General Skills Statistics in Kent

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	3	Down 2 places-2	£37,500	-	270 15.62%	93
Finance	6	Down 2 places-2	£60,000	-	203 11.74%	43
Manufacturing	9	Up 28 places+28	£45,328	+6.65%	131 7.58%	43
Aerospace	11	New entry-	£65,000	-	123 7.11%	15
Electronics	18	Up 45 places+45	£52,500	-12.50%	101 5.84%	32
Marketing	21	Down 5 places-5	£40,000	+18.51%	93 5.38%	11
Analytical Skills	22	Down 4 places-4	£47,500	+26.66%	90 5.21%	34
Organisational Skills	32	Up 27 places+27	£34,250	+20.17%	72 4.16%	15
Public Sector	42	Down 2 places-2	£41,500	-30.83%	55 3.18%	18
Legal	44	Up 1 place+1	£35,000	+16.66%	53 3.07%	5
Retail	50	Up 2 places+2	£37,500	+17.63%	46 2.66%	20
Military	60	Up 6 places+6	£52,500	-7.07%	36 2.08%	7
Games	74	Down 6 places-6	£52,500	+54.41%	21 1.21%	1
Presentation Skills	74	New entry-	£42,500	-	21 1.21%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	75	Down 28 places-28	£56,000	+43.58%	20 1.16%	12
Pharmaceutical	78	Down 7 places-7	£40,000	+33.33%	17 0.98%	2
French Language	78	Down 46 places-46	£80,000	+128.57%	17 0.98%	1
Publishing	79	New entry-	£45,000	-	16 0.93%
Local Government	82	New entry-	£45,007	-	13 0.75%	6
Telecoms	83	Down 19 places-19	£39,250	+9.02%	12 0.69%	5
Automotive	83	Down 22 places-22	£40,000	-13.51%	12 0.69%	4
Influencing Skills	83	Down 11 places-11	£62,500	-3.84%	12 0.69%
Banking	85	Down 18 places-18	£52,500	-40.00%	10 0.58%	5
Law	85	Down 22 places-22	£37,500	+33.92%	10 0.58%	3
Billing	86	New entry-	£37,500	-	9 0.52%
Advertising	86	Down 26 places-26	£55,000	+69.23%	9 0.52%	5
Brand Awareness	87	Down 13 places-13	£35,000	+30.92%	8 0.46%
Avionics	88	Down 17 places-17	£68,500	+33.65%	7 0.40%	2
Health Technology	90	New entry-	£28,000	-	5 0.29%
Retail Banking	91	New entry-	£77,500	-	4 0.23%	1
Documentation Skills	91	Down 22 places-22	-	-	4 0.23%	7
Aviation	91	Down 27 places-27	£60,000	+9.09%	4 0.23%	4
TTP	92	New entry-	-	-	3 0.17%
Financial Institution	92	Down 19 places-19	£57,500	-17.85%	3 0.17%	1
Legal Technology	93	New entry-	-	-	2 0.12%
Swedish Language	93	Down 54 places-54	-	-	2 0.12%
Social Housing	93	New entry-	£48,250	-	2 0.12%	1