Social Skills Job Trends in Worcester

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Worcestershire > Worcester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Worcester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 27 29 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcester 38.03% 50.88% 30.30%
As % of the General category 69.23% 67.44% 55.56%
Number of salaries quoted 27 18 20
10th Percentile - £43,434 £26,475
25th Percentile - - £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £65,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +116.67% -27.74%
75th Percentile - - £36,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £67,250 £51,875
Worcestershire median annual salary £39,000 £65,000 £26,500
% change year-on-year -40.00% +145.28% -36.16%

All General Skills
Worcester

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 Worcester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 39 43 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcester 54.93% 75.44% 54.55%
Number of salaries quoted 34 23 36
10th Percentile - £41,701 £26,500
25th Percentile - £44,855 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £65,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +62.50% -4.78%
75th Percentile £68,625 - £49,303
90th Percentile £78,750 £71,000 £57,500
Worcestershire median annual salary £39,000 £65,000 £34,821
% change year-on-year -40.00% +86.67% -17.09%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Worcester

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Worcester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcester citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcester citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Worcester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Worcester over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Worcester

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcester 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 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) BGP
1 1 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (3.70%) EIGRP
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) Intranet
1 1 (3.70%) OSPF
1 1 (3.70%) VPN
General
1 3 (11.11%) Military
2 1 (3.70%) Finance
2 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
1 3 (11.11%) Azure Platform Engineer
1 3 (11.11%) Cloud Platform Engineer
1 3 (11.11%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes Engineer
2 1 (3.70%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (3.70%) Network Engineer
2 1 (3.70%) Senior
2 1 (3.70%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (3.70%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (3.70%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 22 (81.48%) Digital Media
1 22 (81.48%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (81.48%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (81.48%) Pedagogy
2 3 (11.11%) Agile
2 3 (11.11%) Cloud Security
2 3 (11.11%) DevOps
2 3 (11.11%) GitOps
2 3 (11.11%) Microservices
2 3 (11.11%) Migration
2 3 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (3.70%) Line Management
3 1 (3.70%) Process Improvement
3 1 (3.70%) Service Delivery
3 1 (3.70%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 22 (81.48%) DBS Check
2 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) AAT
3 1 (3.70%) ACCA
3 1 (3.70%) CCNP
3 1 (3.70%) CIMA
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Ansible
1 3 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 3 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (3.70%) Cisco
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft