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The skills in demand in your region!

Details: Written by Eleanor Lodge |
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At The Skills Network, we're passionate about our market insights! Consistently monitoring the market allows us to offer the highest quality and most inclusive learning provision, made accessible for the needs of all people.


Now, following our exciting new acquisition of three Skills Bootcamps training contracts, we've taken a dive into the skills in demand in our new Skills Bootcamps regions.


Our Skills Bootcamps programmes are part of a £3bn Government initiative and provide intensive and flexible training courses at Level 3 or equivalent which last up to 12 weeks. The programmes offer skills development, a guaranteed job interview and more sustainable, higher-skilled job opportunities alongside higher wages over time.

Let's take a look at the skills in demand throughout the UK today:


East Midlands

Hard Skills

  1. Marketing
  2. Warehousing
  3. Finance
  4. Auditing
  5. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  6. Accounting
  7. Nursing
  8. Service Quality
  9. Invoicing
  10. Mental Health

Soft Skills

  1. Communications
  2. Management
  3. Customer Service
  4. Sales
  5. Detail Oriented
  6. Planning
  7. Leadership
  8. Teaching
  9. Operations
  10. Enthusiasm

East of England

Hard Skills

  1. Marketing
  2. Finance
  3. Auditing
  4. Warehousing
  5. Nursing
  6. Accounting
  7. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  8. Invoicing
  9. Procurement
  10. Personal Care

Soft Skills

  1. Communications
  2. Management
  3. Customer Service
  4. Sales
  5. Detail Oriented
  6. Planning
  7. Leadership
  8. Operations
  9. Problem Solving
  10. Teaching

Yorkshire

Hard Skills

  1. Marketing
  2. Finance
  3. Auditing
  4. Warehousing
  5. Accounting
  6. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  7. Invoicing
  8. Agile Methodology
  9. Nursing
  10. Procurement

Soft Skills

  1. Communications
  2. Customer Service
  3. Management
  4. Detail Oriented
  5. Mathematics
  6. Sales
  7. Planning
  8. Teaching
  9. Problem Solving
  10. Leadership

London

Hard Skills

  1. Marketing
  2. Service Quality
  3. Finance
  4. Agile Methodology
  5. Accounting
  6. Auditing
  7. Python (Programming Language)
  8. SQL (Programming Language)
  9. JavaScript (Programming Language)
  10. Business Development

Soft Skills

  1. Communications
  2. Management
  3. Sales
  4. Customer Service
  5. Planning
  6. Leadership
  7. Detail Oriented
  8. Operations
  9. Research
  10. Problem Solving

South West

Hard Skills

  1. Marketing
  2. Finance
  3. Service Quality
  4. Auditing
  5. Warehousing
  6. Nursing
  7. Accounting
  8. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  9. Mental Health
  10. Personal Care

Soft Skills

  1. Communications
  2. Management
  3. Customer Service
  4. Sales
  5. Detail Oriented
  6. Planning
  7. Leadership
  8. Enthusiasm
  9. Operations
  10. Teaching

North East

Hard Skills

  1. Service Quality
  2. Marketing
  3. Finance
  4. Auditing
  5. Nursing
  6. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  7. Warehousing
  8. Mental Health
  9. Accounting
  10. Personal Care

Soft Skills

  1. Communications
  2. Management
  3. Customer Service
  4. Sales
  5. Teaching
  6. Planning
  7. Leadership
  8. Detail Oriented
  9. Enthusiasm
  10. Operations

South East

Hard Skills

  1. Marketing
  2. Finance
  3. Auditing
  4. Accounting
  5. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  6. Nursing
  7. Warehousing
  8. Agile Methodology
  9. Invoicing
  10. Procurement

Soft Skills

  1. Communications
  2. Management
  3. Customer Service
  4. Sales
  5. Detail Oriented
  6. Planning
  7. Leadership
  8. Operations
  9. Problem Solving
  10. Teaching

North West

Hard Skills

  1. Marketing
  2. Service Quality
  3. Finance
  4. Auditing
  5. Accounting
  6. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  7. Nursing
  8. Agile Methodology
  9. Mental Health
  10. Warehousing

Soft Skills

  1. Communications
  2. Management
  3. Customer Service
  4. Sales
  5. Teaching
  6. Planning
  7. Detail Oriented
  8. Leadership
  9. Operations
  10. Enthusiasm

Cambridge

Hard Skills

  1. Marketing
  2. Python (Programming Language)
  3. Finance
  4. Software Engineering
  5. Agile Methodology
  6. JavaScript (Programming Language)
  7. Pharmaceuticals
  8. Auditing
  9. Computer Science
  10. Software Development

Soft Skills

  1. Communications
  2. Management
  3. Customer Service
  4. Research
  5. Sales
  6. Planning
  7. Leadership
  8. Detail Oriented
  9. Innovation
  10. Operations

Peterborough

Hard Skills

  1. Marketing
  2. Auditing
  3. Finance
  4. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  5. Warehousing
  6. Agile Methodology
  7. Nursing
  8. Accounting
  9. Procurement
  10. Invoicing

Soft Skills

  1. Communications
  2. Management
  3. Customer Service
  4. Sales
  5. Detail Oriented
  6. Planning
  7. Leadership
  8. Problem Solving
  9. Self-Motivation
  10. Operations

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