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

6 months to
20 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 2,166 2,254 2,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 21.72% 29.17% 22.53%
As % of the General category 40.67% 43.03% 36.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,624 963 1,139
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,004 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +8.42% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,739 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,782 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.65% +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 5,326 5,238 5,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.41% 67.79% 61.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,934 2,414 3,100
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £51,439
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +2.06% +8.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,140
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 20 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 20 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 1,167 £48,000 -16.52% 600
Cheshire 0 436 £39,000 -13.33% 260
Merseyside -1 257 £35,000 -17.65% 139
Lancashire -4 205 £40,617 +1.54% 158
Cumbria +2 85 £37,500 -16.67% 49
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 53 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.15%) Confluence
4 16 (0.74%) WordPress
5 15 (0.69%) CMS
5 15 (0.69%) IIS
5 15 (0.69%) SAS
6 8 (0.37%) ArcGIS
6 8 (0.37%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.32%) OpenEdge
8 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.092%) Apache
10 1 (0.046%) Drupal
10 1 (0.046%) Jetty
10 1 (0.046%) nginx
10 1 (0.046%) OpenStack
Applications
1 170 (7.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
3 78 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (0.69%) Photoshop
5 13 (0.60%) AutoCAD
5 13 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.37%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.32%) Sketch
7 7 (0.32%) Trello
8 6 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.23%) InDesign
10 4 (0.18%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.14%) 3ds Max
12 2 (0.092%) InVision
12 2 (0.092%) SPSS
12 2 (0.092%) Stata
13 1 (0.046%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.046%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 23 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.78%) 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 7 (0.32%) NEC Housing
9 6 (0.28%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.23%) SAP PP
10 5 (0.23%) SAP SD
11 4 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.18%) Primavera
11 4 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
11 4 (0.18%) SAP APO
11 4 (0.18%) SAP MM
11 4 (0.18%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 296 (13.67%) Azure
2 198 (9.14%) Microsoft 365
3 172 (7.94%) AWS
4 143 (6.60%) Power Platform
5 67 (3.09%) SaaS
6 57 (2.63%) GCP
7 36 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
9 28 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
10 22 (1.02%) GitHub
11 21 (0.97%) Entra ID
12 19 (0.88%) Serverless
13 17 (0.78%) Amazon Kinesis
13 17 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (0.69%) Amazon SQS
14 15 (0.69%) Figma
15 13 (0.60%) PaaS
16 12 (0.55%) Amazon EKS
17 11 (0.51%) IaaS
18 9 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 76 (3.51%) Firewall
2 57 (2.63%) LAN
3 50 (2.31%) WAN
4 48 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
5 46 (2.12%) TCP/IP
6 44 (2.03%) DNS
7 35 (1.62%) Broadband
7 35 (1.62%) VoIP
8 32 (1.48%) Wireless
9 31 (1.43%) Internet
10 27 (1.25%) DHCP
11 23 (1.06%) BGP
12 22 (1.02%) Network Security
13 20 (0.92%) PPP
14 15 (0.69%) OSPF
14 15 (0.69%) SAN
15 14 (0.65%) VPN
16 10 (0.46%) Ethernet
17 9 (0.42%) MPLS
17 9 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (5.36%) Power BI
2 103 (4.76%) SQL Server
3 50 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
4 45 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (1.75%) Tableau
6 32 (1.48%) NoSQL
6 32 (1.48%) Relational Database
7 31 (1.43%) MySQL
7 31 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 23 (1.06%) DynamoDB
9 21 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
9 21 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.74%) Oracle Database
10 16 (0.74%) Power Query
11 14 (0.65%) Redis
12 13 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (0.60%) Data Lake
13 12 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
13 12 (0.55%) MongoDB
14 10 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 85 (3.92%) Git
2 63 (2.91%) JIRA
3 24 (1.11%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.74%) TeamCity
5 10 (0.46%) Gatling
6 9 (0.42%) Eclipse
6 9 (0.42%) Subversion
7 7 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.23%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.23%) Spinnaker
9 4 (0.18%) GitLab
9 4 (0.18%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.18%) JUnit
9 4 (0.18%) Mockito
9 4 (0.18%) Selenium
10 3 (0.14%) IBM UrbanCode
10 3 (0.14%) MSBuild
10 3 (0.14%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 467 (21.56%) Finance
2 398 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
3 204 (9.42%) Retail
4 138 (6.37%) Organisational Skills
5 127 (5.86%) Legal
6 126 (5.82%) Public Sector
7 125 (5.77%) Marketing
8 112 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 109 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
10 78 (3.60%) Law
11 66 (3.05%) Manufacturing
12 55 (2.54%) Games
13 53 (2.45%) Banking
14 52 (2.40%) Telecoms
15 49 (2.26%) Billing
16 39 (1.80%) Local Government
17 37 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
18 34 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
19 30 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
20 25 (1.15%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 246 (11.36%) Analyst
2 241 (11.13%) Developer
3 228 (10.53%) Senior
4 149 (6.88%) Project Manager
5 142 (6.56%) Lead
6 108 (4.99%) IT Support
7 104 (4.80%) IT Manager
8 98 (4.52%) Architect
9 77 (3.55%) Consultant
10 73 (3.37%) Software Engineer
11 68 (3.14%) Support Analyst
12 66 (3.05%) Administrator
13 60 (2.77%) Support Engineer
14 59 (2.72%) IT Engineer
15 54 (2.49%) Coordinator
16 48 (2.22%) Business Manager
17 46 (2.12%) Business Analyst
18 45 (2.08%) Solutions Architect
19 44 (2.03%) Development Manager
19 44 (2.03%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (4.25%) HTML
2 87 (4.02%) .NET
3 78 (3.60%) CSS
4 37 (1.71%) Laravel
5 36 (1.66%) React
6 33 (1.52%) AngularJS
7 31 (1.43%) RESTful
8 29 (1.34%) Node.js
9 28 (1.29%) REST
9 28 (1.29%) Web Services
10 27 (1.25%) GraphQL
11 25 (1.15%) Vue
12 21 (0.97%) .NET Framework
12 21 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
13 18 (0.83%) HTML5
13 18 (0.83%) JSON
14 17 (0.78%) http4s
14 17 (0.78%) Scalaz
15 16 (0.74%) .NET Core
16 15 (0.69%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 197 (9.10%) Self-Motivation
2 88 (4.06%) Management Information System
3 79 (3.65%) Driving Licence
4 58 (2.68%) Product Ownership
5 36 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
6 33 (1.52%) NHS
7 27 (1.25%) Blog
8 26 (1.20%) Algorithms
8 26 (1.20%) Cloud Native
9 25 (1.15%) EPoS
10 24 (1.11%) Mobile App
11 22 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
11 22 (1.02%) Housing Association
12 21 (0.97%) Onboarding
13 20 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
13 20 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (0.92%) Security Posture
14 19 (0.88%) Data Centre
14 19 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
14 19 (0.88%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 199 (9.19%) Windows
2 83 (3.83%) Linux
3 82 (3.79%) Windows Server
4 47 (2.17%) Windows 10
5 23 (1.06%) Android
6 21 (0.97%) Apple iOS
7 17 (0.78%) VMS
7 17 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (0.74%) Mac OS
8 16 (0.74%) Unix
9 12 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (0.28%) Windows 8
12 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.18%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.18%) Windows Vista
14 3 (0.14%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.092%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.046%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 675 (31.16%) Problem-Solving
2 421 (19.44%) Agile
3 337 (15.56%) Project Management
4 279 (12.88%) Customer Service
5 215 (9.93%) Mentoring
6 196 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 182 (8.40%) DevOps
8 172 (7.94%) Decision-Making
9 169 (7.80%) Analytics
9 169 (7.80%) ITIL
10 167 (7.71%) Stakeholder Management
11 153 (7.06%) Business Intelligence
12 143 (6.60%) Computer Science
13 139 (6.42%) Coaching
14 128 (5.91%) Cybersecurity
15 126 (5.82%) Time Management
16 125 (5.77%) Roadmaps
17 120 (5.54%) ERP
18 117 (5.40%) Software Engineering
19 114 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 219 (10.11%) SQL
2 130 (6.00%) JavaScript
3 105 (4.85%) C#
3 105 (4.85%) Python
4 64 (2.95%) Java
5 53 (2.45%) PHP
6 34 (1.57%) T-SQL
7 31 (1.43%) PowerShell
8 21 (0.97%) C
8 21 (0.97%) Scala
9 19 (0.88%) TypeScript
10 18 (0.83%) Bash
11 14 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (0.60%) Go
13 12 (0.55%) SystemVerilog
14 9 (0.42%) Embedded C
15 8 (0.37%) Rust
16 7 (0.32%) C++
16 7 (0.32%) Swift
16 7 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 465 (21.47%) Degree
2 121 (5.59%) Security Cleared
3 96 (4.43%) SC Cleared
4 82 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 52 (2.40%) DBS Check
6 50 (2.31%) PMI Certification
7 49 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.80%) ACCA
9 38 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
10 35 (1.62%) PMP
11 30 (1.39%) Master's Degree
12 25 (1.15%) CIMA
12 25 (1.15%) HND
13 23 (1.06%) CCNP
14 21 (0.97%) Azure Certification
14 21 (0.97%) CCNA
15 20 (0.92%) HNC
15 20 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 18 (0.83%) CISSP
17 17 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (4.11%) SLA
2 86 (3.97%) QA
3 57 (2.63%) Data Quality
4 56 (2.59%) GDPR
5 44 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 37 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 33 (1.52%) PMO
8 28 (1.29%) Accessibility
9 22 (1.02%) IFRS
10 16 (0.74%) NIST
11 15 (0.69%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.65%) GAAP
12 14 (0.65%) GMP
13 12 (0.55%) ISO 9001
14 9 (0.42%) 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
1 162 (7.48%) Active Directory
2 54 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (2.17%) Hyper-V
4 45 (2.08%) Docker
5 24 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.42%) Terminal Services
7 8 (0.37%) Firmware
8 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.092%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.092%) 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 25 (1.15%) Terraform
3 17 (0.78%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.51%) Progress Chef
5 10 (0.46%) Ansible
6 7 (0.32%) SCCM
7 5 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.18%) Autotask
8 4 (0.18%) Grafana
8 4 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.18%) Nessus
8 4 (0.18%) Opsgenie
8 4 (0.18%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.18%) VxRail
8 4 (0.18%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.14%) Puppet
9 3 (0.14%) SELinux
9 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.092%) Icinga
Vendors
1 453 (20.91%) Microsoft
2 88 (4.06%) SAP
3 66 (3.05%) VMware
4 44 (2.03%) Cisco
5 42 (1.94%) Oracle
6 37 (1.71%) Apple
7 34 (1.57%) Adobe
7 34 (1.57%) Google
7 34 (1.57%) Virgin Media
8 31 (1.43%) NEC
9 25 (1.15%) Salesforce
10 24 (1.11%) ServiceNow
11 20 (0.92%) IBM
12 19 (0.88%) Cadence
12 19 (0.88%) HP
13 18 (0.83%) Veeam
14 17 (0.78%) CA
15 15 (0.69%) Dell
15 15 (0.69%) Facebook
16 14 (0.65%) Sophos