General Skills Statistics in the City of London

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Finance	1	Up 1 place+1	£82,500	+3.12%	582 25.60%	233
Social Skills	3	Down 2 places-2	£72,500	+3.57%	318 13.99%	187
Law	8	Up 15 places+15	£62,500	+5.93%	245 10.78%	44
Analytical Skills	21	Down 9 places-9	£73,750	+9.25%	174 7.66%	80
Banking	35	Down 1 place-1	£95,000	+4.10%	106 4.66%	64
Legal	36	Down 3 places-3	£67,500	+6.29%	104 4.58%	40
Marketing	43	Up 11 places+11	£70,000	+16.66%	82 3.61%	59
Inclusion and Diversity	57	Down 3 places-3	£65,500	+9.16%	65 2.86%	29
Retail	77	Down 6 places-6	£75,000	-14.28%	44 1.94%	43
Public Sector	83	Up 1 place+1	£73,750	+22.91%	38 1.67%	48
Telecoms	87	Up 2 places+2	£45,000	-10.00%	34 1.50%	20
Manufacturing	88	Up 22 places+22	£100,000	+42.85%	33 1.45%	15
Advertising	88	Down 1 place-1	£60,000	-18.91%	33 1.45%	12
Games	89	Up 29 places+29	£90,000	+40.62%	32 1.41%	14
Front Office	90	Down 18 places-18	£85,000	-24.44%	31 1.36%	13
Influencing Skills	90	Down 12 places-12	£82,500	-2.94%	31 1.36%	14
Pharmaceutical	92	Up 30 places+30	£100,000	-	29 1.28%	4
Investment Banking	99	Up 5 places+5	£110,000	+39.68%	22 0.97%	10
Back Office	100	Up 6 places+6	£95,000	+2.70%	21 0.92%	3
Presentation Skills	100	Down 19 places-19	£60,500	-11.98%	21 0.92%	17
Publishing	104	Up 17 places+17	£50,000	-53.48%	17 0.75%	3
Legal Technology	105	Up 1 place+1	£75,000	+100.00%	16 0.70%	2
Financial Institution	106	Down 19 places-19	£70,000	-36.36%	15 0.66%	13
Billing	107	Down 7 places-7	£55,000	-8.33%	14 0.62%	7
French Language	108	Up 7 places+7	£42,500	+63.46%	13 0.57%	3
Documentation Skills	110	Down 11 places-11	£60,000	-25.00%	11 0.48%	9
Military	111	Up 5 places+5	£42,500	-8.60%	10 0.44%	2
Organisational Skills	111	Down 32 places-32	£67,500	+8.00%	10 0.44%	11
General Ledger	111	Up 9 places+9	£58,000	-27.50%	10 0.44%	6
Electronics	116	Up 2 places+2	£41,500	+59.61%	5 0.22%	3
Social Housing	116	New entry-	£45,000	-	5 0.22%
Local Government	116	Up 5 places+5	£50,000	-	5 0.22%	4
Prime Brokerage	117	New entry-	£107,500	-	4 0.18%
Brand Awareness	117	Up 5 places+5	-	-	4 0.18%	1
Multimedia	117	Up 3 places+3	-	-	4 0.18%
Digital Healthcare	118	Up 4 places+4	-	-	3 0.13%	1
iGaming	118	New entry-	£120,000	-	3 0.13%	3
German Language	119	Down 9 places-9	£28,000	+7.69%	2 0.088%	7
Spanish Language	119	Down 4 places-4	£35,250	+35.57%	2 0.088%
Aviation	119	No change0	-	-	2 0.088%	2
TTP	119	Up 3 places+3	-	-	2 0.088%
Retail Banking	119	No change0	£126,250	+12.22%	2 0.088%	2
Corporate Banking	119	New entry-	£85,000	-	2 0.088%
Private Banking	119	New entry-	£77,500	-	2 0.088%	2