General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£36,000	+18.03%	260 16.29%	193
Finance	11	Down -7 places-7	£45,000	+12.50%	122 7.64%	143
Manufacturing	13	Up 13 places+13	£41,801	-27.30%	107 6.70%	87
Aerospace	17	Up 41 places+41	£65,000	+4.00%	81 5.08%	109
Electronics	21	Down -7 places-7	£47,500	-12.84%	71 4.45%	69
Marketing	22	Down -11 places-11	£36,750	-8.12%	70 4.39%	25
Analytical Skills	33	Down -12 places-12	£42,879	+36.12%	49 3.07%	65
Telecoms	45	Up 2 places+2	£55,000	+41.93%	37 2.32%	15
Automotive	48	Up 4 places+4	£32,000	-8.57%	34 2.13%	23
Organisational Skills	50	Down -6 places-6	£35,000	+29.62%	32 2.01%	25
Games	52	Up 4 places+4	£50,000	-	30 1.88%	6
Inclusion and Diversity	54	Down -19 places-19	£55,000	-8.33%	28 1.75%	69
Public Sector	60	Down -41 places-41	£42,879	-38.30%	22 1.38%	16
Advertising	61	Down -10 places-10	£35,000	+7.69%	21 1.32%	2
Retail	62	Down -15 places-15	£49,150	+22.87%	20 1.25%	29
Presentation Skills	64	Down -11 places-11	£82,500	-8.33%	18 1.13%	17
Military	64	New entry-	£31,746	-	18 1.13%	46
Billing	69	Down -38 places-38	£31,746	-45.96%	13 0.81%	7
Fire and Rescue	69	New entry-	£60,000	-	13 0.81%	1
Law	71	Down -30 places-30	£31,746	-42.28%	11 0.69%	35
Local Government	74	Down -17 places-17	£42,500	+4.12%	8 0.50%	13
Influencing Skills	77	Down -19 places-19	£125,000	+95.31%	5 0.31%	7
Legal	77	Down -56 places-56	£52,500	-0.94%	5 0.31%	26
Police	77	New entry-	£51,878	-	5 0.31%	4
Pharmaceutical	78	Down -32 places-32	£60,000	-	4 0.25%	14
Documentation Skills	81	Down -23 places-23	-	-	1 0.063%	8
Aviation	81	New entry-	£35,000	-	1 0.063%	3
Tech for Good	81	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.063%
Agriculture	81	New entry-	£40,500	-	1 0.063%	1
Health Technology	81	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.063%	1
Brand Awareness	81	New entry-	£36,000	-	1 0.063%	1
Social Housing	81	New entry-	£36,000	-	1 0.063%	3