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Social and Humanities Scientists

Social and humanities scientists study and analyse human behaviour and the origin, structure and characteristics of language undertake research in areas such as sociology, economics, politics, archaeology, history, philosophy, literature, the arts organise the collection of qualitative and quantitative information and perform subsequent analyses.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£19,762
£30,863
£54,221

New workers start around £19,762. Normal pay is £30,863 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £54,221.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 31,900 vacancies for this type of job

5.77%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Addresses conferences and publishes articles detailing the methodology and results of research undertaken.

  • Undertakes analyses of data, presents results of research to sponsors, the media and other interested organisations.

  • Administers questionnaires, carries out interviews, organises focus groups and implements other social research tools.

  • Identifies, compiles and analyses economic, demographic, legal, political, social and other data to address research objectives.

  • Traces the evolution of word and language forms, compares grammatical structures and analyses the relationships between ancient, parent and modern languages.

  • Undertakes research across the humanities that furthers understanding of human culture and creativity.

  • Studies society and the manner in which people behave and impact upon the world.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Geographic Information Systems

  • ArcGIS (GIS Software)

  • Python (Programming Language)

  • Project Management

  • Archaeology

  • Data Management

  • Data Analysis

  • Social Sciences

  • Workflow Management

  • SQL (Programming Language)

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Research

  • Management

  • Planning

  • Innovation

  • Leadership

  • Problem Solving

  • Detail Oriented

  • Writing

  • Teaching

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Social Science

Royal Holloway, University of London

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Egham · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Criminology

University of Southampton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Social Science

University of Brighton

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Brighton · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Sociology with Foundation Year

Birkbeck, University of London

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · London · 10/2025

Tariff points: 48/48

Sociology

Liverpool Hope University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/104

Sociology

Edge Hill University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Ormskirk · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/112

Sociology

University of South Wales

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Pontypridd · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 80/80

Sociology

University of Leicester

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leicester · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 120/128

Applied Social Sciences

Robert Gordon University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Aberdeen · 08/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Sociology

University of Wolverhampton

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Wolverhampton · 09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Sociology [with Foundation Year]

Anglia Ruskin University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Cambridge · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Liberal Arts

King's College London, University of London

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 29/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Social Sciences

University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Elgin · 09/2025

Tariff points: 21/24

Sociology (with Foundation Year)

Bishop Grosseteste University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Lincoln · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Social Sciences

Glasgow Caledonian University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Glasgow · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 128/129

Sociology

Liverpool John Moores University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

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