General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 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%	341 28.58%	132
Inclusion and Diversity	8	Up 7 places+7	£50,000	-	159 13.33%	34
Finance	10	Down -7 places-7	£38,000	-24.00%	147 12.32%	54
Banking	14	Up 29 places+29	-	-	140 11.74%	28
Electronics	37	Up 4 places+4	£50,000	-9.09%	41 3.44%	18
Manufacturing	42	Down -36 places-36	£50,000	+25.00%	36 3.02%	17
Analytical Skills	46	Down -37 places-37	£40,000	+3.22%	31 2.60%	44
Marketing	50	Down -27 places-27	£35,000	-17.64%	27 2.26%	28
Billing	50	Down -5 places-5	£35,000	-42.85%	27 2.26%
Telecoms	52	Down -10 places-10	£35,000	-17.64%	25 2.10%	7
Aerospace	52	Down -7 places-7	£45,000	-30.76%	25 2.10%	6
Games	54	Down -7 places-7	£75,000	+57.89%	23 1.93%	19
Public Sector	55	Down -23 places-23	£42,879	-27.93%	22 1.84%	21
Retail	57	Down -12 places-12	£27,000	-44.61%	20 1.68%	23
Automotive	60	Down -22 places-22	£55,000	+57.14%	17 1.43%	4
Local Government	63	Down -17 places-17	£30,000	-40.69%	14 1.17%	9
Organisational Skills	64	Down -28 places-28	£37,500	-40.94%	13 1.09%	10
Law	65	Down -23 places-23	£31,746	-37.24%	12 1.01%	4
Legal	67	Down -35 places-35	£45,000	-11.03%	10 0.84%	10
French Language	67	Down -19 places-19	£50,000	+100.00%	10 0.84%
Multimedia	67	New entry-	£31,500	-	10 0.84%	19
Military	71	New entry-	£31,746	-	6 0.50%	2
Pharmaceutical	72	Down -32 places-32	£50,000	+11.11%	5 0.42%	2
Police	72	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.42%	1
Fire and Rescue	73	New entry-	£32,361	-	4 0.34%
Investment Banking	74	New entry-	-	-	3 0.25%
Advertising	74	Down -39 places-39	£67,500	+107.69%	3 0.25%	16