General Skills Statistics in Northamptonshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 10 places+10	£70,000	+86.66%	142 18.51%	46
Finance	9	Up 5 places+5	£53,750	-17.30%	67 8.74%	35
Analytical Skills	24	Up 29 places+29	£59,366	+13.07%	35 4.56%	20
Retail	33	Up 23 places+23	£60,000	+37.14%	24 3.13%	8
Law	35	Up 22 places+22	£45,000	-7.69%	21 2.74%	7
Manufacturing	35	Down -11 places-11	£50,000	+25.00%	21 2.74%	12
Marketing	36	Up 17 places+17	£55,000	+4.76%	20 2.61%	8
Organisational Skills	43	Up 13 places+13	£38,500	+22.22%	13 1.69%	8
Documentation Skills	44	Up 19 places+19	£75,000	-	12 1.56%	2
Automotive	48	Up 7 places+7	£60,000	+106.89%	8 1.04%	3
Banking	48	Down -15 places-15	£60,000	-12.72%	8 1.04%	8
German Language	49	New entry-	£28,000	-	7 0.91%	1
Inclusion and Diversity	49	Down -36 places-36	£30,000	-7.69%	7 0.91%	6
Legal	50	Up 10 places+10	£61,250	-27.94%	6 0.78%	10
Advertising	50	New entry-	-	-	6 0.78%	1
Electronics	51	Down -44 places-44	£60,000	+50.00%	5 0.65%	1
Aerospace	51	Up 10 places+10	£45,000	+12.50%	5 0.65%	2
Military	51	New entry-	£75,000	-	5 0.65%
Front Office	52	Up 10 places+10	£75,000	-11.76%	4 0.52%
Aviation	53	Up 9 places+9	-	-	3 0.39%
Public Sector	54	Up 6 places+6	-	-	2 0.26%	4
Pharmaceutical	54	New entry-	-	-	2 0.26%	2
Telecoms	54	Down -5 places-5	£32,500	-7.14%	2 0.26%	6
Multimedia	54	New entry-	£30,000	-	2 0.26%	7
Environmental Health	55	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Police	55	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Influencing Skills	55	New entry-	£42,500	-	1 0.13%	6
Back Office	55	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Publishing	55	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Games	55	New entry-	£30,000	-	1 0.13%	1
Local Government	55	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%	3