General Skills Statistics in Merseyside

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	7	Up 1 place+1	£42,500	-10.52%	139 10.68%	40
Finance	10	Down 5 places-5	£60,000	+6.66%	132 10.14%	19
Analytical Skills	15	Down 5 places-5	£42,500	-17.47%	98 7.53%	14
Retail	16	Down 4 places-4	£52,000	+8.33%	93 7.14%	15
Legal	17	Up 13 places+13	£75,000	+87.50%	83 6.37%	7
Manufacturing	25	Down 14 places-14	£46,587	+9.61%	61 4.69%	27
Marketing	38	Down 3 places-3	£70,000	-6.66%	40 3.07%	6
Organisational Skills	43	Up 3 places+3	£36,050	+36.03%	35 2.69%	8
Public Sector	53	Down 8 places-8	£32,500	-32.92%	25 1.92%	5
Inclusion and Diversity	53	Down 12 places-12	£40,000	-36.00%	25 1.92%	8
Pharmaceutical	59	Down 19 places-19	£55,000	+103.70%	19 1.46%	3
Law	61	Down 13 places-13	£55,000	+13.51%	17 1.31%	4
Games	64	Down 6 places-6	£60,000	-20.00%	14 1.08%	2
Automotive	65	Down 16 places-16	£30,500	-37.39%	13 1.00%	5
Influencing Skills	67	Down 8 places-8	£74,500	+19.20%	11 0.84%	2
Presentation Skills	69	Down 11 places-11	£26,000	-42.22%	9 0.69%	3
Advertising	70	Down 12 places-12	£29,894	-	8 0.61%	1
Local Government	72	Down 12 places-12	£40,000	-38.46%	6 0.46%
Telecoms	73	Down 13 places-13	£26,000	-67.50%	5 0.38%	2
Brand Awareness	74	New entry-	-	-	4 0.31%
Publishing	74	New entry-	£40,000	-	4 0.31%
Billing	74	Down 14 places-14	£60,000	-	4 0.31%
Electronics	75	New entry-	£47,500	-	3 0.23%	6
Aerospace	75	New entry-	£55,000	-	3 0.23%	3
Military	75	New entry-	-	-	3 0.23%	1
Banking	75	Down 28 places-28	£55,000	+18.91%	3 0.23%
Social Housing	76	Down 16 places-16	£41,488	+1.19%	2 0.15%	1
Documentation Skills	76	Down 17 places-17	£57,500	+64.28%	2 0.15%	2
Investment Banking	76	Down 21 places-21	-	-	2 0.15%
Legal Technology	76	New entry-	£61,250	-	2 0.15%	2