General Skills Statistics in the Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 1 place+1	£42,500	+6.25%	2,414 15.18%	619
Finance	8	Down 4 places-4	£55,000	+4.76%	1,571 9.88%	212
Manufacturing	10	No change0	£50,000	+17.64%	1,423 8.95%	382
Analytical Skills	17	Down 6 places-6	£45,000	+3.44%	838 5.27%	202
Marketing	25	Up 4 places+4	£47,000	+51.61%	683 4.29%	81
Retail	30	Down 22 places-22	£42,500	-5.55%	646 4.06%	146
Public Sector	38	Up 9 places+9	£55,000	+7.00%	556 3.50%	103
Organisational Skills	38	Up 58 places+58	£33,000	+11.86%	556 3.50%	96
Inclusion and Diversity	56	Down 23 places-23	£48,250	+1.57%	405 2.55%	48
Legal	59	Up 32 places+32	£50,000	+11.11%	400 2.52%	75
Automotive	63	Up 69 places+69	£45,500	+7.05%	364 2.29%	94
Electronics	83	Down 29 places-29	£42,750	+6.87%	277 1.74%	147
Telecoms	84	Up 5 places+5	£35,332	+13.06%	273 1.72%	73
Law	85	Down 47 places-47	£55,000	+29.41%	267 1.68%	23
Aerospace	97	Up 87 places+87	£47,500	+18.75%	234 1.47%	84
Influencing Skills	123	Up 56 places+56	£57,500	-8.00%	183 1.15%	48
Games	131	Up 53 places+53	£42,000	+29.23%	172 1.08%	14
Presentation Skills	139	Up 21 places+21	£43,750	-30.00%	159 1.00%	43
Banking	163	Down 39 places-39	£55,000	-21.42%	128 0.80%	13
Pharmaceutical	171	Up 21 places+21	£52,500	+31.25%	118 0.74%	37
Military	185	Down 3 places-3	£43,750	+2.94%	103 0.65%	41
Back Office	215	Down 26 places-26	£35,000	-17.64%	73 0.46%	41
Advertising	215	Down 32 places-32	£50,000	+17.64%	73 0.46%	17
Local Government	219	Down 57 places-57	£41,250	-2.94%	69 0.43%	23
Documentation Skills	223	Down 61 places-61	£52,500	+16.66%	65 0.41%	22
Agriculture	237	Down 37 places-37	£45,000	-18.18%	51 0.32%	10
Social Housing	241	Down 34 places-34	£57,500	+26.67%	47 0.30%	4
Billing	246	Down 42 places-42	£45,000	+16.88%	42 0.26%	7
Fire and Rescue	247	Down 46 places-46	£50,000	+11.11%	41 0.26%	6
German Language	252	Down 39 places-39	£29,000	-42.00%	36 0.23%	1
Brand Awareness	254	Down 31 places-31	£52,500	+87.50%	34 0.21%	3
Wearables	262	Down 41 places-41	£85,000	+30.76%	26 0.16%
French Language	263	Down 47 places-47	£29,000	+3.57%	25 0.16%	2
Italian Language	263	New entry-	£29,000	-	25 0.16%
Publishing	268	Down 49 places-49	£48,500	-3.00%	20 0.13%	6
Swedish Language	269	New entry-	£65,000	-	19 0.12%
Legal Technology	271	Down 48 places-48	£48,000	-12.72%	17 0.11%	4
Digital Healthcare	271	Down 48 places-48	£35,000	-41.66%	17 0.11%	1
General Ledger	272	Down 60 places-60	£55,000	-33.33%	16 0.10%	2
Spanish Language	272	Down 50 places-50	£45,000	+20.00%	16 0.10%	1
Aviation	272	New entry-	£55,000	-	16 0.10%	6
Dutch Language	274	Down 128 places-128	£27,000	-28.00%	14 0.088%	2