Social Skills Job Trends in Derby

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Derby. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 38 35 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Derby 17.35% 23.18% 26.32%
As % of the General category 43.68% 53.03% 56.45%
Number of salaries quoted 18 30 23
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.89% -12.17%
75th Percentile £64,688 £48,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,500 £57,750 £63,500
Derbyshire median annual salary £32,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -24.71% - -26.09%

All General Skills
Derby

Social Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Derby.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 87 66 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derby 39.73% 43.71% 46.62%
Number of salaries quoted 46 50 38
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £29,775
25th Percentile £31,500 £42,500 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,875 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 - £66,750
Derbyshire median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -2.70%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Derby

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Derby

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Derby

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Derby over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Derby

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 18 (47.37%) Azure
2 12 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (13.16%) Azure AI
3 5 (13.16%) Power Platform
4 3 (7.89%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.63%) AWS
5 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.63%) Datadog
5 1 (2.63%) GitHub
5 1 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.63%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.05%) DHCP
1 8 (21.05%) DNS
2 4 (10.53%) LAN
2 4 (10.53%) WAN
2 4 (10.53%) WLAN
3 3 (7.89%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.63%) Firewall
4 1 (2.63%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) Power BI
1 5 (13.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 5 (13.16%) Telecoms
2 4 (10.53%) Finance
2 4 (10.53%) Law
3 3 (7.89%) Military
3 3 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Legal
5 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (28.95%) IT Support
2 10 (26.32%) Analyst
2 10 (26.32%) Junior
2 10 (26.32%) Junior Analyst
3 8 (21.05%) IT Engineer
4 7 (18.42%) IT Support Engineer
4 7 (18.42%) Support Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 5 (13.16%) Data Analyst
5 5 (13.16%) Junior Data Analyst
5 5 (13.16%) Junior Security Analyst
5 5 (13.16%) Security Analyst
6 4 (10.53%) IT Support Technician
6 4 (10.53%) IT Technician
6 4 (10.53%) Support Technician
7 3 (7.89%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (7.89%) IT Manager
7 3 (7.89%) Project Manager
7 3 (7.89%) Software Development Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 12 (31.58%) Windows
2 7 (18.42%) Windows 10
3 5 (13.16%) Windows Server
4 4 (10.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (26.32%) Customer Service
3 7 (18.42%) AI
3 7 (18.42%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (18.42%) Data Protection
4 6 (15.79%) Mentoring
5 5 (13.16%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (13.16%) Project Management
6 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
6 4 (10.53%) Incident Management
6 4 (10.53%) ITSM
6 4 (10.53%) Proactive Monitoring
6 4 (10.53%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 3 (7.89%) Clean Code
7 3 (7.89%) Commercial Awareness
7 3 (7.89%) Computer Science
7 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (7.89%) Test Automation
7 3 (7.89%) Test Strategy
7 3 (7.89%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (26.32%) Python
2 7 (18.42%) SQL
3 3 (7.89%) PHP
3 3 (7.89%) VBA
4 1 (2.63%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 10 (26.32%) Azure Certification
2 7 (18.42%) Degree
3 5 (13.16%) CompTIA CySA+
3 5 (13.16%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.63%) MCSE
6 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.63%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) GDPR
1 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (55.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) ForeScout
3 4 (10.53%) ServiceNow
4 3 (7.89%) Freshdesk
5 1 (2.63%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.63%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (2.63%) Meraki
5 1 (2.63%) SolarWinds