General Skills Statistics in the Midlands

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	0	£41,000	-18.00%	2,335 29.93%	763
Inclusion and Diversity	4	+47	£47,500	-7.21%	1,463 18.75%	89
Banking	10	+169	£70,000	+33.33%	1,113 14.27%	33
Finance	18	-11	£55,000	-3.50%	899 11.52%	474
Analytical Skills	24	-11	£43,750	-8.85%	612 7.84%	349
Manufacturing	35	-12	£45,000	-	413 5.29%	180
Retail	40	-16	£47,500	+11.76%	377 4.83%	142
Marketing	42	+27	£35,000	-22.22%	364 4.67%	174
Law	56	-13	£42,500	-10.52%	275 3.52%	91
Public Sector	56	-15	£50,000	-	275 3.52%	82
Telecoms	87	+6	£40,000	-20.00%	173 2.22%	83
Legal	91	-4	£45,000	-10.00%	166 2.13%	109
Automotive	93	+4	£45,000	-	160 2.05%	75
Organisational Skills	97	+13	£32,500	-23.52%	149 1.91%	128
Electronics	142	+24	£45,000	-30.76%	81 1.04%	53
Documentation Skills	149	+51	£46,500	-10.57%	73 0.94%	29
Aerospace	155	+54	£42,500	+6.25%	67 0.86%	26
Presentation Skills	163	-88	£62,500	+30.63%	58 0.74%	72
Local Government	169	-40	£42,500	-26.08%	52 0.67%	34
Games	177	-22	£66,250	+39.47%	44 0.56%	40
Multimedia	178	-4	£30,500	-4.68%	43 0.55%	79
Advertising	183	+1	£32,875	-30.78%	38 0.49%	21
Military	184	-19	£42,500	-24.77%	37 0.47%	22
Influencing Skills	184	-9	£72,500	+18.36%	37 0.47%	23
Back Office	186	+37	£42,500	+11.84%	35 0.45%	5
Pharmaceutical	187	+34	£45,000	+38.46%	34 0.44%	17
Digital Health	193	-	-	-	28 0.36%	1
Fire and Rescue	194	-	£45,000	-	27 0.35%	3
Agriculture	202	+30	-	-	19 0.24%	9
Health Technology	204	+28	£60,000	-7.69%	17 0.22%
German Language	204	+35	£40,000	-16.66%	17 0.22%	7
Billing	205	+15	£50,000	+32.45%	16 0.21%	27
Social Housing	206	-18	£45,390	-26.19%	15 0.19%	5
French Language	210	+31	£28,000	-37.77%	11 0.14%	16
Police	210	-101	£50,000	-2.44%	11 0.14%	2