General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£35,000	+3.70%	290 24.01%	44
Finance	4	Down -2 places-2	£38,000	+22.58%	152 12.58%	42
Inclusion and Diversity	17	Up 5 places+5	£47,500	-	83 6.87%	10
Banking	28	Up 15 places+15	-	-	56 4.64%	2
Manufacturing	34	Down -26 places-26	£50,000	+25.00%	47 3.89%	14
Electronics	36	Down -9 places-9	£48,750	+77.27%	45 3.73%	5
Analytical Skills	41	Down -26 places-26	£42,879	+31.93%	40 3.31%	14
Aerospace	45	Up 4 places+4	£47,500	-30.90%	36 2.98%	5
Marketing	46	Down -34 places-34	£38,750	-8.82%	35 2.90%	7
Telecoms	49	Down -1 place-1	£32,500	-23.52%	32 2.65%	9
Billing	55	Down -26 places-26	£35,000	-40.42%	26 2.15%	2
Games	57	Down -8 places-8	£75,000	+57.89%	24 1.99%	2
Automotive	58	Down -19 places-19	£55,000	+57.14%	23 1.90%	5
Public Sector	58	Down -44 places-44	£42,879	-27.93%	23 1.90%	6
Retail	60	Down -13 places-13	£46,000	+41.53%	21 1.74%	25
Organisational Skills	68	Down -33 places-33	£37,500	+38.88%	13 1.08%	10
Law	70	Down -34 places-34	£31,746	-38.70%	11 0.91%	4
Legal	71	Down -46 places-46	£50,000	-1.15%	10 0.83%	4
French Language	71	New entry-	£50,000	-	10 0.83%
Presentation Skills	74	Down -26 places-26	£37,500	-58.33%	7 0.58%
Military	74	New entry-	£31,746	-	7 0.58%	3
Multimedia	75	New entry-	£30,000	-	6 0.50%	12
Advertising	76	Down -38 places-38	£71,000	+118.46%	5 0.41%	1
Police	76	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.41%
Fire and Rescue	77	New entry-	£32,361	-	4 0.33%
Investment Banking	78	New entry-	-	-	3 0.25%
Local Government	78	Down -30 places-30	£50,000	-1.15%	3 0.25%	2
Influencing Skills	79	Down -37 places-37	£95,000	+59.66%	2 0.17%	3
Social Housing	79	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.17%