General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£37,500	+15.38%	240 18.33%	60
Finance	5	Down -2 places-2	£38,000	-5.00%	149 11.38%	49
Electronics	30	Down -9 places-9	£50,000	+37.93%	47 3.59%	12
Marketing	32	Down -24 places-24	£40,000	-	44 3.36%	13
Manufacturing	33	Down -16 places-16	£45,000	-10.00%	42 3.21%	23
Analytical Skills	35	Down -19 places-19	£42,879	-4.71%	40 3.06%	25
Games	38	Up 17 places+17	-	-	37 2.83%	1
Aerospace	41	Up 18 places+18	£50,000	-27.27%	34 2.60%	6
Telecoms	43	Up 6 places+6	£32,500	-18.75%	32 2.44%	7
Billing	56	Down -24 places-24	£35,000	-40.42%	19 1.45%	2
Public Sector	57	Down -32 places-32	£37,689	-41.11%	18 1.38%	9
Retail	59	Down -7 places-7	£40,000	+10.34%	16 1.22%	22
Organisational Skills	59	Down -16 places-16	£35,000	+29.62%	16 1.22%	14
Inclusion and Diversity	59	Down -14 places-14	£42,500	-35.11%	16 1.22%	5
Automotive	61	Down -15 places-15	£50,000	+42.85%	14 1.07%	5
Fire and Rescue	62	New entry-	£60,000	-	13 0.99%
Law	66	Down -22 places-22	£31,746	-40.10%	9 0.69%	1
Legal	66	Down -40 places-40	£55,000	+8.73%	9 0.69%	6
Presentation Skills	67	Down -12 places-12	£40,000	-55.55%	8 0.61%	5
Military	67	New entry-	£31,746	-	8 0.61%	3
Advertising	69	Down -25 places-25	£71,000	+136.66%	6 0.46%	2
Police	70	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.38%
Local Government	70	Down -12 places-12	£44,000	-13.01%	5 0.38%	4
Banking	72	Down -15 places-15	-	-	3 0.23%	1
Investment Banking	72	New entry-	-	-	3 0.23%
Pharmaceutical	72	Down -31 places-31	£60,000	+33.33%	3 0.23%	3
Multimedia	73	New entry-	£30,000	-	2 0.15%	14
Social Housing	73	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.15%
Influencing Skills	73	Down -21 places-21	£95,000	+59.66%	2 0.15%	3
French Language	73	New entry-	-	-	2 0.15%