General Skills Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 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%	17,687 22.98%	6,112
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-6.89%	10,320 13.41%	3,978
Inclusion and Diversity	11	Up 12 places+12	£55,000	-	6,267 8.14%	1,467
Banking	16	Up 24 places+24	£90,000	+5.88%	5,673 7.37%	1,211
Analytical Skills	28	Down -19 places-19	£55,000	-	4,357 5.66%	2,200
Marketing	39	Down -3 places-3	£45,000	-18.18%	3,447 4.48%	1,615
Public Sector	58	Up 44 places+44	£60,000	-	2,451 3.18%	1,024
Retail	60	Down -1 place-1	£54,633	-0.66%	2,408 3.13%	1,045
Manufacturing	62	Down -46 places-46	£47,500	-5.00%	2,358 3.06%	891
Law	67	Down -24 places-24	£60,000	+9.09%	2,084 2.71%	554
Legal	80	Down -5 places-5	£67,500	+14.89%	1,742 2.26%	792
Organisational Skills	101	Up 8 places+8	£38,000	-13.14%	1,407 1.83%	712
Telecoms	102	Up 22 places+22	£45,000	-	1,402 1.82%	500
Electronics	165	Down -15 places-15	£55,000	-4.34%	954 1.24%	396
Automotive	214	Up 109 places+109	£48,000	-9.43%	719 0.93%	345
Games	217	Down -1 place-1	£50,000	-9.09%	700 0.91%	285
Presentation Skills	218	Down -129 places-129	£60,000	-	688 0.89%	459
Influencing Skills	219	Up 25 places+25	£76,000	+21.60%	687 0.89%	329
Aerospace	234	Up 91 places+91	£55,000	+0.37%	643 0.84%	354
Advertising	272	Down -76 places-76	£49,000	-18.33%	524 0.68%	275
Pharmaceutical	275	Up 40 places+40	£60,000	+9.09%	518 0.67%	160
Multimedia	298	Up 265 places+265	£30,500	-	462 0.60%	379
Financial Institution	323	Down -150 places-150	£87,500	+1.98%	418 0.54%	136
Local Government	331	Down -19 places-19	£50,000	-	403 0.52%	181
Documentation Skills	337	Up 83 places+83	£55,000	+1.38%	395 0.51%	157
Back Office	341	Up 117 places+117	£57,500	-20.68%	389 0.51%	124
Front Office	369	Down -229 places-229	£110,000	-2.22%	347 0.45%	114
Military	387	Up 41 places+41	£50,000	-13.04%	321 0.42%	157
Billing	395	Up 86 places+86	£42,500	-26.08%	312 0.41%	216
French Language	415	Down -172 places-172	£45,000	-30.76%	284 0.37%	101
German Language	425	Down -186 places-186	£40,000	-45.76%	271 0.35%	126
Aviation	457	Up 36 places+36	£60,000	+4.34%	232 0.30%	127
Health Technology	510	Down -4 places-4	£60,000	-12.72%	173 0.22%	97
Investment Banking	522	Down -155 places-155	£95,000	-15.55%	161 0.21%	66
Tech for Good	522	Down -61 places-61	£70,000	+7.69%	161 0.21%	23
Publishing	525	Down -99 places-99	£60,100	-6.82%	158 0.21%	67
Police	573	Down -161 places-161	£56,488	+7.91%	108 0.14%	35
Spanish Language	580	Up 4 places+4	£40,000	-23.80%	101 0.13%	53
Social Housing	595	Down -61 places-61	£50,000	-13.04%	86 0.11%	53
Aeronautics	602	Down -19 places-19	£65,000	+29.85%	79 0.10%	16
Agriculture	602	Down -32 places-32	£43,500	-13.00%	79 0.10%	36
Retail Banking	605	Down -97 places-97	£82,500	-1.28%	76 0.099%	18
Dutch Language	613	Down -34 places-34	£35,000	-3.44%	68 0.088%	27
Italian Language	613	Down -14 places-14	£42,500	-40.35%	68 0.088%	28
Digital Healthcare	613	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	-7.69%	68 0.088%	16
Brand Awareness	614	Down -45 places-45	£43,250	+1.76%	67 0.087%	37
General Ledger	624	Down -62 places-62	£82,500	+14.59%	57 0.074%	31
Fire and Rescue	626	Down -35 places-35	£60,000	+15.78%	55 0.072%	27
Portuguese Language	629	Down -21 places-21	£60,000	+71.42%	52 0.068%	27
Digital Health	630	Down -27 places-27	£65,000	+8.33%	51 0.066%	33