Social Skills Jobs in the Thames Valley

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 1,620 1,805 1,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.10% 30.56% 22.92%
As % of the General category 45.53% 47.29% 38.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,121 807 778
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,183 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £66,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,558 3,817 4,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 52.93% 64.63% 58.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,193 1,699 2,093
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,913 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £60,323 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £81,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +8.00%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the Thames Valley

Social Skills
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -1 711 £45,000 -10.00% 323
Buckinghamshire 0 523 £45,000 -0.43% 201
Oxfordshire 0 386 £44,435 -6.45% 191
Social Skills
South East

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 68 (4.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (3.52%) SharePoint
3 39 (2.41%) CMS
4 26 (1.60%) WebLogic
5 17 (1.05%) Confluence
6 14 (0.86%) WordPress
7 11 (0.68%) Drupal
8 6 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.31%) Joomla!
10 4 (0.25%) Apache
11 3 (0.19%) nginx
11 3 (0.19%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.12%) IBM Domino
12 2 (0.12%) Kentico
12 2 (0.12%) Moodle
13 1 (0.062%) Documentum
Applications
1 253 (15.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 154 (9.51%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 9 (0.56%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.31%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.31%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.31%) InDesign
10 4 (0.25%) Adobe Captivate
10 4 (0.25%) Maya
10 4 (0.25%) MotionBuilder
10 4 (0.25%) Sketch
10 4 (0.25%) Solid Edge
10 4 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
11 3 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.19%) Revit
Business Applications
1 23 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.62%) Primavera
3 8 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.25%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.25%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
7 3 (0.19%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.19%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.12%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.062%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.062%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.062%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.062%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 234 (14.44%) Azure
2 180 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 129 (7.96%) Power Platform
4 70 (4.32%) AWS
5 44 (2.72%) Entra ID
6 43 (2.65%) SaaS
7 36 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
8 27 (1.67%) PowerApps
9 22 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
9 22 (1.36%) Power Automate
10 20 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
11 18 (1.11%) Azure Storage
12 16 (0.99%) GitHub
13 15 (0.93%) WhatsApp
14 14 (0.86%) Serverless
15 12 (0.74%) GCP
15 12 (0.74%) OCI
15 12 (0.74%) Snowflake
16 11 (0.68%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 100 (6.17%) Firewall
2 75 (4.63%) DNS
3 61 (3.77%) DHCP
4 59 (3.64%) Broadband
5 38 (2.35%) Wireless
6 25 (1.54%) VoIP
7 22 (1.36%) VPN
8 20 (1.23%) LAN
8 20 (1.23%) Network Security
9 19 (1.17%) TCP/IP
10 18 (1.11%) SAN
11 15 (0.93%) WAN
12 14 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (0.68%) Intranet
14 10 (0.62%) SSL
15 9 (0.56%) 5G
15 9 (0.56%) BGP
16 8 (0.49%) VLAN
17 6 (0.37%) Internet
18 5 (0.31%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (5.06%) Power BI
2 60 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
4 29 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (1.67%) Relational Database
6 18 (1.11%) MySQL
7 13 (0.80%) Data Lake
7 13 (0.80%) Tableau
8 11 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.62%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.49%) CouchDB
12 7 (0.43%) MS Access
13 6 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.37%) Big Data
13 6 (0.37%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.37%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 48 (2.96%) JIRA
2 24 (1.48%) Git
3 11 (0.68%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.56%) Gradle
5 8 (0.49%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.43%) GitLab
6 7 (0.43%) NUnit
7 6 (0.37%) MSI
7 6 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.31%) AdminStudio
8 5 (0.31%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.31%) InstallShield
9 3 (0.19%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.19%) Selenium
10 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.12%) ERwin
10 2 (0.12%) JUnit
11 1 (0.062%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.062%) Maven
General
1 370 (22.84%) Analytical Skills
2 263 (16.23%) Finance
3 137 (8.46%) Organisational Skills
4 135 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 116 (7.16%) Marketing
6 109 (6.73%) Retail
7 82 (5.06%) Legal
8 78 (4.81%) Manufacturing
9 75 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
10 72 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
11 68 (4.20%) Public Sector
12 54 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
13 45 (2.78%) Law
13 45 (2.78%) Telecoms
14 41 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
15 34 (2.10%) Police
16 28 (1.73%) Back Office
17 22 (1.36%) Electronics
18 21 (1.30%) Banking
19 18 (1.11%) Games
Job Titles
1 223 (13.77%) Analyst
2 203 (12.53%) Senior
3 152 (9.38%) Lead
4 103 (6.36%) Architect
5 89 (5.49%) Developer
6 86 (5.31%) Project Manager
7 81 (5.00%) Support Engineer
8 77 (4.75%) IT Support
9 72 (4.44%) Consultant
10 64 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
11 62 (3.83%) Support Analyst
12 58 (3.58%) Senior Analyst
13 51 (3.15%) Administrator
14 47 (2.90%) Applications Support
15 46 (2.84%) Software Engineer
16 45 (2.78%) IT Engineer
17 44 (2.72%) Technical Support
18 43 (2.65%) Applications Support Analyst
19 35 (2.16%) IT Manager
20 34 (2.10%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (3.70%) .NET
2 45 (2.78%) React
3 38 (2.35%) Spring
4 34 (2.10%) CSS
5 32 (1.98%) HTML
6 22 (1.36%) J2EE
6 22 (1.36%) Java EE
7 21 (1.30%) EDI
8 18 (1.11%) .NET Core
9 17 (1.05%) AngularJS
10 16 (0.99%) Spring Boot
11 15 (0.93%) ARM Templates
11 15 (0.93%) JSON
11 15 (0.93%) Web Services
12 14 (0.86%) Node.js
13 13 (0.80%) Kafka
13 13 (0.80%) XML
14 11 (0.68%) ASP.NET
15 9 (0.56%) .NET Framework
15 9 (0.56%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 197 (12.16%) Self-Motivation
2 114 (7.04%) Management Information System
3 57 (3.52%) Driving Licence
4 35 (2.16%) Algorithms
5 33 (2.04%) Data Centre
6 31 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 28 (1.73%) Onboarding
7 28 (1.73%) Social Media
8 24 (1.48%) Biopharmaceutical
8 24 (1.48%) PKI
8 24 (1.48%) Product Ownership
9 23 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (1.36%) PMI
11 21 (1.30%) Replication
12 17 (1.05%) FMCG
13 16 (0.99%) IoT
13 16 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (0.99%) Life Science
14 15 (0.93%) Digital Signage
15 14 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 217 (13.40%) Windows
2 89 (5.49%) Linux
3 78 (4.81%) Windows Server
4 69 (4.26%) Windows 10
5 33 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 32 (1.98%) Unix
6 32 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 27 (1.67%) Windows 7
8 23 (1.42%) Mac OS
9 21 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (1.05%) Windows XP
11 16 (0.99%) Apple iOS
12 11 (0.68%) Android
12 11 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 11 (0.68%) VMS
13 7 (0.43%) Windows 8
14 6 (0.37%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.12%) SUSE
15 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.062%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 664 (40.99%) Problem-Solving
2 277 (17.10%) Project Management
3 271 (16.73%) Mentoring
4 249 (15.37%) Agile
5 234 (14.44%) Decision-Making
6 197 (12.16%) Customer Service
7 167 (10.31%) Coaching
8 165 (10.19%) ITIL
9 161 (9.94%) Actionable Insight
10 150 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 133 (8.21%) Collaborative Working
12 112 (6.91%) Analytics
13 102 (6.30%) DevOps
14 100 (6.17%) Service Management
15 98 (6.05%) Computer Science
16 96 (5.93%) Data Analysis
17 84 (5.19%) Business Intelligence
18 81 (5.00%) Project Delivery
19 80 (4.94%) Service Delivery
20 77 (4.75%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 159 (9.81%) SQL
2 103 (6.36%) Python
3 92 (5.68%) Java
4 89 (5.49%) C#
5 74 (4.57%) JavaScript
6 55 (3.40%) PowerShell
7 31 (1.91%) C
8 25 (1.54%) VB
9 23 (1.42%) Shell Script
10 22 (1.36%) C++
11 21 (1.30%) VBScript
12 20 (1.23%) Bash
13 18 (1.11%) Fortran
14 17 (1.05%) PHP
14 17 (1.05%) T-SQL
15 16 (0.99%) Bicep
16 15 (0.93%) VB.NET
17 9 (0.56%) Perl
17 9 (0.56%) Scala
18 8 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 454 (28.02%) Degree
2 196 (12.10%) Security Cleared
3 139 (8.58%) SC Cleared
4 98 (6.05%) DV Cleared
5 60 (3.70%) DBS Check
6 56 (3.46%) ACCA
7 48 (2.96%) Master's Degree
8 45 (2.78%) CIMA
9 43 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 39 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 32 (1.98%) PhD
12 31 (1.91%) PMI Certification
13 25 (1.54%) A+ Certification
14 24 (1.48%) Azure Certification
14 24 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
15 23 (1.42%) CIPD
15 23 (1.42%) MCP
16 22 (1.36%) CCNA
17 21 (1.30%) HNC
18 19 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (6.79%) SLA
2 92 (5.68%) QA
3 56 (3.46%) PMO
4 45 (2.78%) GDPR
5 34 (2.10%) Data Quality
6 32 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 23 (1.42%) ISO 9001
8 17 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
9 16 (0.99%) Good Clinical Practice
10 11 (0.68%) IFRS
11 9 (0.56%) ISO 13485
11 9 (0.56%) ISO 14001
12 8 (0.49%) NEBOSH
12 8 (0.49%) NIST
13 7 (0.43%) IEC 62304
13 7 (0.43%) ISO 22301
14 6 (0.37%) GxP
14 6 (0.37%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
System Software
1 155 (9.57%) Active Directory
2 72 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (2.41%) Hyper-V
4 38 (2.35%) Docker
5 23 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (1.17%) Firmware
6 19 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (0.80%) KVM
9 6 (0.37%) vSphere
10 5 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.12%) HDFS
12 1 (0.062%) NFS
Systems Management
1 71 (4.38%) SCCM
2 52 (3.21%) SCOM
3 47 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 40 (2.47%) Kubernetes
5 37 (2.28%) WSUS
6 24 (1.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 22 (1.36%) OpenSSO
7 22 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.80%) NetBackup
9 12 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
9 12 (0.74%) vCenter Server
10 11 (0.68%) Ansible
11 10 (0.62%) Terraform
12 4 (0.25%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.12%) Grafana
13 2 (0.12%) Nagios
13 2 (0.12%) Nessus
13 2 (0.12%) Netcool
13 2 (0.12%) SolarWinds Orion
13 2 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 481 (29.69%) Microsoft
2 81 (5.00%) Oracle
3 78 (4.81%) VMware
4 72 (4.44%) Salesforce
5 43 (2.65%) HP
6 41 (2.53%) SAP
7 37 (2.28%) ServiceNow
8 33 (2.04%) Veeam
9 32 (1.98%) Google
10 31 (1.91%) Cisco
11 29 (1.79%) Citrix
12 22 (1.36%) Adobe
12 22 (1.36%) Remedy
13 21 (1.30%) Dell
13 21 (1.30%) MuleSoft
14 20 (1.23%) EMC
15 17 (1.05%) Juniper
16 16 (0.99%) YouTube
17 15 (0.93%) Dynatrace
17 15 (0.93%) Palo Alto