General Skills Statistics in Durham

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 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%	110 21.24%	35
Social Skills	2	Up 14 places+14	£40,500	+28.57%	95 18.34%	33
Finance	6	No change0	£57,500	-14.34%	51 9.85%	2
Electronics	15	New entry-	£55,000	-	33 6.37%	17
Analytical Skills	22	Up 13 places+13	£50,000	-4.76%	24 4.63%	15
Organisational Skills	24	Up 6 places+6	£30,000	+26.00%	22 4.25%	3
Telecoms	25	Up 12 places+12	£35,500	-	21 4.05%	2
Legal	33	Down 5 places-5	£32,500	+16.07%	13 2.51%
Retail	33	Down 15 places-15	£32,500	+15.29%	13 2.51%	4
Inclusion and Diversity	33	Up 1 place+1	£74,742	-3.20%	13 2.51%	4
Marketing	33	Down 29 places-29	£35,000	-56.25%	13 2.51%
Pharmaceutical	36	New entry-	£51,000	-	10 1.93%	5
Presentation Skills	37	New entry-	£35,000	-	9 1.74%	3
Influencing Skills	37	No change0	£89,250	+9.15%	9 1.74%	3
Public Sector	38	Down 6 places-6	£55,000	-31.25%	8 1.54%	3
Aerospace	39	New entry-	£43,750	-	7 1.35%	1
Games	41	Down 15 places-15	-	-	5 0.97%
iGaming	42	New entry-	£35,000	-	4 0.77%
Automotive	42	New entry-	£50,203	-	4 0.77%	3
Banking	42	Down 9 places-9	-	-	4 0.77%
Law	44	Down 9 places-9	£32,500	-	2 0.39%	4
Advertising	44	Down 7 places-7	£35,000	+12.17%	2 0.39%
Billing	44	Down 7 places-7	£32,500	-59.37%	2 0.39%	2
Environmental Health	44	New entry-	-	-	2 0.39%	1
Local Government	44	New entry-	-	-	2 0.39%
Wearables	44	New entry-	£42,000	-	2 0.39%