General Skills Statistics in London

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Finance	1	No change0	£84,250	+5.31%	6,085 23.43%	2,431
Social Skills	2	No change0	£70,000	-	5,114 19.69%	2,087
Analytical Skills	23	Down 11 places-11	£65,000	-	1,860 7.16%	1,038
Banking	25	Down 7 places-7	£95,000	-	1,623 6.25%	466
Marketing	26	No change0	£60,000	-	1,590 6.12%	761
Law	33	Down 13 places-13	£75,000	+15.38%	1,483 5.71%	629
Inclusion and Diversity	37	Down 13 places-13	£60,000	-	1,193 4.59%	497
Retail	41	Up 17 places+17	£65,000	-13.33%	1,106 4.26%	366
Legal	49	Up 2 places+2	£78,250	+11.71%	1,024 3.94%	433
Public Sector	51	Up 17 places+17	£70,000	+7.69%	990 3.81%	475
Organisational Skills	90	Up 22 places+22	£45,000	-	644 2.48%	168
Financial Institution	128	Down 3 places-3	£90,000	-	466 1.79%	111
Influencing Skills	129	Up 61 places+61	£87,500	+2.94%	464 1.79%	200
Presentation Skills	171	Down 73 places-73	£70,000	-	354 1.36%	249
Manufacturing	172	Down 2 places-2	£62,500	-3.84%	353 1.36%	244
Telecoms	183	Down 43 places-43	£60,000	-7.69%	329 1.27%	176
Front Office	204	Down 134 places-134	£100,000	-16.66%	290 1.12%	108
Advertising	240	Down 63 places-63	£57,500	-4.16%	231 0.89%	154
Back Office	256	Down 29 places-29	£90,000	+9.09%	210 0.81%	73
Billing	265	Down 3 places-3	£56,000	-2.60%	199 0.77%	73
Investment Banking	272	Down 110 places-110	£100,000	-9.09%	190 0.73%	91
Games	276	Down 89 places-89	£60,000	-25.00%	185 0.71%	122
Legal Technology	297	Up 20 places+20	£73,750	+9.25%	159 0.61%	37
Local Government	317	Down 4 places-4	£55,000	+4.76%	137 0.53%	83
Pharmaceutical	317	Down 18 places-18	£80,000	-15.78%	137 0.53%	86
Publishing	321	Down 20 places-20	£47,500	-25.78%	133 0.51%	93
Documentation Skills	335	Down 72 places-72	£60,000	-22.58%	118 0.45%	50
Military	341	Up 15 places+15	£63,000	-16.00%	111 0.43%	72
Automotive	346	Down 33 places-33	£60,000	+11.62%	106 0.41%	70
German Language	346	Down 85 places-85	£70,000	+100.00%	106 0.41%	58
French Language	348	Down 129 places-129	£53,500	+33.75%	104 0.40%	72
Aviation	359	Down 24 places-24	£66,000	-7.36%	93 0.36%	25
Aerospace	363	Down 19 places-19	£52,500	-34.37%	89 0.34%	83
Electronics	364	Down 112 places-112	£55,000	-15.38%	88 0.34%	127
Spanish Language	380	Down 54 places-54	£77,500	+138.46%	72 0.28%	28
Social Housing	391	Down 12 places-12	£45,000	-45.45%	61 0.23%	4
General Ledger	393	Down 37 places-37	£62,500	+31.57%	59 0.23%	26
Public Speaking	410	Down 38 places-38	-	-	42 0.16%	14
Health Technology	410	Down 76 places-76	£70,000	+4.47%	42 0.16%	17
Retail Banking	410	Down 85 places-85	£93,750	+12.61%	42 0.16%	9
Mandarin Language	411	Down 61 places-61	£51,250	+50.73%	41 0.16%	14
Police	415	Down 67 places-67	£80,000	+45.45%	37 0.14%	16
Tech for Good	419	Down 64 places-64	£90,000	+40.62%	33 0.13%	5
Japanese Language	419	Down 83 places-83	£45,000	+32.35%	33 0.13%	16
Brand Awareness	420	Down 51 places-51	£50,000	-18.36%	32 0.12%	15
Italian Language	424	Down 77 places-77	£75,000	+120.58%	28 0.11%	20
TTP	424	Down 63 places-63	£80,000	-11.11%	28 0.11%	17
Fire and Rescue	428	Down 75 places-75	£55,000	-	24 0.092%	6
Polish Language	430	Down 71 places-71	£70,000	+105.88%	22 0.085%	4
Cantonese Language	431	Down 53 places-53	£50,000	-	21 0.081%	2