Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 24,450 29,778 37,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 24.79% 28.69% 24.21%
As % of the General category 41.42% 42.01% 37.92%
Number of salaries quoted 16,611 15,024 18,637
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,309 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.38% +5.26% +5.56%

All General Skills
UK

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 requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,028 70,875 99,909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.86% 68.29% 63.83%
Number of salaries quoted 39,629 38,205 51,280
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,269 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the UK

Social Skills
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in the UK

Social Skills
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the UK

Social Skills
Top 19 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 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
England +1 21,563 £49,000 -15.52% 10,098
UK excluding London 0 16,708 £44,309 -11.38% 7,297
Work from Home +2 9,147 £52,750 -12.45% 3,762
London +1 6,521 £65,000 -7.14% 3,194
South East 0 4,344 £44,309 -11.38% 1,779
North of England +1 4,077 £45,000 -9.77% 1,827
Midlands +1 2,813 £42,500 -15.00% 1,343
North West +1 2,134 £45,000 -10.00% 995
South West +1 2,015 £45,000 - 1,029
West Midlands +1 1,812 £45,000 -13.88% 812
East of England 0 1,542 £44,750 -6.01% 872
Yorkshire +1 1,472 £45,000 -10.00% 612
Scotland -16 1,262 £45,000 -18.18% 486
East Midlands 0 988 £39,000 -18.75% 529
Wales 0 503 £41,067 -5.93% 191
North East 0 474 £40,000 -5.88% 262
Northern Ireland +6 153 £50,000 -13.04% 92
Isle of Man - 14 £42,500 - 2
Channel Islands +1 7 £92,500 - 5

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 943 (3.86%) SharePoint
2 844 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 452 (1.85%) SAS
4 306 (1.25%) Confluence
5 204 (0.83%) CMS
6 158 (0.65%) WordPress
7 130 (0.53%) Apache Spark
8 112 (0.46%) Apache
9 82 (0.34%) WebLogic
10 70 (0.29%) IIS
11 52 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
12 37 (0.15%) nginx
13 30 (0.12%) Drupal
14 26 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
15 25 (0.10%) OpenEdge
16 24 (0.098%) OpenStack
16 24 (0.098%) Umbraco
17 23 (0.094%) Anypoint
18 22 (0.090%) Skype for Business
18 22 (0.090%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2,541 (10.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 2,148 (8.79%) Microsoft Office
3 791 (3.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 213 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 154 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 129 (0.53%) MS Visio
7 107 (0.44%) Photoshop
8 99 (0.40%) AutoCAD
9 97 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 69 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
11 61 (0.25%) InDesign
12 51 (0.21%) Trello
13 42 (0.17%) Sketch
14 41 (0.17%) Simulink
15 38 (0.16%) Adobe XD
15 38 (0.16%) UserZoom
16 31 (0.13%) SPSS
17 26 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
17 26 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
18 19 (0.078%) Revit
Business Applications
1 335 (1.37%) SAP ERP
2 208 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 158 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 79 (0.32%) NetSuite
5 67 (0.27%) Shopify
6 51 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 46 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
7 46 (0.19%) SAP FI
8 42 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
9 41 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
9 41 (0.17%) Primavera
10 40 (0.16%) SAP CO
10 40 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
11 35 (0.14%) Magento
12 31 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
13 30 (0.12%) NEC Housing
13 30 (0.12%) SAP HR
14 24 (0.098%) SAP Business One
15 23 (0.094%) Elite 3E
15 23 (0.094%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3,774 (15.44%) Azure
2 2,501 (10.23%) Microsoft 365
3 2,069 (8.46%) AWS
4 1,587 (6.49%) Power Platform
5 1,023 (4.18%) SaaS
6 561 (2.29%) GCP
7 537 (2.20%) Entra ID
8 473 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
9 420 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
10 322 (1.32%) Serverless
11 287 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
12 282 (1.15%) PowerApps
13 263 (1.08%) Power Automate
14 248 (1.01%) GitHub
15 187 (0.76%) PaaS
16 184 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
17 177 (0.72%) IaaS
18 165 (0.67%) Amazon S3
19 160 (0.65%) OneDrive
20 144 (0.59%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1,077 (4.40%) Firewall
2 985 (4.03%) Broadband
3 685 (2.80%) WAN
4 631 (2.58%) DNS
5 553 (2.26%) LAN
6 526 (2.15%) Wireless
7 446 (1.82%) TCP/IP
8 430 (1.76%) VPN
9 405 (1.66%) DHCP
10 338 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
11 327 (1.34%) Network Security
12 279 (1.14%) Internet
13 271 (1.11%) VoIP
14 261 (1.07%) SAN
15 230 (0.94%) SD-WAN
16 214 (0.88%) VLAN
17 160 (0.65%) Intranet
18 128 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
19 121 (0.49%) BGP
20 117 (0.48%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,280 (5.24%) Power BI
2 1,265 (5.17%) SQL Server
3 481 (1.97%) Tableau
4 439 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
5 389 (1.59%) Relational Database
6 358 (1.46%) MySQL
7 320 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
8 274 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 201 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
10 197 (0.81%) NoSQL
11 181 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
11 181 (0.74%) Big Data
12 177 (0.72%) Data Lake
13 169 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 150 (0.61%) MongoDB
15 129 (0.53%) Oracle Database
16 111 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
17 103 (0.42%) RDBMS
18 91 (0.37%) Data Mining
19 89 (0.36%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 955 (3.91%) Git
2 820 (3.35%) JIRA
3 339 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 173 (0.71%) GitLab
5 158 (0.65%) Visual Studio
6 106 (0.43%) Selenium
7 86 (0.35%) Bitbucket
8 54 (0.22%) Cucumber
9 51 (0.21%) Cypress.io
9 51 (0.21%) TeamCity
10 49 (0.20%) JUnit
11 48 (0.20%) Postman
12 44 (0.18%) Subversion
13 41 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
14 38 (0.16%) Maven
15 37 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
16 34 (0.14%) Burp Suite
17 33 (0.13%) Metasploit
17 33 (0.13%) NUnit
17 33 (0.13%) webpack
General
1 5,984 (24.47%) Finance
2 5,155 (21.08%) Analytical Skills
3 1,895 (7.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1,830 (7.48%) Retail
5 1,771 (7.24%) Organisational Skills
6 1,764 (7.21%) Marketing
7 1,474 (6.03%) Presentation Skills
8 1,312 (5.37%) Law
9 1,285 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
10 1,230 (5.03%) Legal
11 1,149 (4.70%) Public Sector
12 1,040 (4.25%) Manufacturing
13 784 (3.21%) Banking
14 642 (2.63%) Telecoms
15 342 (1.40%) Billing
16 338 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
17 337 (1.38%) Games
18 327 (1.34%) Electronics
19 293 (1.20%) Local Government
20 285 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3,441 (14.07%) Analyst
2 3,189 (13.04%) Senior
3 2,367 (9.68%) Developer
4 1,717 (7.02%) Lead
5 1,541 (6.30%) Architect
6 1,407 (5.75%) Project Manager
7 1,118 (4.57%) Consultant
8 1,087 (4.45%) IT Support
9 863 (3.53%) Solutions Architect
10 826 (3.38%) Support Engineer
11 719 (2.94%) IT Manager
12 713 (2.92%) Software Engineer
13 702 (2.87%) IT Engineer
14 629 (2.57%) Administrator
15 628 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
16 582 (2.38%) Graduate
17 580 (2.37%) Senior Manager
18 569 (2.33%) Senior Developer
19 520 (2.13%) Support Analyst
20 430 (1.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,125 (4.60%) .NET
2 948 (3.88%) HTML
3 795 (3.25%) CSS
4 660 (2.70%) React
5 394 (1.61%) AngularJS
6 349 (1.43%) Node.js
6 349 (1.43%) REST
7 319 (1.30%) RESTful
8 313 (1.28%) Web Services
9 298 (1.22%) .NET Framework
10 277 (1.13%) ASP.NET
11 261 (1.07%) .NET Core
12 236 (0.97%) JSON
13 235 (0.96%) Vue
14 222 (0.91%) HTML5
15 203 (0.83%) Kafka
16 202 (0.83%) Spring
17 196 (0.80%) XML
18 169 (0.69%) Entity Framework
19 165 (0.67%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2,029 (8.30%) Self-Motivation
2 1,269 (5.19%) Management Information System
3 978 (4.00%) Driving Licence
4 653 (2.67%) Onboarding
5 601 (2.46%) Product Ownership
6 479 (1.96%) Data Centre
7 387 (1.58%) Algorithms
8 350 (1.43%) Social Media
9 303 (1.24%) Cloud Native
10 290 (1.19%) Public Cloud
11 284 (1.16%) Client/Server
12 276 (1.13%) Video Conferencing
13 273 (1.12%) IoT
14 257 (1.05%) Mobile App
15 247 (1.01%) FMCG
16 241 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
17 231 (0.94%) Data Structures
18 218 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
18 218 (0.89%) NHS
19 215 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2,942 (12.03%) Windows
2 1,232 (5.04%) Linux
3 1,049 (4.29%) Windows Server
4 793 (3.24%) Windows 10
5 407 (1.66%) Android
6 307 (1.26%) Apple iOS
7 222 (0.91%) Unix
8 206 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 199 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
10 197 (0.81%) Mac OS
11 192 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
12 143 (0.58%) VMS
13 122 (0.50%) Windows 7
14 97 (0.40%) Ubuntu
15 83 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 52 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
17 47 (0.19%) Windows 8
18 44 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
18 44 (0.18%) Mac OS X
19 33 (0.13%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7,618 (31.16%) Problem-Solving
2 5,295 (21.66%) Agile
3 3,418 (13.98%) Project Management
4 3,189 (13.04%) Customer Service
5 2,519 (10.30%) Mentoring
6 2,235 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 2,178 (8.91%) Decision-Making
8 2,041 (8.35%) Computer Science
9 1,767 (7.23%) Roadmaps
10 1,747 (7.15%) ITIL
11 1,671 (6.83%) DevOps
12 1,637 (6.70%) Stakeholder Management
13 1,604 (6.56%) Analytics
14 1,586 (6.49%) Actionable Insight
15 1,584 (6.48%) Business Intelligence
16 1,514 (6.19%) Software Engineering
17 1,367 (5.59%) Cybersecurity
18 1,362 (5.57%) Project Delivery
19 1,284 (5.25%) Collaborative Working
20 1,267 (5.18%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2,962 (12.11%) SQL
2 1,876 (7.67%) Python
3 1,407 (5.75%) JavaScript
4 1,381 (5.65%) C#
5 1,068 (4.37%) Java
6 608 (2.49%) PowerShell
7 411 (1.68%) C
8 376 (1.54%) PHP
9 371 (1.52%) TypeScript
10 365 (1.49%) T-SQL
11 342 (1.40%) C++
12 267 (1.09%) Bash
13 223 (0.91%) R
14 176 (0.72%) Go
15 104 (0.43%) Scala
16 103 (0.42%) Embedded C
17 85 (0.35%) Perl
18 83 (0.34%) MATLAB
19 82 (0.34%) VB
20 72 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 5,963 (24.39%) Degree
2 1,736 (7.10%) Security Cleared
3 1,234 (5.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 1,076 (4.40%) SC Cleared
5 995 (4.07%) DBS Check
6 740 (3.03%) Master's Degree
7 645 (2.64%) ACCA
8 588 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 533 (2.18%) CIMA
10 363 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
11 359 (1.47%) PMI Certification
12 328 (1.34%) DV Cleared
13 325 (1.33%) Azure Certification
14 276 (1.13%) CISSP
15 241 (0.99%) CCNA
16 235 (0.96%) PMP
17 223 (0.91%) AWS Certification
18 211 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
19 192 (0.79%) CISM
20 176 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1,092 (4.47%) QA
2 947 (3.87%) SLA
3 555 (2.27%) GDPR
4 482 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 478 (1.96%) Data Quality
6 377 (1.54%) PMO
7 325 (1.33%) Accessibility
8 264 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
9 199 (0.81%) NIST
10 180 (0.74%) ISO 9001
11 166 (0.68%) IFRS
12 114 (0.47%) GMP
13 93 (0.38%) PCI DSS
14 80 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
15 65 (0.27%) GRC
16 63 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 17025
17 62 (0.25%) GAAP
18 61 (0.25%) IFRS 9
19 44 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
20 42 (0.17%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 1,957 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 613 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 604 (2.47%) Docker
4 477 (1.95%) Hyper-V
5 245 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
6 223 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
7 217 (0.89%) Firmware
8 115 (0.47%) XenApp
9 112 (0.46%) XenDesktop
10 106 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
11 86 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
12 75 (0.31%) vSphere
13 57 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
14 30 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
15 24 (0.098%) KVM
15 24 (0.098%) Terminal Services
16 16 (0.065%) VMware NSX
17 13 (0.053%) vCloud
18 12 (0.049%) NFS
19 11 (0.045%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 555 (2.27%) Kubernetes
2 542 (2.22%) Terraform
3 534 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 365 (1.49%) SCCM
5 254 (1.04%) Ansible
6 118 (0.48%) Grafana
7 107 (0.44%) AirWatch
8 89 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
9 81 (0.33%) WSUS
10 71 (0.29%) vCenter Server
11 64 (0.26%) SCOM
12 56 (0.23%) FortiGate
13 54 (0.22%) Puppet
14 50 (0.20%) Progress Chef
14 50 (0.20%) Prometheus
15 45 (0.18%) EnCase
16 40 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 38 (0.16%) Nagios
18 35 (0.14%) Functional Safety
19 31 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 6,222 (25.45%) Microsoft
2 1,067 (4.36%) SAP
3 960 (3.93%) Oracle
4 921 (3.77%) VMware
5 649 (2.65%) Cisco
6 606 (2.48%) Google
7 433 (1.77%) Salesforce
8 384 (1.57%) ServiceNow
9 332 (1.36%) Dell
10 322 (1.32%) Citrix
10 322 (1.32%) Hyperion
11 307 (1.26%) Adobe
12 303 (1.24%) Anaplan
13 300 (1.23%) Databricks
14 280 (1.15%) HP
15 214 (0.88%) Veeam
16 213 (0.87%) Apple
17 206 (0.84%) IBM
18 174 (0.71%) Splunk
19 129 (0.53%) Sage