General Skills Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 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%	17,904 22.89%	5,260
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£67,500	-6.89%	10,355 13.24%	3,690
Inclusion and Diversity	12	Up 11 places+11	£55,000	-	6,262 8.01%	1,005
Banking	16	Up 23 places+23	£90,000	+5.88%	5,644 7.22%	743
Analytical Skills	28	Down -19 places-19	£54,396	-1.09%	4,347 5.56%	1,963
Marketing	39	Down -2 places-2	£47,500	-13.63%	3,446 4.41%	1,555
Public Sector	57	Up 41 places+41	£60,000	-	2,480 3.17%	902
Retail	60	Down -4 places-4	£55,000	-	2,446 3.13%	921
Manufacturing	62	Down -46 places-46	£49,500	-1.00%	2,367 3.03%	795
Law	70	Down -26 places-26	£60,000	+9.09%	2,072 2.65%	494
Legal	81	Down -10 places-10	£67,500	+15.38%	1,737 2.22%	710
Organisational Skills	102	Up 5 places+5	£38,500	-9.41%	1,394 1.78%	600
Telecoms	103	Up 35 places+35	£45,000	-	1,391 1.78%	501
Electronics	166	Down -15 places-15	£55,000	-4.34%	957 1.22%	394
Automotive	210	Up 109 places+109	£48,000	-8.57%	735 0.94%	308
Games	212	Up 2 places+2	£50,000	-9.09%	718 0.92%	360
Influencing Skills	217	Up 20 places+20	£76,000	+21.60%	688 0.88%	310
Presentation Skills	222	Down -136 places-136	£60,000	-	677 0.87%	373
Aerospace	228	Up 91 places+91	£55,000	+2.42%	665 0.85%	333
Advertising	267	Down -73 places-73	£50,000	-16.66%	537 0.69%	315
Pharmaceutical	274	Up 45 places+45	£60,000	+9.09%	527 0.67%	127
Multimedia	297	Up 274 places+274	£30,500	-	464 0.59%	298
Local Government	323	Down -13 places-13	£50,000	-	416 0.53%	190
Financial Institution	332	Down -165 places-165	£87,500	+1.98%	392 0.50%	139
Documentation Skills	333	Up 86 places+86	£55,000	+1.38%	391 0.50%	135
Back Office	349	Up 100 places+100	£55,000	-24.13%	366 0.47%	91
Front Office	361	Down -224 places-224	£109,500	-2.66%	345 0.44%	84
Military	377	Up 51 places+51	£47,500	-17.39%	321 0.41%	212
Billing	388	Up 97 places+97	£42,500	-26.08%	309 0.40%	183
French Language	413	Down -175 places-175	£45,000	-30.76%	276 0.35%	76
German Language	417	Down -187 places-187	£40,000	-44.82%	268 0.34%	105
Aviation	429	Up 63 places+63	£60,000	+4.34%	252 0.32%	108
Health Technology	500	Up 14 places+14	£60,000	-9.43%	174 0.22%	73
Investment Banking	513	Down -143 places-143	£93,000	-17.33%	159 0.20%	80
Tech for Good	514	Down -44 places-44	£70,000	+7.69%	158 0.20%	20
Publishing	520	Down -80 places-80	£60,000	-6.25%	152 0.19%	61
Police	572	Down -149 places-149	£55,744	+6.49%	100 0.13%	27
Spanish Language	579	Up 11 places+11	£44,000	-16.19%	93 0.12%	46
Social Housing	580	Down -35 places-35	£52,500	-8.69%	92 0.12%	47
Agriculture	591	Down -14 places-14	£43,500	-13.00%	81 0.10%	30
Aeronautics	594	Down -6 places-6	£65,000	+29.85%	78 0.100%	12
Retail Banking	595	Down -82 places-82	£82,500	-1.28%	77 0.098%	17
Italian Language	602	Up 3 places+3	£42,500	-40.35%	70 0.090%	30
Digital Healthcare	603	Up 10 places+10	£60,000	-7.69%	69 0.088%	11
Brand Awareness	603	Down -26 places-26	£52,500	+23.52%	69 0.088%	36
Dutch Language	605	Down -23 places-23	£35,000	-	67 0.086%	24
General Ledger	617	Down -49 places-49	£82,500	+14.59%	55 0.070%	29
Fire and Rescue	617	Down -20 places-20	£60,000	+15.78%	55 0.070%	27
Portuguese Language	619	Down -6 places-6	£55,000	+57.14%	53 0.068%	22
Digital Health	620	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	-	52 0.067%	34