General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£35,000	-	353 29.20%	105
Inclusion and Diversity	8	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	-	159 13.15%	17
Finance	11	Down -8 places-8	£38,000	-24.00%	148 12.24%	59
Banking	14	Up 28 places+28	-	-	140 11.58%
Electronics	37	Up 3 places+3	£50,000	-9.09%	42 3.47%	17
Manufacturing	42	Down -36 places-36	£50,000	+5.26%	36 2.98%	16
Analytical Skills	46	Down -36 places-36	£40,000	+3.22%	31 2.56%	32
Marketing	49	Down -28 places-28	£35,500	-16.47%	28 2.32%	22
Telecoms	50	Down -5 places-5	£32,500	-23.52%	27 2.23%	7
Billing	50	Down -7 places-7	£35,000	-17.64%	27 2.23%	1
Aerospace	52	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-30.76%	25 2.07%	7
Games	53	Down -7 places-7	£75,000	+57.89%	24 1.99%	10
Public Sector	55	Down -24 places-24	£42,879	-27.93%	22 1.82%	16
Retail	57	Down -13 places-13	£27,000	-44.61%	20 1.65%	20
Automotive	60	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	+57.14%	17 1.41%	5
Local Government	64	Down -19 places-19	£30,000	-40.69%	13 1.08%	9
Organisational Skills	64	Down -29 places-29	£37,500	-40.94%	13 1.08%	9
Law	66	Down -25 places-25	£31,746	-37.24%	11 0.91%	3
Legal	67	Down -36 places-36	£45,000	-11.03%	10 0.83%	4
French Language	67	Down -20 places-20	£50,000	+100.00%	10 0.83%
Multimedia	67	New entry-	£31,500	-	10 0.83%	16
Military	71	New entry-	£31,746	-	6 0.50%	3
Police	72	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.41%
Pharmaceutical	73	Down -34 places-34	£50,000	+11.11%	4 0.33%	2
Fire and Rescue	73	New entry-	£32,361	-	4 0.33%
Investment Banking	74	New entry-	-	-	3 0.25%
Advertising	74	Down -40 places-40	£67,500	+107.69%	3 0.25%	9