General Skills Statistics in England

Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 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%	17,616 23.24%	5,658
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-6.89%	10,201 13.45%	4,203
Inclusion and Diversity	11	Up 16 places+16	£55,000	-	6,249 8.24%	831
Banking	14	Up 23 places+23	£90,000	+5.88%	5,664 7.47%	454
Analytical Skills	28	Down -19 places-19	£55,000	-	4,315 5.69%	2,330
Marketing	38	Down -5 places-5	£45,000	-18.18%	3,425 4.52%	1,745
Public Sector	59	Up 39 places+39	£60,000	-	2,404 3.17%	990
Retail	60	Down -1 place-1	£52,500	-4.54%	2,374 3.13%	1,140
Manufacturing	62	Down -46 places-46	£49,400	-1.20%	2,330 3.07%	953
Law	68	Down -22 places-22	£60,000	+9.09%	2,055 2.71%	601
Legal	80	Up 1 place+1	£67,500	+12.50%	1,715 2.26%	798
Organisational Skills	101	Up 2 places+2	£38,000	-15.55%	1,393 1.84%	749
Telecoms	103	Up 17 places+17	£45,000	-2.17%	1,389 1.83%	542
Electronics	164	Down -19 places-19	£55,000	-4.34%	952 1.26%	403
Automotive	214	Up 102 places+102	£48,000	-9.43%	694 0.92%	349
Games	215	Down -10 places-10	£50,000	-9.09%	692 0.91%	317
Presentation Skills	216	Down -132 places-132	£60,000	-	689 0.91%	502
Influencing Skills	219	Up 15 places+15	£76,000	+21.60%	681 0.90%	332
Aerospace	241	Up 81 places+81	£55,000	+0.37%	602 0.79%	344
Advertising	268	Down -90 places-90	£47,500	-20.83%	519 0.68%	271
Pharmaceutical	274	Up 30 places+30	£60,000	+9.09%	508 0.67%	177
Multimedia	290	Up 278 places+278	£30,500	-	464 0.61%	379
Financial Institution	314	Down -151 places-151	£87,500	-	414 0.55%	153
Local Government	331	Down -35 places-35	£50,000	-	390 0.51%	194
Documentation Skills	332	Up 100 places+100	£55,000	+2.80%	389 0.51%	176
Back Office	335	Up 133 places+133	£55,000	-24.13%	386 0.51%	129
Front Office	365	Down -231 places-231	£112,500	-	343 0.45%	130
Military	384	Up 55 places+55	£50,000	-13.04%	315 0.42%	164
Billing	388	Up 100 places+100	£45,000	-21.73%	310 0.41%	219
French Language	409	Down -173 places-173	£45,000	-30.76%	281 0.37%	106
German Language	416	Down -188 places-188	£40,000	-44.82%	273 0.36%	144
Aviation	453	Up 48 places+48	£62,500	+8.69%	221 0.29%	110
Health Technology	498	Up 17 places+17	£60,000	-14.28%	171 0.23%	70
Tech for Good	507	Down -42 places-42	£70,000	+3.70%	162 0.21%	23
Investment Banking	508	Down -139 places-139	£95,000	-15.55%	161 0.21%	64
Publishing	512	Down -81 places-81	£60,100	-7.53%	157 0.21%	71
Police	565	Down -153 places-153	£56,488	+8.38%	104 0.14%	34
Spanish Language	569	Up 21 places+21	£40,000	-23.80%	100 0.13%	61
Social Housing	583	Down -51 places-51	£50,000	-13.04%	86 0.11%	48
Aeronautics	590	No change0	£65,000	+29.85%	79 0.10%	16
Retail Banking	591	Down -78 places-78	£82,500	-1.28%	78 0.10%	19
Agriculture	591	Down -15 places-15	£43,500	-13.00%	78 0.10%	37
Dutch Language	600	Down -15 places-15	£35,000	-6.66%	69 0.091%	27
Italian Language	600	Up 6 places+6	£42,500	-40.35%	69 0.091%	28
Brand Awareness	603	Down -26 places-26	£42,500	-	66 0.087%	45
Digital Healthcare	605	Up 11 places+11	£60,000	-7.69%	64 0.084%	15
General Ledger	612	Down -46 places-46	£82,500	+14.59%	57 0.075%	38
Fire and Rescue	614	Down -14 places-14	£60,000	+15.78%	55 0.073%	27
Portuguese Language	618	Down -3 places-3	£50,000	+42.85%	51 0.067%	28
Swedish Language	620	New entry-	£50,000	-	49 0.065%	9