General Skills Statistics in Essex

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 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%	244 15.42%	120
Manufacturing	8	Up 22 places+22	£42,500	-26.08%	134 8.47%	95
Finance	11	Up 1 place+1	£45,000	-	112 7.08%	83
Aerospace	17	Up 39 places+39	£60,000	+50.00%	94 5.94%	78
Electronics	20	Down 1 place-1	£42,500	-29.16%	86 5.44%	98
Marketing	26	Down 1 place-1	£36,750	+13.07%	72 4.55%	17
Analytical Skills	33	Down 6 places-6	£37,500	+25.00%	56 3.54%	39
Organisational Skills	35	Up 13 places+13	£33,500	-6.94%	54 3.41%	14
Automotive	44	Up 11 places+11	£54,000	+8.00%	40 2.53%	10
Telecoms	54	Down 8 places-8	£70,000	+86.66%	30 1.90%	15
Games	56	Down 1 place-1	£46,250	-38.33%	28 1.77%	1
Public Sector	59	Down 18 places-18	£40,000	-46.66%	25 1.58%	5
Inclusion and Diversity	60	Down 53 places-53	£52,500	-12.50%	24 1.52%	48
Retail	60	Down 12 places-12	£57,900	+44.75%	24 1.52%	33
Advertising	61	Down 9 places-9	£35,000	+3.70%	23 1.45%	2
Fire and Rescue	70	New entry-	£60,000	-	14 0.89%	2
Presentation Skills	70	Down 17 places-17	£82,500	+120.00%	14 0.89%	11
Local Government	71	Down 22 places-22	£40,000	+31.47%	13 0.82%	5
Military	71	New entry-	£85,000	-	13 0.82%	20
Legal	73	Down 39 places-39	£50,000	-5.66%	11 0.70%	17
Pharmaceutical	77	Down 32 places-32	£60,000	+20.00%	7 0.44%	16
Influencing Skills	77	New entry-	£125,000	-	7 0.44%	3
Law	78	Down 31 places-31	£125,000	+127.27%	6 0.38%	23
Police	80	New entry-	£51,878	-	4 0.25%	3
Documentation Skills	80	Down 22 places-22	£54,500	+21.11%	4 0.25%
German Language	81	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.19%
Billing	81	Down 37 places-37	£35,000	-	3 0.19%	1
Banking	82	Down 71 places-71	-	-	2 0.13%	5
Agriculture	82	New entry-	£41,565	-	2 0.13%	3