General Skills Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 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%	17,652 21.96%	6,757
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£70,000	-3.44%	10,343 12.87%	4,684
Inclusion and Diversity	11	Up 10 places+10	£55,000	-	6,281 7.81%	1,673
Banking	16	Up 23 places+23	£90,000	+5.88%	5,617 6.99%	1,401
Analytical Skills	33	Down -24 places-24	£54,500	-0.90%	4,223 5.25%	2,444
Marketing	40	Down -11 places-11	£47,500	-13.63%	3,489 4.34%	2,244
Public Sector	57	Up 29 places+29	£60,000	-	2,539 3.16%	1,142
Retail	60	Down -3 places-3	£55,000	-	2,430 3.02%	1,226
Manufacturing	62	Down -42 places-42	£49,500	-1.00%	2,402 2.99%	896
Law	70	Down -30 places-30	£60,000	+9.09%	2,091 2.60%	685
Legal	83	Down -24 places-24	£67,500	+17.39%	1,703 2.12%	1,010
Telecoms	102	Up 48 places+48	£45,000	+4.65%	1,411 1.76%	617
Organisational Skills	106	Up 3 places+3	£38,500	-9.41%	1,363 1.70%	722
Electronics	160	Down -91 places-91	£55,000	-4.34%	985 1.23%	425
Automotive	202	Up 117 places+117	£48,000	-8.57%	767 0.95%	367
Games	205	Up 26 places+26	£50,000	-9.09%	747 0.93%	435
Aerospace	213	Up 102 places+102	£55,000	+0.37%	720 0.90%	384
Influencing Skills	217	Up 31 places+31	£76,000	+18.75%	693 0.86%	399
Presentation Skills	228	Down -138 places-138	£58,500	+0.86%	655 0.81%	490
Pharmaceutical	272	Up 68 places+68	£60,000	+9.09%	528 0.66%	200
Advertising	275	Down -55 places-55	£50,000	-13.04%	521 0.65%	390
Local Government	313	Up 19 places+19	£50,000	-	437 0.54%	203
Multimedia	334	Up 241 places+241	£30,500	-4.68%	396 0.49%	185
Financial Institution	342	Down -156 places-156	£87,500	+1.98%	382 0.48%	170
Documentation Skills	343	Up 82 places+82	£54,500	+0.46%	380 0.47%	187
Back Office	353	Up 92 places+92	£57,500	-20.68%	362 0.45%	145
Front Office	365	Down -213 places-213	£100,000	-13.04%	341 0.42%	120
Military	375	Up 51 places+51	£43,499	-24.57%	327 0.41%	243
Billing	394	Up 81 places+81	£42,500	-22.72%	305 0.38%	261
Aviation	419	Up 79 places+79	£60,000	+4.34%	270 0.34%	108
French Language	422	Down -160 places-160	£45,000	-30.76%	267 0.33%	105
German Language	437	Down -183 places-183	£40,000	-44.82%	249 0.31%	120
Health Technology	499	Up 17 places+17	£60,000	-7.69%	178 0.22%	105
Investment Banking	518	Down -157 places-157	£95,000	-17.39%	159 0.20%	102
Publishing	522	Down -79 places-79	£60,000	-6.25%	155 0.19%	92
Tech for Good	530	Down -47 places-47	£70,000	+7.69%	147 0.18%	25
Social Housing	574	Down -8 places-8	£55,000	-6.38%	101 0.13%	48
Police	578	Down -129 places-129	£58,728	+10.18%	97 0.12%	29
Spanish Language	579	Up 13 places+13	£50,000	-4.76%	96 0.12%	70
Agriculture	593	Down -12 places-12	£43,500	-13.00%	82 0.10%	68
Digital Healthcare	599	Up 14 places+14	£60,000	-7.69%	76 0.095%	14
Retail Banking	605	Down -86 places-86	£85,000	+1.70%	70 0.087%	31
Brand Awareness	611	Down -28 places-28	£55,000	+37.50%	64 0.080%	51
Digital Health	612	Down -2 places-2	£60,000	-	63 0.078%	55
Dutch Language	612	Down -26 places-26	£35,000	-	63 0.078%	41
Italian Language	614	Down -8 places-8	£55,000	-24.13%	61 0.076%	37
Fire and Rescue	617	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	+15.78%	58 0.072%	27
Aeronautics	618	Down -32 places-32	£65,000	+29.85%	57 0.071%	16
Portuguese Language	618	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	+71.42%	57 0.071%	28
General Ledger	622	Down -51 places-51	£82,500	+14.59%	53 0.066%	37