General Skills in the Midlands

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Nov 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	0	£40,000	-20.00%	1,389 22.90%	1,223
Finance	6	-1	£54,000	-6.08%	774 12.76%	777
Analytical Skills	8	+5	£45,000	-6.25%	641 10.57%	532
Retail	24	-9	£47,500	-	408 6.73%	216
Manufacturing	25	+7	£42,500	-5.55%	404 6.66%	295
Marketing	26	+12	£33,500	-25.55%	381 6.28%	328
Public Sector	41	+9	£50,000	-	299 4.93%	187
Law	42	+10	£42,500	-5.55%	291 4.80%	95
Inclusion and Diversity	46	+24	£47,500	-7.21%	283 4.67%	155
Legal	77	-21	£45,000	-10.00%	175 2.88%	112
Telecoms	82	+7	£36,250	-27.50%	165 2.72%	86
Organisational Skills	84	+36	£31,000	-27.05%	161 2.65%	150
Automotive	94	+7	£45,000	-5.26%	139 2.29%	105
Banking	98	+94	£76,250	+38.63%	131 2.16%	73
Electronics	134	+39	£45,000	-12.19%	87 1.43%	52
Documentation Skills	148	+76	£45,000	-	71 1.17%	24
Presentation Skills	152	-74	£62,500	+25.00%	67 1.10%	96
Aerospace	156	+72	£40,000	-	63 1.04%	50
Local Government	158	-12	£42,500	-26.08%	61 1.01%	48
Advertising	175	+28	£32,750	-29.18%	44 0.73%	12
Games	176	-18	£58,750	+23.68%	43 0.71%	47
Back Office	178	+65	£42,500	+11.84%	41 0.68%	7
Influencing Skills	179	+13	£62,500	+7.11%	40 0.66%	62
Pharmaceutical	182	+55	£40,000	+23.07%	37 0.61%	43
Military	184	-47	£42,500	+57.40%	35 0.58%	22
Digital Health	185	-	-	-	34 0.56%	2
Multimedia	190	+1	£30,500	-4.68%	29 0.48%	112
Fire and Rescue	192	+70	£45,000	+12.50%	27 0.45%
Agriculture	195	+48	£55,000	+57.14%	24 0.40%	8
Social Housing	202	+2	£50,000	-4.76%	17 0.28%	7
Billing	202	+43	£42,500	+25.00%	17 0.28%	43
Health Technology	202	+51	£60,000	-7.69%	17 0.28%	4
German Language	203	+58	£40,000	-37.50%	16 0.26%	6
General Ledger	206	+59	£82,500	-	13 0.21%	3
Police	207	-74	£50,000	-2.44%	12 0.20%	5
Financial Institution	208	+51	£75,000	+7.14%	11 0.18%	5