General Skills Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 May 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%	17,746 22.16%	5,934
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£70,000	-3.44%	10,391 12.97%	4,679
Inclusion and Diversity	12	Up 10 places+10	£55,000	-	6,269 7.83%	852
Banking	16	Up 23 places+23	£90,000	+5.88%	5,643 7.05%	604
Analytical Skills	31	Down -22 places-22	£54,500	-0.90%	4,257 5.32%	2,363
Marketing	40	Down -3 places-3	£47,500	-13.63%	3,470 4.33%	2,075
Public Sector	57	Up 46 places+46	£60,000	-	2,523 3.15%	1,023
Retail	61	Down -5 places-5	£55,000	-	2,437 3.04%	1,187
Manufacturing	63	Down -44 places-44	£49,400	-1.20%	2,391 2.99%	895
Law	71	Down -33 places-33	£60,000	+9.09%	2,098 2.62%	657
Legal	83	Down -26 places-26	£67,500	+17.39%	1,716 2.14%	974
Telecoms	104	Up 33 places+33	£45,000	+5.88%	1,406 1.76%	591
Organisational Skills	106	No change0	£38,500	-9.41%	1,376 1.72%	713
Electronics	160	Down -70 places-70	£55,000	-4.34%	984 1.23%	430
Automotive	201	Up 109 places+109	£48,000	-8.57%	767 0.96%	364
Games	207	Up 11 places+11	£50,000	-9.09%	741 0.93%	326
Aerospace	212	Up 96 places+96	£55,000	+0.37%	716 0.89%	392
Influencing Skills	217	Up 22 places+22	£76,000	+20.15%	690 0.86%	403
Presentation Skills	230	Down -143 places-143	£58,500	-2.50%	652 0.81%	483
Pharmaceutical	273	Up 50 places+50	£60,000	+9.09%	530 0.66%	186
Advertising	277	Down -69 places-69	£50,000	-13.04%	521 0.65%	290
Local Government	318	Down -3 places-3	£50,000	-	434 0.54%	196
Multimedia	334	Up 222 places+222	£30,500	-4.68%	404 0.50%	185
Financial Institution	342	Down -169 places-169	£87,500	+1.98%	389 0.49%	175
Documentation Skills	344	Up 63 places+63	£54,500	+1.86%	386 0.48%	174
Back Office	360	Up 72 places+72	£59,500	-17.93%	364 0.45%	143
Front Office	372	Down -234 places-234	£100,000	-13.04%	342 0.43%	133
Military	386	Up 24 places+24	£43,499	-24.57%	322 0.40%	236
Billing	401	Up 56 places+56	£42,500	-24.10%	303 0.38%	247
Aviation	423	Up 55 places+55	£60,000	+4.34%	270 0.34%	107
French Language	425	Down -178 places-178	£45,000	-30.76%	266 0.33%	109
German Language	434	Down -194 places-194	£40,000	-44.82%	250 0.31%	120
Health Technology	497	No change0	£60,000	-7.69%	178 0.22%	89
Investment Banking	514	Down -152 places-152	£95,000	-17.39%	160 0.20%	100
Tech for Good	515	Down -51 places-51	£70,000	+7.69%	159 0.20%	25
Publishing	522	Down -98 places-98	£60,000	-6.25%	152 0.19%	91
Social Housing	573	Down -30 places-30	£55,000	-6.38%	100 0.12%	45
Police	574	Down -151 places-151	£58,728	+10.18%	99 0.12%	30
Spanish Language	579	Down -5 places-5	£50,000	-4.76%	94 0.12%	68
Agriculture	593	Down -31 places-31	£43,500	-13.00%	80 0.100%	36
Digital Healthcare	599	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	-7.69%	74 0.092%	12
Retail Banking	603	Down -104 places-104	£85,000	+1.70%	70 0.087%	34
Brand Awareness	609	Down -46 places-46	£55,000	+37.50%	64 0.080%	52
Aeronautics	610	Down -43 places-43	£65,000	+29.85%	63 0.079%	16
Dutch Language	611	Down -45 places-45	£35,000	-	62 0.077%	34
Italian Language	612	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	-24.13%	61 0.076%	38
Digital Health	614	Down -23 places-23	£60,000	-	59 0.074%	53
Fire and Rescue	614	Down -34 places-34	£60,000	+15.78%	59 0.074%	27
Portuguese Language	619	Down -24 places-24	£60,000	+71.42%	54 0.067%	26
General Ledger	619	Down -67 places-67	£82,500	+14.59%	54 0.067%	37