General Skills Statistics in Northampton

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	4	Down -3 places-3	£42,500	+29.77%	119 17.42%	67
Finance	6	Up 3 places+3	£70,000	+18.64%	67 9.81%	39
Manufacturing	14	Up 1 place+1	£45,000	+12.50%	40 5.86%	24
Automotive	16	Down -5 places-5	£45,000	+12.50%	37 5.42%	3
Analytical Skills	21	Up 1 place+1	£42,000	-20.00%	32 4.69%	27
Retail	22	Up 3 places+3	£30,000	-46.66%	29 4.25%	8
Aerospace	30	Down -12 places-12	£45,000	+12.50%	21 3.07%	2
Law	32	Down -2 places-2	£48,000	+74.54%	19 2.78%	5
Marketing	34	Down -11 places-11	£41,500	-20.95%	17 2.49%	17
Legal	36	Down -5 places-5	£48,250	-	15 2.20%	8
Organisational Skills	40	Down -8 places-8	£29,000	+1.75%	11 1.61%	18
Presentation Skills	40	Down -14 places-14	£52,500	+10.10%	11 1.61%	7
Inclusion and Diversity	40	Down -17 places-17	£45,000	+38.46%	11 1.61%	11
Banking	42	Down -14 places-14	£72,000	-10.00%	9 1.32%	6
Italian Language	42	New entry-	£30,000	-	9 1.32%	2
Pharmaceutical	44	New entry-	£62,500	-	7 1.02%	3
German Language	44	New entry-	£29,000	-	7 1.02%
Telecoms	45	Down -19 places-19	£50,000	+42.85%	6 0.88%	5
Influencing Skills	45	New entry-	£42,500	-	6 0.88%	7
Electronics	46	Down -27 places-27	£50,000	+36.98%	5 0.73%	3
Games	46	New entry-	-	-	5 0.73%	2
Brand Awareness	46	New entry-	£55,000	-	5 0.73%
Military	47	New entry-	-	-	4 0.59%
Public Sector	47	Down -21 places-21	£55,000	-15.38%	4 0.59%	1
Music Industry	47	New entry-	-	-	4 0.59%	4
Legal Technology	48	New entry-	£48,000	-	3 0.44%
Social Housing	49	New entry-	£60,000	-	2 0.29%
Documentation Skills	49	Down -18 places-18	-	-	2 0.29%	1
Retail Banking	49	New entry-	-	-	2 0.29%
Corporate Banking	49	New entry-	-	-	2 0.29%
Advertising	50	Down -19 places-19	-	-	1 0.15%	2
French Language	50	New entry-	£29,000	-	1 0.15%