Social Skills Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Nottinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 3 1
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 220 143 310
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 16.96% 26.38% 21.02%
As % of the General category 33.28% 38.86% 43.97%
Number of salaries quoted 124 82 176
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,212 £23,000
25th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £27,445
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,750 £38,500 £37,425
Median % change year-on-year -20.13% +2.87% -37.63%
75th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £51,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £62,500
East Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% -15.79%

All General Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 661 368 705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 50.96% 67.90% 47.80%
Number of salaries quoted 380 206 465
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% -14.44% -18.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,750
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% -15.00%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 22 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Nottinghamshire

Social Skills
Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 22 June 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
Nottingham -1 170 £30,000 -36.84% 60
Mansfield +5 31 £31,000 -10.14% 6
Worksop - 2 - - 2
Sutton-in-Ashfield - 1 £68,750 - 5
Social Skills
East Midlands

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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 12 (5.45%) CMS
2 4 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 39 (17.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (7.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 73 (33.18%) Azure
2 39 (17.73%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (11.36%) Power Platform
4 22 (10.00%) Azure AI
5 9 (4.09%) AWS
6 3 (1.36%) PaaS
6 3 (1.36%) SaaS
6 3 (1.36%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.91%) GitHub
7 2 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.91%) IaaS
8 1 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.45%) dbt
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.00%) Firewall
2 9 (4.09%) DHCP
2 9 (4.09%) DNS
2 9 (4.09%) TCP/IP
2 9 (4.09%) VLAN
3 6 (2.73%) VPN
4 2 (0.91%) Internet
4 2 (0.91%) LAN
4 2 (0.91%) SMTP
4 2 (0.91%) SSH
4 2 (0.91%) SSL
4 2 (0.91%) WAN
4 2 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.45%) VoIP
5 1 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (11.36%) Power BI
2 16 (7.27%) Tableau
3 3 (1.36%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.91%) DTS
4 2 (0.91%) MySQL
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.36%) Burp Suite
1 3 (1.36%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.91%) Git
General
1 50 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
2 24 (10.91%) Finance
3 21 (9.55%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (8.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (6.82%) Retail
6 14 (6.36%) Public Sector
7 11 (5.00%) Manufacturing
7 11 (5.00%) Marketing
8 8 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.73%) Law
10 3 (1.36%) Games
10 3 (1.36%) Legal
11 2 (0.91%) Automotive
11 2 (0.91%) Banking
11 2 (0.91%) Billing
12 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (25.00%) Analyst
2 32 (14.55%) Junior
2 32 (14.55%) Junior Analyst
3 26 (11.82%) IT Support
4 24 (10.91%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 24 (10.91%) Security Analyst
5 19 (8.64%) Data Analyst
6 16 (7.27%) IT Technician
6 16 (7.27%) Junior Data Analyst
6 16 (7.27%) Junior Security Analyst
6 16 (7.27%) Support Technician
7 15 (6.82%) Ethical Hacker
8 14 (6.36%) 1st Line Support
9 12 (5.45%) IT Analyst
10 11 (5.00%) Senior
11 9 (4.09%) IT Support Technician
11 9 (4.09%) Support Manager
12 8 (3.64%) IT Manager
13 7 (3.18%) Developer
13 7 (3.18%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.82%) CSS
2 3 (1.36%) Laravel
3 2 (0.91%) HTML
3 2 (0.91%) jQuery
3 2 (0.91%) JSON
3 2 (0.91%) RESTful
3 2 (0.91%) Vue
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.45%) REST
4 1 (0.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.64%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (6.82%) Cyberattack
3 9 (4.09%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.64%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.64%) Security Posture
5 7 (3.18%) CSOC
6 5 (2.27%) NHS
7 4 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.36%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.36%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.36%) Insider Threat
9 2 (0.91%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.91%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.45%) Digital Signage
10 1 (0.45%) iSeries
10 1 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.45%) PMI
10 1 (0.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.18%) Windows
2 11 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.91%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (36.82%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (22.27%) Customer Service
2 49 (22.27%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (16.82%) Continuous Improvement
4 35 (15.91%) Service Delivery
5 34 (15.45%) Mentoring
6 30 (13.64%) AI
7 27 (12.27%) ITIL
8 25 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
9 22 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
9 22 (10.00%) Decision-Making
10 20 (9.09%) CRM
11 19 (8.64%) Analytical Thinking
12 18 (8.18%) Ethical Hacking
13 16 (7.27%) Process Improvement
13 16 (7.27%) Roadmaps
14 13 (5.91%) ITSM
15 12 (5.45%) Agile
16 11 (5.00%) Information Security
16 11 (5.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (15.45%) SQL
2 28 (12.73%) Python
3 9 (4.09%) VBA
4 6 (2.73%) C#
5 5 (2.27%) C++
5 5 (2.27%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (1.82%) PHP
7 2 (0.91%) Java
7 2 (0.91%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 59 (26.82%) Azure Certification
2 26 (11.82%) Degree
3 20 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 18 (8.18%) CEH
5 17 (7.73%) CompTIA CySA+
5 17 (7.73%) Security Cleared
6 16 (7.27%) SC Cleared
7 14 (6.36%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (4.55%) CCNA
9 7 (3.18%) CISSP
9 7 (3.18%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (3.18%) SANS
10 6 (2.73%) A+ Certification
11 4 (1.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.82%) CCSP
11 4 (1.82%) CISM
11 4 (1.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (1.36%) CREST Certified
12 3 (1.36%) GIAC
12 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.55%) SLA
2 5 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.82%) GRC
4 3 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.36%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.36%) GDPR
5 2 (0.91%) QA
6 1 (0.45%) NIST
6 1 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (7.73%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.09%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.91%) Samba
4 1 (0.45%) Firmware
4 1 (0.45%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (1.36%) Nmap
2 2 (0.91%) Terraform
Vendors
1 104 (47.27%) Microsoft
2 43 (19.55%) ForeScout
3 9 (4.09%) Cisco
4 5 (2.27%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.36%) Botify
5 3 (1.36%) Google
6 2 (0.91%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.45%) Citrix
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle
7 1 (0.45%) SAP