General Skills Statistics in Essex

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£37,500	+25.00%	245 15.52%	118
Manufacturing	8	Up 16 places+16	£42,151	-15.69%	127 8.04%	104
Finance	11	Down 7 places-7	£45,000	-	116 7.35%	72
Aerospace	15	Up 43 places+43	£65,000	+8.33%	98 6.21%	66
Electronics	20	Down 4 places-4	£42,500	-15.00%	86 5.45%	88
Marketing	24	Down 12 places-12	£38,125	+17.30%	72 4.56%	15
Analytical Skills	33	Down 8 places-8	£42,500	+41.66%	55 3.48%	46
Organisational Skills	41	Up 4 places+4	£35,000	+29.62%	43 2.72%	12
Automotive	42	Up 10 places+10	£54,000	+8.00%	42 2.66%	17
Telecoms	51	Down 5 places-5	£70,000	+80.64%	32 2.03%	9
Inclusion and Diversity	53	Down 13 places-13	£47,500	-20.83%	30 1.90%	44
Games	55	No change0	£50,000	-	28 1.77%	2
Advertising	58	Down 7 places-7	£35,000	+12.00%	25 1.58%	3
Public Sector	61	Down 43 places-43	£42,879	-42.82%	22 1.39%	13
Presentation Skills	65	Down 13 places-13	£82,500	+120.00%	18 1.14%	6
Retail	67	Down 20 places-20	£47,500	+18.75%	16 1.01%	22
Fire and Rescue	69	New entry-	£60,000	-	14 0.89%	1
Military	70	New entry-	£85,000	-	13 0.82%	21
Local Government	72	Down 17 places-17	£40,000	+11.62%	11 0.70%	15
Legal	73	Down 51 places-51	£50,000	-5.66%	10 0.63%	15
Influencing Skills	75	Down 17 places-17	£110,000	-	8 0.51%	2
Law	77	Down 36 places-36	£125,000	+127.27%	6 0.38%	12
Pharmaceutical	77	Down 32 places-32	£60,000	+20.00%	6 0.38%	13
Police	79	New entry-	£51,878	-	4 0.25%	4
Billing	80	Down 48 places-48	£35,000	-53.33%	3 0.19%	3
Documentation Skills	81	Down 24 places-24	-	-	2 0.13%	2
German Language	82	New entry-	£45,000	-	1 0.063%
Social Housing	82	New entry-	£36,000	-	1 0.063%	1
Aviation	82	New entry-	£35,000	-	1 0.063%	3
Tech for Good	82	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.063%
Agriculture	82	New entry-	£40,500	-	1 0.063%
Health Technology	82	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.063%	1
Brand Awareness	82	New entry-	£36,000	-	1 0.063%