General Skills Statistics in Essex

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£37,500	+25.00%	243 15.47%	121
Manufacturing	8	Up 18 places+18	£42,500	-26.08%	127 8.08%	103
Finance	11	Down 7 places-7	£45,000	-	117 7.45%	75
Aerospace	14	Up 43 places+43	£65,000	+8.33%	99 6.30%	64
Electronics	20	Down 6 places-6	£42,500	-27.96%	84 5.35%	90
Marketing	24	Down 12 places-12	£38,125	+1.66%	72 4.58%	14
Analytical Skills	32	Down 6 places-6	£43,250	+44.16%	52 3.31%	52
Organisational Skills	37	Up 9 places+9	£33,500	-6.94%	45 2.86%	13
Automotive	40	Up 11 places+11	£54,000	+8.00%	41 2.61%	17
Telecoms	47	Down 2 places-2	£70,000	+80.64%	33 2.10%	11
Games	52	Up 2 places+2	£50,000	-	28 1.78%	1
Inclusion and Diversity	52	Down 11 places-11	£47,500	-20.83%	28 1.78%	42
Advertising	55	Down 4 places-4	£35,000	+16.66%	25 1.59%	3
Public Sector	59	Down 42 places-42	£45,000	-40.00%	21 1.34%	14
Presentation Skills	63	Down 12 places-12	£82,500	+120.00%	17 1.08%	7
Retail	64	Down 17 places-17	£47,500	+18.75%	16 1.02%	16
Military	66	New entry-	£85,000	-	14 0.89%	18
Fire and Rescue	66	New entry-	£60,000	-	14 0.89%	1
Local Government	67	Down 13 places-13	£40,000	+11.62%	13 0.83%	19
Legal	70	Down 45 places-45	£50,000	-5.66%	10 0.64%	18
Influencing Skills	72	New entry-	£110,000	-	8 0.51%	3
Law	74	Down 32 places-32	£125,000	+127.27%	6 0.38%	16
Pharmaceutical	74	Down 30 places-30	£60,000	+20.00%	6 0.38%	13
Police	76	New entry-	£51,878	-	4 0.25%	4
Billing	76	Down 44 places-44	£33,750	-55.00%	4 0.25%	2
Documentation Skills	77	Down 21 places-21	£39,000	-13.33%	3 0.19%	2
Agriculture	78	New entry-	£41,565	-	2 0.13%
German Language	79	New entry-	£45,000	-	1 0.064%
Social Housing	79	New entry-	£36,000	-	1 0.064%	1
Aviation	79	New entry-	£35,000	-	1 0.064%	3
Tech for Good	79	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.064%
Health Technology	79	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.064%
Brand Awareness	79	New entry-	£36,000	-	1 0.064%