General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£37,500	+7.14%	253 18.53%	95
Finance	6	Down -3 places-3	£37,750	-5.62%	152 11.14%	79
Manufacturing	26	Down -10 places-10	£41,801	-16.39%	52 3.81%	54
Electronics	29	Down -12 places-12	£47,500	+5.55%	49 3.59%	26
Marketing	31	Down -24 places-24	£40,000	-	46 3.37%	16
Analytical Skills	33	Down -19 places-19	£42,879	-4.71%	43 3.15%	40
Aerospace	34	Up 24 places+24	£50,000	-23.07%	42 3.08%	27
Games	40	Up 15 places+15	-	-	35 2.56%	3
Telecoms	46	Up 1 place+1	£32,500	-18.75%	29 2.12%	10
Organisational Skills	51	Down -8 places-8	£35,000	+29.62%	24 1.76%	17
Inclusion and Diversity	53	Down -8 places-8	£42,500	-29.16%	22 1.61%	24
Public Sector	56	Down -32 places-32	£42,879	-33.00%	19 1.39%	6
Retail	56	Down -6 places-6	£47,500	+46.15%	19 1.39%	21
Billing	57	Down -25 places-25	£35,000	-40.42%	18 1.32%	3
Fire and Rescue	62	New entry-	£60,000	-	13 0.95%	1
Automotive	64	Down -18 places-18	£50,000	+42.85%	11 0.81%	5
Military	64	New entry-	£31,746	-	11 0.81%	15
Law	66	Down -22 places-22	£31,746	-40.10%	9 0.66%	7
Presentation Skills	67	Down -12 places-12	£42,500	-52.77%	8 0.59%	12
Legal	68	Down -43 places-43	£95,000	+87.80%	7 0.51%	9
Advertising	68	Down -25 places-25	£71,000	+127.20%	7 0.51%	2
Local Government	69	Down -11 places-11	£43,661	-13.68%	6 0.44%	6
Police	70	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.37%
Pharmaceutical	71	Down -30 places-30	£60,000	+33.33%	4 0.29%	5
Investment Banking	72	New entry-	-	-	3 0.22%
Banking	72	Down -14 places-14	-	-	3 0.22%	1
French Language	73	New entry-	-	-	2 0.15%
Social Housing	73	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.15%	1
Influencing Skills	73	Down -21 places-21	£95,000	+59.66%	2 0.15%	8
Multimedia	73	New entry-	£30,000	-	2 0.15%	19