General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	2	Down -1 place-1	£37,500	+11.11%	250 17.09%	180
Finance	10	Down -7 places-7	£35,000	-12.50%	133 9.09%	161
Manufacturing	22	No change0	£45,000	-10.00%	69 4.72%	75
Marketing	31	Down -17 places-17	£40,000	-	54 3.69%	36
Electronics	31	Down -15 places-15	£47,500	-5.00%	54 3.69%	46
Aerospace	32	Up 27 places+27	£65,000	-	53 3.62%	77
Analytical Skills	41	Down -20 places-20	£42,879	+31.93%	40 2.73%	64
Games	47	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	+5.26%	34 2.32%	6
Telecoms	49	Down -1 place-1	£42,500	+6.25%	32 2.19%	17
Inclusion and Diversity	54	Down -11 places-11	£55,000	-8.33%	27 1.85%	60
Organisational Skills	59	Down -11 places-11	£34,250	+26.85%	22 1.50%	29
Public Sector	60	Down -39 places-39	£42,879	-33.00%	21 1.44%	13
Billing	62	Down -28 places-28	£35,000	-40.42%	19 1.30%	4
Fire and Rescue	64	New entry-	£60,000	-	17 1.16%	2
Retail	64	Down -15 places-15	£47,500	+18.75%	17 1.16%	40
Automotive	65	Down -14 places-14	£55,000	+57.14%	16 1.09%	23
Military	69	New entry-	£31,746	-	12 0.82%	36
Law	72	Down -29 places-29	£31,746	-40.10%	9 0.62%	27
Advertising	72	Down -18 places-18	£71,000	+127.20%	9 0.62%	1
Police	72	New entry-	£51,878	-	9 0.62%
Presentation Skills	72	Down -16 places-16	£42,500	-52.77%	9 0.62%	22
Legal	76	Down -52 places-52	£95,000	+84.46%	5 0.34%	22
Pharmaceutical	77	Down -33 places-33	£60,000	+33.33%	4 0.27%	13
Local Government	77	Down -20 places-20	£43,322	-14.35%	4 0.27%	11
Influencing Skills	79	Down -25 places-25	£95,000	+48.43%	2 0.14%	16
Multimedia	79	New entry-	£30,000	-	2 0.14%	18