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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 9,136 10,236 15,992
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.06% 24.68% 23.36%
As % of the General category 44.09% 37.40% 37.08%
Number of salaries quoted 6,192 6,938 8,790
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £39,250 £45,300 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,738 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.10% +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 20,723 27,370 43,126
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.37% 65.99% 63.00%
Number of salaries quoted 15,077 18,217 24,304
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £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 £82,751 £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 9 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
2 258 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 229 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 85 (0.93%) WordPress
5 82 (0.90%) CMS
6 71 (0.78%) Confluence
7 59 (0.65%) Apache Spark
8 46 (0.50%) WebLogic
9 39 (0.43%) Apache
9 39 (0.43%) IIS
10 29 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
11 20 (0.22%) OpenEdge
11 20 (0.22%) OpenStack
12 19 (0.21%) nginx
13 15 (0.16%) Documentum
14 14 (0.15%) Drupal
15 9 (0.099%) Exchange Server 2013
16 7 (0.077%) BizTalk Server
17 6 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2000
18 5 (0.055%) JBoss
Applications
1 966 (10.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 495 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
3 193 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 56 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 39 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 33 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 31 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 30 (0.33%) Photoshop
9 21 (0.23%) Adobe XD
10 20 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
10 20 (0.22%) Sketch
11 19 (0.21%) InDesign
11 19 (0.21%) Simulink
12 18 (0.20%) Trello
13 11 (0.12%) AutoCAD
14 8 (0.088%) Adobe After Effects
14 8 (0.088%) Chatbot
15 7 (0.077%) Adobe Captivate
15 7 (0.077%) SOLIDWORKS
16 6 (0.066%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 307 (3.36%) SAP ERP
2 87 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 69 (0.76%) 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 10 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
10 10 (0.11%) SAP Business One
10 10 (0.11%) SAP CX
11 9 (0.099%) Maximo
11 9 (0.099%) Primavera
11 9 (0.099%) SAP Payroll
12 8 (0.088%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 1,717 (18.79%) Azure
2 911 (9.97%) AWS
3 752 (8.23%) Power Platform
4 739 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
5 516 (5.65%) SaaS
6 285 (3.12%) GCP
7 216 (2.36%) Entra ID
8 197 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
9 170 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
10 149 (1.63%) PowerApps
11 147 (1.61%) Serverless
12 143 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
13 125 (1.37%) Power Automate
14 101 (1.11%) GitHub
15 89 (0.97%) Amazon S3
16 88 (0.96%) Snowflake
17 87 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
17 87 (0.95%) PaaS
18 75 (0.82%) IaaS
19 74 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 879 (9.62%) Broadband
2 374 (4.09%) Firewall
3 233 (2.55%) DNS
4 221 (2.42%) WAN
5 187 (2.05%) LAN
6 176 (1.93%) Wireless
7 154 (1.69%) TCP/IP
7 154 (1.69%) VPN
8 141 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
9 122 (1.34%) DHCP
10 118 (1.29%) SAN
11 101 (1.11%) Internet
12 92 (1.01%) VoIP
13 82 (0.90%) BGP
14 69 (0.76%) Network Security
15 67 (0.73%) 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
1 630 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 622 (6.81%) Power BI
3 283 (3.10%) Tableau
4 259 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
5 241 (2.64%) Relational Database
6 210 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 160 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
8 146 (1.60%) MySQL
9 125 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
10 122 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
11 93 (1.02%) Oracle Database
12 90 (0.99%) Big Data
13 84 (0.92%) RDBMS
14 78 (0.85%) MongoDB
15 75 (0.82%) Data Lake
16 73 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 63 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
18 57 (0.62%) NoSQL
19 46 (0.50%) BigQuery
20 45 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 468 (5.12%) Git
2 251 (2.75%) 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 17 (0.19%) 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 2,768 (30.30%) Finance
2 1,793 (19.63%) Analytical Skills
3 709 (7.76%) Retail
4 659 (7.21%) Marketing
5 645 (7.06%) Influencing Skills
6 599 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 535 (5.86%) Presentation Skills
8 515 (5.64%) Public Sector
9 429 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
10 420 (4.60%) Legal
11 326 (3.57%) Law
12 243 (2.66%) Banking
13 219 (2.40%) Manufacturing
14 173 (1.89%) Telecoms
15 145 (1.59%) Games
16 114 (1.25%) 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 1,555 (17.02%) Analyst
2 1,484 (16.24%) Senior
3 1,213 (13.28%) Developer
4 894 (9.79%) Architect
5 720 (7.88%) Lead
6 623 (6.82%) Solutions Architect
7 507 (5.55%) Consultant
8 488 (5.34%) Project Manager
9 410 (4.49%) Senior Analyst
10 349 (3.82%) Senior Developer
11 253 (2.77%) IT Manager
12 245 (2.68%) Software Engineer
13 231 (2.53%) Software Developer
14 229 (2.51%) Support Engineer
15 208 (2.28%) Data Analyst
15 208 (2.28%) IT Support
16 207 (2.27%) Administrator
16 207 (2.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 180 (1.97%) Business Analyst
18 179 (1.96%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 472 (5.17%) .NET
2 370 (4.05%) HTML
3 334 (3.66%) CSS
4 246 (2.69%) React
5 174 (1.90%) Node.js
6 166 (1.82%) AngularJS
7 164 (1.80%) RESTful
8 162 (1.77%) REST
9 136 (1.49%) Kafka
10 134 (1.47%) Web Services
11 119 (1.30%) 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 95 (1.04%) .NET Framework
17 93 (1.02%) Laravel
18 81 (0.89%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 488 (5.34%) Self-Motivation
2 340 (3.72%) Management Information System
3 246 (2.69%) Client/Server
4 240 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 213 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 205 (2.24%) Data Centre
7 197 (2.16%) Algorithms
8 196 (2.15%) Driving Licence
9 138 (1.51%) Data Structures
10 136 (1.49%) Social Media
11 133 (1.46%) Public Cloud
12 127 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
13 120 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
14 107 (1.17%) Cloud Native
15 106 (1.16%) Mobile App
16 91 (1.00%) IoT
17 80 (0.88%) Life Science
18 79 (0.86%) NHS
19 77 (0.84%) Virtual Team
20 64 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 803 (8.79%) Windows
2 538 (5.89%) Linux
3 332 (3.63%) Windows Server
4 143 (1.57%) Apple iOS
5 141 (1.54%) Android
6 139 (1.52%) Windows 10
7 115 (1.26%) VMS
8 108 (1.18%) Unix
9 71 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 57 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
11 54 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
12 51 (0.56%) 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 2,688 (29.42%) Agile
2 2,533 (27.73%) Problem-Solving
3 1,239 (13.56%) Mentoring
4 1,109 (12.14%) Project Management
5 1,057 (11.57%) Decision-Making
6 1,016 (11.12%) Actionable Insight
7 957 (10.48%) Roadmaps
8 781 (8.55%) Business Intelligence
9 732 (8.01%) Analytics
10 702 (7.68%) DevOps
11 700 (7.66%) Customer Service
12 680 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 679 (7.43%) Business Case
14 667 (7.30%) Stakeholder Management
15 656 (7.18%) Software Engineering
16 643 (7.04%) Computer Science
17 623 (6.82%) ITIL
18 584 (6.39%) ERP
19 560 (6.13%) Change Management
20 541 (5.92%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,422 (15.56%) SQL
2 874 (9.57%) Python
3 593 (6.49%) C#
4 581 (6.36%) JavaScript
5 421 (4.61%) Java
6 231 (2.53%) T-SQL
7 202 (2.21%) PHP
8 196 (2.15%) PowerShell
9 190 (2.08%) C
10 161 (1.76%) TypeScript
11 111 (1.21%) Go
12 100 (1.09%) 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 1,971 (21.57%) Degree
2 793 (8.68%) Security Cleared
3 533 (5.83%) SC Cleared
4 518 (5.67%) ACCA
5 470 (5.14%) CIMA
6 391 (4.28%) DBS Check
7 358 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 206 (2.25%) Master's Degree
9 204 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 151 (1.65%) PMI Certification
11 137 (1.50%) DV Cleared
12 127 (1.39%) Azure Certification
13 114 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
14 107 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
15 103 (1.13%) CISSP
16 98 (1.07%) PMP
17 93 (1.02%) AWS Certification
18 80 (0.88%) CCNA
19 75 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
20 68 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 408 (4.47%) QA
2 176 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 174 (1.90%) SLA
4 131 (1.43%) Data Quality
5 107 (1.17%) GDPR
6 100 (1.09%) Accessibility
6 100 (1.09%) PMO
7 92 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
8 62 (0.68%) NIST
9 54 (0.59%) IFRS
10 46 (0.50%) PCI DSS
11 40 (0.44%) ISO 9001
12 27 (0.30%) GRC
13 22 (0.24%) Good Clinical Practice
14 20 (0.22%) JSP 440
15 18 (0.20%) ITGC
15 18 (0.20%) NCSC
16 17 (0.19%) GMP
17 16 (0.18%) GxP
18 15 (0.16%) COBIT
System Software
1 540 (5.91%) Active Directory
2 281 (3.08%) Docker
3 194 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 163 (1.78%) Hyper-V
5 145 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
6 111 (1.21%) Firmware
7 77 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
8 52 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
9 43 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
10 20 (0.22%) vSphere
11 9 (0.099%) 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 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 200 (2.19%) Terraform
4 147 (1.61%) Ansible
5 77 (0.84%) SCCM
6 43 (0.47%) vCenter Server
6 43 (0.47%) WSUS
7 41 (0.45%) SCOM
8 39 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
9 30 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 30 (0.33%) Grafana
9 30 (0.33%) Puppet
10 24 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 19 (0.21%) FortiGate
11 19 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
12 16 (0.18%) Nagios
12 16 (0.18%) Prometheus
13 15 (0.16%) ZABBIX
14 14 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
15 13 (0.14%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 2,362 (25.85%) Microsoft
2 614 (6.72%) SAP
3 552 (6.04%) Oracle
4 308 (3.37%) VMware
5 305 (3.34%) Hyperion
6 299 (3.27%) Anaplan
7 273 (2.99%) Google
8 237 (2.59%) Databricks
9 204 (2.23%) Cisco
10 142 (1.55%) Salesforce
11 126 (1.38%) Dell
12 111 (1.21%) IBM
13 104 (1.14%) ServiceNow
14 103 (1.13%) Adobe
15 89 (0.97%) 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