General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	6	Down 5 places-5	£55,000	-	455 12.38%	107
Finance	7	Down 4 places-4	£55,000	-4.34%	430 11.70%	63
Public Sector	14	Down 2 places-2	£59,813	-9.37%	276 7.51%	33
Analytical Skills	26	Down 16 places-16	£55,000	+4.76%	183 4.98%	37
Marketing	28	Up 38 places+38	£60,000	-12.72%	179 4.87%	19
Manufacturing	33	Up 30 places+30	£55,000	+10.00%	157 4.27%	36
Inclusion and Diversity	36	Down 5 places-5	£59,250	+24.73%	143 3.89%	15
Legal	46	Up 8 places+8	£62,500	+8.69%	104 2.83%	28
Retail	50	Down 7 places-7	£55,000	-15.38%	96 2.61%	22
Law	50	Down 2 places-2	£65,000	+26.82%	96 2.61%	7
Organisational Skills	52	Up 26 places+26	£45,000	+1.02%	91 2.48%	10
Telecoms	82	Down 38 places-38	£40,000	-5.88%	54 1.47%	18
Presentation Skills	87	Down 12 places-12	£57,500	-14.81%	49 1.33%	12
Influencing Skills	88	Up 2 places+2	£59,250	-28.44%	48 1.31%	14
Automotive	104	Down 16 places-16	£60,000	-	32 0.87%	9
Banking	106	Down 26 places-26	£63,750	-10.52%	30 0.82%	5
Back Office	111	Down 24 places-24	£35,000	-31.70%	25 0.68%	10
Local Government	112	Down 22 places-22	£40,000	-32.94%	24 0.65%	5
Social Housing	117	Down 24 places-24	£40,000	-23.37%	19 0.52%	4
Digital Healthcare	119	New entry-	£35,000	-	17 0.46%
Billing	119	Down 26 places-26	£55,000	+29.41%	17 0.46%	1
Aerospace	119	Down 23 places-23	£67,500	+28.57%	17 0.46%	6
Games	120	Down 26 places-26	£85,000	+21.42%	16 0.44%	1
Advertising	121	Down 31 places-31	£65,000	-3.70%	15 0.41%	6
Pharmaceutical	123	New entry-	£55,000	-	13 0.35%	9
Documentation Skills	125	Down 47 places-47	£55,000	+19.56%	11 0.30%	3
Legal Technology	127	Down 30 places-30	£52,500	-4.54%	9 0.24%	3
Swedish Language	127	New entry-	£65,000	-	9 0.24%
Fire and Rescue	127	New entry-	£40,000	-	9 0.24%	1
Electronics	128	Down 38 places-38	£45,000	+63.63%	8 0.22%	15
General Ledger	129	Down 42 places-42	£63,076	-23.54%	7 0.19%
French Language	130	New entry-	£75,000	-	6 0.16%
Digital Economy	130	New entry-	£39,545	-	6 0.16%
German Language	131	Down 40 places-40	£70,000	+40.00%	5 0.14%
Military	131	Down 40 places-40	£65,000	+52.94%	5 0.14%	5
Aviation	131	New entry-	-	-	5 0.14%	1
Tech for Good	131	New entry-	£52,500	-	5 0.14%
Brand Awareness	132	New entry-	-	-	4 0.11%	1
Mandarin Language	133	New entry-	£35,000	-	3 0.082%
Multimedia	133	Down 48 places-48	£39,197	+28.51%	3 0.082%
Investment Banking	133	Down 36 places-36	-	-	3 0.082%
Police	133	New entry-	£80,000	-	3 0.082%	3