General Skills Statistics in Colchester

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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	3	Up 2 places+2	£35,000	-	34 14.98%	17
Aerospace	7	New entry-	£70,000	-	21 9.25%	4
Telecoms	9	New entry-	£70,000	-	19 8.37%	2
Electronics	12	Down 3 places-3	£31,500	-40.00%	16 7.05%	14
Automotive	16	New entry-	£31,500	-	11 4.85%	5
Manufacturing	16	New entry-	£45,000	-	11 4.85%	14
Marketing	18	Down 8 places-8	£35,000	-	9 3.96%	3
Games	20	New entry-	-	-	7 3.08%
Organisational Skills	21	Down 9 places-9	£51,250	-	6 2.64%	3
Analytical Skills	21	New entry-	£57,500	-	6 2.64%	4
Finance	22	Down 19 places-19	£62,500	-	5 2.20%	5
Pharmaceutical	23	New entry-	£60,000	-	4 1.76%	1
Advertising	23	New entry-	£30,000	-	4 1.76%
Inclusion and Diversity	24	New entry-	£27,000	-	3 1.32%	3
Retail	25	New entry-	£33,125	-	2 0.88%	1
German Language	26	New entry-	£45,000	-	1 0.44%