (0.35%) Power Query
16 8 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
16 8 (0.28%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 92 (3.23%) JIRA
2 78 (2.74%) Git
3 9 (0.32%) CANoe
4 8 (0.28%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.18%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.18%) webpack
8 4 (0.14%) GitLab
9 3 (0.11%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
9 3 (0.11%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.11%) Postman
9 3 (0.11%) sqlmap
9 3 (0.11%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.070%) LabVIEW
10 2 (0.070%) Maven
10 2 (0.070%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.070%) Xcode
General
1 665 (23.37%) Analytical Skills
2 661 (23.23%) Finance
3 357 (12.54%) Organisational Skills
4 308 (10.82%) Retail
5 191 (6.71%) Influencing Skills
6 189 (6.64%) Manufacturing
6 189 (6.64%) Marketing
7 146 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 142 (4.99%) Presentation Skills
9 140 (4.92%) Legal
10 126 (4.43%) Public Sector
11 125 (4.39%) Law
12 84 (2.95%) Telecoms
13 58 (2.04%) Automotive
14 55 (1.93%) Local Government
15 47 (1.65%) Banking
16 42 (1.48%) Games
17 35 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
17 35 (1.23%) Electronics
18 34 (1.19%) Billing
Job Titles
1 469 (16.48%) Analyst
2 275 (9.66%) Project Manager
3 270 (9.49%) Senior
4 224 (7.87%) Developer
5 170 (5.97%) IT Support
6 164 (5.76%) Lead
7 151 (5.31%) Consultant
8 132 (4.64%) IT Manager
8 132 (4.64%) Product Analyst
9 116 (4.08%) Sales Analyst
10 103 (3.62%) Support Engineer
11 84 (2.95%) Architect
11 84 (2.95%) IT Engineer
12 73 (2.57%) Administrator
12 73 (2.57%) IT Technician
13 68 (2.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 67 (2.35%) Support Technician
15 65 (2.28%) Senior Manager
16 61 (2.14%) Senior Analyst
17 60 (2.11%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (4.71%) .NET
2 112 (3.94%) HTML
3 78 (2.74%) CSS
4 42 (1.48%) React
5 32 (1.12%) ASP.NET
6 27 (0.95%) JSON
7 25 (0.88%) .NET Core
7 25 (0.88%) ASP.NET MVC
8 24 (0.84%) HTML5
8 24 (0.84%) Vue
9 22 (0.77%) jQuery
9 22 (0.77%) RESTful
10 20 (0.70%) Web Services
11 19 (0.67%) AngularJS
12 18 (0.63%) Laravel
13 17 (0.60%) .NET Framework
13 17 (0.60%) EDI
14 16 (0.56%) XML
15 13 (0.46%) EDIFACT
15 13 (0.46%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 276 (9.70%) Self-Motivation
2 194 (6.82%) Management Information System
3 137 (4.81%) Driving Licence
4 57 (2.00%) Product Ownership
5 56 (1.97%) Mobile App
6 50 (1.76%) Onboarding
7 36 (1.26%) NHS
8 35 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
9 34 (1.19%) Data Centre
10 30 (1.05%) Social Media
11 27 (0.95%) FMCG
12 25 (0.88%) Replication
13 24 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
14 23 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (0.77%) IoT
16 18 (0.63%) Graphic Design
17 17 (0.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
18 16 (0.56%) CCTV
18 16 (0.56%) Low-Code
18 16 (0.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 365 (12.83%) Windows
2 155 (5.45%) Windows Server
3 110 (3.87%) Windows 10
4 105 (3.69%) Linux
5 36 (1.26%) Android
6 34 (1.19%) Apple iOS
7 32 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
8 30 (1.05%) Mac OS
9 26 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
10 25 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
11 23 (0.81%) Unix
12 21 (0.74%) Windows 7
13 17 (0.60%) VMS
14 9 (0.32%) CentOS
15 8 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 6 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
16 6 (0.21%) SUSE
16 6 (0.21%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
17 5 (0.18%) Mac OS X
17 5 (0.18%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 982 (34.50%) Problem-Solving
2 611 (21.47%) Customer Service
3 492 (17.29%) Project Management
4 423 (14.86%) Agile
5 381 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 265 (9.31%) Mathematics
7 246 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 238 (8.36%) Mentoring
9 225 (7.91%) Decision-Making
10 209 (7.34%) Business Intelligence
11 205 (7.20%) Project Delivery
12 201 (7.06%) ITIL
13 188 (6.61%) Time Management
14 176 (6.18%) Customer Requirements
14 176 (6.18%) ERP
15 169 (5.94%) Risk Management
16 168 (5.90%) Cybersecurity
17 162 (5.69%) CRM
18 150 (5.27%) Computer Science
19 136 (4.78%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 359 (12.61%) SQL
2 142 (4.99%) Python
3 133 (4.67%) C#
4 117 (4.11%) JavaScript
5 60 (2.11%) PowerShell
6 45 (1.58%) Java
7 38 (1.34%) C++
7 38 (1.34%) PHP
8 29 (1.02%) C
9 28 (0.98%) T-SQL
9 28 (0.98%) TypeScript
10 16 (0.56%) R
11 13 (0.46%) Perl
11 13 (0.46%) VB.NET
12 9 (0.32%) VB
13 8 (0.28%) ActionScript
13 8 (0.28%) ActionScript 2.0
13 8 (0.28%) Bash
13 8 (0.28%) Bicep
13 8 (0.28%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 685 (24.07%) Degree
2 176 (6.18%) Security Cleared
3 94 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 86 (3.02%) DBS Check
4 86 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 65 (2.28%) SC Cleared
6 47 (1.65%) ACCA
7 43 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (1.12%) CIMA
9 31 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 29 (1.02%) CCNA
10 29 (1.02%) Master's Degree
11 27 (0.95%) A+ Certification
12 25 (0.88%) PMI Certification
12 25 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 24 (0.84%) HNC
14 23 (0.81%) HND
15 20 (0.70%) MCSE
16 17 (0.60%) PMP
17 16 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (3.37%) GDPR
1 96 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 96 (3.37%) QA
2 81 (2.85%) SLA
3 58 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 51 (1.79%) ISO 9001
4 51 (1.79%) PMO
5 41 (1.44%) Accessibility
6 39 (1.37%) Data Quality
7 35 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 20 (0.70%) NIST
9 17 (0.60%) GMP
10 12 (0.42%) IFRS
11 9 (0.32%) ISO 26262
12 8 (0.28%) GRC
12 8 (0.28%) IFRS 9
12 8 (0.28%) ISO 14001
13 7 (0.25%) ISO 22301
13 7 (0.25%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 262 (9.21%) Active Directory
2 97 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 88 (3.09%) Hyper-V
4 27 (0.95%) Docker
5 23 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (0.60%) Firmware
8 11 (0.39%) vSphere
9 8 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
10 7 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.21%) NFS
12 4 (0.14%) pfSense
13 3 (0.11%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
14 2 (0.070%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.035%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.035%) VMware NSX
15 1 (0.035%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 79 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (1.19%) EnCase
3 33 (1.16%) SCCM
4 22 (0.77%) Kubernetes
4 22 (0.77%) Terraform
5 7 (0.25%) FortiGate
5 7 (0.25%) Functional Safety
6 6 (0.21%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (0.18%) WSUS
8 4 (0.14%) AirWatch
8 4 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.14%) Nagios
8 4 (0.14%) SmoothWall
9 3 (0.11%) SCOM
10 2 (0.070%) Autotask
10 2 (0.070%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.035%) Ansible
11 1 (0.035%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.035%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.035%) VxRail
Vendors
1 799 (28.07%) Microsoft
2 144 (5.06%) VMware
3 77 (2.71%) Cisco
4 72 (2.53%) Veeam
5 58 (2.04%) SAP
6 40 (1.41%) HP
7 39 (1.37%) Oracle
8 38 (1.34%) Databricks
9 37 (1.30%) Adobe
10 36 (1.26%) Google
11 35 (1.23%) Salesforce
12 31 (1.09%) Citrix
13 30 (1.05%) Apple
14 29 (1.02%) Sophos
15 28 (0.98%) ServiceNow
16 27 (0.95%) Sage
17 26 (0.91%) NEC
18 25 (0.88%) Dell
19 23 (0.81%) IBM
19 23 (0.81%) IFS