General Skills Statistics in the North of England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£44,000	+16.55%	3,091 13.33%	1,713
Finance	6	Down -3 places-3	£60,000	+9.50%	2,289 9.87%	1,222
Analytical Skills	24	Down -18 places-18	£47,500	+6.74%	1,080 4.66%	649
Public Sector	28	Up 106 places+106	£62,500	+15.74%	990 4.27%	315
Manufacturing	34	Down -17 places-17	£45,500	+9.63%	818 3.53%	555
Marketing	41	Down -16 places-16	£47,500	+11.76%	735 3.17%	359
Retail	44	Down -6 places-6	£47,500	+13.09%	707 3.05%	415
Law	53	Down -3 places-3	£47,500	+5.55%	610 2.63%	253
Legal	67	Down -8 places-8	£55,000	+15.78%	501 2.16%	263
Inclusion and Diversity	71	Down -64 places-64	£52,445	+17.85%	473 2.04%	390
Organisational Skills	91	Up 14 places+14	£36,475	+7.27%	400 1.73%	302
Telecoms	103	Up 64 places+64	£42,000	+5.00%	366 1.58%	119
Aerospace	134	Up 89 places+89	£50,000	-3.66%	268 1.16%	128
Games	153	Up 22 places+22	£45,000	+59.64%	235 1.01%	86
Banking	160	Down -82 places-82	£75,000	+87.50%	221 0.95%	152
Electronics	161	Down -100 places-100	£55,000	+19.56%	219 0.94%	160
Influencing Skills	169	Up 52 places+52	£63,076	+9.69%	210 0.91%	142
Pharmaceutical	198	Down -4 places-4	£45,000	+45.16%	173 0.75%	91
Automotive	208	Up 35 places+35	£50,000	-0.10%	159 0.69%	117
Military	216	Up 20 places+20	£40,000	-11.11%	149 0.64%	46
Advertising	225	Down -22 places-22	£40,000	-	140 0.60%	71
Presentation Skills	238	Down -39 places-39	£44,000	-2.22%	126 0.54%	112
Local Government	251	Down -16 places-16	£45,010	-7.82%	112 0.48%	73
Billing	263	Down -1 place-1	£38,000	+16.92%	99 0.43%	42
Documentation Skills	285	Down -58 places-58	£55,000	+29.41%	76 0.33%	47
Digital Healthcare	300	Down -12 places-12	£60,000	+71.42%	61 0.26%	10
Back Office	306	Down -43 places-43	£40,000	-38.46%	55 0.24%	25
Aviation	310	Down -18 places-18	£50,000	+4.85%	51 0.22%	14
Brand Awareness	314	Down -24 places-24	£47,500	-34.48%	47 0.20%	10
German Language	320	Down -47 places-47	£45,000	+32.35%	41 0.18%	11
Financial Institution	321	Down -71 places-71	£70,000	-3.44%	40 0.17%	28
Portuguese Language	321	New entry-	£60,000	-	40 0.17%	1
French Language	322	Down -34 places-34	£42,000	-	39 0.17%	12
Fire and Rescue	323	New entry-	£55,000	-	38 0.16%	7
Social Housing	325	Down -31 places-31	£38,000	-56.57%	36 0.16%	26
Spanish Language	325	Down -33 places-33	£60,000	-	36 0.16%	8
Police	326	Down -46 places-46	£60,000	+67.34%	35 0.15%	18
Publishing	326	Down -36 places-36	£60,000	-	35 0.15%	17
Multimedia	333	Down -56 places-56	£31,250	+2.45%	28 0.12%	89
General Ledger	335	Down -47 places-47	£60,000	-25.00%	26 0.11%	14
Health Technology	338	Down -59 places-59	£40,000	-40.74%	23 0.099%	8
Mandarin Language	338	Down -58 places-58	£45,000	-18.18%	23 0.099%	1
Legal Technology	340	Down -69 places-69	£55,000	-18.51%	21 0.091%	24
iGaming	342	New entry-	£77,500	-	19 0.082%	24
Digital Health	343	Down -51 places-51	£50,000	-31.03%	18 0.078%	12
Swedish Language	343	New entry-	£50,000	-	18 0.078%	1