General Skills Statistics in Essex

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 1 place+1	£37,500	+25.00%	249 15.88%	83
Manufacturing	7	Up 21 places+21	£42,500	-26.08%	131 8.35%	50
Finance	9	Down 3 places-3	£45,000	-	115 7.33%	63
Aerospace	15	Up 43 places+43	£60,000	-	95 6.06%	31
Electronics	18	Down 3 places-3	£42,500	-29.16%	84 5.36%	42
Marketing	24	Down 1 place-1	£37,500	+15.38%	71 4.53%	6
Analytical Skills	30	Down 5 places-5	£39,500	+31.66%	56 3.57%	29
Organisational Skills	32	Up 15 places+15	£33,500	-6.94%	52 3.32%	9
Automotive	42	Up 12 places+12	£54,000	+8.00%	39 2.49%	12
Telecoms	50	Down 5 places-5	£70,000	+86.66%	31 1.98%	7
Games	52	Up 3 places+3	£46,250	-	29 1.85%	2
Advertising	56	Down 3 places-3	£35,000	+16.66%	25 1.59%
Inclusion and Diversity	57	Down 15 places-15	£52,500	-12.50%	24 1.53%	17
Public Sector	58	Down 19 places-19	£41,250	-45.00%	23 1.47%	5
Retail	61	Down 13 places-13	£50,800	+27.00%	20 1.28%	17
Military	67	New entry-	£85,000	-	14 0.89%	7
Fire and Rescue	67	New entry-	£60,000	-	14 0.89%
Presentation Skills	67	Down 15 places-15	£82,500	+120.00%	14 0.89%	1
Local Government	68	Down 18 places-18	£40,000	+29.65%	13 0.83%	4
Legal	70	Down 42 places-42	£50,000	-5.66%	11 0.70%	13
Influencing Skills	73	New entry-	£117,500	-	8 0.51%	2
Pharmaceutical	74	Down 29 places-29	£60,000	+20.00%	7 0.45%	7
Law	74	Down 30 places-30	£125,000	+127.27%	7 0.45%	7
Police	77	New entry-	£51,878	-	4 0.26%	1
Documentation Skills	77	Down 20 places-20	£54,500	+21.11%	4 0.26%	2
Billing	77	Down 40 places-40	£33,750	-57.81%	4 0.26%	2
Agriculture	79	New entry-	£41,565	-	2 0.13%
German Language	79	New entry-	£45,000	-	2 0.13%
Health Technology	80	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.064%
Legal Technology	80	Down 23 places-23	-	-	1 0.064%	2
Brand Awareness	80	New entry-	£36,000	-	1 0.064%
Social Housing	80	New entry-	£36,000	-	1 0.064%
Aviation	80	New entry-	£35,000	-	1 0.064%	1
Tech for Good	80	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.064%