General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Jul 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%	245 19.25%	54
Finance	4	Down -1 place-1	£39,500	-1.25%	145 11.39%	62
Electronics	30	Down -7 places-7	£50,000	+11.11%	50 3.93%	9
Marketing	34	Down -25 places-25	£40,000	-	45 3.54%	13
Analytical Skills	38	Down -20 places-20	£42,879	-4.71%	41 3.22%	26
Manufacturing	38	Down -24 places-24	£50,000	-	41 3.22%	22
Games	42	Up 15 places+15	-	-	37 2.91%	3
Telecoms	45	Up 7 places+7	£32,500	-21.21%	34 2.67%	7
Aerospace	45	Up 16 places+16	£50,000	-27.27%	34 2.67%	7
Billing	60	Down -25 places-25	£35,000	-40.42%	19 1.49%	3
Public Sector	62	Down -36 places-36	£37,689	-41.11%	17 1.34%	7
Automotive	62	Down -14 places-14	£50,000	+42.85%	17 1.34%	2
Retail	62	Down -8 places-8	£40,000	+10.34%	17 1.34%	22
Inclusion and Diversity	64	Down -21 places-21	£42,500	-35.11%	15 1.18%	8
Organisational Skills	66	Down -22 places-22	£35,000	+29.62%	13 1.02%	10
Fire and Rescue	68	New entry-	£60,000	-	11 0.86%	1
Law	70	Down -24 places-24	£31,746	-40.10%	9 0.71%
Legal	70	Down -41 places-41	£55,000	+8.73%	9 0.71%	6
Presentation Skills	71	Down -14 places-14	£40,000	-55.55%	8 0.63%	6
Military	72	New entry-	£31,746	-	7 0.55%	5
Advertising	73	Down -27 places-27	£71,000	+136.66%	6 0.47%	3
Police	74	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.39%
Local Government	75	Down -15 places-15	£47,000	-7.08%	4 0.31%	3
Investment Banking	76	New entry-	-	-	3 0.24%
Banking	76	Down -19 places-19	-	-	3 0.24%	6
Multimedia	76	New entry-	£30,000	-	3 0.24%	16
Social Housing	77	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.16%	1
Influencing Skills	77	Down -23 places-23	£95,000	+59.66%	2 0.16%	5
Pharmaceutical	77	Down -32 places-32	£60,000	+33.33%	2 0.16%	5
French Language	77	New entry-	-	-	2 0.16%