General Skills Statistics in Durham

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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
Manufacturing	1	Up 5 places+5	£50,000	+42.85%	132 24.91%	23
Social Skills	2	Up 15 places+15	£43,265	+37.34%	104 19.62%	32
Finance	4	Up 4 places+4	£56,250	+7.14%	58 10.94%	8
Electronics	13	New entry-	£55,000	-	38 7.17%	9
Analytical Skills	22	Up 12 places+12	£46,750	-1.05%	27 5.09%	13
Organisational Skills	24	Up 6 places+6	£35,000	+47.00%	25 4.72%	6
Telecoms	26	Up 12 places+12	£37,500	-	23 4.34%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	35	Up 1 place+1	£74,742	-3.20%	14 2.64%	4
Pharmaceutical	35	New entry-	£51,000	-	14 2.64%	3
Retail	35	Down 15 places-15	£44,689	+58.53%	14 2.64%	4
Marketing	37	Down 33 places-33	£35,000	-46.15%	12 2.26%
Aerospace	38	New entry-	£37,500	-	11 2.08%	1
Presentation Skills	39	New entry-	£64,388	-	10 1.89%	2
Influencing Skills	40	Down 3 places-3	£89,250	+9.15%	9 1.70%	2
Legal	40	Down 11 places-11	£100,000	+257.14%	9 1.70%
Public Sector	43	Down 13 places-13	£36,500	-54.37%	6 1.13%	3
Automotive	44	New entry-	£50,203	-	5 0.94%	1
Games	44	Down 17 places-17	-	-	5 0.94%
Banking	45	Down 10 places-10	-	-	4 0.75%
Environmental Health	47	New entry-	-	-	2 0.38%	1
Local Government	47	New entry-	-	-	2 0.38%
Wearables	47	New entry-	£42,000	-	2 0.38%
Advertising	47	Down 9 places-9	£35,000	+12.17%	2 0.38%