General Skills Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	3	Up 8 places+8	£35,500	-16.47%	108 13.95%	63
Manufacturing	9	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	+42.85%	65 8.40%	40
Finance	10	Up 4 places+4	£45,000	+5.88%	64 8.27%	31
Aerospace	11	Up 30 places+30	£45,000	-21.73%	63 8.14%	28
Electronics	17	Down -13 places-13	£50,000	-41.17%	49 6.33%	31
Inclusion and Diversity	19	Down -1 place-1	£48,760	-9.70%	39 5.04%	12
Analytical Skills	26	Down -6 places-6	£45,000	+5.88%	28 3.62%	15
Organisational Skills	28	Up 7 places+7	£33,250	-26.11%	26 3.36%	15
Public Sector	37	No change0	£50,000	-21.87%	17 2.20%	2
Presentation Skills	37	Up 7 places+7	£30,000	-	17 2.20%
Marketing	42	Down -18 places-18	£35,869	-15.60%	12 1.55%	8
Games	43	Up 1 place+1	-	-	11 1.42%	2
Influencing Skills	43	No change0	£56,156	-12.25%	11 1.42%	5
Retail	43	Down -8 places-8	£40,000	-	11 1.42%	9
Automotive	46	Down -6 places-6	£32,500	-35.00%	8 1.03%	8
Local Government	47	New entry-	£50,000	-	7 0.90%	6
Swedish Language	47	New entry-	-	-	7 0.90%
Aviation	48	Down -7 places-7	-	-	6 0.78%	6
Documentation Skills	49	Down -4 places-4	£40,000	-33.33%	5 0.65%	3
Legal	50	Down -10 places-10	£51,359	+3.23%	4 0.52%	2
Financial Institution	52	New entry-	-	-	2 0.26%
Telecoms	52	Down -25 places-25	£69,500	+54.44%	2 0.26%	6
Digital Economy	52	New entry-	-	-	2 0.26%
Law	52	Down -8 places-8	£55,228	-	2 0.26%
Brand Awareness	53	New entry-	£29,000	-	1 0.13%
Pharmaceutical	53	New entry-	£48,500	-	1 0.13%	2
Military	53	Down -8 places-8	£34,000	-64.21%	1 0.13%	12
Multimedia	53	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.13%	10
Billing	53	New entry-	£30,000	-	1 0.13%