General Skills Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-4.54%	17,657 22.88%	5,703
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-6.89%	10,309 13.36%	4,203
Inclusion and Diversity	11	Up 12 places+12	£55,000	-	6,270 8.12%	705
Banking	16	Up 24 places+24	£90,000	+5.88%	5,676 7.35%	448
Analytical Skills	28	Down -19 places-19	£55,000	-	4,350 5.64%	2,309
Marketing	39	Down -2 places-2	£46,500	-15.45%	3,437 4.45%	1,774
Public Sector	59	Up 42 places+42	£60,000	-	2,452 3.18%	1,084
Retail	61	Down -2 places-2	£55,000	-	2,409 3.12%	1,097
Manufacturing	63	Down -47 places-47	£47,500	-5.00%	2,352 3.05%	937
Law	68	Down -24 places-24	£60,000	+9.09%	2,083 2.70%	744
Legal	81	Down -6 places-6	£67,500	+15.38%	1,744 2.26%	868
Organisational Skills	104	Up 5 places+5	£38,000	-10.58%	1,400 1.81%	722
Telecoms	105	Up 18 places+18	£45,000	-	1,389 1.80%	535
Electronics	170	Down -21 places-21	£55,000	-4.34%	950 1.23%	418
Automotive	215	Up 94 places+94	£48,000	-9.00%	728 0.94%	354
Games	222	Down -17 places-17	£50,000	-9.09%	703 0.91%	322
Influencing Skills	225	Up 4 places+4	£76,000	+21.60%	686 0.89%	332
Presentation Skills	226	Down -137 places-137	£60,000	-	683 0.89%	468
Aerospace	239	Up 72 places+72	£55,000	+0.37%	648 0.84%	355
Advertising	274	Down -90 places-90	£49,500	-17.50%	523 0.68%	445
Pharmaceutical	276	Up 29 places+29	£60,000	+9.09%	520 0.67%	172
Multimedia	301	Up 256 places+256	£30,500	-	462 0.60%	383
Financial Institution	322	Down -156 places-156	£87,500	+1.98%	419 0.54%	148
Local Government	328	Down -31 places-31	£50,000	-	409 0.53%	194
Documentation Skills	337	Up 76 places+76	£55,000	-	392 0.51%	160
Back Office	339	Up 106 places+106	£57,500	-20.68%	389 0.50%	130
Front Office	364	Down -228 places-228	£110,000	-2.22%	349 0.45%	115
Military	385	Up 35 places+35	£50,000	-13.04%	321 0.42%	159
Billing	394	Up 82 places+82	£42,500	-26.08%	310 0.40%	230
French Language	413	Down -185 places-185	£45,000	-30.76%	282 0.37%	120
German Language	419	Down -195 places-195	£40,000	-45.76%	272 0.35%	147
Aviation	447	Up 38 places+38	£60,000	+4.34%	236 0.31%	122
Health Technology	504	Down -2 places-2	£61,250	-10.90%	174 0.23%	112
Tech for Good	515	Down -57 places-57	£70,000	+7.69%	162 0.21%	21
Investment Banking	516	Down -155 places-155	£95,000	-15.55%	161 0.21%	71
Publishing	518	Down -91 places-91	£60,100	-6.09%	158 0.20%	79
Police	568	Down -158 places-158	£56,488	+7.91%	108 0.14%	35
Spanish Language	576	Up 2 places+2	£40,000	-23.80%	100 0.13%	62
Social Housing	590	Down -62 places-62	£50,000	-13.04%	86 0.11%	54
Aeronautics	597	Down -20 places-20	£65,000	+29.85%	79 0.10%	15
Agriculture	598	Down -34 places-34	£43,500	-13.00%	78 0.10%	34
Retail Banking	600	Down -98 places-98	£82,500	-1.28%	76 0.099%	22
Italian Language	607	Down -14 places-14	£42,500	-40.35%	69 0.089%	31
Digital Healthcare	608	Down -6 places-6	£60,000	-7.69%	68 0.088%	14
Dutch Language	609	Down -36 places-36	£35,000	-3.44%	67 0.087%	30
Brand Awareness	610	Down -47 places-47	£44,000	+3.52%	66 0.086%	41
General Ledger	619	Down -63 places-63	£82,500	+14.59%	57 0.074%	31
Fire and Rescue	621	Down -36 places-36	£60,000	+15.78%	55 0.071%	26
Portuguese Language	624	Down -22 places-22	£60,000	+71.42%	52 0.067%	27
Digital Health	625	Down -28 places-28	£65,000	+8.33%	51 0.066%	33