General Skills Statistics in Lancashire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 34 places+34	£41,000	-18.00%	263 18.18%	157
Public Sector	9	Up 85 places+85	£63,076	+20.14%	113 7.81%	16
Finance	10	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	-6.10%	112 7.74%	79
Analytical Skills	33	Down -27 places-27	£42,500	-19.04%	51 3.52%	43
Manufacturing	36	Up 47 places+47	£45,750	+10.90%	48 3.32%	36
Retail	39	Up 27 places+27	£35,000	-26.31%	45 3.11%	20
Law	47	Down -3 places-3	£42,500	+6.25%	36 2.49%	9
Inclusion and Diversity	47	Down -46 places-46	£44,750	+49.16%	36 2.49%	23
Telecoms	48	Up 33 places+33	£55,000	+22.22%	35 2.42%	19
Marketing	51	Up 42 places+42	£40,000	+14.28%	32 2.21%	33
Aerospace	56	Up 2 places+2	£51,772	+3.43%	26 1.80%	21
Organisational Skills	59	Up 7 places+7	£36,500	-8.75%	23 1.59%	33
Military	60	Up 9 places+9	£52,500	+31.25%	22 1.52%	2
Legal	63	Down -12 places-12	£42,500	-37.03%	19 1.31%	20
Fire and Rescue	66	New entry-	£60,000	-	16 1.11%	2
Advertising	69	Up 28 places+28	£42,500	-	13 0.90%	4
Back Office	70	New entry-	£55,000	-	12 0.83%
Pharmaceutical	71	Up 7 places+7	£55,000	+140.70%	11 0.76%	4
Influencing Skills	72	Up 16 places+16	£63,076	+15.11%	10 0.69%	4
Documentation Skills	72	Up 27 places+27	£36,500	+4.28%	10 0.69%	4
Local Government	73	Up 26 places+26	£65,000	-	9 0.62%	12
Banking	73	Down -10 places-10	£75,000	+198.95%	9 0.62%	5
Billing	73	New entry-	£31,746	-	9 0.62%	3
Police	74	New entry-	£65,000	-	8 0.55%	2
Games	75	Up 11 places+11	-	-	7 0.48%	5
Multimedia	75	New entry-	£32,000	-	7 0.48%	10
German Language	78	New entry-	£48,000	-	4 0.28%	3
Automotive	79	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	+19.86%	3 0.21%	3
Presentation Skills	79	Up 7 places+7	£50,000	-13.04%	3 0.21%	10