General Skills Statistics in England

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£47,500	-	17,160 15.97%	5,478
Finance	3	Down 1 place-1	£65,000	-	14,176 13.19%	4,480
Manufacturing	21	Up 5 places+5	£50,000	+8.10%	6,211 5.78%	2,239
Analytical Skills	23	Down 13 places-13	£51,356	+2.71%	6,126 5.70%	2,134
Marketing	35	Down 18 places-18	£46,000	+2.22%	4,693 4.37%	1,094
Retail	41	Down 10 places-10	£50,000	+11.11%	4,113 3.83%	1,133
Public Sector	42	Up 28 places+28	£64,500	+9.44%	4,020 3.74%	1,038
Inclusion and Diversity	45	Down 13 places-13	£55,000	+10.00%	3,304 3.08%	953
Organisational Skills	46	Up 51 places+51	£35,464	+1.32%	3,302 3.07%	703
Law	57	Down 19 places-19	£62,500	+13.63%	2,848 2.65%	843
Legal	60	Up 4 places+4	£57,500	-4.16%	2,777 2.58%	734
Electronics	67	Up 27 places+27	£50,000	-	2,536 2.36%	1,348
Aerospace	69	Up 258 places+258	£55,000	+29.41%	2,530 2.35%	959
Banking	83	Down 21 places-21	£85,000	-	2,204 2.05%	562
Telecoms	113	Up 7 places+7	£45,000	-	1,717 1.60%	501
Influencing Skills	140	Up 68 places+68	£72,500	-1.02%	1,408 1.31%	396
Automotive	168	Up 108 places+108	£50,000	+2.62%	1,199 1.12%	342
Presentation Skills	180	Down 23 places-23	£57,500	-2.92%	1,135 1.06%	423
Games	201	Up 31 places+31	£50,000	-	1,011 0.94%	187
Military	234	Up 135 places+135	£51,938	+15.41%	862 0.80%	359
Pharmaceutical	247	Up 86 places+86	£55,000	+10.00%	783 0.73%	229
Advertising	251	Down 32 places-32	£43,500	-5.94%	770 0.72%	224
Local Government	273	Up 58 places+58	£45,024	+5.79%	713 0.66%	180
Aviation	304	Up 135 places+135	£60,000	+9.09%	641 0.60%	173
Financial Institution	347	Down 68 places-68	£87,500	+2.94%	534 0.50%	120
Documentation Skills	366	Down 61 places-61	£51,522	-4.58%	494 0.46%	161
Billing	392	Down 59 places-59	£45,000	-	449 0.42%	122
Back Office	434	Down 90 places-90	£60,000	-7.69%	382 0.36%	146
Front Office	478	Down 244 places-244	£100,000	-13.04%	311 0.29%	89
Publishing	538	Down 55 places-55	£47,500	-25.78%	242 0.23%	95
Legal Technology	538	Down 23 places-23	£72,500	+7.40%	242 0.23%	50
German Language	551	Down 134 places-134	£42,500	+21.42%	228 0.21%	54
French Language	553	Down 197 places-197	£42,500	+21.42%	226 0.21%	76
Social Housing	561	Up 35 places+35	£45,000	-0.85%	216 0.20%	32
Investment Banking	576	Down 233 places-233	£105,000	-4.54%	200 0.19%	89
Health Technology	593	Down 81 places-81	£65,750	+2.73%	182 0.17%	31
Fire and Rescue	596	Down 37 places-37	£55,000	+22.22%	179 0.17%	22
Brand Awareness	604	Down 45 places-45	£48,750	+39.28%	170 0.16%	25
General Ledger	634	Down 66 places-66	£62,500	-21.87%	140 0.13%	56
Agriculture	637	Down 81 places-81	£45,000	-25.00%	137 0.13%	31
Spanish Language	643	Down 112 places-112	£55,000	+69.23%	131 0.12%	35
Police	648	Down 126 places-126	£50,000	+20.90%	126 0.12%	43
Avionics	656	Down 66 places-66	£52,000	+9.05%	118 0.11%	82
Italian Language	661	Down 82 places-82	£34,000	-15.00%	113 0.11%	21
Digital Healthcare	673	Down 52 places-52	£60,000	-14.28%	101 0.094%	13
Tech for Good	678	Down 128 places-128	£75,000	+15.38%	96 0.089%	13
Retail Banking	698	Down 128 places-128	£83,750	+1.51%	76 0.071%	7
Japanese Language	698	Down 119 places-119	£46,078	+35.52%	76 0.071%	14
Mandarin Language	702	Down 112 places-112	£45,000	+32.35%	72 0.067%	17
Digital Health	703	Down 133 places-133	£52,500	-	71 0.066%	20