General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 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	+15.38%	259 17.12%	149
Finance	9	Down -6 places-6	£40,000	-	134 8.86%	132
Manufacturing	21	Up 2 places+2	£43,401	-13.19%	76 5.02%	69
Aerospace	27	Up 32 places+32	£65,000	+4.00%	58 3.83%	70
Marketing	28	Down -14 places-14	£40,000	-	57 3.77%	23
Electronics	29	Down -12 places-12	£47,500	-5.00%	55 3.64%	47
Analytical Skills	42	Down -20 places-20	£42,879	+31.93%	41 2.71%	50
Telecoms	49	Down -3 places-3	£42,500	+6.25%	34 2.25%	17
Games	49	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	+5.26%	34 2.25%	8
Inclusion and Diversity	56	Down -17 places-17	£55,000	-8.33%	27 1.78%	54
Organisational Skills	59	Down -14 places-14	£33,500	+24.07%	24 1.59%	29
Public Sector	62	Down -41 places-41	£42,879	-33.00%	21 1.39%	14
Billing	64	Down -32 places-32	£35,000	-40.42%	19 1.26%	3
Automotive	66	Down -15 places-15	£55,000	+57.14%	17 1.12%	25
Fire and Rescue	67	New entry-	£60,000	-	16 1.06%	2
Retail	67	Down -19 places-19	£49,150	+22.87%	16 1.06%	29
Military	69	New entry-	£31,746	-	14 0.93%	25
Advertising	72	Down -19 places-19	£47,500	+52.00%	11 0.73%	1
Law	73	Down -32 places-32	£31,746	-40.10%	10 0.66%	21
Presentation Skills	73	Down -18 places-18	£63,750	-29.16%	10 0.66%	20
Police	75	New entry-	£51,878	-	8 0.53%
Legal	78	Down -56 places-56	£95,000	+81.81%	5 0.33%	17
Local Government	79	Down -23 places-23	£43,322	-14.35%	4 0.26%	11
Pharmaceutical	79	Down -35 places-35	£60,000	+45.45%	4 0.26%	10
Influencing Skills	80	Down -26 places-26	£95,000	+48.43%	3 0.20%	10