Social Skills Job Trends in Leicestershire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Leicestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 121 123 135
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 21.12% 27.83% 27.78%
As % of the General category 38.41% 43.77% 46.71%
Number of salaries quoted 79 48 87
10th Percentile £23,875 £32,050 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £34,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +21.62% -11.13%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £56,000
90th Percentile £64,000 £64,875 £65,400
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -27.78% +12.50% -23.81%

All General Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 315 281 289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 54.97% 63.57% 59.47%
Number of salaries quoted 222 121 213
10th Percentile £25,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,250 £67,500 £69,500
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% - -9.52%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Leicestershire

Social Skills
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 7 January 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
Leicester 0 58 £48,500 +14.12% 52
Loughborough 0 14 £30,000 -40.89% 4
Lutterworth +5 6 £35,000 - 2
Kegworth - 5 - -
Hinckley +2 2 - - 2
Coalville -3 2 £27,000 -20.59% 1
Ashby-de-la-Zouch -1 1 £37,500 - 1
Social Skills
East Midlands

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 15 (12.40%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (14.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (7.44%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.48%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.13%) Sage 200
2 3 (2.48%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (2.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.65%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.65%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.83%) C-CURE
4 1 (0.83%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.83%) HFM
4 1 (0.83%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.83%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 44 (36.36%) Azure
2 21 (17.36%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (11.57%) Power Platform
4 10 (8.26%) Azure AI
5 8 (6.61%) AWS
6 6 (4.96%) iPaaS
6 6 (4.96%) SaaS
7 5 (4.13%) Intacct
8 2 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.65%) GitHub
8 2 (1.65%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.83%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.83%) IaaS
9 1 (0.83%) Miro
9 1 (0.83%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.83%) PaaS
9 1 (0.83%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.83%) Serverless
9 1 (0.83%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.09%) Firewall
2 10 (8.26%) TCP/IP
3 7 (5.79%) VPN
4 6 (4.96%) DHCP
4 6 (4.96%) DNS
4 6 (4.96%) SAN
4 6 (4.96%) VLAN
5 4 (3.31%) Internet
6 2 (1.65%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.57%) Power BI
2 10 (8.26%) Tableau
3 5 (4.13%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.48%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.83%) Metadata
6 1 (0.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (6.61%) JIRA
2 5 (4.13%) Subversion
3 1 (0.83%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.83%) Git
3 1 (0.83%) GitLab
3 1 (0.83%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.83%) JUnit
3 1 (0.83%) Selenium
General
1 31 (25.62%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (20.66%) Finance
3 17 (14.05%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 10 (8.26%) Law
6 8 (6.61%) Electronics
7 6 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.96%) Retail
8 5 (4.13%) Marketing
9 4 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.48%) Aerospace
10 3 (2.48%) Digital Health
10 3 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.65%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.65%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.83%) Back Office
12 1 (0.83%) Legal
12 1 (0.83%) Retail Finance
12 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (34.71%) Analyst
2 20 (16.53%) IT Support
2 20 (16.53%) Junior
2 20 (16.53%) Junior Analyst
3 11 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 11 (9.09%) Security Analyst
4 10 (8.26%) Data Analyst
4 10 (8.26%) Junior Data Analyst
4 10 (8.26%) Junior Security Analyst
4 10 (8.26%) Support Analyst
5 9 (7.44%) 1st Line Support
5 9 (7.44%) IT Manager
5 9 (7.44%) Support Engineer
6 7 (5.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.96%) IT Assistant
7 6 (4.96%) IT Engineer
7 6 (4.96%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.96%) IT Support Assistant
7 6 (4.96%) Support Assistant
8 5 (4.13%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.83%) .NET
2 1 (0.83%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.83%) Django
2 1 (0.83%) EDI
2 1 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.83%) Flask
2 1 (0.83%) JSON
2 1 (0.83%) Middleware
2 1 (0.83%) Next.js
2 1 (0.83%) pytest
2 1 (0.83%) React
2 1 (0.83%) RESTful
2 1 (0.83%) Spring
2 1 (0.83%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.83%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.92%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (8.26%) Driving Licence
2 10 (8.26%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.96%) Clustering
3 6 (4.96%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.13%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (4.13%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.48%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.48%) FMCG
5 3 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.48%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.65%) CMDB
6 2 (1.65%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.65%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.65%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.83%) Blog
7 1 (0.83%) CCTV
7 1 (0.83%) Life Science
7 1 (0.83%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 25 (20.66%) Windows
2 9 (7.44%) Linux
3 7 (5.79%) Windows 10
3 7 (5.79%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.31%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (28.10%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (23.97%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (23.14%) Customer Service
4 23 (19.01%) ERP
4 23 (19.01%) ITIL
5 19 (15.70%) Agile
6 16 (13.22%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (13.22%) Mentoring
7 15 (12.40%) Business Intelligence
8 14 (11.57%) Process Improvement
8 14 (11.57%) Risk Management
9 11 (9.09%) AI
10 10 (8.26%) Change Management
10 10 (8.26%) Project Management
11 9 (7.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 9 (7.44%) Scenario Testing
11 9 (7.44%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (6.61%) Computer Science
12 8 (6.61%) Waterfall
13 7 (5.79%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.22%) SQL
2 12 (9.92%) Python
3 3 (2.48%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.83%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.83%) C#
4 1 (0.83%) Delphi
4 1 (0.83%) Java
4 1 (0.83%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.83%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (18.18%) Azure Certification
2 14 (11.57%) Degree
3 10 (8.26%) CompTIA CySA+
3 10 (8.26%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.31%) Master's Degree
5 4 (3.31%) MCP
5 4 (3.31%) MCSA
5 4 (3.31%) MCSE
5 4 (3.31%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.31%) PMP
5 4 (3.31%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.48%) HND
6 3 (2.48%) MBA
7 2 (1.65%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.65%) CEH
7 2 (1.65%) CISSP
7 2 (1.65%) GCIH
7 2 (1.65%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.09%) SLA
2 9 (7.44%) GDPR
3 5 (4.13%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.83%) QA
System Software
1 19 (15.70%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.44%) Hyper-V
3 5 (4.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.83%) Docker
4 1 (0.83%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (4.96%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.83%) Ansible
2 1 (0.83%) Grafana
2 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (42.15%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.26%) ForeScout
2 10 (8.26%) Oracle
3 7 (5.79%) JD Edwards
3 7 (5.79%) Veeam
4 5 (4.13%) Sage
4 5 (4.13%) SAP
4 5 (4.13%) VMware
5 3 (2.48%) Cisco
5 3 (2.48%) HP
5 3 (2.48%) HubSpot
5 3 (2.48%) QAD
6 2 (1.65%) Adobe
6 2 (1.65%) Google
6 2 (1.65%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.65%) Workday
7 1 (0.83%) Conga
7 1 (0.83%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.83%) Jitterbit
7 1 (0.83%) Pardot