General Skills Statistics in Northampton

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	2	Down -1 place-1	£42,500	+21.42%	124 21.34%	54
Finance	6	Up 2 places+2	£48,000	-26.15%	69 11.88%	19
Retail	21	Up 6 places+6	£30,000	-38.46%	29 4.99%	5
Automotive	23	Down -9 places-9	£45,000	+12.50%	26 4.48%	6
Law	25	Up 8 places+8	£48,000	+53.60%	24 4.13%	3
Analytical Skills	25	No change0	£55,000	+4.76%	24 4.13%	19
Manufacturing	28	Down -5 places-5	£40,000	-	21 3.61%	11
Legal	38	Down -3 places-3	£48,000	-43.52%	11 1.89%	3
Marketing	38	Down -12 places-12	£30,000	-42.85%	11 1.89%	15
Aerospace	41	Down -16 places-16	£45,000	+12.50%	8 1.38%	5
Pharmaceutical	42	New entry-	£62,500	-	7 1.20%	1
Documentation Skills	42	Down -6 places-6	-	-	7 1.20%	1
Organisational Skills	43	Down -7 places-7	£29,000	+1.75%	6 1.03%	12
Presentation Skills	43	Down -14 places-14	£52,500	+10.10%	6 1.03%	2
German Language	43	New entry-	£29,000	-	6 1.03%	1
Advertising	44	New entry-	-	-	5 0.86%	2
Banking	44	Down -11 places-11	£72,000	-	5 0.86%	2
Italian Language	44	New entry-	£30,000	-	5 0.86%	2
Electronics	45	Down -22 places-22	£50,000	+36.98%	4 0.69%	4
Influencing Skills	45	New entry-	£42,500	-	4 0.69%	4
Inclusion and Diversity	45	Down -17 places-17	£59,900	+84.30%	4 0.69%	12
Telecoms	46	Down -16 places-16	£40,000	+14.28%	3 0.52%	3
Games	46	New entry-	-	-	3 0.52%
Legal Technology	46	New entry-	£48,000	-	3 0.52%
Social Housing	47	New entry-	£60,000	-	2 0.34%
Military	48	New entry-	-	-	1 0.17%	1
Environmental Health	48	New entry-	-	-	1 0.17%
Public Sector	48	Down -18 places-18	-	-	1 0.17%	5
Local Government	48	New entry-	-	-	1 0.17%	1
French Language	48	New entry-	£29,000	-	1 0.17%
Brand Awareness	48	New entry-	£55,000	-	1 0.17%