General Skills Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	5	Up 8 places+8	£39,000	+14.70%	126 13.45%	102
Manufacturing	6	Up 10 places+10	£51,500	+47.14%	104 11.10%	57
Aerospace	11	Up 33 places+33	£42,500	-5.55%	77 8.22%	87
Finance	15	Up 3 places+3	£45,000	+5.88%	65 6.94%	84
Electronics	16	Down -13 places-13	£50,000	-35.48%	63 6.72%	42
Inclusion and Diversity	19	Up 2 places+2	£45,249	-18.83%	45 4.80%	56
Organisational Skills	25	Up 13 places+13	£34,000	-24.44%	34 3.63%	19
Analytical Skills	25	Down -2 places-2	£45,000	+32.35%	34 3.63%	38
Aviation	35	Up 9 places+9	£80,000	+16.78%	22 2.35%	19
Public Sector	36	Up 4 places+4	£50,000	-20.00%	21 2.24%	2
Local Government	38	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	+29.03%	19 2.03%	6
Retail	40	Down -9 places-9	£40,000	-	17 1.81%	24
Marketing	43	Down -14 places-14	£42,119	-0.89%	14 1.49%	16
Influencing Skills	44	Up 3 places+3	£71,828	+12.23%	13 1.39%	7
Social Housing	46	New entry-	£45,000	-	11 1.17%	2
Presentation Skills	46	No change0	£30,000	-	11 1.17%	7
Military	48	Down -1 place-1	£34,000	-64.21%	9 0.96%	18
Automotive	50	Down -8 places-8	£28,000	-47.90%	7 0.75%	7
Swedish Language	50	Down -8 places-8	-	-	7 0.75%	2
Legal	51	Down -10 places-10	£51,359	-9.89%	6 0.64%	4
Advertising	54	Down -11 places-11	£42,500	+26.86%	3 0.32%	2
Games	54	Down -8 places-8	-	-	3 0.32%	2
Documentation Skills	54	New entry-	£40,000	-	3 0.32%	3
Financial Institution	55	New entry-	-	-	2 0.21%
Telecoms	55	Down -25 places-25	£69,500	+11.20%	2 0.21%	2
Digital Economy	55	New entry-	-	-	2 0.21%
Law	55	Down -9 places-9	£55,228	-	2 0.21%	6
Aeronautics	55	New entry-	-	-	2 0.21%	4
Agrochemical	55	New entry-	£45,000	-	2 0.21%
Pharmaceutical	56	New entry-	£48,500	-	1 0.11%	5
Back Office	56	Down -12 places-12	£41,250	-	1 0.11%	1
Billing	56	New entry-	£30,000	-	1 0.11%
Brand Awareness	56	New entry-	£29,000	-	1 0.11%