General Skills Statistics in Bath

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 1 place+1	£33,125	-5.35%	76 26.39%	25
Analytical Skills	3	Up 3 places+3	£32,500	-31.57%	61 21.18%	4
Finance	8	Up 2 places+2	£35,000	-33.33%	39 13.54%	11
Public Sector	21	New entry-	£24,500	-	20 6.94%	4
Games	26	Down 3 places-3	£26,227	-	14 4.86%
Retail	27	Down 4 places-4	£42,500	-	13 4.51%	1
Influencing Skills	27	Down 3 places-3	-	-	13 4.51%	2
Digital Health	29	New entry-	£45,000	-	11 3.82%
Legal	31	Down 8 places-8	£26,227	-44.78%	9 3.13%	2
Marketing	31	Down 14 places-14	£42,500	+11.84%	9 3.13%
Health Technology	33	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 2.43%	1
Electronics	35	New entry-	£52,000	-	5 1.74%	6
Avionics	36	New entry-	£52,000	-	4 1.39%	1
Inclusion and Diversity	36	Down 23 places-23	£32,000	-15.78%	4 1.39%	3
Pharmaceutical	36	New entry-	£33,750	-	4 1.39%	2
Organisational Skills	36	Down 11 places-11	£32,000	-8.57%	4 1.39%	1
Law	37	Down 16 places-16	£32,500	-13.90%	3 1.04%
Manufacturing	37	Down 21 places-21	£62,500	-16.66%	3 1.04%	14
Publishing	37	Down 17 places-17	£75,000	-	3 1.04%
Presentation Skills	37	New entry-	£37,500	-	3 1.04%
Automotive	38	New entry-	-	-	2 0.69%	1
Advertising	38	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.69%
Local Government	38	New entry-	£70,000	-	2 0.69%
Public Speaking	38	New entry-	£37,500	-	2 0.69%
Aviation	39	New entry-	-	-	1 0.35%	1
Telecoms	39	Down 14 places-14	£50,000	+78.57%	1 0.35%	2
French Language	39	New entry-	-	-	1 0.35%	1