General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£32,500	-7.14%	341 28.78%	91
Inclusion and Diversity	8	Up 5 places+5	£50,000	-	159 13.42%	7
Finance	10	Down -7 places-7	£38,000	-24.00%	147 12.41%	58
Banking	13	Up 29 places+29	-	-	140 11.81%
Electronics	36	Up 4 places+4	£50,000	-9.09%	40 3.38%	17
Manufacturing	40	Down -34 places-34	£50,000	+25.00%	36 3.04%	17
Analytical Skills	44	Down -35 places-35	£40,000	+3.22%	31 2.62%	33
Marketing	48	Down -27 places-27	£35,000	-17.64%	27 2.28%	9
Billing	48	Down -4 places-4	£35,000	-42.85%	27 2.28%
Telecoms	50	Down -9 places-9	£35,000	-17.64%	25 2.11%	8
Aerospace	52	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-30.76%	23 1.94%	6
Games	52	Down -6 places-6	£75,000	+57.89%	23 1.94%	3
Public Sector	53	Down -22 places-22	£42,879	-27.93%	22 1.86%	20
Retail	55	Down -11 places-11	£27,000	-44.61%	20 1.69%	19
Automotive	58	Down -21 places-21	£55,000	+57.14%	17 1.43%	4
Local Government	61	Down -16 places-16	£30,000	-40.69%	14 1.18%	9
Organisational Skills	62	Down -27 places-27	£37,500	-40.94%	13 1.10%	10
Law	63	Down -22 places-22	£31,746	-37.24%	12 1.01%	4
Legal	65	Down -34 places-34	£45,000	-11.03%	10 0.84%	3
French Language	65	Down -18 places-18	£50,000	+100.00%	10 0.84%
Multimedia	65	New entry-	£31,500	-	10 0.84%	17
Military	69	New entry-	£31,746	-	6 0.51%	2
Pharmaceutical	70	Down -31 places-31	£50,000	+11.11%	5 0.42%	2
Police	70	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.42%	1
Fire and Rescue	71	New entry-	£32,361	-	4 0.34%
Advertising	72	Down -39 places-39	£67,500	+107.69%	3 0.25%
Investment Banking	72	New entry-	-	-	3 0.25%