General Skills Statistics in Durham

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 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%	130 24.25%	30
Social Skills	2	Up 15 places+15	£43,265	+37.34%	103 19.22%	39
Finance	5	Up 3 places+3	£56,250	-16.20%	57 10.63%	14
Electronics	13	New entry-	£55,000	-	38 7.09%	15
Analytical Skills	21	Up 15 places+15	£50,000	-4.76%	26 4.85%	17
Organisational Skills	22	Up 9 places+9	£32,500	+36.50%	25 4.66%	6
Telecoms	25	Up 13 places+13	£36,500	-	22 4.10%	7
Retail	33	Down 13 places-13	£38,378	+36.14%	14 2.61%	7
Inclusion and Diversity	33	Up 3 places+3	£74,742	-3.20%	14 2.61%	9
Pharmaceutical	34	New entry-	£51,000	-	13 2.43%	4
Marketing	34	Down 30 places-30	£35,000	-46.15%	13 2.43%
Legal	36	Down 6 places-6	£66,250	+136.60%	11 2.05%
Presentation Skills	36	New entry-	£43,775	-	11 2.05%	2
Aerospace	37	New entry-	£37,500	-	10 1.87%	2
Influencing Skills	37	No change0	£89,250	+9.15%	10 1.87%	2
Public Sector	41	Down 10 places-10	£36,500	-54.37%	6 1.12%	7
Automotive	42	New entry-	£50,203	-	5 0.93%	2
Games	42	Down 15 places-15	-	-	5 0.93%
Banking	43	Down 8 places-8	-	-	4 0.75%
Advertising	45	Down 7 places-7	£35,000	+12.17%	2 0.37%
Environmental Health	45	New entry-	-	-	2 0.37%	1
Local Government	45	New entry-	-	-	2 0.37%	5
Wearables	45	New entry-	£42,000	-	2 0.37%
iGaming	46	New entry-	£35,000	-	1 0.19%
Law	46	Down 9 places-9	£32,500	-	1 0.19%	5
Billing	46	Down 8 places-8	£32,500	-59.37%	1 0.19%
Fire and Rescue	46	New entry-	£38,000	-	1 0.19%	1