General Skills Statistics in Salford

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Telecoms	2	Up 2 places+2	£42,000	-1.17%	57 14.65%	1
Finance	3	Up 5 places+5	£65,000	+18.18%	48 12.34%	8
Social Skills	4	Down 2 places-2	£43,500	+2.35%	42 10.80%	15
Law	8	Down 3 places-3	£43,500	+2.35%	34 8.74%	1
Military	10	Down 5 places-5	£43,500	+2.35%	29 7.46%
Analytical Skills	11	Down 8 places-8	£43,750	+10.06%	28 7.20%	12
Inclusion and Diversity	12	Down 2 places-2	£42,000	-44.75%	26 6.68%	4
Legal	21	Down 6 places-6	£62,500	-24.51%	16 4.11%	3
Marketing	28	New entry-	£55,000	-	9 2.31%
Avionics	28	New entry-	£85,000	-	9 2.31%
Aerospace	28	New entry-	£85,000	-	9 2.31%
Organisational Skills	29	New entry-	£32,500	-	8 2.06%	3
Local Government	32	Down 16 places-16	-	-	5 1.29%	5
Social Housing	32	New entry-	£38,000	-	5 1.29%	4
Influencing Skills	32	Down 17 places-17	£40,000	-51.69%	5 1.29%	2
Billing	33	Down 23 places-23	£28,000	-49.09%	4 1.03%
Presentation Skills	33	Down 17 places-17	£70,226	+100.64%	4 1.03%	1
Aviation	33	New entry-	£60,000	-	4 1.03%
Banking	34	Down 18 places-18	£55,000	-	3 0.77%
Games	34	New entry-	-	-	3 0.77%
General Ledger	35	Down 19 places-19	£62,500	+81.15%	2 0.51%
Pharmaceutical	35	Down 25 places-25	£52,951	-3.72%	2 0.51%
Back Office	35	Down 21 places-21	£38,750	-40.38%	2 0.51%
Electronics	35	New entry-	£42,500	-	2 0.51%	2
Public Sector	35	Down 19 places-19	£50,000	-33.18%	2 0.51%
Retail	36	Down 23 places-23	£80,000	+128.57%	1 0.26%	1
German Language	36	New entry-	-	-	1 0.26%
Advertising	36	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 0.26%