General Skills Statistics in Essex

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£37,500	+25.00%	247 15.74%	79
Manufacturing	9	Up 19 places+19	£42,500	-15.00%	129 8.22%	60
Finance	10	Down 6 places-6	£45,000	-	117 7.46%	57
Aerospace	14	Up 45 places+45	£60,000	-	96 6.12%	27
Electronics	19	Down 3 places-3	£42,500	-28.57%	84 5.35%	51
Marketing	26	Down 13 places-13	£38,125	+17.30%	72 4.59%	6
Analytical Skills	34	Down 8 places-8	£41,500	+38.33%	54 3.44%	31
Organisational Skills	37	Up 11 places+11	£33,500	-6.94%	50 3.19%	11
Automotive	46	Up 8 places+8	£54,000	+8.00%	39 2.49%	12
Telecoms	54	Down 8 places-8	£70,000	+86.66%	31 1.98%	8
Games	56	No change0	£46,250	-	29 1.85%	1
Advertising	60	Down 6 places-6	£35,000	+16.66%	25 1.59%	1
Inclusion and Diversity	61	Down 18 places-18	£52,500	-12.50%	24 1.53%	14
Public Sector	63	Down 43 places-43	£42,500	-43.33%	22 1.40%	5
Retail	66	Down 17 places-17	£49,150	+22.87%	19 1.21%	19
Fire and Rescue	71	New entry-	£60,000	-	14 0.89%
Military	71	New entry-	£85,000	-	14 0.89%	7
Presentation Skills	72	Down 19 places-19	£82,500	+120.00%	13 0.83%	5
Local Government	72	Down 20 places-20	£40,000	+29.65%	13 0.83%	8
Legal	75	Down 46 places-46	£50,000	-5.66%	10 0.64%	11
Influencing Skills	77	New entry-	£110,000	-	8 0.51%
Pharmaceutical	78	Down 31 places-31	£60,000	+20.00%	7 0.45%	13
Law	79	Down 34 places-34	£125,000	+127.27%	6 0.38%	8
Police	81	New entry-	£51,878	-	4 0.25%	1
Documentation Skills	81	Down 23 places-23	£54,500	+21.11%	4 0.25%	4
Billing	81	Down 43 places-43	£33,750	-57.81%	4 0.25%	2
Agriculture	83	New entry-	£41,565	-	2 0.13%
Social Housing	84	New entry-	£36,000	-	1 0.064%
Aviation	84	New entry-	£35,000	-	1 0.064%	1
Tech for Good	84	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.064%
Health Technology	84	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.064%
Brand Awareness	84	New entry-	£36,000	-	1 0.064%
German Language	84	New entry-	£45,000	-	1 0.064%