General Skills Statistics in Cheshire

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	2	Up 1 place+1	£40,000	+9.58%	245 13.63%	57
Finance	8	Down 6 places-6	£52,500	+0.98%	168 9.35%	22
Manufacturing	9	Up 46 places+46	£47,500	-15.07%	161 8.96%	40
Retail	12	Up 14 places+14	£42,750	+22.14%	139 7.74%	14
Analytical Skills	18	Down 5 places-5	£52,500	+7.18%	86 4.79%	17
Organisational Skills	33	Up 52 places+52	£37,500	+13.63%	56 3.12%	8
Inclusion and Diversity	33	Down 28 places-28	£35,000	-23.87%	56 3.12%	5
Games	35	Up 49 places+49	£30,000	-33.33%	54 3.01%	1
Marketing	36	Up 21 places+21	£40,000	-33.33%	53 2.95%	10
Electronics	40	Up 33 places+33	£57,500	-	49 2.73%	20
Pharmaceutical	49	Up 29 places+29	£37,500	+25.00%	39 2.17%	12
Automotive	53	Up 28 places+28	£47,500	-2.50%	35 1.95%	2
Aerospace	54	Up 39 places+39	£37,500	+17.18%	34 1.89%	9
Legal	57	Up 28 places+28	£55,000	+57.14%	31 1.73%	3
Law	62	Up 22 places+22	£55,000	+52.77%	26 1.45%	1
Public Sector	64	Up 23 places+23	£55,000	+50.68%	24 1.34%	2
Telecoms	67	Up 12 places+12	£28,500	-18.57%	21 1.17%	2
Presentation Skills	67	Up 22 places+22	£50,000	+49.25%	21 1.17%	1
Influencing Skills	75	Up 12 places+12	£40,000	-50.46%	13 0.72%	2
French Language	75	New entry-	£28,000	-	13 0.72%
Advertising	76	Up 14 places+14	£35,000	-26.31%	12 0.67%	2
Banking	77	Down 59 places-59	£55,000	-21.42%	11 0.61%	2
Swedish Language	77	New entry-	-	-	11 0.61%
German Language	79	New entry-	£29,000	-	9 0.50%
Military	80	Up 11 places+11	£24,231	-15.19%	8 0.45%	2
Digital Health	81	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 0.39%
Digital Healthcare	82	New entry-	-	-	6 0.33%
Spanish Language	83	New entry-	£29,000	-	5 0.28%
Front Office	84	New entry-	£60,000	-	4 0.22%
Back Office	84	New entry-	-	-	4 0.22%	1
Fire and Rescue	84	New entry-	£50,000	-	4 0.22%
Documentation Skills	84	Up 6 places+6	£35,000	-	4 0.22%
Mandarin Language	84	New entry-	£29,000	-	4 0.22%
Arabic Language	84	New entry-	£29,000	-	4 0.22%
Dutch Language	84	Up 6 places+6	£29,000	-	4 0.22%
Italian Language	84	New entry-	£29,000	-	4 0.22%
Japanese Language	84	New entry-	£29,000	-	4 0.22%
Polish Language	84	New entry-	£29,000	-	4 0.22%
Portuguese Language	84	New entry-	£29,000	-	4 0.22%
Financial Institution	85	Up 5 places+5	£81,500	-	3 0.17%	1
Publishing	85	New entry-	-	-	3 0.17%
Police	85	New entry-	-	-	3 0.17%
Billing	85	Up 5 places+5	£28,500	-	3 0.17%
Legal Technology	85	New entry-	-	-	3 0.17%