General Skills Statistics in the Midlands

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	0	£41,500	-17.00%	2,298 29.24%	811
Inclusion and Diversity	4	+44	£47,500	-7.21%	1,458 18.55%	94
Banking	11	+170	£70,000	+27.27%	1,113 14.16%	44
Finance	19	-13	£55,000	-3.50%	881 11.21%	475
Analytical Skills	25	-12	£42,920	-12.85%	607 7.72%	315
Manufacturing	36	-13	£45,000	-	419 5.33%	180
Retail	42	-18	£47,500	+11.76%	354 4.50%	181
Marketing	43	+28	£35,000	-22.22%	353 4.49%	349
Public Sector	56	-14	£50,000	-	280 3.56%	132
Law	57	-13	£42,500	-10.52%	274 3.49%	61
Telecoms	93	+12	£40,000	-15.78%	170 2.16%	97
Legal	94	-4	£45,000	-10.00%	168 2.14%	121
Automotive	96	+8	£45,000	-	162 2.06%	81
Organisational Skills	102	+15	£32,500	-23.52%	148 1.88%	97
Electronics	148	+21	£45,000	-30.76%	82 1.04%	71
Documentation Skills	160	+42	£48,000	-7.69%	69 0.88%	23
Aerospace	162	+49	£45,000	+12.50%	67 0.85%	34
Presentation Skills	171	-96	£62,500	+30.63%	58 0.74%	113
Local Government	178	-49	£42,500	-24.94%	51 0.65%	32
Multimedia	183	-9	£30,500	-4.68%	46 0.59%	42
Games	186	-26	£60,000	+26.31%	43 0.55%	34
Military	192	-26	£42,500	-24.77%	37 0.47%	13
Advertising	193	-8	£37,750	-20.52%	36 0.46%	27
Influencing Skills	193	-16	£72,500	+18.36%	36 0.46%	25
Back Office	195	+29	£42,500	+11.84%	34 0.43%	6
Pharmaceutical	198	+25	£50,000	+53.84%	31 0.39%	36
Fire and Rescue	202	-	£45,000	-	27 0.34%	2
Agriculture	210	+28	-	-	19 0.24%	6
Billing	212	+10	£50,000	+20.48%	17 0.22%	19
German Language	212	+28	£40,000	-16.66%	17 0.22%	42
Health Technology	213	+20	£65,000	-	16 0.20%	13
Social Housing	214	-24	£45,390	-26.19%	15 0.19%	4
Digital Health	217	-	-	-	12 0.15%	7