General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£35,750	+10.00%	271 17.20%	192
Finance	10	Down -7 places-7	£45,000	+12.50%	128 8.12%	138
Manufacturing	14	Up 15 places+15	£41,801	-27.30%	92 5.84%	67
Marketing	22	Down -8 places-8	£38,750	-3.12%	67 4.25%	33
Aerospace	23	Up 36 places+36	£65,000	+4.00%	66 4.19%	78
Electronics	24	Down -8 places-8	£47,500	-12.84%	65 4.12%	51
Analytical Skills	32	Down -8 places-8	£42,879	+36.12%	48 3.05%	59
Telecoms	47	Up 1 place+1	£42,500	+9.67%	32 2.03%	23
Games	47	Up 10 places+10	£50,000	-	32 2.03%	9
Organisational Skills	49	Down -4 places-4	£33,500	+24.07%	30 1.90%	34
Inclusion and Diversity	51	Down -14 places-14	£55,000	-8.33%	28 1.78%	62
Automotive	52	Down -1 place-1	£32,000	-8.57%	27 1.71%	25
Public Sector	57	Down -37 places-37	£42,879	-33.00%	22 1.40%	17
Retail	60	Down -12 places-12	£47,500	+18.75%	19 1.21%	31
Advertising	61	Down -8 places-8	£35,000	+12.00%	18 1.14%	1
Military	62	New entry-	£31,746	-	17 1.08%	25
Presentation Skills	63	Down -8 places-8	£82,500	-8.33%	16 1.02%	18
Fire and Rescue	65	New entry-	£60,000	-	14 0.89%	2
Billing	65	Down -32 places-32	£33,373	-43.19%	14 0.89%	5
Law	67	Down -27 places-27	£31,746	-41.21%	12 0.76%	20
Local Government	72	Down -16 places-16	£42,911	-15.16%	7 0.44%	9
Police	73	New entry-	£51,878	-	6 0.38%
Influencing Skills	74	Down -19 places-19	£125,000	+95.31%	5 0.32%	14
Pharmaceutical	75	Down -29 places-29	£60,000	+33.33%	4 0.25%	13
Legal	76	Down -54 places-54	£95,000	+79.24%	3 0.19%	35