General Skills Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,977	-3.67%	17,943 23.04%	6,253
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£67,500	-6.89%	10,325 13.26%	4,217
Inclusion and Diversity	11	Up 11 places+11	£55,000	-	6,269 8.05%	1,532
Banking	16	Up 23 places+23	£90,000	+5.88%	5,662 7.27%	1,342
Analytical Skills	28	Down -19 places-19	£54,500	-0.90%	4,350 5.59%	2,292
Marketing	39	Down -3 places-3	£46,500	-15.45%	3,449 4.43%	1,882
Public Sector	60	Up 43 places+43	£60,000	-	2,462 3.16%	1,045
Retail	61	Down -4 places-4	£55,000	-	2,431 3.12%	1,101
Manufacturing	63	Down -47 places-47	£47,500	-5.00%	2,356 3.03%	915
Law	69	Down -26 places-26	£60,000	+9.09%	2,092 2.69%	689
Legal	81	Down -8 places-8	£67,500	+15.38%	1,742 2.24%	869
Organisational Skills	105	Up 5 places+5	£38,125	-10.29%	1,401 1.80%	690
Telecoms	106	Up 16 places+16	£45,000	-	1,391 1.79%	524
Electronics	171	Down -22 places-22	£55,000	-4.34%	951 1.22%	412
Automotive	215	Up 101 places+101	£48,000	-9.00%	736 0.95%	348
Games	219	Down -9 places-9	£50,000	-9.09%	720 0.92%	373
Influencing Skills	225	Up 13 places+13	£76,000	+21.60%	689 0.88%	368
Presentation Skills	227	Down -138 places-138	£60,000	-	683 0.88%	473
Aerospace	239	Up 78 places+78	£55,000	+0.37%	655 0.84%	354
Advertising	277	Down -83 places-83	£50,000	-16.66%	530 0.68%	467
Pharmaceutical	279	Up 36 places+36	£60,000	+9.09%	527 0.68%	158
Multimedia	303	Up 257 places+257	£30,500	-	462 0.59%	384
Local Government	328	Down -23 places-23	£50,000	-	411 0.53%	195
Financial Institution	330	Down -161 places-161	£87,500	+1.98%	407 0.52%	161
Documentation Skills	342	Up 73 places+73	£55,000	+1.38%	386 0.50%	158
Back Office	342	Up 103 places+103	£57,500	-20.68%	386 0.50%	121
Front Office	362	Down -226 places-226	£110,000	-2.22%	348 0.45%	103
Military	378	Up 42 places+42	£50,000	-13.04%	325 0.42%	204
Billing	393	Up 86 places+86	£42,500	-26.08%	308 0.40%	210
French Language	418	Down -182 places-182	£45,000	-30.76%	276 0.35%	100
German Language	419	Down -187 places-187	£40,000	-45.76%	273 0.35%	123
Aviation	443	Up 43 places+43	£65,000	+13.04%	243 0.31%	126
Health Technology	504	No change0	£62,500	-7.40%	173 0.22%	107
Tech for Good	515	Down -55 places-55	£70,000	+7.69%	162 0.21%	20
Investment Banking	518	Down -154 places-154	£93,000	-17.33%	159 0.20%	89
Publishing	523	Down -95 places-95	£60,050	-6.17%	154 0.20%	71
Police	572	Down -161 places-161	£55,744	+6.49%	105 0.13%	34
Spanish Language	580	Up 1 place+1	£40,000	-23.80%	97 0.12%	63
Social Housing	590	Down -59 places-59	£50,000	-13.04%	87 0.11%	54
Agriculture	598	Down -32 places-32	£43,500	-13.00%	79 0.10%	34
Aeronautics	599	Down -19 places-19	£65,000	+29.85%	78 0.10%	15
Retail Banking	601	Down -96 places-96	£82,500	-1.28%	76 0.098%	20
Italian Language	607	Down -11 places-11	£42,500	-40.35%	70 0.090%	33
Digital Healthcare	609	Down -4 places-4	£60,000	-7.69%	68 0.087%	16
Brand Awareness	609	Down -42 places-42	£47,000	+10.58%	68 0.087%	39
Dutch Language	610	Down -34 places-34	£35,000	-3.44%	67 0.086%	32
General Ledger	620	Down -61 places-61	£82,500	+14.59%	57 0.073%	32
Fire and Rescue	622	Down -34 places-34	£60,000	+15.78%	55 0.071%	27
Digital Health	625	Down -25 places-25	£60,000	-	52 0.067%	38
Portuguese Language	625	Down -20 places-20	£60,000	+71.42%	52 0.067%	30