General Skills Statistics in Edinburgh

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	3	Down -1 place-1	£35,000	-33.33%	159 15.07%	71
Finance	6	Down -5 places-5	£57,500	-4.16%	131 12.42%	66
Analytical Skills	33	Down -28 places-28	£40,000	-20.70%	35 3.32%	29
Public Sector	35	Up 39 places+39	£62,500	+25.26%	33 3.13%	20
Electronics	35	Up 36 places+36	£45,000	-5.26%	33 3.13%	7
Retail	38	Down -15 places-15	£30,000	-8.67%	29 2.75%	8
Inclusion and Diversity	38	Up 9 places+9	£52,500	-4.54%	29 2.75%	27
Legal	39	Up 6 places+6	£90,000	+25.87%	28 2.65%	8
Marketing	40	Up 19 places+19	£50,000	+39.86%	27 2.56%	18
Multimedia	47	New entry-	£30,500	-	20 1.90%	8
Organisational Skills	48	Up 9 places+9	£26,000	+3.91%	19 1.80%	3
Manufacturing	48	Up 20 places+20	£45,000	-26.53%	19 1.80%	13
Financial Institution	52	Up 16 places+16	£57,500	+10.57%	15 1.42%	3
Advertising	54	Up 23 places+23	£40,000	-58.97%	13 1.23%
Law	58	Up 19 places+19	£72,500	+7.40%	9 0.85%	7
Billing	59	Up 23 places+23	£43,750	-	8 0.76%	2
Games	59	Down -5 places-5	£90,000	+71.42%	8 0.76%	1
Influencing Skills	60	Down -9 places-9	£71,250	-16.17%	7 0.66%	12
Brand Awareness	61	Up 20 places+20	-	-	6 0.57%	2
Documentation Skills	61	New entry-	£33,500	-	6 0.57%	4
Banking	62	Down -58 places-58	£87,500	+16.87%	5 0.47%	17
Telecoms	62	Up 4 places+4	£45,000	+67.10%	5 0.47%	10
Aerospace	62	New entry-	-	-	5 0.47%	15
Local Government	65	New entry-	£40,000	-	2 0.19%	1
Legal Technology	65	Up 15 places+15	£46,750	-34.61%	2 0.19%	3
Mandarin Language	66	Up 16 places+16	£50,000	+11.11%	1 0.095%
Aviation	66	New entry-	£65,000	-	1 0.095%
Tech for Good	66	Up 10 places+10	£55,000	-4.34%	1 0.095%	1
Digital Health	66	New entry-	£85,000	-	1 0.095%	2
Front Office	66	Up 5 places+5	-	-	1 0.095%