General Skills Statistics in Cheshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 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	+5.33%	646 34.44%	147
Banking	7	Up 28 places+28	£51,250	+118.04%	510 27.19%	59
Inclusion and Diversity	9	Down -6 places-6	£35,000	-	502 26.76%	62
Finance	15	Down -9 places-9	£50,000	-9.09%	176 9.38%	49
Marketing	19	Up 14 places+14	£40,000	+6.66%	117 6.24%	17
Analytical Skills	21	Down -10 places-10	£40,000	-27.27%	110 5.86%	46
Manufacturing	25	Down -23 places-23	£41,000	-3.52%	91 4.85%	32
Retail	28	Up 16 places+16	£50,000	-9.09%	71 3.78%	21
Telecoms	35	Up 22 places+22	£30,000	-44.44%	56 2.99%	5
Pharmaceutical	57	Down -5 places-5	£30,000	-40.00%	28 1.49%	6
Organisational Skills	61	Down -15 places-15	£40,000	+6.66%	24 1.28%	11
Electronics	63	New entry-	£56,750	-	22 1.17%	7
Law	65	Down -49 places-49	£52,500	-	20 1.07%	4
Automotive	66	Down -19 places-19	£48,000	+12.94%	19 1.01%	5
Billing	67	New entry-	£30,000	-	18 0.96%	3
Legal	71	Down -62 places-62	£65,000	+40.54%	14 0.75%	15
Games	72	Down -19 places-19	£30,000	+27.63%	13 0.69%	6
Public Sector	73	Down -26 places-26	£55,000	-	12 0.64%	7
iGaming	75	New entry-	£100,000	-	10 0.53%
French Language	76	New entry-	£28,000	-	9 0.48%	3
Influencing Skills	78	Down -22 places-22	£60,000	+1.69%	7 0.37%	3
Aerospace	79	Down -26 places-26	£52,500	+23.52%	6 0.32%	11
Publishing	79	Down -21 places-21	£50,000	-	6 0.32%	2
Documentation Skills	79	Down -21 places-21	£45,000	-18.18%	6 0.32%	1
Financial Institution	81	New entry-	-	-	4 0.21%
Presentation Skills	81	Down -31 places-31	£55,000	+10.27%	4 0.21%	3
Multimedia	81	New entry-	£30,000	-	4 0.21%	1
Digital Economy	82	New entry-	-	-	3 0.16%
Local Government	83	Down -26 places-26	£75,000	+100.00%	2 0.11%	4
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%