General Skills Statistics in Reading

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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	1	No change0	£45,000	-10.00%	242 14.41%	194
Finance	8	Down 6 places-6	£65,000	+4.00%	134 7.98%	90
Marketing	16	Down 6 places-6	£50,000	+25.00%	104 6.19%	83
Public Sector	26	Down 10 places-10	£51,250	-6.81%	79 4.71%	27
Aerospace	29	Up 22 places+22	£85,000	+36.00%	75 4.47%	63
Retail	38	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	-39.39%	58 3.45%	39
Electronics	39	Up 9 places+9	£55,000	+74.60%	57 3.39%	41
Manufacturing	41	Down 4 places-4	£50,000	-39.39%	55 3.28%	53
Analytical Skills	43	Down 39 places-39	£55,000	+4.76%	52 3.10%	77
Automotive	59	Down 11 places-11	£100,000	+100.00%	32 1.91%	19
Organisational Skills	65	Down 29 places-29	£48,000	+71.42%	26 1.55%	27
Pharmaceutical	67	Down 20 places-20	£90,000	+60.00%	24 1.43%	4
Legal	68	Down 32 places-32	£42,500	-38.18%	23 1.37%	33
Telecoms	71	Down 28 places-28	£85,000	+203.57%	20 1.19%	29
Presentation Skills	72	Down 36 places-36	£48,000	-52.59%	19 1.13%	31
Inclusion and Diversity	78	Down 29 places-29	£45,000	-	13 0.77%	25
Local Government	78	Down 25 places-25	£42,500	-43.33%	13 0.77%	1
Games	78	Down 37 places-37	£90,000	+28.86%	13 0.77%	9
Law	79	Down 33 places-33	£48,250	-23.41%	12 0.71%	43
Military	79	New entry-	£36,400	-	12 0.71%	2
Digital Healthcare	80	New entry-	£90,000	-	11 0.66%
Advertising	81	Down 28 places-28	£32,500	-35.00%	10 0.60%	2
Influencing Skills	82	Down 49 places-49	£65,000	+52.94%	9 0.54%	14
Brand Awareness	82	Down 29 places-29	£50,000	-33.33%	9 0.54%	3
Aviation	84	New entry-	-	-	7 0.42%	1
Banking	84	Down 36 places-36	£35,000	-78.12%	7 0.42%	3
Fire and Rescue	85	New entry-	£48,750	-	6 0.36%	1
Documentation Skills	87	New entry-	£60,000	-	4 0.24%	7
Health Technology	88	Down 36 places-36	£65,000	+18.18%	3 0.18%
Mandarin Language	88	New entry-	£35,000	-	3 0.18%	2
Tech for Good	89	New entry-	£65,000	-	2 0.12%
Police	89	New entry-	-	-	2 0.12%	3
Agriculture	90	New entry-	£42,500	-	1 0.060%
TTP	90	Down 37 places-37	£52,500	-16.00%	1 0.060%	1
French Language	90	Down 40 places-40	£57,500	+53.33%	1 0.060%	6
German Language	90	Down 42 places-42	£57,500	+55.40%	1 0.060%	11
Spanish Language	90	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.060%	2
Swedish Language	90	New entry-	-	-	1 0.060%	2