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

6 months to
24 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 9,114 9,807 17,170
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.78% 24.57% 23.87%
As % of the General category 43.64% 37.26% 37.41%
Number of salaries quoted 6,151 6,689 8,973
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £39,500 £45,512 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,067 £60,000 £57,732
Median % change year-on-year -11.56% +3.93% +7.91%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £48,013 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.50% +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 20,883 26,317 45,894
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.35% 65.92% 63.81%
Number of salaries quoted 15,106 17,557 24,775
10th Percentile £31,800 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,494 £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 £82,797 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £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 24 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
1 331 (3.63%) SAS
2 247 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 221 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 85 (0.93%) WordPress
5 82 (0.90%) CMS
6 75 (0.82%) Confluence
7 50 (0.55%) Apache Spark
8 46 (0.50%) WebLogic
9 38 (0.42%) IIS
10 34 (0.37%) Apache
11 30 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
12 20 (0.22%) nginx
12 20 (0.22%) OpenEdge
12 20 (0.22%) OpenStack
13 15 (0.16%) Drupal
14 14 (0.15%) Documentum
15 9 (0.099%) Exchange Server 2013
16 7 (0.077%) BizTalk Server
17 6 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2000
17 6 (0.066%) Moodle
Applications
1 950 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 462 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
3 178 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 61 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
5 45 (0.49%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
7 30 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 27 (0.30%) Photoshop
9 22 (0.24%) Simulink
10 21 (0.23%) Adobe XD
11 20 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
11 20 (0.22%) Sketch
12 18 (0.20%) Trello
13 17 (0.19%) InDesign
14 11 (0.12%) AutoCAD
15 8 (0.088%) Adobe After Effects
15 8 (0.088%) Chatbot
16 7 (0.077%) Adobe Captivate
16 7 (0.077%) SOLIDWORKS
17 6 (0.066%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 307 (3.37%) SAP ERP
2 83 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 67 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 47 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 37 (0.41%) Shopify
5 37 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
6 20 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 18 (0.20%) SAP HR
8 17 (0.19%) SAP CO
8 17 (0.19%) SAP FI
8 17 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
9 16 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
10 13 (0.14%) TrackWise
11 12 (0.13%) Maximo
12 11 (0.12%) NEC Housing
13 10 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
13 10 (0.11%) SAP CX
14 9 (0.099%) Primavera
14 9 (0.099%) SAP Business One
14 9 (0.099%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1,738 (19.07%) Azure
2 951 (10.43%) AWS
3 755 (8.28%) Power Platform
4 731 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
5 490 (5.38%) SaaS
6 277 (3.04%) GCP
7 221 (2.42%) Entra ID
8 196 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
9 170 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
10 159 (1.74%) Serverless
11 151 (1.66%) PowerApps
12 143 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
13 128 (1.40%) Power Automate
14 99 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
15 96 (1.05%) GitHub
16 89 (0.98%) Snowflake
17 88 (0.97%) Amazon S3
18 85 (0.93%) PaaS
19 79 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
20 72 (0.79%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 872 (9.57%) Broadband
2 378 (4.15%) Firewall
3 226 (2.48%) DNS
4 222 (2.44%) WAN
5 184 (2.02%) LAN
6 170 (1.87%) Wireless
7 157 (1.72%) VPN
8 156 (1.71%) TCP/IP
9 140 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
10 121 (1.33%) DHCP
11 116 (1.27%) SAN
12 105 (1.15%) Internet
13 90 (0.99%) VoIP
14 85 (0.93%) BGP
15 70 (0.77%) Network Security
16 63 (0.69%) VLAN
17 57 (0.63%) SSL
18 49 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
18 49 (0.54%) SD-WAN
19 44 (0.48%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 631 (6.92%) Power BI
2 623 (6.84%) SQL Server
3 314 (3.45%) Tableau
4 263 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
5 239 (2.62%) Relational Database
6 208 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 159 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
8 145 (1.59%) MySQL
9 138 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
10 121 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
11 94 (1.03%) Oracle Database
12 83 (0.91%) Big Data
13 81 (0.89%) RDBMS
14 78 (0.86%) MongoDB
15 75 (0.82%) Data Lake
16 70 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 63 (0.69%) NoSQL
18 62 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
19 53 (0.58%) DynamoDB
20 48 (0.53%) Redis
Development Applications
1 502 (5.51%) Git
2 254 (2.79%) JIRA
3 98 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 74 (0.81%) GitLab
5 61 (0.67%) Visual Studio
6 40 (0.44%) Selenium
7 28 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 26 (0.29%) JUnit
9 21 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
9 21 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
10 19 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
11 18 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
12 16 (0.18%) Cypress.io
12 16 (0.18%) Maven
12 16 (0.18%) webpack
13 15 (0.16%) Rational Rhapsody
14 14 (0.15%) Postman
15 13 (0.14%) TeamCity
16 12 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 12 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2,756 (30.24%) Finance
2 1,825 (20.02%) Analytical Skills
3 733 (8.04%) Retail
4 682 (7.48%) Marketing
5 627 (6.88%) Influencing Skills
6 585 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 566 (6.21%) Presentation Skills
8 523 (5.74%) Public Sector
9 419 (4.60%) Legal
10 418 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
11 301 (3.30%) Law
12 236 (2.59%) Banking
13 225 (2.47%) Manufacturing
14 168 (1.84%) Telecoms
15 142 (1.56%) Games
16 124 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
17 108 (1.18%) Electronics
18 95 (1.04%) Advertising
19 93 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
20 78 (0.86%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,548 (16.98%) Analyst
2 1,522 (16.70%) Senior
3 1,221 (13.40%) Developer
4 876 (9.61%) Architect
5 701 (7.69%) Lead
6 603 (6.62%) Solutions Architect
7 512 (5.62%) Consultant
8 478 (5.24%) Project Manager
9 431 (4.73%) Senior Analyst
10 343 (3.76%) Senior Developer
11 247 (2.71%) Software Engineer
12 246 (2.70%) IT Manager
13 237 (2.60%) Data Analyst
14 234 (2.57%) Software Developer
15 228 (2.50%) Support Engineer
16 209 (2.29%) IT Support
17 208 (2.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 207 (2.27%) Administrator
19 180 (1.97%) Support Analyst
20 177 (1.94%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 472 (5.18%) .NET
2 374 (4.10%) HTML
3 339 (3.72%) CSS
4 243 (2.67%) React
5 174 (1.91%) Node.js
6 173 (1.90%) RESTful
7 166 (1.82%) AngularJS
8 163 (1.79%) REST
9 132 (1.45%) Web Services
10 131 (1.44%) Kafka
11 125 (1.37%) GraphQL
12 113 (1.24%) Vue
13 112 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
14 110 (1.21%) .NET Core
15 108 (1.18%) ASP.NET
16 107 (1.17%) JSON
17 97 (1.06%) .NET Framework
17 97 (1.06%) Spring Boot
18 95 (1.04%) Laravel
19 80 (0.88%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 477 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
2 329 (3.61%) Management Information System
3 245 (2.69%) Client/Server
4 236 (2.59%) Product Ownership
5 215 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 208 (2.28%) Algorithms
7 207 (2.27%) Data Centre
8 189 (2.07%) Driving Licence
9 134 (1.47%) Social Media
10 133 (1.46%) Data Structures
10 133 (1.46%) Public Cloud
11 126 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
12 116 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
13 112 (1.23%) Mobile App
14 105 (1.15%) Cloud Native
15 90 (0.99%) IoT
16 88 (0.97%) Life Science
17 86 (0.94%) NHS
18 75 (0.82%) Virtual Team
19 67 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 798 (8.76%) Windows
2 546 (5.99%) Linux
3 328 (3.60%) Windows Server
4 143 (1.57%) Apple iOS
5 141 (1.55%) Android
6 140 (1.54%) Windows 10
7 118 (1.29%) VMS
8 111 (1.22%) Unix
9 70 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 58 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
11 54 (0.59%) Ubuntu
12 53 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
13 44 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
14 40 (0.44%) Mac OS
15 31 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
16 27 (0.30%) zOS
17 20 (0.22%) Mac OS X
17 20 (0.22%) Windows 7
18 16 (0.18%) Solaris
19 15 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,681 (29.42%) Agile
2 2,550 (27.98%) Problem-Solving
3 1,255 (13.77%) Mentoring
4 1,103 (12.10%) Project Management
5 1,054 (11.56%) Decision-Making
6 1,014 (11.13%) Actionable Insight
7 963 (10.57%) Roadmaps
8 780 (8.56%) Business Intelligence
9 742 (8.14%) Analytics
10 711 (7.80%) DevOps
11 701 (7.69%) Customer Service
12 695 (7.63%) Computer Science
13 690 (7.57%) Continuous Improvement
14 678 (7.44%) Stakeholder Management
15 666 (7.31%) Business Case
16 665 (7.30%) Software Engineering
17 639 (7.01%) ITIL
18 576 (6.32%) ERP
19 568 (6.23%) Change Management
20 529 (5.80%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,480 (16.24%) SQL
2 911 (10.00%) Python
3 602 (6.61%) C#
4 579 (6.35%) JavaScript
5 412 (4.52%) Java
6 230 (2.52%) T-SQL
7 200 (2.19%) PowerShell
8 198 (2.17%) PHP
9 188 (2.06%) C
10 162 (1.78%) TypeScript
11 111 (1.22%) Go
12 102 (1.12%) C++
13 94 (1.03%) Bash
14 71 (0.78%) R
15 66 (0.72%) Embedded C
16 54 (0.59%) Scala
17 39 (0.43%) VB
18 33 (0.36%) PL/SQL
19 32 (0.35%) Kotlin
20 31 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2,036 (22.34%) Degree
2 791 (8.68%) Security Cleared
3 529 (5.80%) SC Cleared
4 522 (5.73%) ACCA
5 471 (5.17%) CIMA
6 436 (4.78%) DBS Check
7 390 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 217 (2.38%) Master's Degree
9 204 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 161 (1.77%) PMI Certification
11 138 (1.51%) DV Cleared
12 131 (1.44%) Azure Certification
13 113 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
14 106 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
14 106 (1.16%) CISSP
15 105 (1.15%) PMP
16 97 (1.06%) AWS Certification
17 77 (0.84%) CCNA
18 75 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 67 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 411 (4.51%) QA
2 175 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 170 (1.87%) SLA
4 140 (1.54%) Data Quality
5 105 (1.15%) GDPR
6 100 (1.10%) Accessibility
7 97 (1.06%) PMO
8 88 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
9 64 (0.70%) NIST
10 50 (0.55%) IFRS
11 49 (0.54%) PCI DSS
12 41 (0.45%) ISO 9001
13 25 (0.27%) GRC
14 22 (0.24%) Good Clinical Practice
15 20 (0.22%) JSP 440
16 19 (0.21%) NCSC
17 17 (0.19%) GxP
18 16 (0.18%) GMP
18 16 (0.18%) ITGC
19 15 (0.16%) COBIT
System Software
1 544 (5.97%) Active Directory
2 284 (3.12%) Docker
3 189 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 160 (1.76%) Hyper-V
5 146 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
6 112 (1.23%) Firmware
7 76 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
8 55 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
9 41 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
10 22 (0.24%) 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%) XenDesktop
16 3 (0.033%) Time Sharing Option
16 3 (0.033%) VMware Server
16 3 (0.033%) VMware Workstation
16 3 (0.033%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 265 (2.91%) Kubernetes
2 225 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 202 (2.22%) Terraform
4 149 (1.63%) Ansible
5 75 (0.82%) SCCM
6 44 (0.48%) WSUS
7 43 (0.47%) SCOM
7 43 (0.47%) vCenter Server
8 38 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 31 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 31 (0.34%) Puppet
10 29 (0.32%) Grafana
11 24 (0.26%) Progress Chef
12 19 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
13 17 (0.19%) FortiGate
14 16 (0.18%) Prometheus
15 15 (0.16%) Nagios
15 15 (0.16%) ZABBIX
16 14 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
17 13 (0.14%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 2,347 (25.75%) Microsoft
2 602 (6.61%) SAP
3 544 (5.97%) Oracle
4 304 (3.34%) Hyperion
5 303 (3.32%) VMware
6 299 (3.28%) Anaplan
7 271 (2.97%) Databricks
8 270 (2.96%) Google
9 201 (2.21%) Cisco
10 141 (1.55%) Salesforce
11 110 (1.21%) ServiceNow
12 105 (1.15%) Dell
13 104 (1.14%) IBM
14 98 (1.08%) Adobe
15 82 (0.90%) HP
16 73 (0.80%) Fortinet
17 65 (0.71%) Citrix
18 53 (0.58%) Aruba
19 51 (0.56%) Facebook
19 51 (0.56%) Meraki