General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£35,000	+7.69%	286 23.39%	65
Finance	4	Down -2 places-2	£39,500	+46.29%	150 12.26%	44
Inclusion and Diversity	17	Up 8 places+8	£47,500	-	71 5.81%	9
Banking	23	Up 25 places+25	-	-	50 4.09%	5
Manufacturing	27	Down -20 places-20	£50,000	+53.84%	46 3.76%	20
Electronics	28	Up 1 place+1	£48,750	+77.27%	45 3.68%	3
Analytical Skills	33	Down -18 places-18	£42,879	+31.93%	40 3.27%	24
Marketing	35	Down -27 places-27	£40,000	+6.66%	37 3.03%	5
Aerospace	36	Up 16 places+16	£48,750	-29.09%	36 2.94%	4
Telecoms	38	Up 13 places+13	£32,500	-23.52%	34 2.78%	8
Games	41	Up 10 places+10	-	-	31 2.53%	3
Billing	46	Down -15 places-15	£35,000	-40.42%	26 2.13%	3
Retail	50	Down -1 place-1	£40,000	+23.07%	22 1.80%	24
Automotive	50	Down -8 places-8	£55,000	+57.14%	22 1.80%	4
Public Sector	52	Down -36 places-36	£42,879	-27.93%	20 1.64%	6
Organisational Skills	58	Down -22 places-22	£37,500	+38.88%	14 1.14%	13
Law	61	Down -23 places-23	£31,746	-40.10%	11 0.90%	5
Legal	62	Down -35 places-35	£50,000	-1.15%	10 0.82%	6
French Language	64	New entry-	£50,000	-	8 0.65%
Military	65	New entry-	£31,746	-	7 0.57%	3
Presentation Skills	65	Down -15 places-15	£37,500	-58.33%	7 0.57%
Advertising	65	Down -25 places-25	£71,000	+118.46%	7 0.57%	3
Fire and Rescue	66	New entry-	£32,361	-	6 0.49%	1
Police	67	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.41%
Multimedia	68	New entry-	£30,000	-	4 0.33%	17
Investment Banking	69	New entry-	-	-	3 0.25%
Social Housing	70	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.16%
Influencing Skills	70	Down -25 places-25	£95,000	+59.66%	2 0.16%	3
Local Government	70	Down -19 places-19	£50,000	-1.15%	2 0.16%	6