General Skills Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 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%	17,738 22.06%	6,096
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£70,000	-3.44%	10,423 12.96%	4,775
Inclusion and Diversity	12	Up 9 places+9	£55,000	-	6,276 7.81%	863
Banking	16	Up 22 places+22	£90,000	+5.88%	5,645 7.02%	595
Analytical Skills	31	Down -22 places-22	£55,000	-	4,264 5.30%	2,393
Marketing	40	Down -3 places-3	£47,500	-13.63%	3,489 4.34%	2,149
Public Sector	57	Up 50 places+50	£60,000	-	2,548 3.17%	1,098
Retail	60	Down -3 places-3	£55,000	-	2,448 3.04%	1,198
Manufacturing	63	Down -43 places-43	£49,500	-1.00%	2,398 2.98%	905
Law	71	Down -32 places-32	£60,000	+9.09%	2,105 2.62%	794
Legal	83	Down -25 places-25	£67,500	+17.39%	1,729 2.15%	996
Telecoms	105	Up 38 places+38	£45,000	+2.27%	1,411 1.76%	612
Organisational Skills	108	No change0	£38,500	-9.41%	1,371 1.71%	732
Electronics	163	Down -82 places-82	£55,000	-4.34%	984 1.22%	425
Automotive	207	Up 112 places+112	£48,000	-8.57%	770 0.96%	364
Games	212	Up 17 places+17	£50,000	-9.09%	748 0.93%	338
Aerospace	218	Up 100 places+100	£55,000	+0.37%	717 0.89%	400
Influencing Skills	222	Up 24 places+24	£76,000	+18.75%	692 0.86%	408
Presentation Skills	234	Down -145 places-145	£58,500	-2.50%	657 0.82%	487
Pharmaceutical	274	Up 64 places+64	£60,000	+9.09%	530 0.66%	190
Advertising	278	Down -64 places-64	£50,000	-13.04%	520 0.65%	300
Local Government	318	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	-	437 0.54%	198
Multimedia	334	Up 242 places+242	£30,500	-4.68%	402 0.50%	184
Financial Institution	340	Down -160 places-160	£87,500	+1.98%	390 0.49%	178
Documentation Skills	344	Up 80 places+80	£55,000	+1.38%	386 0.48%	187
Back Office	357	Up 90 places+90	£59,500	-17.93%	364 0.45%	150
Front Office	368	Down -224 places-224	£100,000	-13.04%	343 0.43%	134
Military	382	Up 45 places+45	£43,499	-24.57%	325 0.40%	235
Billing	396	Up 80 places+80	£42,500	-23.42%	305 0.38%	268
Aviation	421	Up 77 places+77	£60,000	+4.34%	271 0.34%	111
French Language	422	Down -163 places-163	£45,000	-30.76%	267 0.33%	111
German Language	435	Down -183 places-183	£40,000	-44.82%	251 0.31%	127
Health Technology	497	Up 21 places+21	£60,000	-7.69%	179 0.22%	96
Investment Banking	515	Down -157 places-157	£95,000	-17.39%	160 0.20%	98
Publishing	519	Down -75 places-75	£60,000	-6.25%	156 0.19%	95
Tech for Good	521	Down -38 places-38	£70,000	+7.69%	154 0.19%	26
Social Housing	574	Down -11 places-11	£55,000	-6.38%	100 0.12%	45
Police	576	Down -132 places-132	£58,728	+10.18%	98 0.12%	27
Spanish Language	578	Up 16 places+16	£50,000	-4.76%	96 0.12%	69
Agriculture	594	Down -12 places-12	£43,500	-13.00%	80 0.100%	41
Digital Healthcare	598	Up 16 places+16	£60,000	-7.69%	76 0.095%	13
Retail Banking	604	Down -84 places-84	£85,000	+1.70%	70 0.087%	30
Brand Awareness	610	Down -26 places-26	£55,000	+37.50%	64 0.080%	53
Dutch Language	611	Down -24 places-24	£35,000	-	63 0.078%	39
Aeronautics	612	Down -25 places-25	£65,000	+29.85%	62 0.077%	16
Digital Health	613	Down -2 places-2	£60,000	-	61 0.076%	54
Italian Language	613	Down -5 places-5	£55,000	-24.13%	61 0.076%	36
Fire and Rescue	615	Down -15 places-15	£60,000	+15.78%	59 0.073%	27
Portuguese Language	618	Down -3 places-3	£60,000	+71.42%	56 0.070%	28
General Ledger	620	Down -48 places-48	£82,500	+14.59%	54 0.067%	38