General Skills Statistics in Edinburgh

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Finance	2	Down -1 place-1	£70,000	+112.43%	188 16.35%	536
Social Skills	3	No change0	£36,862	-14.77%	166 14.43%	386
Inclusion and Diversity	18	Up 37 places+37	£55,000	-4.34%	65 5.65%	250
Aerospace	31	New entry-	£75,000	-	44 3.83%	83
Analytical Skills	32	Down -24 places-24	£43,335	+0.77%	39 3.39%	152
Marketing	34	Up 15 places+15	£32,500	-43.47%	36 3.13%	57
Public Sector	40	Up 28 places+28	£65,000	+39.03%	29 2.52%	117
Electronics	45	Up 21 places+21	£45,000	-11.76%	24 2.09%	77
Retail	48	Down -27 places-27	£30,000	-8.67%	21 1.83%	44
Legal	50	Up 1 place+1	£79,837	+10.11%	19 1.65%	157
Influencing Skills	52	Up 6 places+6	£105,000	+23.52%	17 1.48%	47
Banking	54	Down -24 places-24	-	-	15 1.30%	101
Manufacturing	55	Up 14 places+14	£45,000	-	14 1.22%	50
Documentation Skills	57	Up 22 places+22	£33,500	-	12 1.04%	10
Brand Awareness	59	Up 18 places+18	-	-	10 0.87%	1
Billing	59	Up 20 places+20	£55,000	-	10 0.87%	6
Law	59	Up 15 places+15	£72,500	+7.40%	10 0.87%	79
Games	59	Up 10 places+10	£90,000	+250.41%	10 0.87%	38
Telecoms	60	Down -3 places-3	£8,500	-67.30%	9 0.78%	28
Military	60	New entry-	-	-	9 0.78%	9
Organisational Skills	61	Down -6 places-6	£30,000	+19.90%	8 0.70%	24
Advertising	61	Up 14 places+14	£40,000	-30.43%	8 0.70%	1
Financial Institution	63	Up 4 places+4	-	-	6 0.52%	23
Local Government	66	New entry-	£40,000	-	3 0.26%	10
Presentation Skills	67	Down -5 places-5	-	-	2 0.17%	46
Aviation	67	New entry-	£65,000	-	2 0.17%	7
Digital Health	67	New entry-	£85,000	-	2 0.17%
Automotive	67	Up 11 places+11	-	-	2 0.17%	25
German Language	68	New entry-	-	-	1 0.087%	2
Multimedia	68	Up 9 places+9	-	-	1 0.087%	6
Tech for Good	68	Up 6 places+6	-	-	1 0.087%	5
Publishing	68	Up 10 places+10	-	-	1 0.087%	3
Legal Technology	68	Up 11 places+11	£61,000	-14.68%	1 0.087%	5