General Skills Statistics in Merseyside

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 1 place+1	£41,250	+23.13%	201 20.20%	56
Finance	6	No change0	£50,000	-5.43%	115 11.56%	33
Retail	13	Up 25 places+25	£50,000	+72.41%	78 7.84%	14
Analytical Skills	17	Down -5 places-5	£44,000	-28.16%	65 6.53%	27
Legal	33	Down -10 places-10	£46,500	+1.08%	39 3.92%	13
Marketing	38	Down -6 places-6	£70,000	+141.37%	33 3.32%	22
Multimedia	41	New entry-	£30,500	-	30 3.02%	3
Manufacturing	42	Down -41 places-41	£42,500	+26.86%	29 2.91%	4
Inclusion and Diversity	49	Down -30 places-30	£50,000	-	22 2.21%	9
German Language	53	New entry-	£26,000	-	18 1.81%
Banking	53	Down -10 places-10	-	-	18 1.81%	6
Automotive	54	Down -8 places-8	£48,000	-12.72%	17 1.71%	4
Law	54	Down -17 places-17	£50,000	-9.09%	17 1.71%	9
Pharmaceutical	59	Down -17 places-17	£55,000	-15.38%	12 1.21%	1
Influencing Skills	59	Down -10 places-10	£90,000	+49.02%	12 1.21%	4
Public Sector	60	Down -13 places-13	£55,000	-15.38%	11 1.11%	4
Organisational Skills	60	Down -21 places-21	£48,813	+84.19%	11 1.11%	8
Tech for Good	64	New entry-	£70,000	-	7 0.70%
Advertising	65	Down -19 places-19	£30,780	-26.71%	6 0.60%	1
Documentation Skills	65	New entry-	£35,000	-	6 0.60%
Aviation	65	New entry-	-	-	6 0.60%
Investment Banking	65	New entry-	-	-	6 0.60%	4
French Language	66	New entry-	-	-	5 0.50%
Telecoms	67	Down -21 places-21	£62,500	+8.69%	4 0.40%	1
Aerospace	67	New entry-	£52,500	-	4 0.40%	1
Billing	67	Down -19 places-19	£25,396	-34.88%	4 0.40%
Games	68	Down -20 places-20	£60,000	+2.12%	3 0.30%	1
Presentation Skills	68	Down -31 places-31	-	-	3 0.30%	10
Back Office	69	New entry-	£73,750	-	2 0.20%	1