General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£35,000	+7.69%	237 20.08%	63
Finance	4	Down -1 place-1	£39,500	+58.00%	149 12.63%	55
Electronics	30	No change0	£48,750	+34.48%	45 3.81%	5
Manufacturing	31	Down -18 places-18	£50,000	+53.84%	43 3.64%	13
Analytical Skills	34	Down -17 places-17	£42,879	+31.93%	40 3.39%	20
Marketing	35	Down -27 places-27	£40,000	+23.07%	39 3.31%	10
Aerospace	39	Up 17 places+17	£50,000	-27.27%	35 2.97%	8
Telecoms	40	Up 13 places+13	£32,500	-23.52%	34 2.88%	8
Games	41	Up 13 places+13	-	-	33 2.80%	4
Billing	48	Down -14 places-14	£35,000	-40.42%	26 2.20%	4
Retail	52	Up 1 place+1	£40,000	+23.07%	22 1.86%	14
Public Sector	53	Down -35 places-35	£42,879	-27.93%	21 1.78%	8
Inclusion and Diversity	54	Down -26 places-26	£62,500	-	20 1.69%	20
Automotive	54	Down -8 places-8	£55,000	+57.14%	20 1.69%	3
Organisational Skills	62	Down -25 places-25	£34,250	+26.85%	12 1.02%	18
Law	63	Down -21 places-21	£31,746	-40.10%	11 0.93%	7
Legal	65	Down -36 places-36	£55,000	+8.73%	9 0.76%	11
Fire and Rescue	67	New entry-	£32,361	-	7 0.59%	1
Presentation Skills	67	Down -13 places-13	£37,500	-58.33%	7 0.59%	2
French Language	67	New entry-	£50,000	-	7 0.59%
Military	67	New entry-	£31,746	-	7 0.59%	5
Advertising	68	Down -25 places-25	£71,000	+118.46%	6 0.51%	1
Police	69	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.42%
Banking	71	Down -19 places-19	-	-	3 0.25%
Multimedia	71	New entry-	£30,000	-	3 0.25%	10
Investment Banking	71	New entry-	-	-	3 0.25%
Social Housing	72	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.17%
Influencing Skills	72	Down -23 places-23	£95,000	+59.66%	2 0.17%	3
Local Government	72	Down -17 places-17	£50,000	-1.15%	2 0.17%	2