General Skills Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£51,500	+2.67%	14,446 17.11%	4,940
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-3.57%	11,297 13.38%	3,721
Analytical Skills	25	Down -17 places-17	£55,000	-	4,489 5.32%	1,888
Marketing	34	Down -10 places-10	£50,000	-	3,701 4.38%	1,427
Public Sector	42	Up 45 places+45	£60,000	-	3,002 3.55%	903
Retail	45	Down -9 places-9	£55,000	+7.72%	2,748 3.25%	990
Manufacturing	46	Down -24 places-24	£50,000	+5.26%	2,718 3.22%	923
Law	56	Down -25 places-25	£60,000	+14.28%	2,325 2.75%	564
Inclusion and Diversity	65	Down -49 places-49	£55,000	-	2,095 2.48%	686
Legal	69	Down -8 places-8	£60,142	+2.80%	2,004 2.37%	778
Banking	87	Down -50 places-50	£85,000	-	1,664 1.97%	504
Organisational Skills	96	Up 17 places+17	£38,000	-5.00%	1,600 1.89%	747
Telecoms	113	Up 37 places+37	£45,000	-	1,418 1.68%	466
Electronics	164	Down -110 places-110	£55,000	-	1,044 1.24%	375
Games	166	Up 61 places+61	£50,000	-3.84%	1,034 1.22%	227
Aerospace	183	Up 137 places+137	£55,000	+2.32%	962 1.14%	342
Influencing Skills	203	Up 57 places+57	£70,000	+9.37%	849 1.01%	379
Automotive	204	Up 117 places+117	£50,000	-0.10%	846 1.00%	279
Presentation Skills	245	Down -118 places-118	£58,200	-3.00%	666 0.79%	414
Advertising	270	Down -58 places-58	£55,000	+4.76%	604 0.72%	205
Pharmaceutical	304	Up 60 places+60	£55,000	+10.00%	518 0.61%	142
Local Government	310	Up 90 places+90	£52,500	+5.84%	506 0.60%	220
Documentation Skills	361	Up 31 places+31	£52,136	-5.20%	403 0.48%	149
Back Office	373	Up 42 places+42	£55,000	-24.13%	383 0.45%	65
Financial Institution	376	Down -140 places-140	£87,500	+6.06%	377 0.45%	144
Military	377	Down -8 places-8	£42,500	-15.00%	376 0.45%	176
Aviation	391	Up 101 places+101	£65,000	+36.31%	353 0.42%	97
Billing	401	Up 42 places+42	£45,000	-14.28%	341 0.40%	150
Front Office	408	Down -221 places-221	£100,000	-13.04%	332 0.39%	87
Multimedia	467	Up 124 places+124	£30,500	-15.27%	249 0.29%	419
French Language	485	Down -145 places-145	£45,000	-30.76%	227 0.27%	59
German Language	502	Down -177 places-177	£40,000	-1.23%	209 0.25%	83
Health Technology	509	Up 24 places+24	£60,000	-6.25%	200 0.24%	64
Legal Technology	523	Up 31 places+31	£80,000	+23.07%	186 0.22%	50
Investment Banking	539	Down -239 places-239	£95,000	-15.55%	170 0.20%	94
Publishing	551	Down -73 places-73	£55,000	-14.06%	158 0.19%	51
Social Housing	570	Up 44 places+44	£51,000	+20.00%	138 0.16%	45
Spanish Language	601	Up 1 place+1	£50,000	-4.76%	106 0.13%	37
Tech for Good	610	Down -89 places-89	£67,500	+5.46%	97 0.11%	12
Fire and Rescue	625	Down -11 places-11	£55,000	+36.82%	82 0.097%	39
Agriculture	625	Down -35 places-35	£43,500	-33.07%	82 0.097%	29
Digital Health	628	Down -13 places-13	£51,000	-21.53%	79 0.094%	31
General Ledger	630	Down -39 places-39	£62,500	+2.04%	77 0.091%	36
Digital Healthcare	630	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	-7.69%	77 0.091%	21
Police	632	Down -86 places-86	£59,364	+11.97%	75 0.089%	52
Brand Awareness	640	Down -59 places-59	£55,000	+57.14%	67 0.079%	34
Retail Banking	640	Down -104 places-104	£83,750	+1.51%	67 0.079%	9
Italian Language	643	Down -34 places-34	£55,000	-24.13%	64 0.076%	25
Portuguese Language	643	Down -18 places-18	£60,000	+106.89%	64 0.076%	11
Wearables	645	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	-7.69%	62 0.073%	17