General Skills Statistics in Durham

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 16 places+16	£40,000	-3.90%	110 21.53%	49
Manufacturing	6	Down -1 place-1	£47,700	+36.28%	56 10.96%	42
Finance	12	Down -6 places-6	£57,000	-15.09%	43 8.41%	19
Marketing	23	Down -19 places-19	£35,000	-56.25%	26 5.09%	5
Analytical Skills	32	No change0	£43,500	-3.33%	15 2.94%	7
Telecoms	33	No change0	£28,333	-	14 2.74%	5
Legal	33	Down -7 places-7	£65,000	+132.14%	14 2.74%	4
Electronics	34	New entry-	£55,000	-	13 2.54%	15
Organisational Skills	35	Down -7 places-7	£29,750	+24.95%	12 2.35%	12
Inclusion and Diversity	36	Down -6 places-6	£74,654	-3.31%	11 2.15%	4
Retail	37	Down -21 places-21	£32,500	+15.29%	10 1.96%	5
Public Sector	38	Down -10 places-10	£55,000	-31.25%	9 1.76%	7
Pharmaceutical	40	New entry-	£51,000	-	7 1.37%	8
Presentation Skills	42	Down -11 places-11	£32,500	-	5 0.98%	4
iGaming	43	New entry-	£35,000	-	4 0.78%
Banking	43	Down -22 places-22	-	-	4 0.78%	4
Influencing Skills	43	Down -10 places-10	£89,250	+9.15%	4 0.78%	1
Games	44	Down -23 places-23	-	-	3 0.59%	1
Law	45	Down -14 places-14	£32,500	-	2 0.39%	5
Billing	45	Down -12 places-12	£32,500	-59.37%	2 0.39%	2
Wearables	45	New entry-	£42,000	-	2 0.39%
Local Government	45	New entry-	-	-	2 0.39%	2
Aerospace	46	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.20%	7
Advertising	46	Down -13 places-13	£35,000	+12.17%	1 0.20%	1