General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£35,000	-	325 26.84%	50
Finance	7	Down -5 places-5	£38,000	+8.57%	150 12.39%	42
Inclusion and Diversity	10	Up 9 places+9	£47,500	-	126 10.40%	8
Banking	19	Up 21 places+21	-	-	100 8.26%	4
Electronics	32	Up 2 places+2	£50,000	+21.21%	45 3.72%	10
Manufacturing	34	Down -27 places-27	£50,000	+5.26%	43 3.55%	21
Analytical Skills	36	Down -24 places-24	£42,879	+31.93%	39 3.22%	23
Aerospace	41	Up 4 places+4	£46,250	-28.84%	33 2.73%	5
Marketing	43	Down -33 places-33	£37,500	-11.76%	31 2.56%	9
Telecoms	44	Up 1 place+1	£32,500	-23.52%	30 2.48%	6
Billing	47	Down -12 places-12	£35,000	-40.42%	27 2.23%
Automotive	51	Down -17 places-17	£55,000	+57.14%	23 1.90%	8
Games	51	Down -5 places-5	£75,000	+57.89%	23 1.90%	2
Public Sector	51	Down -38 places-38	£42,879	-27.93%	23 1.90%	5
Retail	54	Down -11 places-11	£27,000	-16.92%	20 1.65%	22
Organisational Skills	62	Down -30 places-30	£37,500	+38.88%	12 0.99%	4
Law	62	Down -27 places-27	£31,746	-37.24%	12 0.99%	2
Legal	64	Down -34 places-34	£45,000	-11.03%	10 0.83%	3
French Language	64	Down -17 places-17	£50,000	+100.00%	10 0.83%
Presentation Skills	67	Down -22 places-22	£37,500	-58.33%	7 0.58%	1
Military	67	New entry-	£31,746	-	7 0.58%	1
Multimedia	68	New entry-	£30,000	-	6 0.50%	16
Local Government	68	Down -23 places-23	£40,000	-20.92%	6 0.50%	2
Police	69	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.41%
Advertising	70	Down -35 places-35	£69,250	+113.07%	4 0.33%	1
Fire and Rescue	70	New entry-	£32,361	-	4 0.33%
Investment Banking	71	New entry-	-	-	3 0.25%
Pharmaceutical	71	Down -33 places-33	£50,000	+11.11%	3 0.25%	1
Social Housing	72	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.17%