Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. in Stroud

Official occupation group: Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.SOC 3229 · Updated through Q4 2025 · Stroud

Official definition

Job holders in this unit group provide pastoral care relating to religious denominations, student support (from 15 years of age), and a variety of welfare-related services including advice on benefits, health, disability and residential care not elsewhere classified in minor group 322: Welfare and housing associate professionals.

e.g. Welfare worker · Key worker · Lay reader · Care broker · Care manager

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Profession summary · Jobmundo analysis

Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. demand is falling in Stroud.

ONS recorded 10 new online adverts for welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. in Stroud in Q4 2025. That is 44.4% lower than a year earlier. Typical advertised pay in Stroud for the broader health and social care associate professionals is £27,600.

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New adverts · Stroud10Q4 2025 · -44.4% YoY
Advertised salary · Stroud£27,600ONS · 2025 · broader occupation group · 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. hiring demand

New online job adverts for welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. in Stroud

Comparable observations are not available for this range.

10

Oct 2025 · Stroud

change over period · from Oct 2025

ONS online job adverts first appearing in each period. These indicate hiring demand and are distinct from the ONS Vacancy Survey.

Median advertised salary

Annualised asking salary for health and social care associate professionals in Stroud

Advertised pay is 5.3% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.

£27,600

Jan 2025 · Stroud

+5.3%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · Stroud · Nominal paySources & methodology ↗

ONS median middle-point asking salary from live online job adverts, annualised. This is advertised pay, not employee earnings or ASHE. ONS publishes this location series for the broader two-digit occupation group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

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Skills in demand

Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation

ONS · Latest Jan 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Each advert can report multiple requirements, so shares need not add up to 100%. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Experience employers ask for

Typical minimum: 0.5 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years78.9%
21 years6.7%
32 years8.7%
43 years2.0%
54+ years3.7%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS live online job adverts reporting minimum experience. Shares describe the published experience distribution.

Stroud compared with the UK

New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period

An aligned ONS comparison is unavailable for this location.

Where hiring is strongest

New online job adverts by local authority

#LocationNew advertsView
1London2,072
2Birmingham270
3Manchester221
4Bristol, City of166
5Leeds152
6Liverpool112
7Cornwall105
8Nottingham103
9Glasgow City103
10Somerset101

Where advertised pay is highest

Broader occupation group: Health and social care associate professionals

#LocationAnnual salaryView
1Shetland Islands£37,100
2Orkney Islands£34,000
3East Lothian£32,400
4Clackmannanshire£32,100
5Welwyn Hatfield£31,000
6Na h-Eileanan Siar£30,600
7Fenland£30,500
8London£30,500
9Luton£30,400
10Falkirk£30,400

ONS median annualised asking salary · 2025 · partial year. Published for the broader two-digit SOC group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 322) across the UK

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1Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.You’re viewing this

Welfare worker · Key worker · Lay reader — 40.5% of group adverts

3,881-11.2%
2Youth and community workers

Youth and community worker · Club leader · Team manager — 24.3% of group adverts

2,333-6.5%
3Child and early years officers

Child care officer · Case worker · Pastoral lead — 15.5% of group adverts

1,482-4.4%
4Housing officers

Housing officer · Hostel officer · Housing factor — 15.3% of group adverts

1,462
5Counsellors

Counsellor · Life coach · Drug worker — 4.4% of group adverts

425-4.5%
ONS · Latest Jul 2026 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Related occupations share an official classification group. This is not a skills-match score. Year-on-year changes compare aligned published observations.

About the data

Source: Office for National Statistics. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Online job adverts indicate labour demand and are not the ONS Vacancy Survey. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.

Methodology and metric definitions

New adverts and snapshot/live adverts remain separate. Advertised salary is asking salary, not employee earnings. Hiring charts offer six-month to five-year ranges. Salary charts show up to 60 published observations.