General Skills Statistics in the North East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 3 places+3	£48,750	+8.33%	360 17.13%	148
Finance	8	Down -5 places-5	£50,000	-9.09%	190 9.04%	79
Public Sector	14	Up 44 places+44	£57,500	-	149 7.09%	66
Manufacturing	26	Down -6 places-6	£40,000	-14.66%	117 5.57%	30
Marketing	30	Down -17 places-17	£35,000	-30.00%	109 5.19%	29
Analytical Skills	38	Down -29 places-29	£48,445	+25.82%	85 4.05%	56
Legal	58	Down -1 place-1	£57,500	+15.00%	50 2.38%	20
Inclusion and Diversity	66	Down -15 places-15	£57,500	-17.12%	42 2.00%	19
Electronics	73	Down -15 places-15	£55,000	-	35 1.67%	11
Law	73	Down -32 places-32	£45,000	+12.50%	35 1.67%	8
Organisational Skills	78	Down -17 places-17	£39,000	-2.50%	30 1.43%	8
Games	79	Down -46 places-46	£50,000	+77.38%	29 1.38%	10
Multimedia	87	New entry-	£30,500	-	21 1.00%	15
Influencing Skills	89	Down -21 places-21	£63,076	-22.85%	19 0.90%	9
Telecoms	91	Down -29 places-29	£47,500	+62.39%	17 0.81%	7
Advertising	94	Down -48 places-48	£40,000	-29.20%	14 0.67%	5
Banking	95	Down -55 places-55	£37,500	+49.47%	13 0.62%	6
Retail	95	Down -70 places-70	£37,500	+14.15%	13 0.62%	16
Presentation Skills	97	Down -40 places-40	£34,500	-	11 0.52%	10
Military	99	Down -32 places-32	-	-	9 0.43%	5
Documentation Skills	101	Down -34 places-34	£45,000	+42.85%	7 0.33%	1
Local Government	102	Down -36 places-36	-	-	6 0.29%	5
Billing	102	Down -34 places-34	£24,060	+2.36%	6 0.29%	7
Aerospace	103	Down -36 places-36	£50,000	-33.77%	5 0.24%	13
Tech for Good	103	New entry-	£52,500	-	5 0.24%	2
Financial Institution	104	Down -36 places-36	£66,250	-	4 0.19%	2
iGaming	104	New entry-	£35,000	-	4 0.19%	3