Active Listening Job Trends in the Midlands

Active Listening
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Active Listening skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 201 207
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +120
Permanent jobs citing Active Listening 19 41 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.24% 0.62% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.69% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 17 37 12
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,580 £28,822 £27,300
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% +5.58% -29.09%
England median annual salary £62,500 £28,822 £49,500
% change year-on-year +116.85% -41.77% +23.75%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Active Listening falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,374 5,979 4,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.70% 89.73% 88.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,514 2,642 3,680
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,489 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Active Listening
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Active Listening relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Active Listening job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Active Listening
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Active Listening.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Active Listening

Active Listening
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Listening within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
West Midlands -6 17 £30,580 +6.10% 5
East Midlands - 2 £30,000 - 1
Active Listening
England

Active Listening
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 17 (89.47%) Salesforce CRM
General
1 1 (5.26%) Finance
1 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (89.47%) Business Development Manager
1 17 (89.47%) Business Manager
1 17 (89.47%) Development Manager
2 1 (5.26%) Business Sales Executive
2 1 (5.26%) Lead
2 1 (5.26%) New Business Sales Executive
2 1 (5.26%) Sales Executive
2 1 (5.26%) Team Leader
2 1 (5.26%) Telesales Executive
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (94.74%) CRM
2 17 (89.47%) B2B
2 17 (89.47%) Business Development
2 17 (89.47%) Deadline-Driven
2 17 (89.47%) Value Proposition
3 9 (47.37%) Customer Value Proposition
4 1 (5.26%) Coaching
4 1 (5.26%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.26%) Customer Service
4 1 (5.26%) Decision-Making
4 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
4 1 (5.26%) People Management
4 1 (5.26%) Process Improvement
4 1 (5.26%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.26%) Task Automation
4 1 (5.26%) Telesales
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (89.47%) SLA
Vendors
1 17 (89.47%) Salesforce
1 17 (89.47%) SAP