General Skills Statistics in the North of England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£45,000	-7.22%	4,614 25.51%	1,044
Inclusion and Diversity	8	Up 7 places+7	£42,500	-7.60%	1,964 10.86%	329
Finance	12	Down -10 places-10	£57,500	+1.76%	1,810 10.01%	597
Banking	14	Up 31 places+31	£75,000	+8.66%	1,752 9.69%	248
Analytical Skills	37	Down -31 places-31	£46,500	-7.00%	871 4.82%	336
Public Sector	45	Up 47 places+47	£55,000	+1.42%	688 3.80%	220
Marketing	48	Down -20 places-20	£40,000	-15.78%	659 3.64%	259
Manufacturing	54	Down -40 places-40	£42,500	-9.09%	625 3.46%	195
Retail	61	Up 19 places+19	£50,000	+9.28%	516 2.85%	205
Law	74	Down -32 places-32	£50,000	-	417 2.31%	95
Telecoms	96	Up 70 places+70	£41,000	+24.24%	317 1.75%	77
Organisational Skills	106	Down -33 places-33	£37,000	-1.33%	286 1.58%	121
Legal	119	Down -63 places-63	£65,000	+44.44%	257 1.42%	111
Multimedia	157	Up 106 places+106	£30,500	-	186 1.03%	71
Pharmaceutical	177	Up 22 places+22	£60,000	+90.47%	156 0.86%	22
Games	177	Down -14 places-14	£40,000	-23.80%	156 0.86%	37
Influencing Skills	193	Up 10 places+10	£64,000	+16.80%	135 0.75%	46
Advertising	194	Up 10 places+10	£37,500	-21.87%	134 0.74%	33
Military	196	Up 40 places+40	£42,500	-10.52%	132 0.73%	21
Electronics	213	Down -143 places-143	£55,000	-	112 0.62%	85
Aerospace	213	Down -45 places-45	£49,200	-1.70%	112 0.62%	48
Automotive	213	Down -37 places-37	£48,000	-4.10%	112 0.62%	43
Local Government	222	Down -8 places-8	£51,250	+16.47%	102 0.56%	30
Billing	239	Up 9 places+9	£31,746	-34.88%	84 0.46%	28
Back Office	241	Down -10 places-10	£50,000	-23.07%	82 0.45%	13
Presentation Skills	244	Down -204 places-204	£50,000	-0.55%	79 0.44%	80
Digital Healthcare	262	No change0	£60,000	+71.42%	60 0.33%	6
Documentation Skills	263	Down -20 places-20	£45,000	+7.14%	59 0.33%	23
French Language	278	New entry-	£60,000	-	44 0.24%	11
Police	285	Down -46 places-46	£55,000	+23.04%	37 0.20%	6
Tech for Good	288	Down -38 places-38	£70,000	+16.66%	34 0.19%	5
German Language	291	New entry-	£29,000	-	31 0.17%	11
Aviation	294	Down -38 places-38	£50,000	-23.07%	28 0.15%	16
Health Technology	295	Down -52 places-52	£40,000	-46.66%	27 0.15%	6
Portuguese Language	295	New entry-	£60,000	-	27 0.15%	10
Digital Health	296	Down -30 places-30	£60,000	+20.00%	26 0.14%	5
Spanish Language	300	New entry-	£60,000	-	22 0.12%	12
Financial Institution	301	Down -67 places-67	£77,500	+6.89%	21 0.12%	9
Social Housing	304	Down -56 places-56	£46,500	+32.85%	18 0.100%	16
Fire and Rescue	304	New entry-	£46,250	-	18 0.100%	9
Aeronautics	309	Down -58 places-58	£65,000	+29.85%	13 0.072%
Esports	309	Down -64 places-64	£42,500	+1.19%	13 0.072%