General Skills Statistics in Durham

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 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%	142 26.54%	29
Social Skills	3	Up 10 places+10	£43,265	+37.34%	109 20.37%	30
Finance	5	Up 2 places+2	£55,000	+16.40%	58 10.84%	2
Electronics	12	New entry-	£55,000	-	42 7.85%	16
Analytical Skills	19	Up 11 places+11	£50,000	+5.82%	31 5.79%	15
Organisational Skills	25	Up 1 place+1	£35,000	+47.00%	25 4.67%	5
Telecoms	26	Up 8 places+8	£37,500	-	24 4.49%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	34	Down 1 place-1	£74,654	+1.84%	16 2.99%	3
Pharmaceutical	36	New entry-	£51,000	-	14 2.62%	4
Retail	36	Down 17 places-17	£44,689	+50.49%	14 2.62%	3
Aerospace	39	New entry-	£37,500	-	11 2.06%	2
Legal	40	Down 13 places-13	£100,000	+257.14%	10 1.87%
Presentation Skills	40	New entry-	£64,388	-	10 1.87%	1
Marketing	40	Down 36 places-36	£35,000	-46.15%	10 1.87%
Influencing Skills	41	Down 7 places-7	£89,250	-	9 1.68%	1
Public Sector	44	Down 18 places-18	£36,500	-54.37%	6 1.12%	1
Automotive	45	New entry-	£50,203	-	5 0.93%
Games	45	Down 18 places-18	-	-	5 0.93%
Banking	46	Down 15 places-15	-	-	4 0.75%
Advertising	47	Down 13 places-13	£35,000	+12.17%	3 0.56%
Environmental Health	47	New entry-	-	-	3 0.56%	1
Local Government	48	New entry-	-	-	2 0.37%
Documentation Skills	48	New entry-	£47,500	-	2 0.37%	2
Avionics	49	New entry-	-	-	1 0.19%	1
Military	49	New entry-	-	-	1 0.19%	1
Fire and Rescue	49	New entry-	£38,000	-	1 0.19%
Wearables	49	New entry-	£42,000	-	1 0.19%