General Skills Statistics in Kent

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 1 place+1	£40,504	+8.01%	495 32.78%	75
Inclusion and Diversity	8	Up 22 places+22	-	-	167 11.06%	13
Banking	12	Up 33 places+33	£90,000	+5.88%	151 10.00%
Finance	18	Down -1 place-1	£60,000	+3.06%	122 8.08%	22
Analytical Skills	35	Down -8 places-8	£50,000	+14.28%	72 4.77%	25
Electronics	40	Down -18 places-18	£52,500	-4.54%	63 4.17%	13
Manufacturing	52	Down -51 places-51	£40,000	+5.26%	43 2.85%	27
Military	54	Down -20 places-20	£52,500	-8.69%	41 2.72%	5
Aerospace	55	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	-	40 2.65%	7
Retail	67	Down -53 places-53	£25,500	+1.37%	28 1.85%	22
Automotive	71	Down -21 places-21	£40,000	-26.94%	24 1.59%	7
Public Sector	72	Down -22 places-22	£35,000	-37.18%	23 1.52%	10
Organisational Skills	73	Down -36 places-36	£29,000	-55.03%	22 1.46%	18
Marketing	74	Down -31 places-31	£38,500	+18.46%	21 1.39%	17
Legal	78	Down -56 places-56	£29,000	-47.27%	17 1.13%	14
French Language	81	Down -28 places-28	-	-	14 0.93%	2
Documentation Skills	83	Down -37 places-37	£50,000	+66.66%	12 0.79%	1
Presentation Skills	85	Down -42 places-42	£38,500	-3.75%	10 0.66%	2
Telecoms	88	Down -70 places-70	£34,000	+35.16%	7 0.46%	6
Advertising	88	Down -42 places-42	£34,000	+4.61%	7 0.46%	3
Local Government	88	Down -36 places-36	£50,000	+115.05%	7 0.46%	4
Pharmaceutical	89	Down -37 places-37	£30,000	-	6 0.40%	5
Influencing Skills	89	Down -38 places-38	£50,000	-20.00%	6 0.40%	1
Publishing	90	Down -38 places-38	£45,000	-1.63%	5 0.33%	2
Games	90	New entry-	-	-	5 0.33%	4
Swedish Language	90	New entry-	-	-	5 0.33%
Digital Health	91	New entry-	-	-	4 0.26%
Brand Awareness	91	New entry-	£34,000	-	4 0.26%	1
Multimedia	92	New entry-	£30,500	-	3 0.20%	6
Law	92	Down -51 places-51	£100,000	+67.87%	3 0.20%	3