General Skills in the Midlands

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Dec 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%	1,358 22.07%	838
Finance	6	-1	£55,000	-4.34%	748 12.16%	550
Analytical Skills	8	+5	£45,000	-6.25%	629 10.22%	517
Manufacturing	23	+5	£42,500	-5.55%	402 6.53%	236
Retail	24	-9	£47,500	+5.55%	396 6.44%	175
Marketing	25	+15	£33,500	-25.55%	385 6.26%	171
Public Sector	40	+9	£50,000	-	298 4.84%	108
Inclusion and Diversity	43	+25	£47,500	-5.58%	279 4.53%	150
Law	46	+4	£42,500	-5.55%	274 4.45%	77
Legal	76	-18	£45,000	-10.00%	171 2.78%	82
Telecoms	80	+6	£37,500	-25.00%	165 2.68%	92
Organisational Skills	84	+30	£31,000	-27.05%	156 2.54%	160
Automotive	89	+6	£45,000	-	144 2.34%	73
Banking	93	+91	£77,500	+40.90%	129 2.10%	69
Electronics	124	+44	£45,000	-12.19%	85 1.38%	49
Documentation Skills	136	+80	£45,000	-	72 1.17%	17
Aerospace	146	+75	£40,000	-	62 1.01%	35
Local Government	146	-7	£42,500	-26.08%	62 1.01%	32
Presentation Skills	146	-73	£62,500	+25.00%	62 1.01%	77
Advertising	165	+33	£30,875	-33.24%	42 0.68%	11
Back Office	167	+71	£42,500	+11.84%	40 0.65%	5
Games	168	-11	£60,000	+26.31%	39 0.63%	46
Pharmaceutical	168	+62	£40,000	+23.07%	39 0.63%	21
Influencing Skills	169	+16	£62,500	+4.16%	38 0.62%	26
Military	172	-41	£42,500	+7.59%	35 0.57%	19
Digital Health	173	-	-	-	34 0.55%	2
Multimedia	176	+7	£30,500	-4.68%	31 0.50%	113
Fire and Rescue	180	+77	£45,000	+12.50%	27 0.44%	2
Agriculture	183	+53	£55,000	+57.14%	24 0.39%	6
Health Technology	189	+58	£60,000	-7.69%	18 0.29%	3
Social Housing	190	+7	£50,000	-4.76%	17 0.28%	7
German Language	192	+63	£45,000	-6.25%	15 0.24%	6
Billing	193	+43	£42,500	+25.00%	14 0.23%	11
General Ledger	194	-	£82,500	-	13 0.21%	4
Police	195	-67	£50,000	-2.44%	12 0.20%	5
French Language	197	+57	£28,000	-6.66%	10 0.16%	4