General Skills Statistics in Northamptonshire

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	6	Down 4 places-4	£42,250	+20.71%	191 13.86%	59
Manufacturing	8	Up 20 places+20	£45,000	+12.50%	146 10.60%	27
Finance	15	Up 1 place+1	£48,000	-17.24%	97 7.04%	19
Analytical Skills	24	Up 12 places+12	£42,000	-11.57%	64 4.64%	22
Organisational Skills	25	New entry-	£29,000	-	61 4.43%	10
Automotive	33	Up 6 places+6	£45,000	+12.50%	50 3.63%	9
Retail	34	Up 10 places+10	£33,750	-35.71%	49 3.56%	13
Electronics	36	Down 32 places-32	£45,000	+23.28%	46 3.34%	15
Marketing	43	No change0	£38,250	-10.00%	37 2.69%	9
Legal	51	Up 7 places+7	£48,000	-16.52%	28 2.03%	3
Aerospace	52	Down 6 places-6	£45,000	+12.50%	27 1.96%	6
Inclusion and Diversity	54	Down 32 places-32	£45,000	-6.73%	25 1.81%	6
Law	60	Down 3 places-3	£48,000	+12.94%	19 1.38%
Games	61	New entry-	£26,437	-	18 1.31%	1
Presentation Skills	61	Down 5 places-5	£52,500	+16.66%	18 1.31%	2
German Language	64	Down 4 places-4	£29,000	-3.33%	15 1.09%
Military	65	New entry-	£41,000	-	14 1.02%	2
Italian Language	65	New entry-	£29,500	-	14 1.02%
Telecoms	66	Down 15 places-15	£50,000	+66.66%	13 0.94%	4
Hindi Language	68	New entry-	£40,000	-	11 0.80%
Pharmaceutical	68	Down 9 places-9	£61,250	-	11 0.80%	6
Influencing Skills	68	New entry-	£45,500	-	11 0.80%	3
Music Industry	71	New entry-	-	-	8 0.58%
Documentation Skills	71	Down 13 places-13	£56,250	+40.62%	8 0.58%	1
Brand Awareness	73	New entry-	£55,000	-	6 0.44%
Public Sector	73	Down 23 places-23	£42,500	-29.16%	6 0.44%	5
Banking	74	Down 38 places-38	-	-	5 0.36%
Mandarin Language	74	New entry-	£45,000	-	5 0.36%
Cantonese Language	74	New entry-	£45,000	-	5 0.36%
Advertising	75	Down 19 places-19	£40,500	-4.70%	4 0.29%
Agriculture	75	New entry-	£45,500	-	4 0.29%
Back Office	76	Down 18 places-18	£52,000	-	3 0.22%	3
Aviation	76	New entry-	-	-	3 0.22%
Legal Technology	76	New entry-	£48,000	-	3 0.22%
Publishing	77	Down 18 places-18	-	-	2 0.15%
Local Government	77	New entry-	£31,000	-	2 0.15%	1
Retail Banking	77	New entry-	-	-	2 0.15%
Corporate Banking	77	New entry-	-	-	2 0.15%
Social Housing	77	New entry-	£60,000	-	2 0.15%