General Skills Statistics in Cheshire

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£40,000	+11.11%	245 14.25%	79
Finance	5	Up 3 places+3	£52,500	+7.18%	167 9.72%	40
Manufacturing	6	Up 42 places+42	£47,500	-14.97%	166 9.66%	65
Retail	11	Up 23 places+23	£50,000	+47.05%	136 7.91%	27
Analytical Skills	19	Down 6 places-6	£47,500	-3.01%	88 5.12%	32
Organisational Skills	30	Up 43 places+43	£37,500	+13.63%	61 3.55%	11
Inclusion and Diversity	31	Down 27 places-27	£37,361	-18.73%	60 3.49%	14
Marketing	35	Up 8 places+8	£40,000	-23.80%	54 3.14%	17
Electronics	37	Up 23 places+23	£57,500	-	52 3.03%	28
Games	39	Up 33 places+33	£30,000	-33.33%	49 2.85%
Pharmaceutical	46	Up 19 places+19	£40,000	+33.33%	39 2.27%	16
Aerospace	51	Up 28 places+28	£36,250	+13.28%	34 1.98%	21
Automotive	51	Up 12 places+12	£47,500	-1.04%	34 1.98%	9
Legal	55	Up 15 places+15	£55,000	+37.50%	30 1.75%	8
Law	56	Up 16 places+16	£55,000	+52.77%	29 1.69%	2
Telecoms	61	No change0	£28,295	-19.15%	24 1.40%	3
Public Sector	61	Up 14 places+14	£65,450	+79.31%	24 1.40%	6
Presentation Skills	65	Up 12 places+12	£50,000	+49.25%	20 1.16%	8
Influencing Skills	71	Up 4 places+4	£40,000	-50.46%	14 0.81%	6
Advertising	73	Up 4 places+4	£35,000	-26.31%	12 0.70%	2
Military	73	Up 6 places+6	£24,231	-15.19%	12 0.70%	2
French Language	73	New entry-	£28,000	-	12 0.70%
Banking	74	Down 68 places-68	£55,000	-21.42%	11 0.64%	2
Swedish Language	74	New entry-	-	-	11 0.64%
German Language	77	New entry-	£42,053	-	8 0.47%	1
Digital Health	78	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 0.41%
Digital Healthcare	79	New entry-	-	-	6 0.35%
Front Office	81	New entry-	£60,000	-	4 0.23%	1
Back Office	81	New entry-	-	-	4 0.23%	1
Fire and Rescue	81	New entry-	£50,000	-	4 0.23%
Documentation Skills	81	Down 3 places-3	£35,000	-	4 0.23%	1
Legal Technology	81	New entry-	-	-	4 0.23%
Spanish Language	81	New entry-	£28,250	-	4 0.23%
Financial Institution	82	Down 4 places-4	£81,500	-	3 0.17%	2
Publishing	82	New entry-	-	-	3 0.17%
Police	82	New entry-	-	-	3 0.17%
Billing	82	Down 4 places-4	£28,500	-	3 0.17%
Mandarin Language	82	New entry-	£29,000	-	3 0.17%
Arabic Language	82	New entry-	£29,000	-	3 0.17%
Dutch Language	82	Down 2 places-2	£29,000	-	3 0.17%
Italian Language	82	New entry-	£29,000	-	3 0.17%
Japanese Language	82	New entry-	£29,000	-	3 0.17%
Polish Language	82	New entry-	£29,000	-	3 0.17%
Portuguese Language	82	New entry-	£29,000	-	3 0.17%
Humanities	83	New entry-	-	-	2 0.12%
General Ledger	83	New entry-	£57,500	-	2 0.12%	1
Local Government	83	Down 2 places-2	-	-	2 0.12%
Retail Banking	83	New entry-	-	-	2 0.12%