General Skills Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 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%	17,922 22.98%	5,950
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£67,500	-6.89%	10,316 13.23%	4,383
Inclusion and Diversity	11	Up 12 places+12	£55,000	-	6,270 8.04%	1,038
Banking	16	Up 23 places+23	£90,000	+5.88%	5,651 7.25%	842
Analytical Skills	28	Down -19 places-19	£54,500	-0.90%	4,347 5.57%	2,350
Marketing	39	Down -3 places-3	£47,500	-13.63%	3,442 4.41%	1,810
Public Sector	58	Up 46 places+46	£60,000	-	2,467 3.16%	1,059
Retail	60	Down -3 places-3	£55,000	-	2,448 3.14%	1,074
Manufacturing	62	Down -46 places-46	£49,000	-2.00%	2,354 3.02%	885
Law	69	Down -25 places-25	£60,000	+9.09%	2,081 2.67%	624
Legal	82	Down -9 places-9	£67,500	+15.38%	1,738 2.23%	913
Organisational Skills	103	Up 7 places+7	£38,500	-9.41%	1,401 1.80%	695
Telecoms	104	Up 25 places+25	£45,000	-	1,389 1.78%	562
Electronics	169	Down -16 places-16	£55,000	-4.34%	953 1.22%	412
Automotive	218	Up 88 places+88	£48,000	-9.43%	732 0.94%	326
Games	221	Down -10 places-10	£50,000	-9.09%	718 0.92%	410
Influencing Skills	225	Up 11 places+11	£76,000	+21.60%	692 0.89%	375
Presentation Skills	227	Down -139 places-139	£60,000	-	683 0.88%	452
Aerospace	237	Up 67 places+67	£55,000	+0.37%	657 0.84%	351
Advertising	270	Down -76 places-76	£50,000	-16.66%	535 0.69%	332
Pharmaceutical	277	Up 30 places+30	£60,000	+9.09%	526 0.67%	164
Multimedia	298	Up 251 places+251	£30,500	-	464 0.60%	319
Local Government	324	Down -29 places-29	£50,000	-	414 0.53%	211
Financial Institution	331	Down -161 places-161	£87,500	+1.98%	399 0.51%	172
Documentation Skills	342	Up 60 places+60	£55,000	-	386 0.50%	158
Back Office	348	Up 82 places+82	£55,000	-24.13%	376 0.48%	132
Front Office	366	Down -228 places-228	£109,500	-2.66%	345 0.44%	117
Military	380	Up 30 places+30	£47,500	-17.39%	321 0.41%	220
Billing	394	Up 71 places+71	£42,500	-26.08%	305 0.39%	214
French Language	415	Down -180 places-180	£45,000	-30.76%	276 0.35%	90
German Language	419	Down -189 places-189	£40,000	-44.82%	267 0.34%	126
Aviation	436	Up 36 places+36	£62,500	+8.69%	247 0.32%	118
Health Technology	501	Down -8 places-8	£60,000	-11.11%	171 0.22%	90
Tech for Good	511	Down -63 places-63	£70,000	+7.69%	160 0.21%	30
Investment Banking	513	Down -161 places-161	£91,000	-19.11%	158 0.20%	111
Publishing	516	Down -102 places-102	£60,000	-6.25%	154 0.20%	77
Police	564	Down -161 places-161	£55,744	+6.49%	103 0.13%	36
Spanish Language	571	Down -1 place-1	£44,000	-16.19%	96 0.12%	61
Social Housing	578	Down -53 places-53	£50,000	-13.04%	89 0.11%	51
Agriculture	587	Down -31 places-31	£43,500	-13.00%	80 0.10%	34
Aeronautics	589	Down -21 places-21	£65,000	+29.85%	78 0.10%	13
Retail Banking	591	Down -99 places-99	£82,500	-1.28%	76 0.098%	18
Italian Language	598	Down -13 places-13	£46,250	-35.08%	69 0.089%	35
Brand Awareness	598	Down -42 places-42	£52,500	+23.52%	69 0.089%	36
Digital Healthcare	599	Down -6 places-6	£60,000	-7.69%	68 0.087%	14
Dutch Language	600	Down -36 places-36	£35,000	-	67 0.086%	31
General Ledger	611	Down -63 places-63	£82,500	+14.59%	56 0.072%	32
Fire and Rescue	612	Down -35 places-35	£60,000	+15.78%	55 0.071%	28
Digital Health	615	Down -26 places-26	£60,000	-	52 0.067%	37
Portuguese Language	615	Down -21 places-21	£60,000	+71.42%	52 0.067%	25