General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£37,500	+25.00%	252 16.05%	173
Finance	9	Down -5 places-5	£45,000	+12.50%	120 7.64%	124
Manufacturing	13	Up 13 places+13	£41,801	-16.39%	110 7.01%	90
Aerospace	16	Up 43 places+43	£65,000	+4.00%	87 5.54%	73
Electronics	21	Down -5 places-5	£46,250	-15.13%	74 4.71%	66
Marketing	24	Down -11 places-11	£38,750	+3.33%	69 4.39%	21
Analytical Skills	31	Down -8 places-8	£43,439	+42.42%	49 3.12%	66
Automotive	42	Up 11 places+11	£32,000	-24.70%	36 2.29%	24
Organisational Skills	44	Up 2 places+2	£35,000	+29.62%	34 2.17%	20
Telecoms	45	Up 3 places+3	£65,000	+67.74%	33 2.10%	13
Games	47	Up 10 places+10	£50,000	-	31 1.97%	4
Inclusion and Diversity	50	Down -14 places-14	£48,750	-18.75%	28 1.78%	43
Advertising	57	Down -5 places-5	£35,000	+7.69%	21 1.34%	5
Public Sector	57	Down -36 places-36	£42,879	-42.82%	21 1.34%	17
Presentation Skills	61	Down -8 places-8	£82,500	+29.41%	17 1.08%	11
Retail	61	Down -14 places-14	£49,150	+22.87%	17 1.08%	29
Military	63	New entry-	£85,000	-	15 0.96%	27
Fire and Rescue	64	New entry-	£60,000	-	14 0.89%	3
Local Government	68	Down -10 places-10	£40,000	-1.99%	10 0.64%	16
Law	71	Down -28 places-28	£60,000	+9.09%	7 0.45%	25
Billing	71	Down -40 places-40	£35,000	-40.42%	7 0.45%	7
Legal	72	Down -48 places-48	£52,500	-0.94%	6 0.38%	21
Influencing Skills	73	Down -13 places-13	£125,000	-	5 0.32%	5
Pharmaceutical	74	Down -27 places-27	£60,000	-	4 0.25%	12
Police	74	New entry-	£51,878	-	4 0.25%	4
Documentation Skills	76	Down -17 places-17	-	-	2 0.13%	4
Social Housing	77	New entry-	£36,000	-	1 0.064%	4
Aviation	77	New entry-	£35,000	-	1 0.064%	2
Tech for Good	77	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.064%
Agriculture	77	New entry-	£40,500	-	1 0.064%	1
Health Technology	77	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.064%	1
Brand Awareness	77	New entry-	£36,000	-	1 0.064%	1