General Skills Statistics in Durham

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Oct 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%	127 24.01%	27
Social Skills	3	Up 14 places+14	£42,500	+34.92%	99 18.71%	27
Finance	4	Up 3 places+3	£56,250	-16.20%	57 10.78%	3
Electronics	13	New entry-	£55,000	-	37 6.99%	13
Analytical Skills	24	Up 12 places+12	£50,000	-4.76%	25 4.73%	15
Organisational Skills	25	Up 6 places+6	£31,250	+31.25%	24 4.54%	4
Telecoms	27	Up 11 places+11	£36,500	-	22 4.16%	4
Retail	35	Down 16 places-16	£38,378	+36.14%	14 2.65%	2
Inclusion and Diversity	36	No change0	£74,742	-3.20%	13 2.46%	4
Marketing	36	Down 32 places-32	£35,000	-56.25%	13 2.46%
Pharmaceutical	37	New entry-	£51,000	-	12 2.27%	2
Legal	38	Down 8 places-8	£66,250	+136.60%	11 2.08%
Aerospace	39	New entry-	£37,500	-	10 1.89%	1
Presentation Skills	39	New entry-	£43,775	-	10 1.89%	1
Influencing Skills	39	Down 1 place-1	£89,250	+9.15%	10 1.89%
Public Sector	43	Down 11 places-11	£45,000	-43.75%	6 1.13%	3
Automotive	44	New entry-	£50,203	-	5 0.95%	3
Games	44	Down 17 places-17	-	-	5 0.95%
Banking	45	Down 10 places-10	-	-	4 0.76%
Advertising	47	Down 9 places-9	£35,000	+12.17%	2 0.38%
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%
iGaming	47	New entry-	£35,000	-	2 0.38%