General Skills Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£53,000	-3.63%	17,742 21.80%	5,961
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£70,000	-3.44%	10,479 12.87%	5,036
Inclusion and Diversity	12	Up 8 places+8	£55,000	-	6,276 7.71%	900
Banking	16	Up 23 places+23	£90,000	+5.88%	5,634 6.92%	625
Analytical Skills	32	Down -23 places-23	£55,000	-	4,260 5.23%	2,453
Marketing	41	Down -10 places-10	£47,500	-13.63%	3,517 4.32%	2,014
Public Sector	57	Up 32 places+32	£60,000	-	2,575 3.16%	1,264
Retail	61	Down -7 places-7	£55,000	-	2,436 2.99%	1,236
Manufacturing	62	Down -41 places-41	£50,000	-	2,425 2.98%	971
Law	70	Down -29 places-29	£60,000	+9.09%	2,118 2.60%	686
Legal	83	Down -21 places-21	£67,500	+17.39%	1,726 2.12%	1,001
Telecoms	104	Up 40 places+40	£45,000	+2.27%	1,421 1.75%	592
Organisational Skills	110	Down -2 places-2	£38,500	-9.41%	1,362 1.67%	709
Electronics	165	Down -96 places-96	£55,000	-3.50%	984 1.21%	425
Automotive	204	Up 122 places+122	£48,000	-8.57%	782 0.96%	360
Games	207	Up 22 places+22	£45,000	-18.18%	761 0.93%	309
Aerospace	212	Up 109 places+109	£55,000	+2.42%	735 0.90%	425
Influencing Skills	216	Up 31 places+31	£75,000	+20.00%	706 0.87%	422
Presentation Skills	230	Down -133 places-133	£58,500	+0.86%	662 0.81%	482
Advertising	273	Down -53 places-53	£50,000	-11.50%	533 0.65%	284
Pharmaceutical	274	Up 68 places+68	£60,000	+9.09%	531 0.65%	181
Local Government	315	Up 26 places+26	£50,588	+1.69%	446 0.55%	265
Multimedia	342	Up 237 places+237	£30,500	-4.68%	393 0.48%	347
Documentation Skills	348	Up 83 places+83	£55,000	+2.80%	386 0.47%	172
Financial Institution	348	Down -162 places-162	£87,500	+1.98%	386 0.47%	167
Back Office	358	Up 91 places+91	£57,500	-20.68%	371 0.46%	166
Front Office	377	Down -224 places-224	£100,000	-13.04%	343 0.42%	133
Military	385	Up 31 places+31	£43,499	-24.34%	334 0.41%	210
Billing	405	Up 74 places+74	£45,000	-18.18%	310 0.38%	268
Aviation	425	Up 76 places+76	£60,000	+9.09%	280 0.34%	111
French Language	435	Down -174 places-174	£45,000	-30.76%	268 0.33%	120
German Language	444	Down -192 places-192	£40,000	-44.82%	253 0.31%	118
Health Technology	507	Up 15 places+15	£60,000	-7.69%	183 0.22%	107
Investment Banking	530	Down -191 places-191	£91,000	-20.86%	160 0.20%	108
Publishing	534	Down -82 places-82	£60,000	-6.25%	156 0.19%	90
Tech for Good	542	Down -53 places-53	£70,000	+8.52%	148 0.18%	30
Social Housing	579	Down -1 place-1	£55,000	-6.38%	109 0.13%	78
Police	591	Down -129 places-129	£58,728	+10.18%	97 0.12%	35
Spanish Language	591	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	-4.76%	97 0.12%	66
Agriculture	604	Down -17 places-17	£43,500	-13.00%	84 0.10%	67
Digital Healthcare	612	Up 7 places+7	£60,000	-7.69%	76 0.093%	10
Retail Banking	616	Down -90 places-90	£85,000	+1.70%	72 0.088%	23
Brand Awareness	623	Down -33 places-33	£55,000	+37.50%	65 0.080%	50
Fire and Rescue	624	Down -17 places-17	£57,500	+43.04%	64 0.079%	31
Digital Health	624	Down -8 places-8	£60,000	-	64 0.079%	81
Dutch Language	625	Down -82 places-82	£35,000	-	63 0.077%	39
Italian Language	627	Down -15 places-15	£55,000	-24.13%	61 0.075%	37
General Ledger	630	Down -52 places-52	£82,500	+14.59%	58 0.071%	43
Portuguese Language	631	Down -12 places-12	£60,000	+71.42%	57 0.070%	25
Aeronautics	634	Down -42 places-42	£65,000	+29.85%	54 0.066%	15