General Skills Statistics in Durham

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 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%	140 26.37%	30
Social Skills	3	Up 10 places+10	£43,265	+37.34%	107 20.15%	32
Finance	5	Up 2 places+2	£55,000	+16.40%	57 10.73%	4
Electronics	11	New entry-	£55,000	-	42 7.91%	17
Analytical Skills	18	Up 13 places+13	£50,000	+5.82%	30 5.65%	15
Organisational Skills	23	Up 4 places+4	£35,000	+47.00%	25 4.71%	5
Telecoms	24	Up 11 places+11	£37,500	-	24 4.52%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	33	Up 1 place+1	£74,742	+1.96%	15 2.82%	3
Pharmaceutical	34	New entry-	£51,000	-	14 2.64%	4
Retail	34	Down 14 places-14	£44,689	+50.49%	14 2.64%	2
Marketing	37	Down 33 places-33	£35,000	-46.15%	11 2.07%	1
Aerospace	37	New entry-	£37,500	-	11 2.07%	3
Presentation Skills	38	New entry-	£64,388	-	10 1.88%	2
Legal	38	Down 10 places-10	£100,000	+257.14%	10 1.88%
Influencing Skills	39	Down 4 places-4	£89,250	-	9 1.69%
Public Sector	42	Down 15 places-15	£36,500	-54.37%	6 1.13%	2
Automotive	43	New entry-	£50,203	-	5 0.94%	2
Games	43	Down 15 places-15	-	-	5 0.94%
Banking	44	Down 12 places-12	-	-	4 0.75%
Environmental Health	45	New entry-	-	-	3 0.57%	1
Advertising	45	Down 10 places-10	£35,000	+12.17%	3 0.57%	1
Local Government	46	New entry-	-	-	2 0.38%
Fire and Rescue	47	New entry-	£38,000	-	1 0.19%	1
Wearables	47	New entry-	£42,000	-	1 0.19%
Documentation Skills	47	New entry-	-	-	1 0.19%	2
Avionics	47	New entry-	-	-	1 0.19%	1
Military	47	New entry-	-	-	1 0.19%	1