General Skills Statistics in Edinburgh

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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
Finance	2	Down 1 place-1	£68,658	+108.36%	206 17.12%	168
Social Skills	5	Up 1 place+1	£43,750	+39.44%	139 11.55%	147
Aerospace	21	Up 62 places+62	£75,000	-	64 5.32%	45
Inclusion and Diversity	22	Up 43 places+43	£74,654	-1.80%	63 5.24%	113
Analytical Skills	28	Down 14 places-14	£54,000	+35.00%	56 4.66%	55
Public Sector	30	Up 44 places+44	£58,750	+21.13%	52 4.32%	50
Marketing	38	Up 5 places+5	£34,500	-42.50%	38 3.16%	20
Banking	54	No change0	-	-	22 1.83%	13
Electronics	54	Up 14 places+14	£45,000	-11.76%	22 1.83%	56
Legal	55	Up 2 places+2	£63,600	-13.81%	21 1.75%	14
Retail	57	Down 39 places-39	£28,000	-14.76%	19 1.58%	14
Manufacturing	59	Up 11 places+11	£45,000	-	17 1.41%	29
Influencing Skills	60	Up 10 places+10	£105,000	+23.52%	16 1.33%	12
Documentation Skills	60	Up 20 places+20	£33,500	-	16 1.33%	6
Telecoms	63	Down 11 places-11	£8,500	-67.30%	13 1.08%	6
Military	65	New entry-	-	-	11 0.91%	4
Brand Awareness	65	Up 16 places+16	£40,000	-5.88%	11 0.91%
Games	65	Up 4 places+4	£90,000	+250.41%	11 0.91%	13
Billing	66	Up 15 places+15	£55,000	+14.58%	10 0.83%	3
Law	67	Up 9 places+9	£72,500	+190.00%	9 0.75%	25
Organisational Skills	69	Down 5 places-5	£30,000	+19.90%	7 0.58%	8
Tech for Good	71	Up 7 places+7	£60,000	-7.69%	5 0.42%	4
Retail Banking	72	New entry-	-	-	4 0.33%
Advertising	72	Up 6 places+6	£40,000	-30.43%	4 0.33%	1
Local Government	73	Up 10 places+10	£55,000	+75.31%	3 0.25%	5
Financial Institution	73	Down 5 places-5	-	-	3 0.25%	7
German Language	74	New entry-	-	-	2 0.17%
Public Speaking	74	New entry-	-	-	2 0.17%	1
Presentation Skills	74	Down 8 places-8	-	-	2 0.17%	14
Wearables	74	Up 9 places+9	-	-	2 0.17%	4
General Ledger	74	Up 9 places+9	-	-	2 0.17%	6
Automotive	74	Up 9 places+9	-	-	2 0.17%	18
Health Technology	74	Up 7 places+7	-	-	2 0.17%	2
Digital Health	74	New entry-	£85,000	-	2 0.17%
Data Sovereignty	74	New entry-	£74,830	-	2 0.17%
Private Banking	75	Up 6 places+6	-	-	1 0.083%
French Language	75	Up 6 places+6	-	-	1 0.083%
Spanish Language	75	Up 6 places+6	-	-	1 0.083%
Multimedia	75	Down 5 places-5	-	-	1 0.083%	4
Social Housing	75	New entry-	£24,495	-	1 0.083%
Aviation	75	New entry-	-	-	1 0.083%
Agriculture	75	Up 8 places+8	£65,000	+62.50%	1 0.083%	2
Publishing	75	New entry-	-	-	1 0.083%