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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +4
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,158 2,267 2,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 21.89% 28.95% 22.17%
As % of the General category 40.88% 42.73% 35.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,630 972 1,126
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,857 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,782 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £49,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.78% +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 5,279 5,306 5,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.54% 67.77% 61.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,908 2,438 3,056
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,850 £28,261
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £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 11 May 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 11 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
Manchester +1 1,162 £48,000 -12.73% 553
Cheshire 0 432 £40,000 -2.44% 233
Merseyside 0 253 £35,000 -18.84% 130
Lancashire -4 211 £42,500 +6.25% 136
Cumbria +1 84 £37,500 -16.67% 31
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 55 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.16%) Confluence
4 16 (0.74%) WordPress
5 15 (0.70%) CMS
5 15 (0.70%) IIS
5 15 (0.70%) SAS
6 8 (0.37%) ArcGIS
6 8 (0.37%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.32%) OpenEdge
8 4 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.14%) Apache
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.046%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.046%) Drupal
10 1 (0.046%) Jetty
10 1 (0.046%) nginx
10 1 (0.046%) OpenStack
Applications
1 166 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 127 (5.89%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (0.70%) Photoshop
5 14 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.60%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.37%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.32%) Trello
9 6 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.28%) Sketch
10 5 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 5 (0.23%) InDesign
11 3 (0.14%) 3ds Max
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.093%) SPSS
12 2 (0.093%) Stata
13 1 (0.046%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.046%) Final Cut Pro
13 1 (0.046%) InVision
Business Applications
1 24 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.79%) Shopify
4 14 (0.65%) SAP Business One
5 10 (0.46%) SAP BPC
6 9 (0.42%) Magento
6 9 (0.42%) SAP CX
7 8 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.37%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 6 (0.28%) NEC Housing
8 6 (0.28%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.23%) SAP PP
9 5 (0.23%) SAP SD
10 4 (0.19%) MIS ActiveH
10 4 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.19%) Primavera
10 4 (0.19%) SAP APO
10 4 (0.19%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.19%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 294 (13.62%) Azure
2 201 (9.31%) Microsoft 365
3 155 (7.18%) AWS
4 145 (6.72%) Power Platform
5 68 (3.15%) SaaS
6 57 (2.64%) GCP
7 36 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
10 23 (1.07%) GitHub
11 19 (0.88%) Entra ID
11 19 (0.88%) Serverless
12 18 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (0.70%) Amazon SQS
14 14 (0.65%) Figma
15 13 (0.60%) PaaS
16 12 (0.56%) Amazon EKS
17 11 (0.51%) IaaS
18 9 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
19 8 (0.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 74 (3.43%) Firewall
2 57 (2.64%) LAN
3 50 (2.32%) WAN
4 47 (2.18%) Wi-Fi
5 46 (2.13%) TCP/IP
6 45 (2.09%) DNS
7 36 (1.67%) VoIP
8 35 (1.62%) Broadband
9 31 (1.44%) Internet
9 31 (1.44%) Wireless
10 27 (1.25%) DHCP
11 22 (1.02%) BGP
11 22 (1.02%) Network Security
12 19 (0.88%) PPP
13 15 (0.70%) SAN
14 14 (0.65%) OSPF
14 14 (0.65%) VPN
15 10 (0.46%) Ethernet
16 9 (0.42%) MPLS
16 9 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (5.42%) Power BI
2 103 (4.77%) SQL Server
3 46 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
4 45 (2.09%) Tableau
5 39 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (1.53%) MySQL
7 32 (1.48%) Relational Database
8 31 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 21 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 20 (0.93%) NoSQL
11 16 (0.74%) Power Query
12 15 (0.70%) Oracle Database
13 14 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (0.65%) Data Lake
14 12 (0.56%) MongoDB
15 11 (0.51%) DynamoDB
16 10 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
16 10 (0.46%) Big Data
16 10 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 9 (0.42%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 86 (3.99%) Git
2 63 (2.92%) JIRA
3 24 (1.11%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.74%) TeamCity
5 9 (0.42%) Eclipse
5 9 (0.42%) Subversion
6 7 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.28%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.23%) Spinnaker
9 4 (0.19%) GitLab
9 4 (0.19%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.19%) Jasmine
9 4 (0.19%) JUnit
9 4 (0.19%) Mockito
9 4 (0.19%) Selenium
10 3 (0.14%) MSBuild
10 3 (0.14%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 478 (22.15%) Finance
2 398 (18.44%) Analytical Skills
3 199 (9.22%) Retail
4 134 (6.21%) Organisational Skills
5 131 (6.07%) Legal
6 125 (5.79%) Public Sector
7 123 (5.70%) Marketing
8 119 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 110 (5.10%) Presentation Skills
10 86 (3.99%) Law
11 66 (3.06%) Manufacturing
12 54 (2.50%) Banking
12 54 (2.50%) Games
13 53 (2.46%) Telecoms
14 41 (1.90%) Billing
15 38 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
15 38 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
15 38 (1.76%) Local Government
16 29 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
17 23 (1.07%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 252 (11.68%) Analyst
2 245 (11.35%) Developer
3 226 (10.47%) Senior
4 149 (6.90%) Project Manager
5 143 (6.63%) Lead
6 112 (5.19%) IT Support
7 105 (4.87%) IT Manager
8 98 (4.54%) Architect
9 76 (3.52%) Consultant
10 69 (3.20%) Support Analyst
11 65 (3.01%) Administrator
12 64 (2.97%) Software Engineer
13 60 (2.78%) IT Engineer
14 59 (2.73%) Support Engineer
15 56 (2.59%) Coordinator
16 49 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
17 47 (2.18%) Business Analyst
18 45 (2.09%) IT Analyst
18 45 (2.09%) IT Support Engineer
19 44 (2.04%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (4.26%) HTML
2 87 (4.03%) .NET
3 78 (3.61%) CSS
4 35 (1.62%) Laravel
4 35 (1.62%) React
5 34 (1.58%) AngularJS
6 32 (1.48%) RESTful
7 29 (1.34%) Node.js
8 24 (1.11%) Vue
9 21 (0.97%) .NET Framework
9 21 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
10 19 (0.88%) HTML5
11 17 (0.79%) JSON
12 16 (0.74%) .NET Core
12 16 (0.74%) REST
12 16 (0.74%) Web Services
13 15 (0.70%) GraphQL
13 15 (0.70%) React Native
13 15 (0.70%) Spring Boot
14 14 (0.65%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 192 (8.90%) Self-Motivation
2 89 (4.12%) Management Information System
3 76 (3.52%) Driving Licence
4 58 (2.69%) Product Ownership
5 36 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
6 33 (1.53%) NHS
7 26 (1.20%) Cloud Native
8 24 (1.11%) Algorithms
8 24 (1.11%) EPoS
9 23 (1.07%) Mobile App
9 23 (1.07%) Onboarding
10 22 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 22 (1.02%) Housing Association
11 21 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
12 20 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
12 20 (0.93%) Security Posture
13 19 (0.88%) Data Centre
13 19 (0.88%) PMI
14 15 (0.70%) Blog
14 15 (0.70%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 202 (9.36%) Windows
2 84 (3.89%) Windows Server
3 83 (3.85%) Linux
4 46 (2.13%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.11%) Android
6 21 (0.97%) Apple iOS
7 18 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (0.79%) VMS
9 16 (0.74%) Mac OS
9 16 (0.74%) Unix
10 12 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
11 9 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
13 6 (0.28%) Windows 8
13 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.19%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.19%) Windows Vista
15 3 (0.14%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.093%) CentOS
16 2 (0.093%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 681 (31.56%) Problem-Solving
2 415 (19.23%) Agile
3 337 (15.62%) Project Management
4 279 (12.93%) Customer Service
5 208 (9.64%) Mentoring
6 198 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 173 (8.02%) Analytics
8 168 (7.78%) ITIL
9 167 (7.74%) DevOps
10 166 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
11 165 (7.65%) Decision-Making
12 155 (7.18%) Business Intelligence
13 133 (6.16%) Coaching
13 133 (6.16%) Computer Science
14 131 (6.07%) Cybersecurity
15 125 (5.79%) Roadmaps
16 124 (5.75%) Time Management
17 121 (5.61%) ERP
18 115 (5.33%) Collaborative Working
19 108 (5.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 220 (10.19%) SQL
2 129 (5.98%) JavaScript
3 105 (4.87%) C#
3 105 (4.87%) Python
4 61 (2.83%) Java
5 51 (2.36%) PHP
6 34 (1.58%) T-SQL
7 30 (1.39%) PowerShell
8 21 (0.97%) C
8 21 (0.97%) TypeScript
9 18 (0.83%) Bash
10 14 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (0.65%) Go
11 12 (0.56%) SystemVerilog
12 10 (0.46%) Scala
13 9 (0.42%) Embedded C
14 8 (0.37%) Rust
15 7 (0.32%) C++
15 7 (0.32%) Swift
15 7 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 460 (21.32%) Degree
2 130 (6.02%) Security Cleared
3 98 (4.54%) SC Cleared
4 72 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 52 (2.41%) DBS Check
6 49 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 49 (2.27%) PMI Certification
7 39 (1.81%) ACCA
8 37 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (1.58%) PMP
10 29 (1.34%) Master's Degree
11 25 (1.16%) CIMA
11 25 (1.16%) HND
12 22 (1.02%) CCNP
13 21 (0.97%) Azure Certification
14 20 (0.93%) CCNA
14 20 (0.93%) HNC
15 19 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 18 (0.83%) CISSP
17 17 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (4.17%) SLA
2 88 (4.08%) QA
3 58 (2.69%) GDPR
4 55 (2.55%) Data Quality
5 45 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 37 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 34 (1.58%) Accessibility
8 33 (1.53%) PMO
9 22 (1.02%) IFRS
10 16 (0.74%) NIST
11 15 (0.70%) GMP
11 15 (0.70%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.65%) GAAP
13 11 (0.51%) ISO 9001
14 10 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.37%) IFRS 9
16 7 (0.32%) Good Clinical Practice
16 7 (0.32%) GxP
17 6 (0.28%) GLP
18 5 (0.23%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 165 (7.65%) Active Directory
2 54 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (2.18%) Hyper-V
4 44 (2.04%) Docker
5 24 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.42%) Terminal Services
7 7 (0.32%) Firmware
8 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.093%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.093%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.046%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.046%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.046%) Lustre
10 1 (0.046%) Postfix
10 1 (0.046%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.046%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (1.20%) Terraform
3 17 (0.79%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.51%) Progress Chef
5 10 (0.46%) Ansible
6 6 (0.28%) SCCM
7 5 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.19%) Autotask
8 4 (0.19%) Grafana
8 4 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.19%) Nessus
8 4 (0.19%) Opsgenie
8 4 (0.19%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.19%) VxRail
8 4 (0.19%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.14%) Puppet
9 3 (0.14%) SELinux
10 2 (0.093%) Icinga
Vendors
1 449 (20.81%) Microsoft
2 88 (4.08%) SAP
3 66 (3.06%) VMware
4 43 (1.99%) Cisco
5 41 (1.90%) Oracle
6 37 (1.71%) Apple
7 34 (1.58%) Adobe
7 34 (1.58%) Google
7 34 (1.58%) Virgin Media
8 30 (1.39%) NEC
9 26 (1.20%) Salesforce
10 23 (1.07%) ServiceNow
11 19 (0.88%) Cadence
11 19 (0.88%) IBM
12 18 (0.83%) HP
12 18 (0.83%) Veeam
13 17 (0.79%) CA
14 15 (0.70%) Facebook
15 14 (0.65%) Dell
15 14 (0.65%) Sophos