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 1 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 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 206 138 301
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 17.05% 26.90% 22.91%
As % of the General category 33.12% 39.32% 46.24%
Number of salaries quoted 108 84 170
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,221 £23,000
25th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £27,445
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £38,500 £35,225
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +9.30% -41.29%
75th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £51,250
90th Percentile £62,250 £61,000 £62,500
East Midlands median annual salary £38,082 £37,500 £39,984
% change year-on-year +1.55% -6.21% -15.82%

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 622 351 651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 51.49% 68.42% 49.54%
Number of salaries quoted 355 195 435
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,649 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% -12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £51,875 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
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 1 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 1 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 -2 163 £30,000 -36.84% 89
Mansfield +5 28 £29,500 -6.35% 5
Worksop - 1 - - 2
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 (5.83%) CMS
2 4 (1.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 38 (18.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (35.92%) Azure
2 33 (16.02%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (11.65%) Azure AI
3 24 (11.65%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.40%) AWS
5 4 (1.94%) SaaS
6 3 (1.46%) PaaS
6 3 (1.46%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.97%) GitHub
7 2 (0.97%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.97%) IaaS
7 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.49%) dbt
8 1 (0.49%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.37%) Firewall
2 7 (3.40%) DHCP
2 7 (3.40%) DNS
2 7 (3.40%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.91%) VLAN
4 4 (1.94%) VPN
5 2 (0.97%) Internet
5 2 (0.97%) LAN
5 2 (0.97%) VoIP
5 2 (0.97%) WAN
5 2 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.49%) PBX
6 1 (0.49%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (11.65%) Power BI
2 18 (8.74%) Tableau
3 2 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.97%) MySQL
3 2 (0.97%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.49%) DTS
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.94%) Burp Suite
1 4 (1.94%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.97%) Git
General
1 44 (21.36%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (9.71%) Finance
3 18 (8.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (8.25%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (6.31%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.83%) Retail
7 11 (5.34%) Marketing
8 10 (4.85%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.43%) Law
11 4 (1.94%) Legal
12 3 (1.46%) Games
13 2 (0.97%) Automotive
13 2 (0.97%) Billing
14 1 (0.49%) Banking
14 1 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.49%) Local Government
14 1 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (26.21%) Analyst
2 36 (17.48%) Junior
2 36 (17.48%) Junior Analyst
3 25 (12.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 25 (12.14%) Security Analyst
4 21 (10.19%) Data Analyst
4 21 (10.19%) IT Support
5 18 (8.74%) Junior Data Analyst
5 18 (8.74%) Junior Security Analyst
6 15 (7.28%) Ethical Hacker
7 14 (6.80%) 1st Line Support
8 13 (6.31%) IT Technician
8 13 (6.31%) Support Technician
9 10 (4.85%) Senior
10 9 (4.37%) IT Analyst
10 9 (4.37%) Support Manager
11 7 (3.40%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 7 (3.40%) Help Desk Technician
11 7 (3.40%) Products Support Technician
11 7 (3.40%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.94%) CSS
2 3 (1.46%) Laravel
3 2 (0.97%) HTML
3 2 (0.97%) jQuery
3 2 (0.97%) JSON
3 2 (0.97%) RESTful
3 2 (0.97%) Vue
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.49%) PySpark
4 1 (0.49%) REST
4 1 (0.49%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.28%) Cyberattack
2 14 (6.80%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.37%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.88%) Security Posture
5 6 (2.91%) CSOC
5 6 (2.91%) NHS
6 4 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.94%) Insider Threat
6 4 (1.94%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.46%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.46%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.97%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.97%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.49%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.49%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.49%) iSeries
9 1 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.49%) PMI
9 1 (0.49%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.77%) Windows
2 9 (4.37%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (33.98%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (23.30%) Cybersecurity
3 46 (22.33%) Customer Service
4 33 (16.02%) Service Delivery
5 32 (15.53%) Mentoring
6 31 (15.05%) AI
7 30 (14.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (12.62%) ITIL
9 24 (11.65%) Business Intelligence
10 19 (9.22%) Decision-Making
10 19 (9.22%) Ethical Hacking
11 16 (7.77%) Analytical Thinking
11 16 (7.77%) Collaborative Working
11 16 (7.77%) CRM
12 13 (6.31%) ITSM
12 13 (6.31%) Process Improvement
13 12 (5.83%) Service Management
14 11 (5.34%) Time Management
15 10 (4.85%) Roadmaps
16 9 (4.37%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 32 (15.53%) SQL
2 31 (15.05%) Python
3 6 (2.91%) VBA
4 5 (2.43%) C#
4 5 (2.43%) C++
5 4 (1.94%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (1.94%) PHP
6 2 (0.97%) Java
6 2 (0.97%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.49%) R
Qualifications
1 63 (30.58%) Azure Certification
2 25 (12.14%) Degree
3 23 (11.17%) CompTIA Security+
4 19 (9.22%) CEH
4 19 (9.22%) CompTIA CySA+
5 14 (6.80%) Security Cleared
6 13 (6.31%) SC Cleared
7 12 (5.83%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (5.34%) CCNA
9 7 (3.40%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (2.91%) A+ Certification
10 6 (2.91%) SANS
11 5 (2.43%) CISSP
12 4 (1.94%) CISMP
12 4 (1.94%) GIAC
12 4 (1.94%) GPEN
12 4 (1.94%) MCSE
12 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (1.94%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.71%) SLA
2 4 (1.94%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (1.94%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.46%) GDPR
3 3 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.97%) QA
5 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.49%) GRC
5 1 (0.49%) NIST
5 1 (0.49%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (7.28%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.91%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.97%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.49%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.94%) Nmap
2 2 (0.97%) Terraform
Vendors
1 99 (48.06%) Microsoft
2 45 (21.84%) ForeScout
3 10 (4.85%) Cisco
4 5 (2.43%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.46%) Botify
5 3 (1.46%) Google
6 2 (0.97%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.49%) Citrix
7 1 (0.49%) Databricks
7 1 (0.49%) Oracle
7 1 (0.49%) SAP