General Skills Statistics in Dorset

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Finance	1	Up 1 place+1	£60,000	+33.68%	126 13.50%	21
Manufacturing	3	Up 38 places+38	£51,860	+59.56%	120 12.86%	42
Social Skills	5	Down 4 places-4	£39,000	-2.50%	110 11.79%	56
Analytical Skills	21	Down 8 places-8	£42,500	-10.52%	42 4.50%	15
Organisational Skills	24	Up 19 places+19	£33,000	+29.41%	39 4.18%	12
Marketing	27	Down 13 places-13	£45,000	-10.00%	36 3.86%	5
Inclusion and Diversity	35	Down 32 places-32	£39,000	+40.75%	27 2.89%	5
Documentation Skills	37	Up 10 places+10	£42,500	-54.05%	25 2.68%	1
Retail	41	Down 26 places-26	£42,500	+53.39%	20 2.14%	6
Aviation	41	Up 8 places+8	£80,000	+100.00%	20 2.14%	2
Law	42	Down 32 places-32	£39,000	-	19 2.04%	3
Electronics	44	Up 1 place+1	£36,000	-15.29%	17 1.82%	26
Telecoms	45	Down 8 places-8	£26,000	-	16 1.71%	8
Aerospace	47	Up 2 places+2	£30,750	-31.66%	14 1.50%	40
Legal	50	Down 18 places-18	£40,000	+33.33%	11 1.18%	4
Dutch Language	51	New entry-	£33,750	-	10 1.07%	2
German Language	51	New entry-	£33,750	-	10 1.07%	3
Influencing Skills	51	New entry-	£70,000	-	10 1.07%	3
Games	51	New entry-	£40,000	-	10 1.07%	1
Advertising	52	New entry-	£42,500	-	9 0.96%
Military	53	Down 2 places-2	-	-	8 0.86%	6
Banking	53	Down 32 places-32	-	-	8 0.86%	1
Public Sector	54	Down 2 places-2	£60,000	-1.39%	7 0.75%	3
Automotive	55	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.64%	6
French Language	56	New entry-	£31,000	-	5 0.54%	3
Financial Institution	57	Down 6 places-6	-	-	4 0.43%
Police	59	New entry-	£47,208	-	2 0.21%
Tech for Good	59	Down 8 places-8	£52,500	-30.00%	2 0.21%
Health Technology	59	New entry-	£52,500	-	2 0.21%
Local Government	59	Down 29 places-29	£47,208	-37.05%	2 0.21%
Pharmaceutical	59	New entry-	£52,500	-	2 0.21%	1
Social Housing	60	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.11%
Presentation Skills	60	Down 10 places-10	£41,000	+36.66%	1 0.11%	4
Corporate Banking	60	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%
Front Office	60	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%
Back Office	60	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	10