Social Skills Job Trends in Bridgwater

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Somerset > Bridgwater

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Bridgwater. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 10 9
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 -6
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 7 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgwater 18.92% 6.67% 2.63%
As % of the General category 41.18% 6.82% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,000 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -38.10%
75th Percentile £50,000 - £33,750
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median annual salary £35,000 £49,660 £35,000
% change year-on-year -29.52% +41.88% -0.31%

All General Skills
Bridgwater

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 Bridgwater.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 17 44 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bridgwater 45.95% 97.78% 36.84%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 12
10th Percentile £31,254 - £24,500
25th Percentile £40,000 - £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £33,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -39.09%
75th Percentile £50,000 - £36,919
90th Percentile - - £37,442
Somerset median annual salary £33,000 £55,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year -40.00% +32.53% -17.00%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgwater

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Bridgwater

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Bridgwater

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgwater citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgwater citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgwater 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
2 3 (42.86%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Git
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Coordinator
1 4 (57.14%) Project Coordinator
2 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Node.js
1 3 (42.86%) React
1 3 (42.86%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Data Acquisition
1 4 (57.14%) Data Validation
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
1 4 (57.14%) Validation
2 3 (42.86%) Front End Development
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
1 3 (42.86%) TypeScript