General Skills Statistics in Cheshire

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 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	£39,861	+9.20%	246 14.00%	91
Finance	6	Down 3 places-3	£52,250	+0.50%	168 9.56%	57
Manufacturing	8	Up 29 places+29	£47,500	-14.97%	166 9.45%	64
Retail	12	Up 9 places+9	£41,500	+22.05%	139 7.91%	15
Analytical Skills	21	Down 15 places-15	£47,500	-3.01%	86 4.89%	37
Inclusion and Diversity	33	Down 28 places-28	£35,000	-23.87%	60 3.41%	13
Organisational Skills	34	Up 34 places+34	£37,500	+13.63%	58 3.30%	11
Marketing	38	No change0	£38,750	-26.19%	54 3.07%	20
Games	40	Up 27 places+27	£30,000	-33.33%	52 2.96%	1
Electronics	41	Up 14 places+14	£57,500	-	51 2.90%	28
Pharmaceutical	49	Up 11 places+11	£38,750	+29.16%	40 2.28%	18
Aerospace	54	Up 21 places+21	£37,500	+17.18%	35 1.99%	24
Automotive	55	Up 8 places+8	£47,500	-2.50%	34 1.94%	7
Legal	57	Up 9 places+9	£55,000	+37.50%	32 1.82%	9
Law	63	Up 4 places+4	£55,000	+52.77%	26 1.48%	4
Public Sector	66	Up 4 places+4	£55,000	+50.68%	23 1.31%	3
Telecoms	68	Down 10 places-10	£28,500	-18.57%	21 1.20%	5
Presentation Skills	69	Up 3 places+3	£50,000	+49.25%	20 1.14%	11
Influencing Skills	76	Down 6 places-6	£40,000	-50.46%	13 0.74%	7
French Language	77	New entry-	£28,000	-	12 0.68%
Advertising	77	Down 4 places-4	£35,000	-26.31%	12 0.68%	2
Swedish Language	78	New entry-	-	-	11 0.63%
Banking	78	Down 57 places-57	£55,000	-21.42%	11 0.63%	3
Military	80	Down 6 places-6	£24,231	-15.19%	9 0.51%	4
German Language	81	New entry-	£42,053	-	8 0.46%
Digital Health	82	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 0.40%
Digital Healthcare	83	New entry-	-	-	6 0.34%
Spanish Language	85	New entry-	£28,250	-	4 0.23%
Front Office	85	New entry-	£60,000	-	4 0.23%	1
Back Office	85	New entry-	-	-	4 0.23%	2
Fire and Rescue	85	New entry-	£50,000	-	4 0.23%
Documentation Skills	85	Down 12 places-12	£35,000	-	4 0.23%	1
Legal Technology	85	New entry-	-	-	4 0.23%
Mandarin Language	86	New entry-	£29,000	-	3 0.17%
Arabic Language	86	New entry-	£29,000	-	3 0.17%
Dutch Language	86	Down 13 places-13	£29,000	-	3 0.17%
Italian Language	86	New entry-	£29,000	-	3 0.17%
Japanese Language	86	New entry-	£29,000	-	3 0.17%
Polish Language	86	New entry-	£29,000	-	3 0.17%
Portuguese Language	86	New entry-	£29,000	-	3 0.17%
Financial Institution	86	Down 13 places-13	£81,500	-	3 0.17%	1
Publishing	86	New entry-	-	-	3 0.17%
Police	86	New entry-	-	-	3 0.17%
Billing	86	Down 13 places-13	£28,500	-	3 0.17%	1