Social Skills Job Trends in Loughborough

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Leicestershire > Loughborough

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Loughborough. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 -5
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 12 8 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Loughborough 60.00% 27.59% 13.21%
As % of the General category 85.71% 42.11% 36.84%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £26,850 £46,825 £40,450
25th Percentile £28,875 £47,688 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £50,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.89% -21.92% +100.00%
75th Percentile - £54,188 -
90th Percentile - £55,275 -
Leicestershire median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £31,375
% change year-on-year -15.79% +51.39% -3.46%

All General Skills
Loughborough

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 common skills in Loughborough.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 14 19 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Loughborough 70.00% 65.52% 35.85%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 15
10th Percentile £26,850 - -
25th Percentile £28,875 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £41,250 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -17.48% +53.82%
75th Percentile - £51,563 £65,000
90th Percentile - £54,250 £66,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £41,645 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.33% +5.56% +4.40%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Loughborough

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Loughborough

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Loughborough

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Loughborough citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Loughborough citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Loughborough 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 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (33.33%) Azure AI
2 4 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (8.33%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
1 3 (25.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Power BI
1 4 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 4 (33.33%) Marketing
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Analyst
1 8 (66.67%) Junior
1 8 (66.67%) Junior Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Junior Data Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Junior Security Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) AI
1 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 3 (25.00%) Antivirus Management
2 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (25.00%) Migration
2 3 (25.00%) Patch Management
2 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Software Deployment
2 3 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (8.33%) Analytics
3 1 (8.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (8.33%) Email Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (8.33%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Python
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Azure Certification
2 4 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
2 4 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
3 3 (25.00%) HND
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) ForeScout
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco
3 3 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (8.33%) Google