General Skills Statistics in Essex

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Nov 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%	250 15.76%	116
Manufacturing	8	Up 24 places+24	£42,500	-15.00%	136 8.58%	98
Finance	11	Down 5 places-5	£45,000	-	114 7.19%	74
Aerospace	16	Up 44 places+44	£60,000	+50.00%	96 6.05%	71
Electronics	19	Down 2 places-2	£42,500	-29.16%	86 5.42%	75
Marketing	25	Up 2 places+2	£37,500	+15.38%	73 4.60%	15
Analytical Skills	32	Down 2 places-2	£37,500	+25.00%	56 3.53%	33
Organisational Skills	34	Up 17 places+17	£33,500	-6.94%	54 3.40%	14
Automotive	45	Up 13 places+13	£54,000	+8.00%	40 2.52%	11
Telecoms	52	Down 3 places-3	£70,000	+86.66%	31 1.95%	10
Games	54	Up 4 places+4	£46,250	-38.33%	29 1.83%	1
Public Sector	57	Down 13 places-13	£40,000	-46.66%	25 1.58%	6
Inclusion and Diversity	58	Down 43 places-43	£52,500	-12.50%	24 1.51%	42
Advertising	59	Down 3 places-3	£35,000	+16.66%	23 1.45%	1
Retail	59	Down 8 places-8	£50,800	+27.00%	23 1.45%	29
Fire and Rescue	68	New entry-	£60,000	-	14 0.88%	1
Presentation Skills	68	Down 12 places-12	£82,500	+120.00%	14 0.88%	10
Local Government	69	Down 17 places-17	£40,000	+31.47%	13 0.82%	8
Military	69	New entry-	£85,000	-	13 0.82%	15
Legal	70	Down 35 places-35	£50,000	-5.66%	12 0.76%	16
Influencing Skills	74	New entry-	£117,500	-	8 0.50%	3
Pharmaceutical	75	Down 27 places-27	£60,000	+20.00%	7 0.44%	17
Law	76	Down 25 places-25	£125,000	+127.27%	6 0.38%	16
Police	78	New entry-	£51,878	-	4 0.25%	1
Documentation Skills	78	Down 17 places-17	£54,500	+21.11%	4 0.25%	1
German Language	79	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.19%
Billing	79	Down 34 places-34	£35,000	-	3 0.19%	1
Agriculture	80	New entry-	£41,565	-	2 0.13%	3
Banking	80	Down 58 places-58	-	-	2 0.13%	4