General Skills Statistics in the North of England

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	2	Down 1 place-1	£45,000	+12.50%	3,057 12.71%	914
Finance	4	No change0	£60,000	+16.50%	2,540 10.56%	604
Manufacturing	20	Down 9 places-9	£47,450	+11.64%	1,238 5.15%	376
Analytical Skills	22	Down 15 places-15	£47,500	+5.55%	1,222 5.08%	315
Public Sector	31	Up 64 places+64	£65,000	+23.80%	1,112 4.62%	234
Retail	36	Down 3 places-3	£47,000	+17.50%	963 4.00%	185
Marketing	43	Down 29 places-29	£47,500	+10.46%	775 3.22%	126
Inclusion and Diversity	52	Down 23 places-23	£47,500	+35.71%	656 2.73%	141
Law	56	Up 29 places+29	£47,000	+4.44%	629 2.61%	113
Organisational Skills	60	Up 42 places+42	£36,849	+8.37%	609 2.53%	123
Legal	65	Up 28 places+28	£55,000	-	537 2.23%	80
Telecoms	106	Up 19 places+19	£42,000	-1.17%	383 1.59%	88
Electronics	107	Down 65 places-65	£50,000	+7.52%	376 1.56%	185
Aerospace	110	Up 128 places+128	£50,000	-13.13%	360 1.50%	96
Banking	149	Down 25 places-25	£70,000	+75.00%	267 1.11%	62
Games	154	Up 15 places+15	£50,000	+25.00%	248 1.03%	27
Influencing Skills	158	Up 39 places+39	£63,076	+5.73%	241 1.00%	76
Military	189	Up 14 places+14	£40,000	-11.11%	189 0.79%	56
Presentation Skills	191	Down 4 places-4	£46,250	-2.63%	185 0.77%	42
Automotive	197	Up 30 places+30	£50,000	+2.62%	178 0.74%	51
Pharmaceutical	201	Down 8 places-8	£50,500	+62.90%	172 0.71%	40
Advertising	209	Down 22 places-22	£40,000	-	163 0.68%	17
Local Government	211	Up 10 places+10	£45,000	+11.29%	160 0.67%	38
Billing	267	Down 34 places-34	£33,046	+10.15%	101 0.42%	8
Documentation Skills	284	Down 59 places-59	£51,250	+20.58%	83 0.35%	29
Back Office	317	Down 59 places-59	£40,000	-38.46%	50 0.21%	21
Social Housing	318	Down 35 places-35	£40,000	-40.50%	49 0.20%	11
Aviation	320	New entry-	£60,000	-	47 0.20%	15
General Ledger	322	Down 44 places-44	£62,500	-21.87%	45 0.19%	3
Brand Awareness	323	Down 40 places-40	£36,849	-7.87%	44 0.18%	6
Financial Institution	324	Down 89 places-89	£81,500	+12.41%	43 0.18%	7
Publishing	326	Down 46 places-46	£60,000	+11.62%	41 0.17%	4
Digital Healthcare	328	Down 42 places-42	£60,000	+4.34%	39 0.16%	3
German Language	331	Down 81 places-81	£45,000	+55.17%	36 0.15%	2
Fire and Rescue	333	Down 46 places-46	£50,000	-	34 0.14%	3
Legal Technology	333	Down 79 places-79	£45,000	-40.00%	34 0.14%	10
French Language	334	Down 55 places-55	£50,000	+25.00%	33 0.14%	2
Police	340	Down 70 places-70	£50,000	+39.45%	27 0.11%	4
Avionics	341	Down 75 places-75	£85,000	+165.62%	26 0.11%	10
Spanish Language	343	Down 84 places-84	£60,000	+50.00%	24 0.100%	3
iGaming	345	Down 59 places-59	£77,500	-22.50%	22 0.091%	6
Portuguese Language	347	Down 60 places-60	£60,000	+50.00%	20 0.083%
Digital Health	350	Down 66 places-66	£45,000	-37.93%	17 0.071%	5
Agriculture	351	Down 73 places-73	£32,125	-57.16%	16 0.067%	3
Retail Banking	353	Down 67 places-67	£86,250	+32.69%	14 0.058%