General Skills Statistics in Cheshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£39,500	-	649 35.78%	97
Banking	7	Up 28 places+28	£51,250	+118.04%	512 28.22%	6
Inclusion and Diversity	9	Up 2 places+2	£35,000	-	502 27.67%	8
Finance	14	Down -10 places-10	£50,000	-9.09%	178 9.81%	49
Marketing	20	Up 12 places+12	£38,750	+3.33%	113 6.23%	22
Analytical Skills	21	Down -14 places-14	£40,000	-27.27%	108 5.95%	50
Manufacturing	25	Down -23 places-23	£41,000	-3.52%	87 4.80%	21
Retail	31	Up 13 places+13	£50,000	-9.09%	64 3.53%	18
Telecoms	32	Up 23 places+23	£30,000	-60.00%	61 3.36%	3
Pharmaceutical	59	Down -8 places-8	£30,000	-40.00%	27 1.49%	7
Organisational Skills	62	Down -17 places-17	£40,000	+6.66%	23 1.27%	13
Electronics	64	New entry-	£56,000	-	21 1.16%	5
Law	66	Down -36 places-36	£52,500	-	19 1.05%	5
Automotive	68	Down -22 places-22	£48,000	+12.94%	17 0.94%	9
Billing	69	New entry-	£30,000	-	16 0.88%	4
Legal	70	Down -53 places-53	£65,000	+40.54%	15 0.83%	11
Public Sector	74	Down -28 places-28	£55,000	-	11 0.61%	10
iGaming	75	New entry-	£100,000	-	10 0.55%
Games	76	Down -23 places-23	£30,000	+27.63%	9 0.50%	7
French Language	76	New entry-	£28,000	-	9 0.50%	3
Influencing Skills	78	Down -23 places-23	£60,000	+50.00%	7 0.39%	4
Aerospace	79	Down -27 places-27	£41,000	-3.52%	6 0.33%	7
Documentation Skills	79	Down -22 places-22	£45,000	-18.18%	6 0.33%	2
Publishing	80	Down -23 places-23	£50,000	-	5 0.28%	5
Financial Institution	81	New entry-	-	-	4 0.22%
Multimedia	81	New entry-	£30,000	-	4 0.22%	1
Digital Economy	82	New entry-	-	-	3 0.17%
Presentation Skills	82	Down -33 places-33	£55,000	+10.27%	3 0.17%	9
Local Government	83	Down -27 places-27	£75,000	+100.00%	2 0.11%	3
Corporate Banking	83	New entry-	£58,000	-	2 0.11%
Spanish Language	83	New entry-	£28,250	-	2 0.11%	2
Swedish Language	83	New entry-	-	-	2 0.11%