General Skills Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£50,000	-	15,843 16.98%	9,603
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-1.49%	12,478 13.37%	7,916
Analytical Skills	24	Down -15 places-15	£52,500	-3.22%	5,161 5.53%	3,880
Marketing	34	Down -15 places-15	£47,500	+4.39%	4,050 4.34%	2,692
Manufacturing	40	Down -12 places-12	£50,000	+5.26%	3,399 3.64%	1,989
Public Sector	42	Up 27 places+27	£62,000	+6.89%	3,350 3.59%	1,544
Retail	48	Down -13 places-13	£54,633	+15.01%	3,004 3.22%	1,962
Law	50	Down -23 places-23	£60,000	+14.28%	2,680 2.87%	1,856
Inclusion and Diversity	56	Down -35 places-35	£55,000	-	2,494 2.67%	1,889
Legal	61	Down -2 places-2	£60,000	+4.34%	2,319 2.49%	2,038
Organisational Skills	83	Up 25 places+25	£37,500	-	1,917 2.05%	1,500
Banking	89	Down -36 places-36	£85,000	-	1,828 1.96%	1,281
Telecoms	117	Up 13 places+13	£45,000	-	1,488 1.59%	863
Aerospace	131	Up 162 places+162	£55,000	+9.88%	1,354 1.45%	718
Electronics	136	Down -89 places-89	£55,000	-	1,316 1.41%	781
Games	166	Up 62 places+62	£50,000	+5.26%	1,121 1.20%	498
Influencing Skills	179	Up 67 places+67	£70,000	+7.69%	1,043 1.12%	851
Automotive	187	Up 113 places+113	£50,000	-	978 1.05%	496
Presentation Skills	220	Down -85 places-85	£57,500	-4.16%	804 0.86%	897
Advertising	278	Down -70 places-70	£50,000	+5.26%	652 0.70%	432
Pharmaceutical	291	Up 46 places+46	£55,000	+12.82%	605 0.65%	439
Local Government	312	Up 49 places+49	£50,729	-3.37%	557 0.60%	311
Military	338	Up 5 places+5	£47,500	+5.55%	509 0.55%	322
Documentation Skills	369	Down -33 places-33	£52,500	-4.54%	445 0.48%	250
Aviation	391	Up 64 places+64	£65,000	+26.21%	406 0.44%	181
Financial Institution	395	Down -79 places-79	£85,000	+1.19%	399 0.43%	369
Back Office	409	Down -27 places-27	£52,500	-25.00%	369 0.40%	172
Billing	419	Down -29 places-29	£45,000	+5.88%	358 0.38%	291
Front Office	423	Down -221 places-221	£100,000	-13.04%	353 0.38%	310
German Language	516	Down -73 places-73	£42,500	+21.42%	228 0.24%	196
French Language	520	Down -57 places-57	£45,000	+28.57%	224 0.24%	150
Health Technology	528	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	-6.25%	214 0.23%	91
Investment Banking	545	Down -257 places-257	£105,000	-6.66%	195 0.21%	216
Legal Technology	550	Down -9 places-9	£72,500	+11.53%	189 0.20%	160
Publishing	570	Down -89 places-89	£55,000	-14.06%	169 0.18%	168
Social Housing	588	Up 18 places+18	£50,000	+17.64%	151 0.16%	58
Multimedia	590	Down -1 place-1	£31,000	-12.67%	149 0.16%	367
Fire and Rescue	605	Down -3 places-3	£55,000	+22.22%	134 0.14%	66
Spanish Language	617	Down -38 places-38	£52,750	+59.84%	122 0.13%	74
Agriculture	639	Down -70 places-70	£45,000	-18.18%	100 0.11%	83
Italian Language	645	Down -48 places-48	£54,808	+56.59%	94 0.10%	52
Tech for Good	647	Down -121 places-121	£65,000	+1.56%	92 0.099%	29
Digital Healthcare	650	Down -35 places-35	£60,000	-7.69%	89 0.095%	39
Brand Awareness	650	Down -89 places-89	£44,000	+64.58%	89 0.095%	58
Digital Health	651	Down -77 places-77	£52,500	-19.23%	88 0.094%	64
General Ledger	651	Down -70 places-70	£60,000	-25.00%	88 0.094%	56
Police	658	Down -135 places-135	£59,364	+43.54%	81 0.087%	53
Japanese Language	663	Down -62 places-62	£56,766	+64.53%	76 0.081%	27
Swedish Language	663	Down -40 places-40	£50,000	+17.64%	76 0.081%	3
Mandarin Language	667	Down -85 places-85	£45,000	-21.73%	72 0.077%	29