General Skills Statistics in England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 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%	17,763 22.21%	5,774
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£70,000	-3.44%	10,397 13.00%	4,570
Inclusion and Diversity	12	Up 10 places+10	£55,000	-	6,255 7.82%	833
Banking	16	Up 24 places+24	£90,000	+5.88%	5,644 7.06%	566
Analytical Skills	31	Down -22 places-22	£55,000	-	4,271 5.34%	2,320
Marketing	40	Down -2 places-2	£47,500	-13.63%	3,483 4.36%	2,038
Public Sector	57	Up 48 places+48	£60,000	-	2,523 3.16%	950
Retail	62	Down -5 places-5	£55,000	-	2,436 3.05%	1,141
Manufacturing	63	Down -46 places-46	£49,000	-2.00%	2,394 2.99%	870
Law	71	Down -32 places-32	£60,000	+9.09%	2,096 2.62%	660
Legal	83	Down -25 places-25	£67,500	+17.39%	1,728 2.16%	982
Telecoms	106	Up 34 places+34	£45,000	+4.65%	1,404 1.76%	569
Organisational Skills	108	Up 2 places+2	£38,500	-9.41%	1,373 1.72%	707
Electronics	162	Down -70 places-70	£55,000	-4.96%	983 1.23%	419
Automotive	204	Up 117 places+117	£48,000	-8.57%	766 0.96%	335
Games	211	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	-9.09%	739 0.92%	351
Aerospace	216	Up 101 places+101	£55,000	+0.37%	714 0.89%	387
Influencing Skills	220	Up 18 places+18	£75,500	+20.80%	689 0.86%	383
Presentation Skills	228	Down -139 places-139	£58,500	-2.50%	656 0.82%	483
Pharmaceutical	272	Up 59 places+59	£60,000	+9.09%	529 0.66%	185
Advertising	274	Down -67 places-67	£50,000	-13.04%	526 0.66%	294
Local Government	316	Up 8 places+8	£50,000	-	434 0.54%	196
Multimedia	329	Up 234 places+234	£30,500	-	407 0.51%	252
Documentation Skills	342	Up 75 places+75	£55,000	+1.38%	387 0.48%	162
Financial Institution	342	Down -170 places-170	£87,500	+1.98%	387 0.48%	173
Back Office	357	Up 86 places+86	£59,500	-17.93%	364 0.46%	120
Front Office	368	Down -227 places-227	£100,000	-13.04%	343 0.43%	109
Military	380	Up 43 places+43	£43,499	-24.57%	324 0.41%	234
Billing	396	Up 72 places+72	£42,500	-25.11%	305 0.38%	248
Aviation	423	Up 66 places+66	£60,000	+4.34%	268 0.34%	111
French Language	423	Down -178 places-178	£45,000	-30.76%	268 0.34%	104
German Language	435	Down -198 places-198	£40,000	-44.82%	253 0.32%	125
Health Technology	499	Up 6 places+6	£60,000	-7.69%	180 0.23%	123
Investment Banking	515	Down -146 places-146	£95,000	-17.39%	162 0.20%	97
Tech for Good	517	Down -46 places-46	£70,000	+7.69%	160 0.20%	25
Publishing	528	Down -96 places-96	£60,050	-6.17%	149 0.19%	95
Police	577	Down -142 places-142	£58,728	+10.18%	99 0.12%	26
Social Housing	578	Down -27 places-27	£55,000	-6.38%	98 0.12%	44
Spanish Language	580	Up 2 places+2	£50,000	-4.76%	96 0.12%	63
Agriculture	596	Down -28 places-28	£43,500	-13.00%	80 0.10%	35
Digital Healthcare	602	Up 1 place+1	£60,000	-7.69%	74 0.093%	9
Retail Banking	605	Down -98 places-98	£83,750	+0.20%	71 0.089%	28
Brand Awareness	610	Down -39 places-39	£55,000	+37.50%	66 0.083%	52
Aeronautics	611	Down -36 places-36	£65,000	+29.85%	65 0.081%	15
Dutch Language	613	Down -39 places-39	£35,000	-	63 0.079%	37
Italian Language	614	Down -19 places-19	£55,000	-22.80%	62 0.078%	40
Fire and Rescue	617	Down -29 places-29	£60,000	+15.78%	59 0.074%	25
Digital Health	619	Down -20 places-20	£60,000	-	57 0.071%	54
Portuguese Language	621	Down -18 places-18	£60,000	+71.42%	55 0.069%	23
General Ledger	621	Down -61 places-61	£82,500	+14.59%	55 0.069%	36