General Skills Statistics in Essex

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 1 place+1	£37,500	+25.00%	249 15.82%	73
Manufacturing	8	Up 18 places+18	£42,500	-15.00%	134 8.51%	43
Finance	11	Down 5 places-5	£45,000	-	115 7.31%	59
Aerospace	17	Up 37 places+37	£60,000	+50.00%	94 5.97%	26
Electronics	20	Down 7 places-7	£42,500	-29.16%	84 5.34%	34
Marketing	25	Down 3 places-3	£36,750	+13.07%	70 4.45%	5
Analytical Skills	31	Down 7 places-7	£37,500	+25.00%	57 3.62%	22
Organisational Skills	34	Up 11 places+11	£33,500	-6.94%	53 3.37%	10
Automotive	46	Up 6 places+6	£54,000	+8.00%	39 2.48%	6
Telecoms	53	Down 10 places-10	£70,000	+86.66%	31 1.97%	4
Games	55	Down 3 places-3	£46,250	-38.33%	29 1.84%	1
Advertising	60	Down 10 places-10	£35,000	+16.66%	24 1.52%	1
Public Sector	60	Down 22 places-22	£41,250	-45.00%	24 1.52%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	60	Down 20 places-20	£52,500	-12.50%	24 1.52%	12
Retail	62	Down 17 places-17	£65,000	+62.50%	22 1.40%	21
Military	70	New entry-	£85,000	-	14 0.89%	4
Fire and Rescue	70	New entry-	£60,000	-	14 0.89%
Presentation Skills	70	Down 20 places-20	£82,500	+120.00%	14 0.89%	2
Local Government	71	Down 25 places-25	£40,000	+31.47%	13 0.83%	3
Legal	72	Down 46 places-46	£50,000	-5.66%	12 0.76%	11
Influencing Skills	76	New entry-	£117,500	-	8 0.51%	1
Pharmaceutical	77	Down 34 places-34	£60,000	+20.00%	7 0.44%	4
Law	77	Down 32 places-32	£125,000	+127.27%	7 0.44%	4
Police	80	New entry-	£51,878	-	4 0.25%
Documentation Skills	80	Down 25 places-25	£54,500	+21.11%	4 0.25%	1
Billing	80	Down 45 places-45	£33,750	-57.81%	4 0.25%	1
German Language	81	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.19%
Agriculture	82	New entry-	£41,565	-	2 0.13%