General Skills Statistics in the North West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 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	£41,500	-17.00%	2,173 20.85%	580
Finance	6	Down -3 places-3	£60,000	+4.34%	1,156 11.09%	419
Inclusion and Diversity	7	Down -5 places-5	£41,250	-12.23%	1,144 10.98%	85
Banking	11	Up 42 places+42	£80,000	+14.28%	1,016 9.75%	45
Analytical Skills	35	Down -30 places-30	£45,000	-10.00%	502 4.82%	231
Marketing	42	Up 73 places+73	£40,000	-11.11%	383 3.68%	190
Retail	45	Up 17 places+17	£50,000	-	345 3.31%	141
Manufacturing	49	Down -5 places-5	£47,994	+1.04%	328 3.15%	120
Law	50	Up 5 places+5	£52,500	-14.28%	325 3.12%	60
Public Sector	51	Up 128 places+128	£60,000	-7.69%	316 3.03%	102
Telecoms	76	Up 106 places+106	£40,000	-9.60%	204 1.96%	50
Legal	92	Down -40 places-40	£62,500	+35.86%	169 1.62%	105
Organisational Skills	95	Up 4 places+4	£37,000	-12.82%	159 1.53%	88
Pharmaceutical	127	Up 61 places+61	£57,500	+144.68%	117 1.12%	21
Military	128	Up 86 places+86	£42,500	+60.37%	116 1.11%	16
Aerospace	132	Up 21 places+21	£49,700	-0.70%	111 1.07%	33
Influencing Skills	154	Up 41 places+41	£73,250	+33.68%	86 0.83%	39
Local Government	157	Up 65 places+65	£62,500	+13.54%	83 0.80%	18
Multimedia	174	New entry-	£30,500	-	64 0.61%	35
Billing	175	Up 49 places+49	£32,500	-40.90%	63 0.60%	30
Automotive	178	Down -18 places-18	£50,000	-0.10%	59 0.57%	18
Back Office	179	Up 42 places+42	£40,000	-40.74%	58 0.56%	7
Games	182	Down -1 place-1	£35,000	-33.33%	55 0.53%	29
Presentation Skills	192	Down -60 places-60	£50,000	-	45 0.43%	34
Electronics	193	Up 3 places+3	£50,000	-9.09%	44 0.42%	45
Advertising	195	Up 18 places+18	£40,000	+60.00%	42 0.40%	21
Documentation Skills	200	Up 25 places+25	£45,000	-23.40%	37 0.36%	19
Police	208	Up 27 places+27	£55,000	-65.62%	29 0.28%	2
German Language	211	Up 21 places+21	£32,000	-20.00%	26 0.25%	10
French Language	213	Up 21 places+21	£28,000	-	24 0.23%	9
Fire and Rescue	213	New entry-	£55,000	-	24 0.23%	6
Aviation	219	Up 11 places+11	£50,000	+8.47%	18 0.17%	5
Digital Health	220	Up 15 places+15	£50,000	-	17 0.16%	1
Health Technology	221	Up 7 places+7	£40,000	+6.66%	16 0.15%	6
Portuguese Language	224	New entry-	£29,000	-	13 0.12%	3
Retail Banking	226	Up 9 places+9	£85,000	-	11 0.11%	2
Publishing	226	Up 8 places+8	£62,500	+47.05%	11 0.11%	6
iGaming	227	New entry-	£100,000	-	10 0.096%	1
Aeronautics	227	Down -7 places-7	£65,000	+29.85%	10 0.096%
Social Housing	227	Up 6 places+6	£43,000	+22.85%	10 0.096%	5