General Skills Statistics in Durham

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Manufacturing	1	Up 5 places+5	£50,000	+42.85%	139 25.93%	23
Social Skills	3	Up 13 places+13	£43,265	+37.34%	106 19.78%	34
Finance	5	Up 3 places+3	£55,000	+4.76%	58 10.82%	11
Electronics	11	New entry-	£55,000	-	43 8.02%	11
Analytical Skills	20	Up 14 places+14	£46,750	-1.05%	29 5.41%	12
Organisational Skills	24	Up 6 places+6	£35,000	+47.00%	25 4.66%	7
Telecoms	25	Up 13 places+13	£37,500	-	24 4.48%	3
Retail	35	Down 15 places-15	£44,689	+58.53%	14 2.61%	4
Inclusion and Diversity	35	Up 1 place+1	£74,742	-3.20%	14 2.61%	6
Pharmaceutical	35	New entry-	£51,000	-	14 2.61%	3
Marketing	38	Down 34 places-34	£35,000	-46.15%	11 2.05%	4
Aerospace	38	New entry-	£37,500	-	11 2.05%	2
Legal	38	Down 9 places-9	£100,000	+257.14%	11 2.05%
Presentation Skills	39	New entry-	£64,388	-	10 1.87%	4
Influencing Skills	40	Down 3 places-3	£89,250	+9.15%	9 1.68%	1
Public Sector	43	Down 13 places-13	£36,500	-54.37%	6 1.12%	2
Automotive	44	New entry-	£50,203	-	5 0.93%	3
Games	44	Down 17 places-17	-	-	5 0.93%
Banking	45	Down 10 places-10	-	-	4 0.75%
Environmental Health	46	New entry-	-	-	3 0.56%	1
Advertising	46	Down 8 places-8	£35,000	+12.17%	3 0.56%	1
Local Government	47	New entry-	-	-	2 0.37%
Wearables	47	New entry-	£42,000	-	2 0.37%
Fire and Rescue	48	New entry-	£38,000	-	1 0.19%	1
Avionics	48	New entry-	-	-	1 0.19%	1
Military	48	New entry-	-	-	1 0.19%	3