General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£35,750	+10.00%	246 19.48%	51
Finance	4	Down -1 place-1	£39,750	-0.62%	145 11.48%	58
Electronics	30	Down -9 places-9	£50,000	+11.11%	49 3.88%	10
Marketing	33	Down -25 places-25	£40,000	-	44 3.48%	14
Analytical Skills	36	Down -21 places-21	£42,879	-4.71%	41 3.25%	26
Manufacturing	37	Down -25 places-25	£50,000	-	40 3.17%	20
Games	39	Up 12 places+12	-	-	37 2.93%	2
Telecoms	42	Up 5 places+5	£32,500	-23.52%	34 2.69%	7
Aerospace	42	Up 13 places+13	£50,000	-27.27%	34 2.69%	4
Billing	57	Down -28 places-28	£35,000	-40.42%	19 1.50%	4
Public Sector	59	Down -39 places-39	£37,689	-41.11%	17 1.35%	9
Automotive	59	Down -17 places-17	£50,000	+42.85%	17 1.35%	2
Retail	59	Down -10 places-10	£40,000	+23.07%	17 1.35%	22
Inclusion and Diversity	61	Down -28 places-28	£42,500	-35.11%	15 1.19%	3
Organisational Skills	63	Down -27 places-27	£35,000	+29.62%	13 1.03%	11
Fire and Rescue	65	New entry-	£60,000	-	11 0.87%	1
Law	67	Down -27 places-27	£31,746	-40.10%	9 0.71%	1
Legal	67	Down -43 places-43	£55,000	+8.73%	9 0.71%	5
Presentation Skills	68	Down -17 places-17	£40,000	-55.55%	8 0.63%	4
Military	69	New entry-	£31,746	-	7 0.55%	4
Advertising	70	Down -30 places-30	£71,000	+136.66%	6 0.48%	3
Police	71	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.40%
Local Government	72	Down -18 places-18	£47,000	-7.08%	4 0.32%	3
Banking	73	Down -22 places-22	-	-	3 0.24%	3
Multimedia	73	New entry-	£30,000	-	3 0.24%	20
Investment Banking	73	New entry-	-	-	3 0.24%
Social Housing	74	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.16%	1
Influencing Skills	74	Down -26 places-26	£95,000	+59.66%	2 0.16%	5
Pharmaceutical	74	Down -35 places-35	£60,000	+33.33%	2 0.16%	5
French Language	74	New entry-	-	-	2 0.16%