General Skills Statistics in the North West

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	0	£42,500	-15.00%	2,622 29.28%	563
Inclusion and Diversity	5	+47	£35,000	-25.53%	1,684 18.81%	65
Banking	7	+33	£82,500	+17.85%	1,570 17.53%	41
Finance	18	-15	£60,000	+9.09%	990 11.06%	371
Analytical Skills	31	-21	£42,500	-15.79%	425 4.75%	220
Marketing	46	+26	£40,000	-17.94%	298 3.33%	189
Manufacturing	48	-37	£50,000	-3.21%	287 3.20%	143
Retail	53	+9	£50,000	-4.76%	267 2.98%	111
Law	56	+3	£52,500	-12.50%	253 2.83%	63
Public Sector	58	+5	£56,000	-10.79%	244 2.72%	90
Telecoms	66	+66	£40,000	-15.95%	199 2.22%	46
Organisational Skills	84	-40	£36,500	-14.11%	147 1.64%	72
Legal	92	-50	£67,500	+48.35%	135 1.51%	77
Military	111	+37	£42,500	-10.52%	104 1.16%	11
Pharmaceutical	121	+29	£60,000	+58.94%	92 1.03%	39
Multimedia	124	-	£30,500	-	88 0.98%	29
Local Government	140	-17	£51,250	+22.02%	69 0.77%	22
Influencing Skills	144	-11	£82,500	+54.20%	65 0.73%	30
Presentation Skills	152	-78	£50,000	-	57 0.64%	42
Electronics	153	-6	£50,000	-15.82%	56 0.63%	34
Automotive	155	-48	£48,000	-4.52%	54 0.60%	20
Aerospace	156	-47	£50,000	-0.10%	53 0.59%	39
Billing	157	+12	£31,746	-42.28%	52 0.58%	23
Back Office	159	+14	£40,000	-38.46%	50 0.56%	3
Advertising	168	0	£37,500	-31.81%	41 0.46%	27
Games	172	-45	£50,000	-4.76%	37 0.41%	31
German Language	182	-	£26,000	-	27 0.30%	6
Documentation Skills	183	-13	£45,000	-14.28%	26 0.29%	19
French Language	190	-	£28,000	-	19 0.21%	8
Police	192	-61	£55,000	+13.40%	17 0.19%	4
Tech for Good	193	-26	£70,000	+16.66%	16 0.18%	5
Aeronautics	196	-25	£65,000	+29.85%	13 0.15%
Fire and Rescue	197	-	£37,500	-	12 0.13%	2
iGaming	197	-	£100,000	-	12 0.13%	4
Digital Health	197	-16	£92,500	+85.00%	12 0.13%	2