General Skills Statistics in the North of England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£43,397	+2.11%	3,099 15.03%	1,215
Finance	5	Down -2 places-2	£60,000	+4.34%	2,188 10.61%	808
Analytical Skills	25	Down -19 places-19	£48,350	+2.87%	962 4.66%	454
Public Sector	30	Up 110 places+110	£58,446	+11.32%	907 4.40%	243
Marketing	37	Down -15 places-15	£45,000	+12.50%	755 3.66%	298
Manufacturing	42	Down -31 places-31	£45,000	+5.88%	682 3.31%	218
Retail	53	Down -11 places-11	£50,000	+17.64%	589 2.86%	265
Law	58	Down -6 places-6	£51,500	+14.44%	525 2.55%	169
Inclusion and Diversity	80	Down -71 places-71	£53,750	+14.36%	389 1.89%	145
Legal	81	Down -13 places-13	£55,000	+19.56%	387 1.88%	164
Organisational Skills	92	Up 24 places+24	£37,500	+10.29%	354 1.72%	186
Telecoms	95	Up 91 places+91	£42,500	+13.33%	341 1.65%	113
Games	148	Up 30 places+30	£40,000	-3.03%	234 1.13%	68
Influencing Skills	179	Up 46 places+46	£63,076	+14.68%	186 0.90%	77
Aerospace	190	Up 22 places+22	£50,000	-0.10%	169 0.82%	62
Banking	192	Down -143 places-143	£75,000	+30.43%	166 0.80%	95
Pharmaceutical	207	Up 11 places+11	£45,000	+50.00%	149 0.72%	39
Military	216	Up 31 places+31	£40,000	-11.11%	137 0.66%	23
Advertising	218	Up 15 places+15	£40,000	-3.03%	135 0.65%	39
Electronics	228	Down -194 places-194	£53,250	+6.50%	125 0.61%	60
Automotive	235	Up 1 place+1	£52,500	+4.88%	117 0.57%	47
Local Government	255	Down -4 places-4	£50,750	-7.79%	95 0.46%	55
Billing	261	Up 19 places+19	£38,000	-1.93%	88 0.43%	34
Documentation Skills	263	Down -14 places-14	£48,000	+14.28%	86 0.42%	26
Back Office	265	Up 11 places+11	£50,000	-23.07%	84 0.41%	8
Presentation Skills	276	Down -196 places-196	£45,000	-10.09%	73 0.35%	96
Multimedia	280	Up 21 places+21	£30,500	-	69 0.33%	102
Digital Healthcare	287	Up 12 places+12	£60,000	+71.42%	62 0.30%	13
French Language	305	Down -3 places-3	£29,000	-	44 0.21%	12
Aviation	310	Down -10 places-10	£50,000	+4.85%	39 0.19%	11
Portuguese Language	312	New entry-	£60,000	-	37 0.18%	8
Health Technology	312	Down -25 places-25	£40,000	-40.74%	37 0.18%	10
Spanish Language	315	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	-	34 0.16%	9
Financial Institution	315	Down -56 places-56	£75,750	+4.48%	34 0.16%	23
Social Housing	315	Down -9 places-9	£42,500	-57.50%	34 0.16%	7
German Language	316	Down -22 places-22	£35,000	-12.50%	33 0.16%	15
Police	317	Down -21 places-21	£61,250	+61.18%	32 0.16%	9
Fire and Rescue	318	New entry-	£55,000	-	31 0.15%	8
Digital Health	328	Down -26 places-26	£50,000	-25.92%	21 0.10%	15
Mandarin Language	330	Down -39 places-39	£45,000	-18.18%	19 0.092%	8
General Ledger	330	Down -27 places-27	£58,000	+1.31%	19 0.092%	6
Swedish Language	332	New entry-	£50,000	-	17 0.082%	1
Publishing	332	Down -30 places-30	£50,000	+17.64%	17 0.082%	9
Legal Technology	334	Down -47 places-47	£57,500	-11.53%	15 0.073%	11
iGaming	335	New entry-	£100,000	-	14 0.068%	7