Social Skills Jobs with Work from Home Options

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). 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 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 9,140 10,118 16,091
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.04% 24.58% 23.40%
As % of the General category 44.01% 37.28% 37.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6,195 6,877 8,830
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,745
25th Percentile £39,325 £45,300 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% +4.76%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,766 27,139 43,370
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.44% 65.94% 63.07%
Number of salaries quoted 15,093 18,120 24,402
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,548 £79,600
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Social Skills
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Social Skills trend for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Skills.

Social Skills salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Social Skills over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Social Skills salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 339 (3.71%) SAS
2 257 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 228 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 84 (0.92%) WordPress
5 81 (0.89%) CMS
6 72 (0.79%) Confluence
7 59 (0.65%) Apache Spark
8 46 (0.50%) WebLogic
9 40 (0.44%) IIS
10 39 (0.43%) Apache
11 29 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
12 20 (0.22%) OpenEdge
12 20 (0.22%) OpenStack
13 19 (0.21%) nginx
14 15 (0.16%) Documentum
15 14 (0.15%) Drupal
16 9 (0.098%) Exchange Server 2013
17 7 (0.077%) BizTalk Server
18 6 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2000
19 5 (0.055%) JBoss
Applications
1 968 (10.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 493 (5.39%) Microsoft Office
3 193 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 56 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 40 (0.44%) MS Visio
6 33 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 31 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 30 (0.33%) Photoshop
9 20 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
9 20 (0.22%) Adobe XD
10 19 (0.21%) InDesign
10 19 (0.21%) Simulink
10 19 (0.21%) Sketch
11 18 (0.20%) Trello
12 11 (0.12%) AutoCAD
13 8 (0.088%) Adobe After Effects
13 8 (0.088%) Chatbot
14 7 (0.077%) Adobe Captivate
14 7 (0.077%) SOLIDWORKS
15 6 (0.066%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 307 (3.36%) SAP ERP
2 87 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 69 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 47 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 37 (0.40%) Shopify
5 37 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
6 20 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 19 (0.21%) SAP CO
7 19 (0.21%) SAP FI
7 19 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
7 19 (0.21%) SAP HR
8 16 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
9 13 (0.14%) TrackWise
10 11 (0.12%) Maximo
11 10 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
11 10 (0.11%) SAP Business One
11 10 (0.11%) SAP CX
12 9 (0.098%) NEC Housing
12 9 (0.098%) Primavera
12 9 (0.098%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1,722 (18.84%) Azure
2 917 (10.03%) AWS
3 755 (8.26%) Power Platform
4 736 (8.05%) Microsoft 365
5 518 (5.67%) SaaS
6 285 (3.12%) GCP
7 218 (2.39%) Entra ID
8 197 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
9 170 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
10 149 (1.63%) PowerApps
10 149 (1.63%) Serverless
11 143 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
12 124 (1.36%) Power Automate
13 101 (1.11%) GitHub
14 91 (1.00%) Amazon S3
15 89 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
16 88 (0.96%) PaaS
16 88 (0.96%) Snowflake
17 76 (0.83%) IaaS
18 74 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 877 (9.60%) Broadband
2 376 (4.11%) Firewall
3 232 (2.54%) DNS
4 219 (2.40%) WAN
5 185 (2.02%) LAN
6 173 (1.89%) Wireless
7 156 (1.71%) TCP/IP
7 156 (1.71%) VPN
8 141 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
9 123 (1.35%) DHCP
10 118 (1.29%) SAN
11 103 (1.13%) Internet
12 93 (1.02%) VoIP
13 83 (0.91%) BGP
14 69 (0.75%) Network Security
15 65 (0.71%) VLAN
16 58 (0.63%) SSL
17 49 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
18 46 (0.50%) SD-WAN
19 45 (0.49%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 633 (6.93%) SQL Server
2 625 (6.84%) Power BI
3 288 (3.15%) Tableau
4 260 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
5 241 (2.64%) Relational Database
6 210 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 162 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
8 146 (1.60%) MySQL
9 127 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
10 122 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
11 95 (1.04%) Oracle Database
12 90 (0.98%) Big Data
13 84 (0.92%) RDBMS
14 79 (0.86%) MongoDB
15 75 (0.82%) Data Lake
16 73 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 64 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
18 58 (0.63%) NoSQL
19 46 (0.50%) BigQuery
19 46 (0.50%) Redis
Development Applications
1 472 (5.16%) Git
2 253 (2.77%) JIRA
3 97 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 63 (0.69%) GitLab
4 63 (0.69%) Visual Studio
5 44 (0.48%) Selenium
6 31 (0.34%) Bitbucket
7 26 (0.28%) JUnit
8 25 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
9 21 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
10 20 (0.22%) Cypress.io
11 19 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
12 18 (0.20%) Maven
12 18 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
13 16 (0.18%) webpack
14 15 (0.16%) Rational Rhapsody
15 13 (0.14%) Postman
15 13 (0.14%) TeamCity
16 12 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 12 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2,776 (30.37%) Finance
2 1,803 (19.73%) Analytical Skills
3 717 (7.84%) Retail
4 664 (7.26%) Marketing
5 645 (7.06%) Influencing Skills
6 599 (6.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 541 (5.92%) Presentation Skills
8 518 (5.67%) Public Sector
9 428 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
10 423 (4.63%) Legal
11 324 (3.54%) Law
12 246 (2.69%) Banking
13 220 (2.41%) Manufacturing
14 171 (1.87%) Telecoms
15 145 (1.59%) Games
16 115 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
17 105 (1.15%) Electronics
18 100 (1.09%) Advertising
19 97 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
20 78 (0.85%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,559 (17.06%) Analyst
2 1,496 (16.37%) Senior
3 1,214 (13.28%) Developer
4 892 (9.76%) Architect
5 709 (7.76%) Lead
6 623 (6.82%) Solutions Architect
7 505 (5.53%) Consultant
8 487 (5.33%) Project Manager
9 416 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
10 349 (3.82%) Senior Developer
11 251 (2.75%) IT Manager
12 249 (2.72%) Software Engineer
13 231 (2.53%) Software Developer
14 228 (2.49%) Support Engineer
15 214 (2.34%) Data Analyst
16 209 (2.29%) IT Support
17 208 (2.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 207 (2.26%) Administrator
19 182 (1.99%) Business Analyst
20 177 (1.94%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 474 (5.19%) .NET
2 370 (4.05%) HTML
3 333 (3.64%) CSS
4 245 (2.68%) React
5 174 (1.90%) Node.js
6 166 (1.82%) AngularJS
7 164 (1.79%) RESTful
8 162 (1.77%) REST
9 136 (1.49%) Kafka
10 134 (1.47%) Web Services
11 118 (1.29%) GraphQL
12 112 (1.23%) .NET Core
12 112 (1.23%) JSON
12 112 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
13 110 (1.20%) Vue
14 108 (1.18%) ASP.NET
15 101 (1.11%) Spring Boot
16 96 (1.05%) .NET Framework
17 93 (1.02%) Laravel
18 81 (0.89%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 489 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
2 342 (3.74%) Management Information System
3 247 (2.70%) Client/Server
4 241 (2.64%) Product Ownership
5 215 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 205 (2.24%) Data Centre
7 200 (2.19%) Algorithms
8 194 (2.12%) Driving Licence
9 139 (1.52%) Data Structures
10 136 (1.49%) Social Media
11 133 (1.46%) Public Cloud
12 128 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
13 120 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
14 108 (1.18%) Mobile App
15 107 (1.17%) Cloud Native
16 91 (1.00%) IoT
17 81 (0.89%) Life Science
18 79 (0.86%) NHS
19 76 (0.83%) Virtual Team
20 64 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 801 (8.76%) Windows
2 542 (5.93%) Linux
3 334 (3.65%) Windows Server
4 143 (1.56%) Apple iOS
5 141 (1.54%) Android
6 136 (1.49%) Windows 10
7 116 (1.27%) VMS
8 112 (1.23%) Unix
9 70 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 58 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
11 55 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
12 52 (0.57%) Ubuntu
13 44 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
14 40 (0.44%) Mac OS
15 30 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
16 27 (0.30%) zOS
17 22 (0.24%) Windows 7
18 20 (0.22%) Mac OS X
19 16 (0.18%) Solaris
20 15 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,694 (29.47%) Agile
2 2,535 (27.74%) Problem-Solving
3 1,239 (13.56%) Mentoring
4 1,110 (12.14%) Project Management
5 1,057 (11.56%) Decision-Making
6 1,009 (11.04%) Actionable Insight
7 958 (10.48%) Roadmaps
8 785 (8.59%) Business Intelligence
9 743 (8.13%) Analytics
10 706 (7.72%) DevOps
11 698 (7.64%) Customer Service
12 679 (7.43%) Business Case
13 676 (7.40%) Continuous Improvement
14 664 (7.26%) Stakeholder Management
15 653 (7.14%) Computer Science
16 650 (7.11%) Software Engineering
17 624 (6.83%) ITIL
18 584 (6.39%) ERP
19 560 (6.13%) Change Management
20 541 (5.92%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,434 (15.69%) SQL
2 881 (9.64%) Python
3 597 (6.53%) C#
4 580 (6.35%) JavaScript
5 421 (4.61%) Java
6 231 (2.53%) T-SQL
7 200 (2.19%) PHP
8 197 (2.16%) PowerShell
9 192 (2.10%) C
10 161 (1.76%) TypeScript
11 112 (1.23%) Go
12 102 (1.12%) C++
13 98 (1.07%) Bash
14 79 (0.86%) R
15 70 (0.77%) Embedded C
16 60 (0.66%) Scala
17 39 (0.43%) VB
18 34 (0.37%) PL/SQL
19 31 (0.34%) Kotlin
20 28 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,985 (21.72%) Degree
2 795 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 534 (5.84%) SC Cleared
4 519 (5.68%) ACCA
5 470 (5.14%) CIMA
6 397 (4.34%) DBS Check
7 360 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 207 (2.26%) Master's Degree
9 203 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 152 (1.66%) PMI Certification
11 138 (1.51%) DV Cleared
12 128 (1.40%) Azure Certification
13 113 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
14 107 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
15 103 (1.13%) CISSP
16 99 (1.08%) PMP
17 94 (1.03%) AWS Certification
18 79 (0.86%) CCNA
19 75 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
20 67 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 413 (4.52%) QA
2 178 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 174 (1.90%) SLA
4 131 (1.43%) Data Quality
5 107 (1.17%) GDPR
6 102 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 100 (1.09%) PMO
8 92 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
9 64 (0.70%) NIST
10 54 (0.59%) IFRS
11 46 (0.50%) PCI DSS
12 40 (0.44%) ISO 9001
13 27 (0.30%) GRC
14 22 (0.24%) Good Clinical Practice
15 20 (0.22%) JSP 440
16 18 (0.20%) NCSC
17 17 (0.19%) GMP
17 17 (0.19%) ITGC
18 16 (0.18%) GxP
19 15 (0.16%) COBIT
System Software
1 542 (5.93%) Active Directory
2 280 (3.06%) Docker
3 196 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 164 (1.79%) Hyper-V
5 145 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
6 112 (1.23%) Firmware
7 78 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
8 52 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
9 43 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
10 21 (0.23%) vSphere
11 9 (0.098%) Virtual Servers
12 8 (0.088%) Terminal Services
13 7 (0.077%) NFS
14 6 (0.066%) KVM
15 4 (0.044%) Microsoft App-V
15 4 (0.044%) XenApp
15 4 (0.044%) XenDesktop
16 3 (0.033%) Time Sharing Option
16 3 (0.033%) VMware Server
16 3 (0.033%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 264 (2.89%) Kubernetes
2 228 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 200 (2.19%) Terraform
4 148 (1.62%) Ansible
5 75 (0.82%) SCCM
6 44 (0.48%) vCenter Server
7 43 (0.47%) WSUS
8 42 (0.46%) SCOM
9 40 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
10 30 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 30 (0.33%) Grafana
10 30 (0.33%) Puppet
11 24 (0.26%) Progress Chef
12 19 (0.21%) FortiGate
12 19 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
13 16 (0.18%) Nagios
13 16 (0.18%) Prometheus
14 15 (0.16%) ZABBIX
15 14 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
16 13 (0.14%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 2,366 (25.89%) Microsoft
2 613 (6.71%) SAP
3 555 (6.07%) Oracle
4 310 (3.39%) VMware
5 305 (3.34%) Hyperion
6 299 (3.27%) Anaplan
7 274 (3.00%) Google
8 241 (2.64%) Databricks
9 202 (2.21%) Cisco
10 142 (1.55%) Salesforce
11 124 (1.36%) Dell
12 111 (1.21%) IBM
13 105 (1.15%) ServiceNow
14 102 (1.12%) Adobe
15 87 (0.95%) HP
16 73 (0.80%) Fortinet
17 67 (0.73%) Citrix
18 54 (0.59%) Aruba
19 52 (0.57%) Facebook
19 52 (0.57%) Meraki