General Skills Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 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%	17,639 23.17%	6,285
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-6.89%	10,245 13.46%	3,952
Inclusion and Diversity	11	Up 12 places+12	£55,000	-	6,257 8.22%	1,526
Banking	16	Up 24 places+24	£90,000	+5.88%	5,666 7.44%	1,216
Analytical Skills	29	Down -20 places-20	£55,000	-	4,327 5.69%	2,225
Marketing	39	Down -6 places-6	£45,000	-18.18%	3,422 4.50%	1,696
Public Sector	58	Up 43 places+43	£60,000	-	2,420 3.18%	963
Retail	60	No change0	£54,633	-0.66%	2,386 3.13%	1,091
Manufacturing	62	Down -46 places-46	£49,400	-1.20%	2,345 3.08%	909
Law	67	Down -24 places-24	£60,000	+9.09%	2,076 2.73%	571
Legal	79	Down -5 places-5	£67,500	+15.38%	1,725 2.27%	764
Organisational Skills	100	Up 8 places+8	£38,250	-15.00%	1,393 1.83%	732
Telecoms	101	Up 23 places+23	£45,000	-1.09%	1,390 1.83%	542
Electronics	164	Down -16 places-16	£55,000	-4.34%	954 1.25%	384
Automotive	213	Up 89 places+89	£48,000	-9.43%	704 0.92%	336
Games	215	Down -7 places-7	£50,000	-9.09%	697 0.92%	325
Presentation Skills	217	Down -129 places-129	£60,000	-	686 0.90%	487
Influencing Skills	217	Up 14 places+14	£76,000	+21.60%	686 0.90%	309
Aerospace	235	Up 70 places+70	£55,000	+0.37%	623 0.82%	349
Advertising	274	Down -92 places-92	£48,250	-19.58%	522 0.69%	273
Pharmaceutical	280	Up 9 places+9	£60,000	+9.09%	511 0.67%	174
Multimedia	302	Up 243 places+243	£30,500	-	461 0.61%	382
Financial Institution	324	Down -154 places-154	£87,500	+1.98%	419 0.55%	142
Local Government	338	Down -54 places-54	£50,000	-	392 0.52%	188
Documentation Skills	339	Up 63 places+63	£55,000	+2.80%	391 0.51%	159
Back Office	340	Up 104 places+104	£55,000	-24.13%	388 0.51%	122
Front Office	369	Down -233 places-233	£112,500	-	343 0.45%	107
Military	386	Up 29 places+29	£50,000	-13.04%	321 0.42%	163
Billing	395	Up 67 places+67	£42,500	-25.11%	310 0.41%	205
French Language	416	Down -185 places-185	£45,000	-30.76%	283 0.37%	106
German Language	428	Down -203 places-203	£40,000	-45.76%	271 0.36%	140
Aviation	461	Up 15 places+15	£60,000	+4.34%	223 0.29%	111
Health Technology	505	Down -14 places-14	£62,500	-10.71%	173 0.23%	104
Tech for Good	516	Down -72 places-72	£70,000	+3.70%	162 0.21%	23
Investment Banking	516	Down -167 places-167	£95,000	-16.48%	162 0.21%	61
Publishing	523	Down -115 places-115	£60,100	-7.53%	155 0.20%	70
Police	572	Down -179 places-179	£55,744	+7.50%	106 0.14%	35
Spanish Language	577	Down -11 places-11	£40,000	-23.80%	101 0.13%	56
Social Housing	592	Down -85 places-85	£50,000	-13.04%	86 0.11%	48
Aeronautics	599	Down -34 places-34	£65,000	+29.85%	79 0.10%	15
Agriculture	600	Down -48 places-48	£43,500	-13.00%	78 0.10%	37
Retail Banking	601	Down -112 places-112	£82,500	-1.28%	77 0.10%	18
Dutch Language	609	Down -48 places-48	£35,000	-3.44%	69 0.091%	25
Italian Language	609	Down -28 places-28	£42,500	-40.35%	69 0.091%	26
Brand Awareness	612	Down -60 places-60	£43,250	+1.76%	66 0.087%	48
Digital Healthcare	614	Down -23 places-23	£60,000	-7.69%	64 0.084%	16
General Ledger	621	Down -78 places-78	£82,500	+14.59%	57 0.075%	30
Fire and Rescue	623	Down -48 places-48	£60,000	+15.78%	55 0.072%	26
Portuguese Language	627	Down -37 places-37	£50,000	+42.85%	51 0.067%	27
Swedish Language	629	New entry-	£50,000	-	49 0.064%	9