General Skills Statistics in the North of England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£44,000	-8.02%	4,591 25.16%	985
Inclusion and Diversity	8	Up 7 places+7	£46,350	+0.76%	1,963 10.76%	144
Finance	12	Down -10 places-10	£57,946	+5.35%	1,807 9.90%	677
Banking	14	Up 30 places+30	£75,000	+7.90%	1,749 9.59%	79
Analytical Skills	37	Down -31 places-31	£46,500	-7.00%	853 4.68%	374
Public Sector	43	Up 53 places+53	£55,000	-	692 3.79%	214
Marketing	46	Down -18 places-18	£40,000	-15.78%	663 3.63%	301
Manufacturing	53	Down -39 places-39	£42,500	-10.52%	627 3.44%	199
Retail	61	Up 17 places+17	£50,000	+8.69%	517 2.83%	212
Law	73	Down -31 places-31	£50,000	-	420 2.30%	101
Telecoms	96	Up 60 places+60	£40,000	+21.21%	318 1.74%	83
Organisational Skills	105	Down -35 places-35	£37,000	-1.33%	289 1.58%	137
Legal	119	Down -64 places-64	£65,000	+44.44%	255 1.40%	139
Multimedia	160	Up 93 places+93	£30,500	-	176 0.96%	62
Pharmaceutical	171	Up 17 places+17	£60,000	+100.00%	158 0.87%	27
Games	173	Down -20 places-20	£40,000	-23.80%	156 0.86%	49
Influencing Skills	180	Up 14 places+14	£64,000	+16.80%	143 0.78%	53
Advertising	186	Up 7 places+7	£37,500	-21.87%	136 0.75%	44
Military	190	Up 38 places+38	£42,500	-15.09%	132 0.72%	29
Aerospace	201	Down -43 places-43	£49,700	-0.70%	119 0.65%	59
Automotive	204	Down -37 places-37	£48,000	-4.10%	116 0.64%	38
Electronics	210	Down -142 places-142	£55,000	-	110 0.60%	82
Local Government	215	Down -7 places-7	£55,000	+23.59%	104 0.57%	29
Back Office	235	Down -14 places-14	£50,000	-23.07%	83 0.45%	10
Billing	238	No change0	£31,746	-34.88%	80 0.44%	39
Presentation Skills	251	Down -211 places-211	£50,000	-	67 0.37%	88
Documentation Skills	251	Down -19 places-19	£45,000	+7.14%	67 0.37%	24
Digital Healthcare	255	Down -3 places-3	£60,000	+71.42%	63 0.35%	7
French Language	274	New entry-	£60,000	-	44 0.24%	11
Police	280	Down -48 places-48	£55,000	+23.04%	38 0.21%	3
Tech for Good	284	Down -44 places-44	£70,000	+16.66%	34 0.19%	9
German Language	287	New entry-	£29,000	-	31 0.17%	9
Aviation	288	Down -41 places-41	£50,000	-11.25%	30 0.16%	18
Portuguese Language	290	New entry-	£60,000	-	28 0.15%	10
Health Technology	291	Down -57 places-57	£40,000	-46.66%	27 0.15%	14
Digital Health	291	Down -35 places-35	£60,000	+20.00%	27 0.15%	8
Spanish Language	294	New entry-	£60,000	-	24 0.13%	12
Fire and Rescue	298	New entry-	£55,000	-	20 0.11%	11
Social Housing	299	Down -58 places-58	£43,000	+22.85%	19 0.10%	16
Financial Institution	300	Down -76 places-76	£80,000	+10.34%	18 0.099%	10
Aeronautics	304	Down -63 places-63	£65,000	+29.85%	14 0.077%
Esports	305	Down -70 places-70	£42,500	+1.19%	13 0.071%
iGaming	305	Down -49 places-49	£100,000	-	13 0.071%	3