General Skills Statistics in Kent

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 2 places+2	£40,504	+8.01%	491 33.33%	102
Inclusion and Diversity	8	Up 18 places+18	-	-	165 11.20%	20
Banking	13	Up 31 places+31	£90,000	+5.88%	151 10.25%
Finance	18	No change0	£60,000	-	122 8.28%	31
Analytical Skills	38	Down -11 places-11	£50,000	+14.28%	73 4.96%	31
Electronics	42	Down -19 places-19	£52,500	-4.54%	62 4.21%	14
Manufacturing	53	Down -51 places-51	£35,000	+12.90%	42 2.85%	30
Military	55	Down -21 places-21	£52,500	-12.50%	40 2.72%	6
Aerospace	57	Down -13 places-13	£60,000	-	38 2.58%	11
Retail	67	Down -53 places-53	£25,500	+1.37%	26 1.77%	24
Public Sector	69	Down -20 places-20	£36,250	-34.93%	24 1.63%	9
Automotive	72	Down -23 places-23	£40,000	-26.94%	21 1.43%	7
Organisational Skills	72	Down -37 places-37	£29,000	-61.20%	21 1.43%	15
Marketing	76	Down -44 places-44	£38,500	+28.33%	17 1.15%	28
Legal	77	Down -47 places-47	£29,000	-47.27%	16 1.09%	13
French Language	78	Down -27 places-27	-	-	15 1.02%	1
Documentation Skills	81	Down -36 places-36	£50,000	+66.66%	12 0.81%	1
Telecoms	86	Down -68 places-68	£34,000	+35.16%	7 0.48%	4
Advertising	86	Down -52 places-52	£34,000	+16.50%	7 0.48%	12
Presentation Skills	86	Down -45 places-45	£38,500	-3.75%	7 0.48%	2
Local Government	87	Down -36 places-36	£50,000	+115.05%	6 0.41%	4
Swedish Language	87	New entry-	-	-	6 0.41%
Influencing Skills	87	Down -37 places-37	£50,000	-20.00%	6 0.41%	2
Pharmaceutical	88	Down -37 places-37	£30,000	-	5 0.34%	5
Games	88	New entry-	-	-	5 0.34%	13
Brand Awareness	89	New entry-	£34,000	-	4 0.27%	1
Digital Health	89	New entry-	-	-	4 0.27%
Multimedia	90	New entry-	£30,500	-	3 0.20%	6
Avionics	90	Down -39 places-39	£58,000	-13.75%	3 0.20%
Law	90	Down -40 places-40	£100,000	+67.87%	3 0.20%	4