General Skills Statistics in the East Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 2 places+2	£40,000	+19.32%	1,074 15.53%	355
Finance	6	Up 6 places+6	£55,000	+13.40%	723 10.45%	158
Manufacturing	8	Down 2 places-2	£50,000	+25.00%	706 10.21%	162
Analytical Skills	19	Down 8 places-8	£42,500	+13.33%	411 5.94%	126
Retail	21	Down 17 places-17	£40,000	-11.11%	357 5.16%	102
Marketing	23	Up 12 places+12	£45,000	+51.26%	312 4.51%	37
Organisational Skills	32	Up 26 places+26	£32,500	+10.16%	267 3.86%	52
Inclusion and Diversity	38	Up 14 places+14	£43,353	+30.38%	213 3.08%	41
Automotive	53	Up 17 places+17	£45,000	+5.88%	176 2.54%	28
Legal	60	Up 21 places+21	£50,000	+25.00%	155 2.24%	32
Electronics	71	Down 15 places-15	£40,000	+9.58%	132 1.91%	63
Law	81	Down 52 places-52	£50,000	+35.13%	116 1.68%	26
Public Sector	84	Down 21 places-21	£49,250	+18.26%	110 1.59%	46
Aerospace	88	Up 26 places+26	£50,000	+25.00%	105 1.52%	28
Telecoms	89	Down 2 places-2	£35,000	-17.64%	103 1.49%	20
Influencing Skills	102	Up 16 places+16	£50,500	-15.34%	84 1.21%	17
Presentation Skills	107	Up 10 places+10	£47,500	+15.85%	77 1.11%	19
Pharmaceutical	110	Up 7 places+7	£52,500	+84.21%	74 1.07%	17
Banking	122	Down 28 places-28	£42,500	-34.61%	61 0.88%	16
Military	128	Down 11 places-11	£52,500	+23.52%	55 0.80%	21
Games	136	Down 22 places-22	£30,500	-6.15%	47 0.68%	7
Advertising	149	Down 32 places-32	£34,250	+3.78%	34 0.49%	4
Back Office	150	Down 22 places-22	£42,500	+5.53%	33 0.48%	19
Local Government	157	Down 39 places-39	£39,004	-10.73%	26 0.38%	16
German Language	157	Down 24 places-24	£29,000	-3.33%	26 0.38%	1
Wearables	158	Down 27 places-27	£85,000	+30.76%	25 0.36%	1
Italian Language	158	New entry-	£29,000	-	25 0.36%
Brand Awareness	159	New entry-	£55,000	-	24 0.35%	2
Fire and Rescue	161	Down 30 places-30	£45,000	-10.00%	22 0.32%	4
Documentation Skills	161	Down 57 places-57	£60,000	+41.17%	22 0.32%	15
French Language	167	Down 41 places-41	£27,000	-3.57%	16 0.23%	3
Spanish Language	169	New entry-	£45,000	-	14 0.20%	1
Billing	170	Down 45 places-45	£28,000	-27.27%	13 0.19%	3
Agriculture	170	Down 38 places-38	£47,500	-	13 0.19%	1
Dutch Language	171	Down 85 places-85	£27,000	-	12 0.17%	1
Social Housing	172	Down 48 places-48	£51,250	+20.15%	11 0.16%
Hindi Language	172	New entry-	£40,000	-	11 0.16%