General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£37,000	+13.84%	245 18.88%	51
Finance	5	Down -2 places-2	£38,750	-3.12%	149 11.48%	49
Electronics	27	Down -7 places-7	£50,000	+37.93%	51 3.93%	8
Marketing	31	Down -23 places-23	£40,000	-	46 3.54%	9
Analytical Skills	35	Down -19 places-19	£42,879	-4.71%	41 3.16%	23
Manufacturing	35	Down -20 places-20	£47,500	-5.00%	41 3.16%	19
Games	39	Up 15 places+15	-	-	37 2.85%	1
Aerospace	41	Up 17 places+17	£50,000	-27.27%	35 2.70%	4
Telecoms	44	Up 4 places+4	£32,500	-18.75%	32 2.47%	7
Billing	57	Down -26 places-26	£35,000	-40.42%	19 1.46%	1
Public Sector	58	Down -34 places-34	£37,689	-41.11%	18 1.39%	9
Automotive	60	Down -15 places-15	£50,000	+42.85%	16 1.23%	2
Organisational Skills	61	Down -19 places-19	£35,000	+29.62%	15 1.16%	9
Inclusion and Diversity	61	Down -17 places-17	£42,500	-35.11%	15 1.16%	1
Retail	61	Down -10 places-10	£40,000	+10.34%	15 1.16%	22
Fire and Rescue	64	New entry-	£60,000	-	12 0.92%
Law	67	Down -24 places-24	£31,746	-40.10%	9 0.69%
Legal	67	Down -42 places-42	£55,000	+8.73%	9 0.69%	5
Presentation Skills	68	Down -14 places-14	£40,000	-55.55%	8 0.62%	6
Military	68	New entry-	£31,746	-	8 0.62%	4
Advertising	70	Down -27 places-27	£71,000	+136.66%	6 0.46%	2
Police	71	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.39%
Local Government	72	Down -15 places-15	£47,000	-7.08%	4 0.31%	4
Banking	73	Down -17 places-17	-	-	3 0.23%
Investment Banking	73	New entry-	-	-	3 0.23%
Pharmaceutical	73	Down -32 places-32	£60,000	+33.33%	3 0.23%	3
Social Housing	74	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.15%
Influencing Skills	74	Down -23 places-23	£95,000	+59.66%	2 0.15%	4
Multimedia	74	New entry-	£30,000	-	2 0.15%	16
French Language	74	New entry-	-	-	2 0.15%