General Skills Statistics in Reading

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	0	£47,500	-20.83%	156 18.80%	84
Finance	2	+17	£60,000	-	117 14.10%	56
Telecoms	9	+17	£35,000	-11.39%	69 8.31%	18
Analytical Skills	20	+11	£54,500	+3.87%	51 6.14%	50
Marketing	25	+6	£40,000	-61.90%	40 4.82%	36
Public Sector	33	-15	£35,000	-41.66%	30 3.61%	20
Legal	40	+10	£75,000	-	23 2.77%	10
Manufacturing	46	-37	£85,000	+62.10%	17 2.05%	6
Organisational Skills	46	+12	£40,000	-27.27%	17 2.05%	10
Influencing Skills	50	+15	£50,000	-	13 1.57%	9
Billing	50	+17	£50,000	-	13 1.57%	8
Retail	50	+6	£63,750	-12.06%	13 1.57%	15
Electronics	54	+8	£60,000	+51.89%	9 1.08%	8
Documentation Skills	54	+14	£47,500	-	9 1.08%	3
Presentation Skills	54	+2	£37,500	-47.36%	9 1.08%	10
Aerospace	55	+13	£55,000	-15.38%	8 0.96%	3
Banking	56	-	£47,500	-	7 0.84%	3
Pharmaceutical	57	+9	£55,000	-20.00%	6 0.72%	2
Law	58	-2	£67,500	+28.57%	5 0.60%	6
Inclusion and Diversity	58	-10	£33,200	-48.92%	5 0.60%	8
Tech for Good	59	+9	£50,000	+5.26%	4 0.48%
Health Technology	59	+9	£65,000	+36.84%	4 0.48%	1
Social Housing	59	-	-	-	4 0.48%	1
French Language	59	+8	£37,500	+20.96%	4 0.48%
German Language	59	+8	£37,000	+19.35%	4 0.48%	1
Automotive	59	+5	£52,500	-0.94%	4 0.48%	1
Games	59	+3	-	-	4 0.48%	1
General Ledger	59	+6	£62,500	+4.16%	4 0.48%
Multimedia	60	+8	£31,000	-	3 0.36%	7
Fire and Rescue	61	-	£65,000	-	2 0.24%	2
Italian Language	62	+5	-	-	1 0.12%
Japanese Language	62	-	-	-	1 0.12%
Military	62	-	-	-	1 0.12%	2
Mandarin Language	62	-	£40,000	-	1 0.12%	2
Advertising	62	+4	£40,000	-21.90%	1 0.12%	6