General Skills Statistics in Northamptonshire

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	3	Down 2 places-2	£42,500	+30.76%	195 14.17%	93
Manufacturing	8	Up 13 places+13	£45,000	+12.50%	154 11.19%	74
Finance	16	Down 3 places-3	£48,500	-16.37%	92 6.69%	41
Analytical Skills	21	Down 6 places-6	£42,000	-11.57%	66 4.80%	39
Organisational Skills	24	New entry-	£29,000	-	61 4.43%	13
Electronics	31	Up 2 places+2	£45,000	+23.28%	51 3.71%	25
Automotive	32	Down 11 places-11	£45,000	+12.50%	50 3.63%	19
Retail	34	Down 10 places-10	£41,500	-12.63%	48 3.49%	20
Marketing	43	Down 24 places-24	£41,500	-2.35%	36 2.62%	14
Aerospace	51	Down 23 places-23	£45,000	+12.50%	27 1.96%	5
Inclusion and Diversity	53	Down 20 places-20	£45,000	-6.73%	25 1.82%	8
Legal	54	Down 14 places-14	£48,500	-15.65%	24 1.74%	8
Presentation Skills	59	Down 21 places-21	£52,500	+16.66%	19 1.38%	1
Games	61	New entry-	£26,437	-	17 1.24%
Italian Language	64	New entry-	£29,500	-	14 1.02%
Telecoms	64	Down 31 places-31	£50,000	+66.66%	14 1.02%	16
Military	64	Down 22 places-22	£41,000	-	14 1.02%	2
German Language	65	Down 23 places-23	£29,000	-3.33%	13 0.94%
Law	65	Down 25 places-25	£52,500	+23.52%	13 0.94%	3
Hindi Language	67	New entry-	£40,000	-	11 0.80%
Pharmaceutical	68	Down 27 places-27	£60,000	-	10 0.73%	6
Influencing Skills	68	New entry-	£48,500	-	10 0.73%	2
Documentation Skills	69	Down 29 places-29	£80,000	+100.00%	9 0.65%	3
Music Industry	70	New entry-	-	-	8 0.58%
Brand Awareness	72	New entry-	£55,000	-	6 0.44%
Public Sector	72	Down 40 places-40	£42,500	-34.61%	6 0.44%	10
Mandarin Language	73	New entry-	£45,000	-	5 0.36%
Cantonese Language	73	New entry-	£45,000	-	5 0.36%
Advertising	73	Down 36 places-36	£45,250	+6.47%	5 0.36%
Agriculture	73	New entry-	£50,000	-	5 0.36%	1
Banking	74	Down 32 places-32	-	-	4 0.29%	3
Back Office	74	Down 35 places-35	£52,000	-	4 0.29%
Aviation	75	New entry-	-	-	3 0.22%
Local Government	76	New entry-	£31,000	-	2 0.15%	1
Retail Banking	76	New entry-	-	-	2 0.15%
Corporate Banking	76	New entry-	-	-	2 0.15%
Social Housing	76	New entry-	£60,000	-	2 0.15%
Publishing	76	Down 36 places-36	-	-	2 0.15%