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 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 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 16,988 17,633 18,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.36% 31.19% 24.56%
As % of the General category 40.20% 45.86% 40.25%
Number of salaries quoted 11,460 7,394 9,341
10th Percentile £24,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,044 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,679 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £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 42,255 38,446 45,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 55.62% 68.00% 61.04%
Number of salaries quoted 27,055 18,057 24,502
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,400 £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 £62,200 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
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 1 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 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
South East 0 4,452 £45,000 -10.00% 1,823
North of England +1 4,180 £43,000 -10.42% 1,945
Midlands 0 2,879 £42,500 -15.00% 1,498
North West +1 2,212 £45,000 -12.62% 1,076
South West +1 2,025 £45,000 - 1,069
West Midlands +1 1,842 £45,000 -14.29% 908
East of England 0 1,551 £43,500 -13.00% 869
Yorkshire +1 1,464 £45,000 - 631
Scotland -17 1,224 £45,000 -18.18% 501
East Midlands 0 1,023 £39,984 -15.82% 592
Wales 0 510 £41,225 -3.00% 197
North East 0 506 £39,000 -8.24% 274
Northern Ireland +7 165 £50,000 -13.04% 98
Isle of Man - 14 £42,500 - 2
Channel Islands +1 6 £100,000 - 1
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
1 691 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 560 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 204 (1.20%) Confluence
4 154 (0.91%) SAS
5 141 (0.83%) CMS
6 110 (0.65%) WordPress
7 68 (0.40%) WebLogic
8 44 (0.26%) IIS
9 42 (0.25%) Apache Spark
10 36 (0.21%) Apache
11 22 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
11 22 (0.13%) nginx
12 21 (0.12%) ArcGIS
12 21 (0.12%) Skype for Business
13 20 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
13 20 (0.12%) OpenStack
14 18 (0.11%) Drupal
14 18 (0.11%) WebSphere
15 17 (0.10%) OpenEdge
16 16 (0.094%) Documentum
Applications
1 1,725 (10.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1,721 (10.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 540 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 189 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
5 116 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
6 103 (0.61%) MS Visio
7 88 (0.52%) AutoCAD
8 82 (0.48%) Photoshop
9 63 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
10 58 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 48 (0.28%) Simulink
12 46 (0.27%) InDesign
13 38 (0.22%) Sketch
14 36 (0.21%) Adobe XD
14 36 (0.21%) UserZoom
15 35 (0.21%) Trello
16 18 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
17 14 (0.082%) Adobe Premiere
17 14 (0.082%) Chatbot
18 11 (0.065%) Revit
Business Applications
1 126 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 96 (0.57%) SAP ERP
3 63 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 58 (0.34%) Shopify
5 56 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 42 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
7 40 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 33 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
8 33 (0.19%) Magento
9 32 (0.19%) NEC Housing
10 27 (0.16%) Primavera
11 24 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
12 20 (0.12%) Maximo
13 19 (0.11%) SAP Business One
14 15 (0.088%) Sage 200
14 15 (0.088%) SAP MM
15 13 (0.077%) SAP FI
15 13 (0.077%) Teamcenter
15 13 (0.077%) TrackWise
16 11 (0.065%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 2,633 (15.50%) Azure
2 1,881 (11.07%) Microsoft 365
3 1,310 (7.71%) AWS
4 1,095 (6.45%) Power Platform
5 566 (3.33%) SaaS
6 410 (2.41%) Entra ID
7 293 (1.72%) GCP
8 292 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
9 258 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
10 195 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
11 164 (0.97%) PowerApps
12 156 (0.92%) GitHub
13 155 (0.91%) Power Automate
14 149 (0.88%) Serverless
15 125 (0.74%) OneDrive
16 97 (0.57%) Figma
17 94 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
18 93 (0.55%) Datadog
19 91 (0.54%) Amazon S3
19 91 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 793 (4.67%) Firewall
2 490 (2.88%) Broadband
3 447 (2.63%) WAN
4 437 (2.57%) DNS
5 402 (2.37%) LAN
6 335 (1.97%) TCP/IP
7 316 (1.86%) Wireless
8 304 (1.79%) DHCP
9 273 (1.61%) VPN
10 241 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
11 228 (1.34%) VoIP
12 219 (1.29%) SAN
13 213 (1.25%) Network Security
14 187 (1.10%) Internet
15 143 (0.84%) VLAN
16 132 (0.78%) Intranet
17 99 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
18 98 (0.58%) SD-WAN
19 91 (0.54%) BGP
20 85 (0.50%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 918 (5.40%) Power BI
2 907 (5.34%) SQL Server
3 325 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
4 272 (1.60%) MySQL
5 230 (1.35%) Relational Database
6 221 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
7 200 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 189 (1.11%) Tableau
9 145 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
10 140 (0.82%) NoSQL
11 124 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
12 112 (0.66%) Data Lake
13 104 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 91 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
15 84 (0.49%) Big Data
16 83 (0.49%) Oracle Database
17 75 (0.44%) Redis
18 70 (0.41%) MongoDB
19 68 (0.40%) DynamoDB
20 65 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 629 (3.70%) Git
2 581 (3.42%) JIRA
3 196 (1.15%) Jenkins
4 117 (0.69%) Visual Studio
5 73 (0.43%) Selenium
6 61 (0.36%) GitLab
7 51 (0.30%) Bitbucket
8 39 (0.23%) TeamCity
9 38 (0.22%) Subversion
10 36 (0.21%) Cucumber
10 36 (0.21%) JUnit
11 32 (0.19%) Cypress.io
12 31 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
13 30 (0.18%) Maven
14 28 (0.16%) LabVIEW
14 28 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
15 27 (0.16%) CircleCI
16 26 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
17 25 (0.15%) JMeter
18 23 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 3,658 (21.53%) Finance
2 3,366 (19.81%) Analytical Skills
3 1,441 (8.48%) Organisational Skills
4 1,339 (7.88%) Retail
5 1,282 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1,148 (6.76%) Marketing
7 897 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
8 889 (5.23%) Law
9 884 (5.20%) Manufacturing
10 849 (5.00%) Legal
11 810 (4.77%) Influencing Skills
12 731 (4.30%) Public Sector
13 510 (3.00%) Telecoms
14 423 (2.49%) Banking
15 314 (1.85%) Electronics
16 290 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
17 276 (1.62%) Billing
18 233 (1.37%) Automotive
19 229 (1.35%) Games
20 205 (1.21%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2,246 (13.22%) Analyst
2 1,843 (10.85%) Senior
3 1,672 (9.84%) Developer
4 1,161 (6.83%) Lead
5 1,095 (6.45%) Project Manager
6 856 (5.04%) IT Support
7 819 (4.82%) Architect
8 734 (4.32%) Consultant
9 688 (4.05%) Support Engineer
10 586 (3.45%) Software Engineer
11 570 (3.36%) IT Manager
12 568 (3.34%) IT Engineer
13 515 (3.03%) Administrator
14 402 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
15 384 (2.26%) Senior Developer
16 354 (2.08%) Graduate
16 354 (2.08%) Support Analyst
17 352 (2.07%) IT Support Engineer
18 346 (2.04%) Coordinator
19 339 (2.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 805 (4.74%) .NET
2 673 (3.96%) HTML
3 556 (3.27%) CSS
4 460 (2.71%) React
5 301 (1.77%) AngularJS
6 258 (1.52%) Node.js
7 244 (1.44%) .NET Framework
8 236 (1.39%) REST
9 222 (1.31%) Web Services
10 208 (1.22%) RESTful
10 208 (1.22%) Vue
11 204 (1.20%) ASP.NET
12 191 (1.12%) .NET Core
13 176 (1.04%) HTML5
14 154 (0.91%) Laravel
15 150 (0.88%) JSON
16 143 (0.84%) Spring
17 139 (0.82%) Entity Framework
18 132 (0.78%) XML
19 126 (0.74%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 1,541 (9.07%) Self-Motivation
2 893 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 778 (4.58%) Driving Licence
4 390 (2.30%) Onboarding
5 382 (2.25%) Product Ownership
6 321 (1.89%) Data Centre
7 241 (1.42%) Algorithms
8 229 (1.35%) Mobile App
9 208 (1.22%) IoT
10 203 (1.19%) Cloud Native
11 199 (1.17%) Public Cloud
12 185 (1.09%) NHS
13 178 (1.05%) FMCG
13 178 (1.05%) Social Media
14 177 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
15 157 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
16 145 (0.85%) Client/Server
17 137 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
18 132 (0.78%) Digital Signage
19 125 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2,185 (12.86%) Windows
2 891 (5.24%) Linux
3 849 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 559 (3.29%) Windows 10
5 236 (1.39%) Android
6 234 (1.38%) Apple iOS
7 190 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
8 170 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
9 154 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
10 139 (0.82%) Unix
11 137 (0.81%) Mac OS
12 104 (0.61%) VMS
13 101 (0.59%) Windows 7
14 70 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 51 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
16 41 (0.24%) Ubuntu
17 39 (0.23%) Windows 8
18 36 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
19 34 (0.20%) Mac OS X
20 23 (0.14%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5,540 (32.61%) Problem-Solving
2 3,355 (19.75%) Agile
3 2,730 (16.07%) Customer Service
4 2,488 (14.65%) Project Management
5 1,760 (10.36%) Mentoring
6 1,678 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 1,367 (8.05%) ITIL
8 1,363 (8.02%) Decision-Making
9 1,252 (7.37%) Computer Science
10 1,204 (7.09%) DevOps
11 1,079 (6.35%) Business Intelligence
12 1,065 (6.27%) Software Engineering
13 1,056 (6.22%) Stakeholder Management
14 982 (5.78%) Time Management
15 981 (5.77%) Roadmaps
16 968 (5.70%) Project Delivery
17 945 (5.56%) Analytics
17 945 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
18 938 (5.52%) Coaching
19 901 (5.30%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 1,856 (10.93%) SQL
2 1,009 (5.94%) JavaScript
3 965 (5.68%) C#
4 964 (5.67%) Python
5 709 (4.17%) Java
6 375 (2.21%) PowerShell
7 358 (2.11%) C
8 333 (1.96%) PHP
9 299 (1.76%) C++
10 238 (1.40%) T-SQL
11 205 (1.21%) TypeScript
12 142 (0.84%) Bash
13 104 (0.61%) Embedded C
14 101 (0.59%) R
15 93 (0.55%) Go
16 85 (0.50%) Scala
17 76 (0.45%) VB
18 66 (0.39%) SystemVerilog
19 65 (0.38%) MATLAB
20 63 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4,010 (23.60%) Degree
2 1,272 (7.49%) Security Cleared
3 791 (4.66%) SC Cleared
4 724 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 585 (3.44%) DBS Check
6 444 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 365 (2.15%) ACCA
8 327 (1.92%) Master's Degree
9 279 (1.64%) CIMA
10 261 (1.54%) PMI Certification
11 254 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
12 233 (1.37%) DV Cleared
13 219 (1.29%) Azure Certification
14 189 (1.11%) CCNA
15 164 (0.97%) PMP
16 158 (0.93%) HNC
17 157 (0.92%) HND
18 152 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
19 118 (0.69%) A+ Certification
20 117 (0.69%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 820 (4.83%) QA
2 772 (4.54%) SLA
3 422 (2.48%) GDPR
4 316 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 307 (1.81%) PMO
6 299 (1.76%) Data Quality
7 211 (1.24%) Accessibility
8 197 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 157 (0.92%) ISO 9001
10 111 (0.65%) GMP
11 107 (0.63%) NIST
12 96 (0.57%) IFRS
13 55 (0.32%) Good Clinical Practice
13 55 (0.32%) PCI DSS
14 53 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
15 46 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 43 (0.25%) IFRS 9
17 37 (0.22%) NEBOSH
18 35 (0.21%) ISO 14001
19 33 (0.19%) GAAP
System Software
1 1,419 (8.35%) Active Directory
2 472 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 425 (2.50%) Hyper-V
4 375 (2.21%) Docker
5 211 (1.24%) Firmware
6 197 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
7 84 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
8 65 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
9 52 (0.31%) vSphere
10 50 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
11 25 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
12 20 (0.12%) Terminal Services
13 18 (0.11%) KVM
13 18 (0.11%) VMware NSX
14 11 (0.065%) VMware Workstation
14 11 (0.065%) XenApp
15 10 (0.059%) XenDesktop
16 9 (0.053%) Microsoft App-V
17 8 (0.047%) NFS
18 7 (0.041%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 427 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 324 (1.91%) Kubernetes
3 267 (1.57%) Terraform
4 208 (1.22%) SCCM
5 152 (0.89%) Ansible
6 86 (0.51%) Grafana
7 68 (0.40%) WSUS
8 67 (0.39%) SCOM
9 47 (0.28%) FortiGate
10 43 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
11 40 (0.24%) Puppet
12 38 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 36 (0.21%) Progress Chef
14 30 (0.18%) EnCase
15 29 (0.17%) Prometheus
16 28 (0.16%) ZABBIX
17 26 (0.15%) Autotask
17 26 (0.15%) OpenSSO
18 25 (0.15%) NetBackup
19 23 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4,543 (26.74%) Microsoft
2 707 (4.16%) VMware
3 543 (3.20%) SAP
4 481 (2.83%) Oracle
5 407 (2.40%) Cisco
6 339 (2.00%) Google
7 233 (1.37%) Salesforce
8 223 (1.31%) HP
9 197 (1.16%) Veeam
10 196 (1.15%) ServiceNow
11 192 (1.13%) Adobe
12 183 (1.08%) Citrix
13 165 (0.97%) Dell
14 156 (0.92%) Apple
15 139 (0.82%) IBM
16 119 (0.70%) Splunk
17 95 (0.56%) Hyperion
18 94 (0.55%) Meraki
19 93 (0.55%) Dynatrace
19 93 (0.55%) Sage