General Skills Statistics in Cheshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£39,000	-1.88%	649 36.02%	140
Banking	6	Up 22 places+22	£54,625	+132.40%	513 28.47%	54
Inclusion and Diversity	8	Up 6 places+6	£41,990	+19.97%	503 27.91%	54
Finance	14	Down -7 places-7	£50,000	-9.09%	176 9.77%	51
Marketing	20	Up 4 places+4	£36,000	-4.00%	110 6.10%	20
Analytical Skills	21	Down -11 places-11	£40,000	-27.27%	106 5.88%	45
Manufacturing	24	Down -22 places-22	£41,000	-3.52%	87 4.83%	16
Retail	32	Up 5 places+5	£50,000	-9.09%	63 3.50%	21
Telecoms	32	Up 16 places+16	£31,000	-58.66%	63 3.50%	3
Pharmaceutical	56	Down -12 places-12	£30,000	-40.00%	28 1.55%	7
Organisational Skills	62	Down -24 places-24	£40,000	+6.66%	22 1.22%	15
Electronics	63	New entry-	£56,000	-	21 1.17%	6
Law	65	Down -42 places-42	£52,500	-	19 1.05%	5
Automotive	68	Down -29 places-29	£48,000	+12.94%	16 0.89%	6
Billing	69	New entry-	£30,000	-	15 0.83%	4
Legal	69	Down -56 places-56	£65,000	+40.54%	15 0.83%	9
iGaming	73	New entry-	£100,000	-	11 0.61%
Public Sector	73	Down -34 places-34	£55,000	-	11 0.61%	10
French Language	75	New entry-	£28,000	-	9 0.50%	3
Games	75	Down -28 places-28	£30,000	+27.63%	9 0.50%	7
Influencing Skills	77	Down -29 places-29	£60,000	+50.00%	7 0.39%	3
Documentation Skills	78	Down -28 places-28	£45,000	-18.18%	6 0.33%	3
Aerospace	79	Down -34 places-34	£32,000	-24.70%	5 0.28%	7
Publishing	79	Down -29 places-29	£50,000	-	5 0.28%	5
Multimedia	80	New entry-	£30,000	-	4 0.22%	1
Financial Institution	80	New entry-	-	-	4 0.22%
Presentation Skills	81	Down -39 places-39	£55,000	+10.27%	3 0.17%	8
Digital Economy	81	New entry-	-	-	3 0.17%
Local Government	82	Down -33 places-33	£75,000	+100.00%	2 0.11%	4
Corporate Banking	82	New entry-	£58,000	-	2 0.11%
Spanish Language	82	New entry-	£28,250	-	2 0.11%	2
Swedish Language	82	New entry-	-	-	2 0.11%