General Skills Statistics in Gateshead

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	5	Up 5 places+5	£29,000	-10.76%	23 11.06%	6
Advertising	12	Down 8 places-8	£40,000	-	15 7.21%	2
Retail	13	Up 7 places+7	-	-	14 6.73%	1
Marketing	15	Down 2 places-2	£100,000	-	12 5.77%	6
Finance	16	No change0	£50,000	-	11 5.29%	5
Manufacturing	18	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 4.33%	3
Organisational Skills	21	Down 5 places-5	£28,500	-12.30%	6 2.88%	1
Legal	21	Down 1 place-1	£27,581	-38.70%	6 2.88%
Military	21	New entry-	-	-	6 2.88%
Games	22	Down 2 places-2	-	-	5 2.40%
Analytical Skills	23	Down 9 places-9	£60,000	+84.61%	4 1.92%	3
Electronics	24	New entry-	£100,000	-	3 1.44%	4
Public Sector	25	Down 5 places-5	£70,000	-	2 0.96%
Inclusion and Diversity	26	New entry-	-	-	1 0.48%
Telecoms	26	New entry-	-	-	1 0.48%	2
Banking	26	Down 6 places-6	£27,581	+9.94%	1 0.48%