Social Skills Job Trends in the East Midlands

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 1,018 441 968
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 24.09% 29.88% 23.68%
As % of the General category 48.80% 45.94% 42.85%
Number of salaries quoted 296 319 675
10th Percentile £25,050 £25,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £27,445
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +2.56% -22.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £54,694 £53,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £48,912
% change year-on-year -4.55% +12.45% -17.37%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,086 960 2,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 49.36% 65.04% 55.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,055 665 1,612
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.22%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the East Midlands

Social Skills
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire +1 281 £35,500 -11.25% 50
Leicestershire +3 252 £41,500 +10.67% 57
Nottinghamshire 0 185 £31,750 -25.29% 78
Lincolnshire 0 146 £30,000 -25.00% 51
Northamptonshire 0 140 £59,732 +59.29% 62
Rutland - 1 £45,000 - 1
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 29 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.47%) CMS
4 6 (0.59%) Confluence
5 2 (0.20%) WordPress
6 1 (0.098%) IIS
Applications
1 165 (16.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.098%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.098%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.098%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (0.98%) iTrent
2 3 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 3 (0.29%) Shopify
3 2 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.20%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.20%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.098%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.098%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.098%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.098%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.098%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.098%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.098%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 463 (45.48%) Azure
2 158 (15.52%) Power Platform
3 150 (14.73%) Azure AI
4 143 (14.05%) Cloud Computing
5 95 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (3.73%) AWS
7 27 (2.65%) Entra ID
8 18 (1.77%) Serverless
9 15 (1.47%) GitHub
9 15 (1.47%) SaaS
10 14 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (0.98%) Firebase
11 10 (0.98%) Stripe
11 10 (0.98%) TestFlight
12 8 (0.79%) Power Automate
13 7 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (0.69%) Google Workspace
14 6 (0.59%) Amazon S3
14 6 (0.59%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 151 (14.83%) Internet
2 34 (3.34%) DNS
3 33 (3.24%) DHCP
4 22 (2.16%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.87%) VPN
6 15 (1.47%) VoIP
7 13 (1.28%) Firewall
7 13 (1.28%) WAN
8 10 (0.98%) LAN
9 9 (0.88%) VLAN
10 8 (0.79%) Broadband
10 8 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.69%) Network Security
11 7 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
11 7 (0.69%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.69%) Wireless
12 5 (0.49%) WLAN
13 4 (0.39%) PBX
14 2 (0.20%) Ethernet
15 1 (0.098%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (15.13%) Power BI
2 125 (12.28%) Tableau
3 27 (2.65%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.18%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.69%) MySQL
6 6 (0.59%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.49%) Power Query
7 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.29%) Metadata
9 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.098%) DTS
11 1 (0.098%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.098%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (1.18%) JIRA
2 10 (0.98%) Crashlytics
2 10 (0.98%) XCTest
3 6 (0.59%) Burp Suite
3 6 (0.59%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.49%) Subversion
5 4 (0.39%) Git
6 2 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.20%) Selenium
7 1 (0.098%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.098%) GitLab
7 1 (0.098%) JUnit
7 1 (0.098%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.098%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.098%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 174 (17.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 143 (14.05%) Banking
3 116 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (7.47%) Finance
5 41 (4.03%) Manufacturing
5 41 (4.03%) Retail
6 37 (3.63%) Marketing
7 36 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (1.96%) Legal
10 15 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.28%) Law
12 12 (1.18%) Public Sector
13 11 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (0.98%) Advertising
15 8 (0.79%) Electronics
16 6 (0.59%) Cantonese Language
16 6 (0.59%) Games
16 6 (0.59%) Mandarin Language
17 5 (0.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 311 (30.55%) Analyst
2 249 (24.46%) Junior
3 244 (23.97%) Junior Analyst
4 130 (12.77%) Data Analyst
5 128 (12.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 128 (12.57%) Security Analyst
6 124 (12.18%) Junior Data Analyst
7 120 (11.79%) Junior Security Analyst
8 114 (11.20%) Lecturer
9 84 (8.25%) Ethical Hacker
10 65 (6.39%) IT Support
11 48 (4.72%) IT Technician
12 43 (4.22%) Support Engineer
13 34 (3.34%) IT Engineer
14 33 (3.24%) Help Desk Technician
14 33 (3.24%) Network Engineer
15 32 (3.14%) Senior
16 30 (2.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 28 (2.75%) Support Technician
18 27 (2.65%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.18%) XML
2 11 (1.08%) WinForms
3 10 (0.98%) SwiftUI
3 10 (0.98%) UIKit
4 8 (0.79%) Flash
5 7 (0.69%) React
6 6 (0.59%) Node.js
7 5 (0.49%) .NET
7 5 (0.49%) CSS
8 4 (0.39%) JSON
9 3 (0.29%) HTML
9 3 (0.29%) Laravel
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.29%) RESTful
10 2 (0.20%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.20%) PySpark
10 2 (0.20%) PyTorch
10 2 (0.20%) REST
10 2 (0.20%) TensorFlow
10 2 (0.20%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 143 (14.05%) IoT
2 84 (8.25%) Cyberattack
3 41 (4.03%) Driving Licence
4 27 (2.65%) Onboarding
5 17 (1.67%) Security Posture
6 16 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (1.57%) Mobile App
7 15 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.28%) Management Information System
8 13 (1.28%) Product Ownership
9 9 (0.88%) Social Media
10 7 (0.69%) iPad
10 7 (0.69%) NHS
10 7 (0.69%) PMI
10 7 (0.69%) Robotics
11 6 (0.59%) CMDB
11 6 (0.59%) CSOC
11 6 (0.59%) Embedded Systems
11 6 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 77 (7.56%) Windows
2 23 (2.26%) Windows 10
3 18 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.98%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.98%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.79%) Linux
6 4 (0.39%) Debian
6 4 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.098%) Android
7 1 (0.098%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.098%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (36.25%) Cybersecurity
2 314 (30.84%) AI
3 169 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
4 164 (16.11%) Mentoring
4 164 (16.11%) User Experience
5 154 (15.13%) Business Intelligence
6 149 (14.64%) Machine Learning
7 143 (14.05%) Web Development
8 110 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 103 (10.12%) Customer Service
10 90 (8.84%) Ethical Hacking
11 75 (7.37%) Agile
12 62 (6.09%) CRM
13 60 (5.89%) Process Improvement
14 56 (5.50%) ITIL
15 55 (5.40%) Decision-Making
15 55 (5.40%) Service Delivery
16 40 (3.93%) Analytics
17 38 (3.73%) ITSM
18 36 (3.54%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 171 (16.80%) Python
2 156 (15.32%) SQL
3 27 (2.65%) C#
4 14 (1.38%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.18%) Delphi
6 10 (0.98%) Kotlin
6 10 (0.98%) Swift
7 7 (0.69%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.49%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.49%) PHP
9 4 (0.39%) C++
9 4 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.39%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.29%) Java
10 3 (0.29%) VBA
11 2 (0.20%) Bicep
11 2 (0.20%) C
11 2 (0.20%) R
12 1 (0.098%) VB
Qualifications
1 386 (37.92%) Azure Certification
2 200 (19.65%) Degree
3 146 (14.34%) Master's Degree
4 142 (13.95%) PhD
4 142 (13.95%) Postgraduate
5 127 (12.48%) CompTIA Security+
6 121 (11.89%) CompTIA CySA+
7 92 (9.04%) CEH
8 39 (3.83%) CCNA
8 39 (3.83%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (3.05%) A+ Certification
9 31 (3.05%) Network+ Certification
10 28 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
11 25 (2.46%) Security Cleared
12 17 (1.67%) SC Cleared
13 15 (1.47%) PMI Certification
14 11 (1.08%) ACCA
14 11 (1.08%) CIMA
15 10 (0.98%) AAT
15 10 (0.98%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.44%) QA
2 29 (2.85%) GDPR
3 26 (2.55%) SLA
4 25 (2.46%) Data Quality
5 9 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
5 9 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.49%) PERC
8 4 (0.39%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.20%) NIST
10 1 (0.098%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.098%) GRC
10 1 (0.098%) HL7
10 1 (0.098%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.098%) PMO
10 1 (0.098%) WCAG
System Software
1 50 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.79%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.39%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.20%) Docker
5 2 (0.20%) Firmware
6 1 (0.098%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.098%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.098%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (0.59%) Nmap
3 6 (0.59%) WSUS
4 5 (0.49%) Terraform
5 3 (0.29%) Autotask
6 2 (0.20%) Ansible
6 2 (0.20%) Grafana
7 1 (0.098%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.098%) MOM
7 1 (0.098%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.098%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.098%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 491 (48.23%) Microsoft
2 264 (25.93%) ForeScout
3 46 (4.52%) Cisco
4 23 (2.26%) Apple
5 20 (1.96%) Oracle
6 15 (1.47%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.18%) Sage
7 12 (1.18%) VMware
8 11 (1.08%) Google
9 10 (0.98%) Amplitude
9 10 (0.98%) Braze
9 10 (0.98%) Salesforce
10 9 (0.88%) OpenText
11 8 (0.79%) Logitech
11 8 (0.79%) Yealink
12 6 (0.59%) Freshdesk
12 6 (0.59%) JD Edwards
12 6 (0.59%) SAP
12 6 (0.59%) Siemens
13 5 (0.49%) HubSpot