General Skills Statistics in Durham

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 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%	118 22.56%	34
Social Skills	3	Up 13 places+13	£42,500	+34.92%	97 18.55%	28
Finance	6	No change0	£57,500	-14.34%	53 10.13%	2
Electronics	14	New entry-	£55,000	-	36 6.88%	19
Organisational Skills	24	Up 6 places+6	£31,250	+31.25%	24 4.59%	3
Analytical Skills	24	Up 11 places+11	£50,000	-4.76%	24 4.59%	16
Telecoms	26	Up 11 places+11	£36,500	-	22 4.21%	4
Retail	35	Down 17 places-17	£35,439	+25.72%	13 2.49%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	35	Down 1 place-1	£74,742	-3.20%	13 2.49%	4
Marketing	35	Down 31 places-31	£35,000	-56.25%	13 2.49%
Pharmaceutical	36	New entry-	£51,000	-	12 2.29%	5
Legal	37	Down 9 places-9	£66,250	+136.60%	11 2.10%
Presentation Skills	38	New entry-	£43,775	-	10 1.91%	1
Influencing Skills	39	Down 2 places-2	£89,250	+9.15%	9 1.72%	2
Aerospace	39	New entry-	£37,500	-	9 1.72%	1
Public Sector	42	Down 11 places-11	£45,000	-43.75%	6 1.15%	3
Games	43	Down 17 places-17	-	-	5 0.96%
Banking	44	Down 10 places-10	-	-	4 0.76%
Automotive	44	New entry-	£50,203	-	4 0.76%	3
iGaming	45	New entry-	£35,000	-	3 0.57%
Environmental Health	46	New entry-	-	-	2 0.38%	1
Local Government	46	New entry-	-	-	2 0.38%
Wearables	46	New entry-	£42,000	-	2 0.38%
Advertising	46	Down 9 places-9	£35,000	+12.17%	2 0.38%