General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 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%	339 29.30%	121
Inclusion and Diversity	8	Up 7 places+7	£50,000	-	159 13.74%	35
Finance	10	Down -7 places-7	£38,000	-24.00%	145 12.53%	57
Banking	13	Up 28 places+28	-	-	140 12.10%	29
Electronics	34	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	+21.21%	39 3.37%	17
Manufacturing	38	Down -32 places-32	£50,000	+25.00%	35 3.03%	20
Analytical Skills	43	Down -30 places-30	£40,000	+3.22%	30 2.59%	30
Marketing	47	Down -27 places-27	£34,750	-18.23%	26 2.25%	6
Billing	47	Down -1 place-1	£35,000	-17.64%	26 2.25%	1
Telecoms	48	Down -10 places-10	£35,000	-17.64%	25 2.16%	10
Games	50	Down -5 places-5	£75,000	+57.89%	23 1.99%	2
Aerospace	51	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-30.76%	22 1.90%	8
Public Sector	52	Down -22 places-22	£42,879	-27.93%	21 1.82%	17
Retail	54	Down -10 places-10	£27,000	-16.92%	19 1.64%	23
Automotive	56	Down -20 places-20	£55,000	+57.14%	17 1.47%	4
Local Government	59	Down -15 places-15	£30,000	-40.69%	14 1.21%	9
Law	60	Down -19 places-19	£31,746	-37.24%	13 1.12%	4
Organisational Skills	60	Down -25 places-25	£37,500	-62.50%	13 1.12%	9
Legal	63	Down -33 places-33	£45,000	-11.03%	10 0.86%	2
French Language	63	Down -17 places-17	£50,000	+100.00%	10 0.86%
Multimedia	63	New entry-	£31,500	-	10 0.86%	17
Military	67	New entry-	£31,746	-	6 0.52%	3
Pharmaceutical	68	Down -29 places-29	£50,000	+11.11%	5 0.43%	2
Police	68	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.43%	1
Fire and Rescue	69	New entry-	£32,361	-	4 0.35%
Advertising	70	Down -39 places-39	£67,500	+107.69%	3 0.26%
Investment Banking	70	New entry-	-	-	3 0.26%