General Skills Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£35,000	-	363 29.27%	50
Inclusion and Diversity	8	Up 12 places+12	£47,500	-	166 13.39%	8
Finance	11	Down -9 places-9	£38,000	+8.57%	149 12.02%	45
Banking	15	Up 28 places+28	-	-	140 11.29%	4
Electronics	37	No change0	£50,000	+21.21%	45 3.63%	10
Manufacturing	39	Down -33 places-33	£50,000	+5.26%	43 3.47%	21
Analytical Skills	42	Down -29 places-29	£42,879	+31.93%	39 3.15%	23
Aerospace	46	Up 1 place+1	£46,250	-28.84%	33 2.66%	5
Marketing	48	Down -38 places-38	£37,500	-11.76%	31 2.50%	9
Telecoms	49	Down -2 places-2	£32,500	-23.52%	30 2.42%	6
Billing	53	Down -14 places-14	£35,000	-17.64%	26 2.10%
Public Sector	56	Down -43 places-43	£42,879	-27.93%	23 1.85%	5
Automotive	56	Down -20 places-20	£55,000	+57.14%	23 1.85%	8
Games	56	Down -8 places-8	£75,000	+57.89%	23 1.85%	2
Retail	60	Down -15 places-15	£27,000	-16.92%	19 1.53%	20
Organisational Skills	67	Down -33 places-33	£37,500	+38.88%	12 0.97%	4
Law	68	Down -31 places-31	£31,746	-37.24%	11 0.89%	2
Legal	69	Down -37 places-37	£45,000	-11.03%	10 0.81%	3
French Language	69	Down -20 places-20	£50,000	+100.00%	10 0.81%
Presentation Skills	72	Down -25 places-25	£37,500	-58.33%	7 0.56%	1
Multimedia	73	New entry-	£30,000	-	6 0.48%	16
Local Government	73	Down -26 places-26	£40,000	-20.92%	6 0.48%	2
Military	73	New entry-	£31,746	-	6 0.48%	1
Police	74	New entry-	£32,361	-	5 0.40%
Fire and Rescue	75	New entry-	£32,361	-	4 0.32%
Advertising	75	Down -38 places-38	£69,250	+113.07%	4 0.32%	1
Investment Banking	76	New entry-	-	-	3 0.24%
Pharmaceutical	76	Down -36 places-36	£50,000	+11.11%	3 0.24%	2
Social Housing	77	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.16%