General Skills Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 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%	17,670 23.12%	6,008
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-6.89%	10,290 13.46%	3,909
Inclusion and Diversity	11	Up 12 places+12	£55,000	-	6,264 8.19%	1,494
Banking	16	Up 24 places+24	£90,000	+5.88%	5,672 7.42%	1,193
Analytical Skills	28	Down -19 places-19	£55,000	-	4,341 5.68%	2,142
Marketing	39	Down -6 places-6	£45,000	-18.18%	3,421 4.48%	1,574
Public Sector	59	Up 44 places+44	£60,000	-	2,432 3.18%	966
Retail	61	Down -1 place-1	£54,633	-0.66%	2,390 3.13%	1,047
Manufacturing	63	Down -47 places-47	£47,500	-5.00%	2,345 3.07%	894
Law	68	Down -25 places-25	£60,000	+9.09%	2,079 2.72%	522
Legal	80	Down -7 places-7	£67,500	+15.38%	1,734 2.27%	735
Telecoms	102	Up 23 places+23	£45,000	-	1,396 1.83%	518
Organisational Skills	103	Up 5 places+5	£38,500	-14.44%	1,392 1.82%	701
Electronics	167	Down -19 places-19	£55,000	-4.34%	952 1.25%	375
Automotive	216	Up 87 places+87	£48,000	-9.43%	706 0.92%	344
Games	220	Down -12 places-12	£50,000	-9.09%	696 0.91%	284
Presentation Skills	221	Down -133 places-133	£60,000	-	688 0.90%	461
Influencing Skills	222	Up 11 places+11	£76,000	+21.60%	686 0.90%	307
Aerospace	238	Up 70 places+70	£55,000	+0.37%	634 0.83%	351
Advertising	274	Down -92 places-92	£50,000	-16.66%	524 0.69%	263
Pharmaceutical	279	Up 15 places+15	£60,000	+9.09%	515 0.67%	170
Multimedia	302	Up 247 places+247	£30,500	-	461 0.60%	381
Financial Institution	326	Down -158 places-158	£87,500	+1.98%	418 0.55%	131
Local Government	335	Down -46 places-46	£50,000	-	400 0.52%	184
Documentation Skills	340	Up 66 places+66	£55,000	+2.80%	392 0.51%	157
Back Office	346	Up 101 places+101	£57,500	-20.68%	386 0.51%	119
Front Office	373	Down -233 places-233	£112,500	-	343 0.45%	111
Military	390	Up 26 places+26	£50,000	-13.04%	321 0.42%	168
Billing	401	Up 66 places+66	£42,500	-26.08%	308 0.40%	196
French Language	419	Down -187 places-187	£45,000	-30.76%	283 0.37%	93
German Language	430	Down -202 places-202	£40,000	-45.76%	270 0.35%	119
Aviation	459	Up 20 places+20	£60,000	+4.34%	229 0.30%	116
Health Technology	510	Down -17 places-17	£62,500	-10.71%	173 0.23%	96
Investment Banking	519	Down -167 places-167	£95,000	-15.55%	162 0.21%	62
Tech for Good	520	Down -75 places-75	£70,000	+5.66%	161 0.21%	25
Publishing	524	Down -113 places-113	£60,100	-7.53%	157 0.21%	67
Police	574	Down -177 places-177	£56,488	+8.38%	107 0.14%	33
Spanish Language	580	Down -10 places-10	£40,000	-23.80%	101 0.13%	48
Social Housing	595	Down -81 places-81	£50,000	-13.04%	86 0.11%	47
Aeronautics	602	Down -33 places-33	£65,000	+29.85%	79 0.10%	14
Agriculture	603	Down -47 places-47	£43,500	-13.00%	78 0.10%	37
Retail Banking	605	Down -111 places-111	£82,500	-1.28%	76 0.099%	17
Dutch Language	612	Down -47 places-47	£35,000	-3.44%	69 0.090%	25
Italian Language	612	Down -27 places-27	£42,500	-40.35%	69 0.090%	25
Brand Awareness	615	Down -60 places-60	£43,250	+1.76%	66 0.086%	37
Digital Healthcare	616	Down -21 places-21	£60,000	-7.69%	65 0.085%	16
General Ledger	624	Down -76 places-76	£82,500	+14.59%	57 0.075%	33
Fire and Rescue	625	Down -47 places-47	£60,000	+15.78%	56 0.073%	27
Portuguese Language	629	Down -35 places-35	£50,000	+42.85%	52 0.068%	24
Digital Health	631	Down -41 places-41	£70,000	+21.73%	50 0.065%	33