General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£37,500	+25.00%	251 15.92%	111
Manufacturing	10	Up 13 places+13	£42,500	-26.08%	121 7.67%	104
Finance	12	Down 8 places-8	£45,000	-	112 7.10%	66
Aerospace	16	Up 42 places+42	£65,000	+8.33%	97 6.15%	70
Electronics	21	Down 5 places-5	£42,500	-15.00%	84 5.33%	87
Marketing	26	Down 14 places-14	£37,500	+7.14%	71 4.50%	15
Analytical Skills	31	Down 6 places-6	£42,879	+42.92%	51 3.23%	43
Automotive	41	Up 10 places+10	£44,500	+4.70%	40 2.54%	17
Organisational Skills	43	Up 2 places+2	£35,000	+29.62%	38 2.41%	11
Telecoms	48	Down 2 places-2	£70,000	+80.64%	33 2.09%	11
Games	52	Up 3 places+3	£50,000	-	29 1.84%	1
Inclusion and Diversity	52	Down 12 places-12	£47,500	-20.83%	29 1.84%	45
Advertising	58	Down 7 places-7	£35,000	+12.00%	23 1.46%	3
Public Sector	60	Down 42 places-42	£45,189	-39.74%	21 1.33%	10
Presentation Skills	63	Down 12 places-12	£82,500	+29.41%	18 1.14%	6
Retail	65	Down 18 places-18	£47,500	+18.75%	16 1.01%	24
Fire and Rescue	67	New entry-	£60,000	-	14 0.89%	1
Military	68	New entry-	£85,000	-	13 0.82%	20
Local Government	70	Down 14 places-14	£40,000	-1.99%	11 0.70%	14
Legal	72	Down 51 places-51	£51,250	-3.30%	9 0.57%	14
Law	75	Down 33 places-33	£125,000	+127.27%	6 0.38%	14
Influencing Skills	75	Down 17 places-17	£117,500	-	6 0.38%	3
Pharmaceutical	76	Down 30 places-30	£60,000	-	5 0.32%	13
Police	77	New entry-	£51,878	-	4 0.25%	4
Billing	78	Down 47 places-47	£35,000	-40.42%	3 0.19%	2
Documentation Skills	79	Down 22 places-22	-	-	2 0.13%	2
German Language	80	New entry-	£45,000	-	1 0.063%
Social Housing	80	New entry-	£36,000	-	1 0.063%	2
Aviation	80	New entry-	£35,000	-	1 0.063%	2
Tech for Good	80	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.063%
Agriculture	80	New entry-	£40,500	-	1 0.063%
Health Technology	80	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.063%	1
Brand Awareness	80	New entry-	£36,000	-	1 0.063%