General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£36,500	+12.30%	244 18.96%	51
Finance	5	Down -2 places-2	£38,750	-3.12%	147 11.42%	49
Electronics	31	Down -10 places-10	£50,000	+11.11%	50 3.89%	7
Marketing	37	Down -28 places-28	£40,000	-	44 3.42%	10
Analytical Skills	40	Down -23 places-23	£42,879	-4.71%	41 3.19%	21
Manufacturing	40	Down -26 places-26	£50,000	-	41 3.19%	21
Games	44	Up 11 places+11	-	-	37 2.87%	2
Aerospace	47	Up 12 places+12	£50,000	-27.27%	34 2.64%	5
Telecoms	48	Up 2 places+2	£32,500	-21.21%	33 2.56%	8
Billing	62	Down -30 places-30	£35,000	-40.42%	19 1.48%	2
Public Sector	63	Down -38 places-38	£37,689	-41.11%	18 1.40%	10
Automotive	65	Down -19 places-19	£50,000	+42.85%	16 1.24%	2
Retail	65	Down -13 places-13	£40,000	+10.34%	16 1.24%	21
Inclusion and Diversity	66	Down -23 places-23	£42,500	-35.11%	15 1.17%
Organisational Skills	67	Down -24 places-24	£35,000	+29.62%	14 1.09%	8
Fire and Rescue	69	New entry-	£60,000	-	12 0.93%	1
Law	72	Down -28 places-28	£31,746	-40.10%	9 0.70%	1
Legal	72	Down -46 places-46	£55,000	+8.73%	9 0.70%	4
Presentation Skills	73	Down -18 places-18	£40,000	-55.55%	8 0.62%	5
Military	74	New entry-	£31,746	-	7 0.54%	4
Advertising	75	Down -31 places-31	£71,000	+136.66%	6 0.47%	3
Police	76	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.39%
Local Government	77	Down -19 places-19	£47,000	-7.08%	4 0.31%	2
Investment Banking	78	New entry-	-	-	3 0.23%
Banking	78	Down -22 places-22	-	-	3 0.23%	4
Pharmaceutical	79	Down -37 places-37	£60,000	+33.33%	2 0.16%	3
French Language	79	New entry-	-	-	2 0.16%
Social Housing	79	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.16%
Influencing Skills	79	Down -27 places-27	£95,000	+59.66%	2 0.16%	4
Multimedia	79	New entry-	£30,000	-	2 0.16%	16