General Skills Statistics in Cheshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£38,500	-3.14%	649 36.06%	145
Banking	6	Up 22 places+22	£54,625	+132.40%	513 28.50%	53
Inclusion and Diversity	8	Up 8 places+8	£41,990	+19.97%	503 27.94%	57
Finance	14	Down -6 places-6	£50,000	-9.09%	176 9.78%	53
Marketing	20	Up 5 places+5	£36,000	-4.00%	110 6.11%	22
Analytical Skills	21	Down -10 places-10	£40,000	-27.27%	107 5.94%	44
Manufacturing	24	Down -22 places-22	£41,000	-3.52%	87 4.83%	19
Telecoms	32	Up 16 places+16	£31,000	-58.66%	63 3.50%	6
Retail	32	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	-9.09%	63 3.50%	22
Pharmaceutical	55	Down -11 places-11	£30,000	-40.00%	27 1.50%	7
Organisational Skills	60	Down -22 places-22	£40,000	+6.66%	22 1.22%	17
Electronics	61	New entry-	£56,000	-	21 1.17%	7
Law	63	Down -40 places-40	£52,500	-	19 1.06%	5
Automotive	66	Down -27 places-27	£48,000	+12.94%	16 0.89%	8
Legal	67	Down -53 places-53	£65,000	+40.54%	15 0.83%	12
Billing	67	New entry-	£30,000	-	15 0.83%	6
iGaming	71	New entry-	£100,000	-	11 0.61%
Public Sector	71	Down -32 places-32	£55,000	-	11 0.61%	11
Games	72	Down -25 places-25	£30,000	+27.63%	10 0.56%	6
French Language	73	New entry-	£28,000	-	9 0.50%	3
Influencing Skills	75	Down -27 places-27	£60,000	+50.00%	7 0.39%	4
Documentation Skills	76	Down -26 places-26	£45,000	-18.18%	6 0.33%	3
Aerospace	77	Down -32 places-32	£32,000	-24.70%	5 0.28%	7
Publishing	77	Down -27 places-27	£50,000	-	5 0.28%	4
Financial Institution	78	New entry-	-	-	4 0.22%
Multimedia	78	New entry-	£30,000	-	4 0.22%	1
Digital Economy	79	New entry-	-	-	3 0.17%
Presentation Skills	79	Down -37 places-37	£55,000	+10.27%	3 0.17%	9
Corporate Banking	80	New entry-	£58,000	-	2 0.11%	1
Spanish Language	80	New entry-	£28,250	-	2 0.11%	2
Swedish Language	80	New entry-	-	-	2 0.11%
Local Government	80	Down -31 places-31	£75,000	+100.00%	2 0.11%	4