General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£32,500	-7.14%	349 28.96%	125
Inclusion and Diversity	8	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	-	159 13.20%	35
Finance	11	Down -8 places-8	£38,000	-24.00%	147 12.20%	54
Banking	14	Up 28 places+28	-	-	140 11.62%	28
Electronics	37	Up 3 places+3	£50,000	-9.09%	41 3.40%	17
Manufacturing	42	Down -36 places-36	£50,000	+25.00%	36 2.99%	17
Analytical Skills	45	Down -37 places-37	£40,000	+3.22%	31 2.57%	39
Marketing	48	Down -26 places-26	£35,500	-16.47%	28 2.32%	29
Billing	49	Down -5 places-5	£35,000	-42.85%	27 2.24%
Telecoms	51	Down -10 places-10	£35,000	-17.64%	25 2.07%	8
Aerospace	51	Down -7 places-7	£45,000	-30.76%	25 2.07%	7
Games	52	Down -6 places-6	£75,000	+57.89%	24 1.99%	10
Public Sector	54	Down -23 places-23	£42,879	-27.93%	22 1.83%	21
Retail	56	Down -12 places-12	£27,000	-44.61%	20 1.66%	21
Automotive	59	Down -22 places-22	£55,000	+57.14%	17 1.41%	4
Local Government	62	Down -17 places-17	£30,000	-40.69%	14 1.16%	10
Organisational Skills	63	Down -28 places-28	£37,500	-40.94%	13 1.08%	10
Law	64	Down -23 places-23	£31,746	-37.24%	12 1.00%	3
Multimedia	66	New entry-	£31,500	-	10 0.83%	15
Legal	66	Down -35 places-35	£45,000	-11.03%	10 0.83%	4
French Language	66	Down -19 places-19	£50,000	+100.00%	10 0.83%
Military	70	New entry-	£31,746	-	6 0.50%	2
Pharmaceutical	71	Down -32 places-32	£50,000	+11.11%	5 0.41%	2
Police	71	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.41%	1
Fire and Rescue	72	New entry-	£32,361	-	4 0.33%
Investment Banking	73	New entry-	-	-	3 0.25%
Advertising	73	Down -39 places-39	£67,500	+107.69%	3 0.25%	12