General Skills Statistics in Durham

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Manufacturing	1	Up 4 places+4	£50,000	+42.85%	107 20.50%	35
Social Skills	2	Up 14 places+14	£40,500	+28.57%	100 19.16%	44
Finance	8	Down 2 places-2	£57,500	-14.34%	50 9.58%	4
Electronics	16	New entry-	£55,000	-	32 6.13%	16
Organisational Skills	23	Up 7 places+7	£30,000	+26.00%	22 4.21%	2
Analytical Skills	24	Up 11 places+11	£50,000	-4.76%	21 4.02%	15
Telecoms	24	Up 13 places+13	£35,500	-	21 4.02%	2
Retail	31	Down 13 places-13	£32,500	+15.29%	14 2.68%	4
Inclusion and Diversity	32	Up 2 places+2	£74,742	-3.20%	13 2.49%	4
Marketing	32	Down 28 places-28	£35,000	-56.25%	13 2.49%
Legal	33	Down 5 places-5	£32,500	+16.07%	12 2.30%
Pharmaceutical	35	New entry-	£51,000	-	10 1.92%	4
Presentation Skills	36	New entry-	£35,000	-	9 1.72%	4
Public Sector	36	Down 4 places-4	£55,000	-31.25%	9 1.72%	3
Influencing Skills	37	No change0	£89,250	+9.15%	8 1.53%	3
Aerospace	38	New entry-	£43,750	-	7 1.34%	2
Games	40	Down 14 places-14	-	-	5 0.96%
iGaming	41	New entry-	£35,000	-	4 0.77%
Automotive	41	New entry-	£50,203	-	4 0.77%	3
Banking	41	Down 8 places-8	-	-	4 0.77%
Local Government	43	New entry-	-	-	2 0.38%
Wearables	43	New entry-	£42,000	-	2 0.38%
Law	43	Down 8 places-8	£32,500	-	2 0.38%	4
Advertising	43	Down 6 places-6	£35,000	+12.17%	2 0.38%
Billing	43	Down 6 places-6	£32,500	-59.37%	2 0.38%	2
Environmental Health	43	New entry-	-	-	2 0.38%	1