General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£35,750	+10.00%	248 19.92%	70
Finance	4	Down -1 place-1	£40,000	+14.28%	147 11.81%	72
Electronics	31	Down -9 places-9	£48,750	+8.33%	47 3.78%	14
Marketing	35	Down -27 places-27	£40,000	-	42 3.37%	14
Analytical Skills	36	Down -21 places-21	£42,879	+10.65%	41 3.29%	36
Manufacturing	36	Down -21 places-21	£50,000	+2.56%	41 3.29%	25
Games	40	Up 11 places+11	-	-	36 2.89%	2
Aerospace	41	Up 14 places+14	£50,000	-27.27%	35 2.81%	9
Telecoms	42	Up 6 places+6	£32,500	-21.21%	34 2.73%	11
Public Sector	56	Down -36 places-36	£42,879	-33.00%	20 1.61%	10
Billing	56	Down -26 places-26	£35,000	-40.42%	20 1.61%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	58	Down -27 places-27	£50,000	-23.66%	18 1.45%	10
Retail	58	Down -9 places-9	£40,000	+23.07%	18 1.45%	25
Automotive	59	Down -16 places-16	£50,000	+42.85%	17 1.37%	5
Organisational Skills	64	Down -29 places-29	£34,250	+26.85%	12 0.96%	17
Law	65	Down -25 places-25	£31,746	-40.10%	11 0.88%	3
Fire and Rescue	66	New entry-	£60,000	-	10 0.80%	1
Legal	67	Down -41 places-41	£55,000	+8.73%	9 0.72%	5
Presentation Skills	68	Down -17 places-17	£40,000	-55.55%	8 0.64%	4
Military	69	New entry-	£31,746	-	7 0.56%	6
Advertising	70	Down -30 places-30	£71,000	+136.66%	6 0.48%	3
Police	71	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.40%
Local Government	72	Down -18 places-18	£47,000	-7.08%	4 0.32%	5
Banking	73	Down -23 places-23	-	-	3 0.24%	4
Multimedia	73	New entry-	£30,000	-	3 0.24%	18
Investment Banking	73	New entry-	-	-	3 0.24%
French Language	73	New entry-	£50,000	-	3 0.24%
Social Housing	74	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.16%	1
Influencing Skills	74	Down -26 places-26	£95,000	+59.66%	2 0.16%	6
Pharmaceutical	74	Down -33 places-33	£60,000	+33.33%	2 0.16%	10