General Skills Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£53,000	-3.63%	17,729 21.90%	6,852
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£70,000	-3.44%	10,412 12.86%	5,085
Inclusion and Diversity	11	Up 10 places+10	£55,000	-	6,286 7.77%	1,829
Banking	16	Up 23 places+23	£90,000	+5.88%	5,631 6.96%	1,476
Analytical Skills	33	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	-	4,246 5.25%	2,575
Marketing	41	Down -12 places-12	£47,500	-13.63%	3,508 4.33%	2,166
Public Sector	57	Up 29 places+29	£60,000	-	2,565 3.17%	1,136
Retail	60	Down -3 places-3	£55,000	-	2,440 3.01%	1,274
Manufacturing	63	Down -43 places-43	£49,500	-1.00%	2,418 2.99%	932
Law	70	Down -30 places-30	£60,000	+9.09%	2,104 2.60%	801
Legal	83	Down -24 places-24	£67,500	+17.39%	1,719 2.12%	1,041
Telecoms	104	Up 46 places+46	£45,000	+4.65%	1,419 1.75%	614
Organisational Skills	108	Up 1 place+1	£38,500	-9.41%	1,367 1.69%	722
Electronics	161	Down -92 places-92	£55,000	-4.34%	990 1.22%	433
Automotive	208	Up 111 places+111	£48,000	-8.57%	773 0.95%	370
Games	214	Up 17 places+17	£50,000	-9.09%	749 0.93%	357
Aerospace	222	Up 93 places+93	£55,000	+0.37%	726 0.90%	416
Influencing Skills	224	Up 24 places+24	£76,000	+18.75%	700 0.86%	427
Presentation Skills	236	Down -146 places-146	£59,250	+2.15%	658 0.81%	516
Pharmaceutical	277	Up 63 places+63	£60,000	+9.09%	530 0.65%	192
Advertising	281	Down -61 places-61	£50,000	-13.04%	522 0.64%	303
Local Government	319	Up 13 places+13	£50,294	+0.58%	438 0.54%	204
Multimedia	336	Up 239 places+239	£30,500	-4.68%	396 0.49%	361
Documentation Skills	344	Up 81 places+81	£55,000	+1.38%	385 0.48%	195
Financial Institution	345	Down -159 places-159	£87,500	+1.98%	384 0.47%	183
Back Office	356	Up 89 places+89	£57,500	-20.68%	365 0.45%	153
Front Office	370	Down -218 places-218	£100,000	-13.04%	344 0.42%	123
Military	382	Up 44 places+44	£43,499	-24.57%	328 0.41%	239
Billing	396	Up 79 places+79	£43,750	-20.45%	308 0.38%	268
Aviation	417	Up 81 places+81	£60,000	+4.34%	274 0.34%	102
French Language	420	Down -158 places-158	£45,000	-30.76%	269 0.33%	114
German Language	430	Down -176 places-176	£40,000	-44.82%	252 0.31%	134
Health Technology	491	Up 25 places+25	£60,000	-7.69%	179 0.22%	95
Investment Banking	510	Down -149 places-149	£95,000	-17.39%	160 0.20%	98
Publishing	515	Down -72 places-72	£60,000	-6.25%	155 0.19%	101
Tech for Good	523	Down -40 places-40	£70,000	+7.69%	147 0.18%	26
Social Housing	565	Up 1 place+1	£55,000	-6.38%	103 0.13%	44
Spanish Language	571	Up 21 places+21	£50,000	-4.76%	97 0.12%	75
Police	571	Down -122 places-122	£58,728	+10.18%	97 0.12%	32
Agriculture	586	Down -5 places-5	£43,500	-13.00%	82 0.10%	69
Digital Healthcare	592	Up 21 places+21	£60,000	-7.69%	76 0.094%	12
Retail Banking	596	Down -77 places-77	£85,000	+1.70%	72 0.089%	29
Dutch Language	603	Down -17 places-17	£35,000	-	65 0.080%	40
Brand Awareness	604	Down -21 places-21	£55,000	+37.50%	64 0.079%	52
Digital Health	605	Up 5 places+5	£60,000	-	63 0.078%	52
Italian Language	607	Down -1 place-1	£55,000	-24.13%	61 0.075%	41
Fire and Rescue	609	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	+15.78%	59 0.073%	28
Aeronautics	611	Down -25 places-25	£65,000	+29.85%	57 0.070%	16
Portuguese Language	611	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	+71.42%	57 0.070%	32
General Ledger	614	Down -43 places-43	£82,500	+14.59%	54 0.067%	38