Social Skills Job Trends in Worcestershire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in Worcestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 4 1
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 211 38 83
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcestershire 48.06% 23.60% 37.39%
As % of the General category 67.41% 40.00% 64.34%
Number of salaries quoted 53 24 81
10th Percentile £29,500 £31,800 -
25th Percentile £33,750 £43,033 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £65,000 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +145.28% -36.17%
75th Percentile £46,250 - £43,750
90th Percentile £76,000 - £52,500
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £51,251 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.32% +13.89% -10.00%

All General Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 313 95 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 71.30% 59.01% 58.11%
Number of salaries quoted 110 47 125
10th Percentile £27,975 £38,500 -
25th Percentile £30,125 £43,417 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £65,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +85.71% -16.67%
75th Percentile £53,750 £68,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £77,625 £77,500 £62,450
West Midlands median annual salary £47,750 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -9.05% +7.14% -6.67%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Social Skills
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Social Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in Worcestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in Worcestershire

Social Skills
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Worcester +1 27 £39,000 -40.00% 26
Kidderminster - 19 £34,000 - 2
Bromsgrove 0 15 £30,500 - 4
Droitwich - 10 £42,500 -
Stourport-on-Severn - 9 - -
Redditch +3 8 £37,500 +59.57% 3
Bewdley - 8 - -
Social Skills
West Midlands

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Acrobat
2 1 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.47%) CATIA
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.47%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 155 (73.46%) Cloud Computing
2 10 (4.74%) Azure
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (1.90%) Power Platform
4 2 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (0.95%) Power Automate
4 2 (0.95%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.47%) BrowserStack
5 1 (0.47%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 155 (73.46%) Internet
2 5 (2.37%) LAN
2 5 (2.37%) WAN
3 2 (0.95%) Firewall
3 2 (0.95%) VPN
4 1 (0.47%) BGP
4 1 (0.47%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.47%) DHCP
4 1 (0.47%) DNS
4 1 (0.47%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.47%) Intranet
4 1 (0.47%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.90%) Power BI
2 2 (0.95%) Metadata
2 2 (0.95%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Git
1 1 (0.47%) JMeter
General
1 156 (73.93%) Banking
1 156 (73.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (2.37%) Finance
2 5 (2.37%) Manufacturing
3 4 (1.90%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (1.42%) Military
5 1 (0.47%) Electronics
5 1 (0.47%) Games
5 1 (0.47%) Japanese Language
5 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.47%) Retail
5 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 119 (56.40%) Lecturer
2 7 (3.32%) IT Support
3 6 (2.84%) Analyst
4 5 (2.37%) Applications Support
4 5 (2.37%) Applications Support Analyst
4 5 (2.37%) Supply Chain Analyst
4 5 (2.37%) Supply Chain Support
4 5 (2.37%) Support Analyst
5 4 (1.90%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (1.90%) Platform Engineer
6 3 (1.42%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (1.42%) Azure Platform Engineer
6 3 (1.42%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 3 (1.42%) IT Engineer
6 3 (1.42%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (1.42%) Junior
6 3 (1.42%) Senior
6 3 (1.42%) Support Engineer
7 2 (0.95%) Head of Architecture
7 2 (0.95%) Junior Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.47%) Playwright
1 1 (0.47%) REST
1 1 (0.47%) SOAP
1 1 (0.47%) Spring
1 1 (0.47%) Spring Boot
1 1 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 156 (73.93%) IoT
2 22 (10.43%) Digital Media
2 22 (10.43%) Social Media
3 6 (2.84%) Driving Licence
4 2 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.47%) 3D Printing
5 1 (0.47%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.47%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (0.47%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.47%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 28 (13.27%) Windows
2 8 (3.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (75.36%) Cybersecurity
2 155 (73.46%) AI
2 155 (73.46%) Machine Learning
2 155 (73.46%) User Experience
2 155 (73.46%) Web Development
3 22 (10.43%) Pedagogy
4 10 (4.74%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (3.79%) Agile
5 8 (3.79%) ERP
6 5 (2.37%) Migration
7 4 (1.90%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (1.42%) Cloud Security
8 3 (1.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (1.42%) DevOps
8 3 (1.42%) GitOps
8 3 (1.42%) Microservices
8 3 (1.42%) Platform Engineering
8 3 (1.42%) Project Management
8 3 (1.42%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (1.42%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.79%) SQL
2 1 (0.47%) C
2 1 (0.47%) Java
2 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 157 (74.41%) Degree
2 155 (73.46%) Master's Degree
2 155 (73.46%) PhD
2 155 (73.46%) Postgraduate
3 22 (10.43%) DBS Check
4 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.42%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.42%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.95%) ACCA
6 2 (0.95%) CIMA
7 1 (0.47%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.47%) AAT
7 1 (0.47%) CCNP
7 1 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.47%) HNC
7 1 (0.47%) HND
7 1 (0.47%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.95%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.47%) Firmware
2 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.42%) Ansible
1 3 (1.42%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (5.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.47%) Adobe
2 1 (0.47%) Cisco
2 1 (0.47%) Epicor
2 1 (0.47%) Infor
2 1 (0.47%) Salesforce
2 1 (0.47%) SAP
2 1 (0.47%) VMware