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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +3
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,834 2,860 2,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.85% 30.96% 24.28%
As % of the General category 42.14% 42.15% 39.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,950 1,135 1,583
10th Percentile £24,696 £26,020 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £33,750
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 £64,375 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £49,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.78% +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 6,725 6,785 6,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.59% 73.45% 61.80%
Number of salaries quoted 4,716 3,064 4,174
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £35,800
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 £72,500 £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 10 May 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 10 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
West Midlands +1 1,823 £45,000 -13.46% 912
East Midlands 0 997 £39,969 -15.86% 604
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
1 167 (5.89%) SharePoint
2 92 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (0.78%) Confluence
4 21 (0.74%) WordPress
5 16 (0.56%) SAS
6 14 (0.49%) Skype for Business
7 11 (0.39%) CMS
8 9 (0.32%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.28%) IIS
10 6 (0.21%) Apache Spark
10 6 (0.21%) Appian
11 5 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
11 5 (0.18%) nginx
11 5 (0.18%) WebLogic
12 4 (0.14%) Office Communications Server
13 3 (0.11%) Drupal
13 3 (0.11%) IBM Notes
13 3 (0.11%) MQSeries
13 3 (0.11%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 417 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
2 280 (9.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 100 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
5 22 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.56%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 14 (0.49%) Trello
8 12 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
8 12 (0.42%) AutoCAD
9 11 (0.39%) InDesign
10 10 (0.35%) Adobe XD
11 6 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
11 6 (0.21%) CANalyzer
11 6 (0.21%) MS Visio
11 6 (0.21%) Sketch
12 4 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.14%) EPLAN
12 4 (0.14%) Simulink
12 4 (0.14%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 31 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.81%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 13 (0.46%) Shopify
5 11 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
6 10 (0.35%) Misys Midas
7 9 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.21%) NEC Housing
9 5 (0.18%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.18%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.18%) SAP SD
9 5 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
10 4 (0.14%) Sage 300 ERP
10 4 (0.14%) SAP PP
10 4 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 4 (0.14%) Teamcenter
11 3 (0.11%) iTrent
11 3 (0.11%) Maximo
11 3 (0.11%) SAP MM
12 2 (0.071%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 417 (14.71%) Azure
2 332 (11.71%) Microsoft 365
3 218 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 126 (4.45%) AWS
5 96 (3.39%) Entra ID
6 82 (2.89%) SaaS
7 59 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (1.20%) PowerApps
9 33 (1.16%) GitHub
10 32 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
11 27 (0.95%) Power Automate
12 26 (0.92%) GCP
13 25 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
14 22 (0.78%) OneDrive
15 19 (0.67%) Figma
16 16 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
17 14 (0.49%) Serverless
18 13 (0.46%) Smartsheet
18 13 (0.46%) Snowflake
18 13 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 149 (5.26%) Firewall
2 102 (3.60%) WAN
3 93 (3.28%) LAN
4 82 (2.89%) DNS
5 67 (2.36%) TCP/IP
6 65 (2.29%) DHCP
7 54 (1.91%) Internet
8 48 (1.69%) SAN
9 43 (1.52%) Broadband
10 42 (1.48%) VoIP
11 36 (1.27%) VLAN
12 33 (1.16%) Network Security
12 33 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
13 32 (1.13%) VPN
14 29 (1.02%) Intranet
15 26 (0.92%) Wireless
16 21 (0.74%) WLAN
17 20 (0.71%) Ethernet
17 20 (0.71%) PBX
18 15 (0.53%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (6.81%) Power BI
2 190 (6.70%) SQL Server
3 58 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (1.80%) Tableau
5 39 (1.38%) MySQL
5 39 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 27 (0.95%) Relational Database
7 21 (0.74%) Data Lake
8 19 (0.67%) Metadata
9 17 (0.60%) Oracle Database
9 17 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (0.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 14 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
11 14 (0.49%) Data Mining
12 12 (0.42%) BigQuery
13 10 (0.35%) Power Query
14 9 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (0.28%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 91 (3.21%) JIRA
2 78 (2.75%) Git
3 9 (0.32%) CANoe
3 9 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.18%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.18%) webpack
7 4 (0.14%) GitLab
8 3 (0.11%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
8 3 (0.11%) Maven
8 3 (0.11%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.11%) Postman
8 3 (0.11%) sqlmap
8 3 (0.11%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.071%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.071%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.071%) Xcode
General
1 654 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 653 (23.04%) Finance
3 356 (12.56%) Organisational Skills
4 299 (10.55%) Retail
5 191 (6.74%) Influencing Skills
6 188 (6.63%) Manufacturing
7 182 (6.42%) Marketing
8 148 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 136 (4.80%) Presentation Skills
10 135 (4.76%) Public Sector
11 133 (4.69%) Legal
12 124 (4.38%) Law
13 84 (2.96%) Telecoms
14 56 (1.98%) Automotive
15 53 (1.87%) Local Government
16 46 (1.62%) Banking
17 42 (1.48%) Games
18 35 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
19 34 (1.20%) Billing
19 34 (1.20%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 470 (16.58%) Analyst
2 276 (9.74%) Project Manager
3 264 (9.32%) Senior
4 224 (7.90%) Developer
5 166 (5.86%) IT Support
6 165 (5.82%) Lead
7 148 (5.22%) Consultant
8 132 (4.66%) Product Analyst
9 126 (4.45%) IT Manager
10 116 (4.09%) Sales Analyst
11 99 (3.49%) Support Engineer
12 83 (2.93%) Architect
13 82 (2.89%) IT Engineer
14 73 (2.58%) IT Technician
15 71 (2.51%) Administrator
16 69 (2.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 67 (2.36%) Support Technician
18 64 (2.26%) Senior Manager
19 59 (2.08%) 1st Line Support
20 58 (2.05%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (4.66%) .NET
2 110 (3.88%) HTML
3 76 (2.68%) CSS
4 41 (1.45%) React
5 32 (1.13%) ASP.NET
6 25 (0.88%) .NET Core
6 25 (0.88%) ASP.NET MVC
6 25 (0.88%) JSON
7 24 (0.85%) Vue
8 23 (0.81%) RESTful
9 21 (0.74%) HTML5
10 20 (0.71%) jQuery
11 19 (0.67%) AngularJS
11 19 (0.67%) Web Services
12 17 (0.60%) .NET Framework
12 17 (0.60%) EDI
12 17 (0.60%) Laravel
13 15 (0.53%) XML
14 13 (0.46%) EDIFACT
14 13 (0.46%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 270 (9.53%) Self-Motivation
2 192 (6.77%) Management Information System
3 146 (5.15%) Driving Licence
4 57 (2.01%) Mobile App
4 57 (2.01%) Product Ownership
5 49 (1.73%) Onboarding
6 36 (1.27%) NHS
7 35 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
8 33 (1.16%) Data Centre
9 30 (1.06%) Social Media
10 27 (0.95%) FMCG
11 25 (0.88%) Replication
12 23 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
13 22 (0.78%) IoT
14 18 (0.64%) Graphic Design
15 17 (0.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 16 (0.56%) CCTV
16 16 (0.56%) Low-Code
16 16 (0.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 362 (12.77%) Windows
2 156 (5.50%) Windows Server
3 109 (3.85%) Windows 10
4 102 (3.60%) Linux
5 35 (1.24%) Android
6 33 (1.16%) Apple iOS
7 32 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 30 (1.06%) Mac OS
9 25 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
10 24 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
11 22 (0.78%) Unix
11 22 (0.78%) Windows 7
12 17 (0.60%) VMS
13 9 (0.32%) CentOS
14 8 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 6 (0.21%) SUSE
15 6 (0.21%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 5 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
16 5 (0.18%) Mac OS X
16 5 (0.18%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 986 (34.79%) Problem-Solving
2 601 (21.21%) Customer Service
3 490 (17.29%) Project Management
4 417 (14.71%) Agile
5 378 (13.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 262 (9.24%) Mathematics
7 240 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
8 236 (8.33%) Mentoring
9 217 (7.66%) Decision-Making
10 206 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
11 202 (7.13%) Project Delivery
12 191 (6.74%) ITIL
13 187 (6.60%) Time Management
14 178 (6.28%) ERP
15 177 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
16 176 (6.21%) Customer Requirements
17 168 (5.93%) Risk Management
18 160 (5.65%) CRM
19 143 (5.05%) Computer Science
20 131 (4.62%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 351 (12.39%) SQL
2 140 (4.94%) Python
3 132 (4.66%) C#
4 114 (4.02%) JavaScript
5 60 (2.12%) PowerShell
6 45 (1.59%) Java
7 37 (1.31%) PHP
8 36 (1.27%) C++
9 28 (0.99%) T-SQL
9 28 (0.99%) TypeScript
10 27 (0.95%) C
11 16 (0.56%) R
12 13 (0.46%) Perl
13 12 (0.42%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.32%) VB
15 8 (0.28%) ActionScript
15 8 (0.28%) ActionScript 2.0
15 8 (0.28%) Bash
15 8 (0.28%) Bicep
16 7 (0.25%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 674 (23.78%) Degree
2 187 (6.60%) Security Cleared
3 90 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 85 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 84 (2.96%) DBS Check
6 66 (2.33%) SC Cleared
7 47 (1.66%) ACCA
8 42 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (1.13%) CIMA
10 30 (1.06%) Azure Certification
11 28 (0.99%) CCNA
11 28 (0.99%) Master's Degree
12 27 (0.95%) A+ Certification
13 25 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 24 (0.85%) HNC
14 24 (0.85%) PMI Certification
15 23 (0.81%) HND
16 19 (0.67%) MCSE
17 16 (0.56%) PMP
17 16 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 95 (3.35%) GDPR
2 95 (3.35%) QA
3 78 (2.75%) SLA
4 68 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 61 (2.15%) ISO 9001
6 50 (1.76%) PMO
7 45 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 41 (1.45%) Accessibility
9 37 (1.31%) Data Quality
10 20 (0.71%) NIST
11 17 (0.60%) GMP
12 12 (0.42%) IFRS
13 9 (0.32%) ISO 26262
14 8 (0.28%) GRC
14 8 (0.28%) IFRS 9
14 8 (0.28%) ISO 14001
15 7 (0.25%) ISO 22301
15 7 (0.25%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 261 (9.21%) Active Directory
2 98 (3.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 87 (3.07%) Hyper-V
4 28 (0.99%) Docker
5 23 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.53%) Firmware
8 11 (0.39%) vSphere
9 8 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
10 7 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.21%) NFS
12 4 (0.14%) pfSense
13 3 (0.11%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.071%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
15 1 (0.035%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.035%) VMware NSX
15 1 (0.035%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 77 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (1.55%) EnCase
3 34 (1.20%) SCCM
4 23 (0.81%) Kubernetes
5 22 (0.78%) Terraform
6 7 (0.25%) FortiGate
6 7 (0.25%) Functional Safety
7 6 (0.21%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (0.18%) WSUS
9 4 (0.14%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.14%) SmoothWall
10 3 (0.11%) Nagios
10 3 (0.11%) SCOM
11 2 (0.071%) Autotask
11 2 (0.071%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.035%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.035%) Icinga
12 1 (0.035%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.035%) VxRail
Vendors
1 797 (28.12%) Microsoft
2 145 (5.12%) VMware
3 77 (2.72%) Cisco
4 72 (2.54%) Veeam
5 58 (2.05%) SAP
6 39 (1.38%) HP
7 38 (1.34%) Adobe
7 38 (1.34%) Oracle
8 36 (1.27%) Google
9 34 (1.20%) Databricks
9 34 (1.20%) Salesforce
10 31 (1.09%) Citrix
11 30 (1.06%) Apple
12 29 (1.02%) Sage
12 29 (1.02%) Sophos
13 25 (0.88%) NEC
14 24 (0.85%) Dell
14 24 (0.85%) IFS
14 24 (0.85%) ServiceNow
15 23 (0.81%) Openreach