Data on Soft skills in Software Development: Demands of the Biggest and the Best to Work IT Companies

This data was used to analyze soft skills demands in job advertisements on LinkedIn in the first two weeks of March 2023 to find an answer. From the extraction of more than 700 job vacancies from companies in the Forbes and GPTW rankings, it was possible to evaluate, analyze, and identify which soft skills were most required by IT companies in each ranking, which soft skills per identified careers, and, finally, a comparative view of the soft skills required by companies in the Forbes and GPTW rankings, highlighting the similarities and differences between them.