Social Skills Job Trends in Redditch

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Worcestershire > Redditch

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Redditch. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 5 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 8 4 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Redditch 21.62% 25.00% 34.09%
As % of the General category 32.00% 33.33% 62.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 15
10th Percentile - - £36,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £22,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £23,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +59.57% -50.53% -24.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £24,250 £70,000
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median annual salary £39,000 £65,000 £26,500
% change year-on-year -40.00% +145.28% -36.17%

All General Skills
Redditch

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 common skills in Redditch.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25 12 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Redditch 67.57% 75.00% 54.55%
Number of salaries quoted 16 3 24
10th Percentile £29,875 £26,200 £38,125
25th Percentile £34,688 £31,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £62,500
90th Percentile - £50,000 £70,000
Worcestershire median annual salary £39,000 £63,500 £32,250
% change year-on-year -38.58% +96.90% -23.21%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Redditch

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Redditch

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Redditch

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Redditch citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Redditch citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Redditch 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (87.50%) Banking
1 7 (87.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Lecturer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) IoT
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (87.50%) AI
2 7 (87.50%) Machine Learning
2 7 (87.50%) User Experience
2 7 (87.50%) Web Development
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Data Security
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Degree
1 7 (87.50%) Master's Degree
1 7 (87.50%) PhD
1 7 (87.50%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) VMware