General Skills Statistics in the North West

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Jan 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%	2,371 36.70%	680
Inclusion and Diversity	5	+36	£35,000	-33.52%	1,705 26.39%	55
Banking	9	+74	£75,000	+9.99%	1,554 24.05%	39
Finance	17	-12	£55,000	-	716 11.08%	384
Analytical Skills	24	-14	£42,500	-19.04%	407 6.30%	221
Marketing	40	+48	£40,000	-29.82%	229 3.54%	249
Retail	53	-2	£50,000	-4.76%	187 2.89%	130
Public Sector	63	-27	£53,000	-11.66%	152 2.35%	77
Manufacturing	65	-49	£52,500	-	148 2.29%	108
Law	66	-10	£52,500	-12.50%	146 2.26%	60
Telecoms	70	+38	£42,500	+10.38%	137 2.12%	54
Organisational Skills	84	-27	£37,500	-11.76%	109 1.69%	77
Legal	91	-48	£72,500	+61.11%	101 1.56%	99
Multimedia	103	+79	£30,500	-23.75%	82 1.27%	31
Pharmaceutical	104	+64	£60,000	-	81 1.25%	27
Military	109	+56	£42,500	-10.52%	74 1.15%	21
Automotive	111	+15	£48,720	-11.41%	72 1.11%	27
Electronics	111	+28	£46,500	-2.10%	72 1.11%	34
Presentation Skills	125	-46	£50,000	+5.26%	57 0.88%	83
Local Government	127	-28	£47,500	+18.75%	55 0.85%	27
Aerospace	137	-6	£50,000	-0.10%	45 0.70%	46
Billing	137	+26	£29,750	-40.50%	45 0.70%	29
Influencing Skills	141	-9	£81,323	+62.64%	41 0.63%	15
Games	146	+9	£50,000	-2.43%	36 0.56%	47
Advertising	146	+53	£37,500	-31.81%	36 0.56%	17
Back Office	147	+47	£65,000	+23.22%	35 0.54%	10
Avionics	160	+28	£47,683	-4.73%	22 0.34%	2
Documentation Skills	162	+28	£45,000	-20.70%	20 0.31%	14
German Language	164	+40	£28,000	-	18 0.28%	25
Tech for Good	166	+19	£70,000	+16.66%	16 0.25%	2
Aeronautics	168	+36	£65,000	+29.85%	14 0.22%	2
Financial Institution	168	+25	£107,500	+115.00%	14 0.22%	11