New skills have come to the fore during lockdown (PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Learning to code and software development are among the most popular new skills being taken up to boost employment chances post-pandemic, according to a new study. A survey of more than 30,000 workers across Europe, including more than 11,000 in the UK, found that nearly half (43%) of those in the UK had chosen to learn a new skill.