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 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 2,879 2,727 2,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.04% 31.88% 24.74%
As % of the General category 40.41% 43.69% 39.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,944 1,153 1,635
10th Percentile £24,696 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £34,500
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 £77,500
England median annual salary £48,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.52% +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 7,124 6,242 7,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 54.54% 72.96% 62.53%
Number of salaries quoted 4,808 3,017 4,294
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £35,740
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 £71,725 £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 1 June 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 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
West Midlands +1 1,842 £45,000 -14.29% 905
East Midlands 0 1,023 £39,984 -15.82% 591
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
1 163 (5.66%) SharePoint
2 92 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.73%) Confluence
3 21 (0.73%) WordPress
4 17 (0.59%) Skype for Business
5 16 (0.56%) SAS
6 15 (0.52%) CMS
7 11 (0.38%) IIS
8 9 (0.31%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.21%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.21%) Appian
10 5 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
10 5 (0.17%) nginx
10 5 (0.17%) WebLogic
11 4 (0.14%) Office Communications Server
11 4 (0.14%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.10%) Apache
12 3 (0.10%) Drupal
12 3 (0.10%) MQSeries
12 3 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 409 (14.21%) Microsoft Office
2 273 (9.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 91 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
5 22 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.56%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.49%) Trello
8 13 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
8 13 (0.45%) AutoCAD
9 11 (0.38%) InDesign
10 10 (0.35%) Adobe XD
11 7 (0.24%) MS Visio
12 6 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
13 5 (0.17%) Sketch
14 4 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
14 4 (0.14%) CANalyzer
14 4 (0.14%) EPLAN
14 4 (0.14%) SketchUp
15 3 (0.10%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 32 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 13 (0.45%) Shopify
5 10 (0.35%) Misys Midas
5 10 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
6 9 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
7 7 (0.24%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.17%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.17%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.14%) Sage 300 ERP
9 4 (0.14%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.14%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
10 3 (0.10%) iTrent
10 3 (0.10%) Maximo
11 2 (0.069%) Oracle EBS
11 2 (0.069%) Primavera
11 2 (0.069%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 433 (15.04%) Azure
2 342 (11.88%) Microsoft 365
3 222 (7.71%) Power Platform
4 137 (4.76%) AWS
5 97 (3.37%) Entra ID
6 83 (2.88%) SaaS
7 62 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
8 35 (1.22%) GitHub
9 34 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
10 32 (1.11%) PowerApps
11 29 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
12 28 (0.97%) GCP
12 28 (0.97%) Power Automate
13 23 (0.80%) OneDrive
14 19 (0.66%) Figma
15 17 (0.59%) Serverless
16 16 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
17 14 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
18 13 (0.45%) AWS Lambda
18 13 (0.45%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 151 (5.24%) Firewall
2 101 (3.51%) WAN
3 92 (3.20%) LAN
4 83 (2.88%) DNS
5 68 (2.36%) TCP/IP
6 65 (2.26%) DHCP
7 55 (1.91%) Internet
8 48 (1.67%) SAN
9 43 (1.49%) Broadband
10 42 (1.46%) VoIP
11 38 (1.32%) VPN
12 35 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
13 34 (1.18%) VLAN
14 33 (1.15%) Network Security
15 29 (1.01%) Intranet
15 29 (1.01%) Wireless
16 21 (0.73%) WLAN
17 20 (0.69%) PBX
18 18 (0.63%) Skype
19 17 (0.59%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (6.98%) Power BI
2 197 (6.84%) SQL Server
3 60 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (1.84%) Tableau
5 45 (1.56%) MySQL
6 42 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 29 (1.01%) Relational Database
8 22 (0.76%) Data Lake
9 19 (0.66%) Metadata
9 19 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (0.59%) Oracle Database
10 17 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
11 16 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 13 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (0.45%) Data Mining
13 11 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (0.38%) BigQuery
13 11 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
14 10 (0.35%) Power Query
15 9 (0.31%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 96 (3.33%) JIRA
2 83 (2.88%) Git
3 8 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.24%) CANoe
4 7 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (0.21%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.17%) webpack
7 3 (0.10%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.10%) GitLab
7 3 (0.10%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (0.10%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.10%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.10%) Postman
7 3 (0.10%) sqlmap
7 3 (0.10%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.10%) Xcode
8 2 (0.069%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.069%) Selenium
General
1 675 (23.45%) Analytical Skills
2 673 (23.38%) Finance
3 354 (12.30%) Organisational Skills
4 322 (11.18%) Retail
5 195 (6.77%) Manufacturing
6 194 (6.74%) Influencing Skills
7 191 (6.63%) Marketing
8 152 (5.28%) Legal
9 151 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 144 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
11 122 (4.24%) Law
11 122 (4.24%) Public Sector
12 85 (2.95%) Telecoms
13 55 (1.91%) Automotive
14 52 (1.81%) Local Government
15 46 (1.60%) Banking
16 44 (1.53%) Games
17 37 (1.29%) Electronics
18 35 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
19 34 (1.18%) Billing
Job Titles
1 476 (16.53%) Analyst
2 279 (9.69%) Project Manager
3 274 (9.52%) Senior
4 243 (8.44%) Developer
5 181 (6.29%) IT Support
6 163 (5.66%) Lead
7 150 (5.21%) Consultant
8 139 (4.83%) IT Manager
9 132 (4.58%) Product Analyst
10 116 (4.03%) Sales Analyst
11 104 (3.61%) Support Engineer
12 83 (2.88%) IT Engineer
13 82 (2.85%) Architect
14 75 (2.61%) IT Technician
15 72 (2.50%) Administrator
16 69 (2.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 69 (2.40%) Support Technician
17 66 (2.29%) Senior Manager
18 63 (2.19%) 1st Line Support
19 62 (2.15%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (5.04%) .NET
2 121 (4.20%) HTML
3 85 (2.95%) CSS
4 44 (1.53%) React
5 38 (1.32%) ASP.NET
6 31 (1.08%) JSON
7 30 (1.04%) .NET Core
7 30 (1.04%) Vue
8 28 (0.97%) HTML5
9 26 (0.90%) ASP.NET MVC
10 24 (0.83%) AngularJS
10 24 (0.83%) jQuery
10 24 (0.83%) RESTful
11 23 (0.80%) Laravel
12 20 (0.69%) Web Services
13 19 (0.66%) .NET Framework
14 17 (0.59%) EDI
14 17 (0.59%) XML
15 15 (0.52%) REST
16 14 (0.49%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 266 (9.24%) Self-Motivation
2 176 (6.11%) Management Information System
3 133 (4.62%) Driving Licence
4 58 (2.01%) Mobile App
5 57 (1.98%) Product Ownership
6 52 (1.81%) Onboarding
7 33 (1.15%) Data Centre
7 33 (1.15%) NHS
8 32 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (1.11%) Social Media
9 29 (1.01%) FMCG
10 25 (0.87%) Replication
11 24 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
12 23 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
13 22 (0.76%) IoT
14 19 (0.66%) Graphic Design
14 19 (0.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 18 (0.63%) Video Conferencing
16 16 (0.56%) CCTV
16 16 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 369 (12.82%) Windows
2 152 (5.28%) Windows Server
3 112 (3.89%) Windows 10
4 106 (3.68%) Linux
5 38 (1.32%) Android
6 37 (1.29%) Apple iOS
7 31 (1.08%) Mac OS
7 31 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
8 27 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
9 26 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (0.69%) Unix
10 20 (0.69%) Windows 7
11 19 (0.66%) VMS
12 9 (0.31%) CentOS
13 8 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
14 7 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 6 (0.21%) SUSE
15 6 (0.21%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 5 (0.17%) Mac OS X
17 4 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 974 (33.83%) Problem-Solving
2 627 (21.78%) Customer Service
3 490 (17.02%) Project Management
4 432 (15.01%) Agile
5 394 (13.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 267 (9.27%) Mathematics
7 250 (8.68%) Stakeholder Management
8 246 (8.54%) Mentoring
9 230 (7.99%) Decision-Making
10 212 (7.36%) Business Intelligence
11 207 (7.19%) Project Delivery
12 206 (7.16%) ITIL
13 175 (6.08%) ERP
13 175 (6.08%) Time Management
14 173 (6.01%) Customer Requirements
15 167 (5.80%) Risk Management
16 165 (5.73%) CRM
17 163 (5.66%) Computer Science
18 158 (5.49%) Cybersecurity
19 143 (4.97%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 375 (13.03%) SQL
2 148 (5.14%) C#
3 141 (4.90%) Python
4 127 (4.41%) JavaScript
5 62 (2.15%) PowerShell
6 45 (1.56%) Java
7 44 (1.53%) PHP
8 42 (1.46%) C++
9 32 (1.11%) TypeScript
10 28 (0.97%) C
11 26 (0.90%) T-SQL
12 16 (0.56%) R
13 15 (0.52%) VB.NET
14 12 (0.42%) Perl
15 10 (0.35%) Embedded C
15 10 (0.35%) VB
16 9 (0.31%) Bicep
17 8 (0.28%) ActionScript
17 8 (0.28%) ActionScript 2.0
17 8 (0.28%) Bash
Qualifications
1 699 (24.28%) Degree
2 172 (5.97%) Security Cleared
3 102 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 91 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 87 (3.02%) DBS Check
6 66 (2.29%) SC Cleared
7 47 (1.63%) ACCA
8 42 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (1.22%) Azure Certification
10 33 (1.15%) Master's Degree
11 32 (1.11%) CIMA
12 28 (0.97%) A+ Certification
12 28 (0.97%) CCNA
13 27 (0.94%) HNC
14 26 (0.90%) PMI Certification
15 24 (0.83%) HND
15 24 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 21 (0.73%) MCSE
17 19 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
17 19 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (3.40%) GDPR
1 98 (3.40%) QA
2 91 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 86 (2.99%) SLA
4 54 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 51 (1.77%) PMO
6 48 (1.67%) ISO 9001
7 42 (1.46%) Accessibility
8 36 (1.25%) Data Quality
9 31 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 18 (0.63%) NIST
11 17 (0.59%) GMP
12 12 (0.42%) IFRS
13 11 (0.38%) ISO 14001
14 10 (0.35%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.28%) GRC
15 8 (0.28%) IFRS 9
16 7 (0.24%) ISO 22301
17 6 (0.21%) ISO 26262
18 5 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 266 (9.24%) Active Directory
2 101 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 91 (3.16%) Hyper-V
4 29 (1.01%) Docker
5 21 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.69%) Firmware
6 20 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.38%) vSphere
8 8 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
9 7 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.21%) NFS
11 5 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (0.14%) pfSense
13 3 (0.10%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.069%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.035%) VMware NSX
15 1 (0.035%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 79 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (1.04%) EnCase
2 30 (1.04%) SCCM
3 27 (0.94%) Terraform
4 24 (0.83%) Kubernetes
5 7 (0.24%) FortiGate
5 7 (0.24%) Functional Safety
6 6 (0.21%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (0.17%) WSUS
8 4 (0.14%) AirWatch
8 4 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.14%) SmoothWall
9 3 (0.10%) SCOM
10 2 (0.069%) Autotask
10 2 (0.069%) Nagios
10 2 (0.069%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.035%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.035%) Kibana
11 1 (0.035%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.035%) VxRail
Vendors
1 811 (28.17%) Microsoft
2 148 (5.14%) VMware
3 76 (2.64%) Cisco
4 74 (2.57%) Veeam
5 54 (1.88%) SAP
6 43 (1.49%) HP
7 39 (1.35%) Google
8 38 (1.32%) Adobe
9 37 (1.29%) Databricks
9 37 (1.29%) Oracle
10 34 (1.18%) Salesforce
11 32 (1.11%) ServiceNow
12 31 (1.08%) Citrix
13 29 (1.01%) Apple
13 29 (1.01%) Sophos
14 26 (0.90%) NEC
14 26 (0.90%) Sage
15 25 (0.87%) IFS
16 24 (0.83%) Dell
16 24 (0.83%) IBM