General Skills Statistics in Scotland

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 2 places+2	£33,500	-	705 15.45%	192
Finance	3	Down 2 places-2	£60,000	+82.36%	598 13.11%	141
Manufacturing	23	Up 87 places+87	£46,750	+1.08%	240 5.26%	58
Public Sector	31	Up 53 places+53	£50,000	+66.66%	183 4.01%	51
Games	33	Up 65 places+65	£33,000	+28.48%	179 3.92%	2
Analytical Skills	34	Down 22 places-22	£52,500	+56.71%	178 3.90%	53
Retail	35	Down 22 places-22	£36,000	+9.58%	177 3.88%	32
Electronics	36	Up 61 places+61	£60,000	-	167 3.66%	115
Inclusion and Diversity	38	Down 19 places-19	£37,682	+45.85%	164 3.59%	69
Aerospace	43	Up 105 places+105	£60,000	-14.28%	149 3.27%	76
Telecoms	49	Up 25 places+25	£35,000	+11.11%	133 2.91%	35
Marketing	56	Down 21 places-21	£34,000	-18.07%	119 2.61%	26
Legal	69	Up 7 places+7	£31,500	-37.00%	94 2.06%	18
Banking	72	Down 38 places-38	£31,500	-18.14%	90 1.97%	13
Organisational Skills	73	Up 27 places+27	£33,000	-40.54%	89 1.95%	19
Law	96	Down 72 places-72	£72,500	+107.14%	60 1.31%	31
Military	100	Up 42 places+42	£42,500	-21.29%	56 1.23%	32
Presentation Skills	103	Up 22 places+22	£31,500	-45.21%	52 1.14%	8
Influencing Skills	110	Up 22 places+22	£77,500	-7.05%	45 0.99%	9
Financial Institution	112	Up 10 places+10	£49,999	-41.17%	43 0.94%	7
Pharmaceutical	118	Up 30 places+30	£52,000	+6.66%	37 0.81%	7
Wearables	128	Up 22 places+22	£70,000	-	27 0.59%	5
Local Government	129	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	+93.53%	26 0.57%	4
Avionics	135	Up 12 places+12	£85,000	+53.15%	20 0.44%	14
Documentation Skills	135	Up 8 places+8	£33,500	-	20 0.44%	2
Aviation	136	Up 14 places+14	£40,000	-	19 0.42%	6
Automotive	137	Up 8 places+8	£39,000	-2.50%	18 0.39%	6
Billing	137	Down 5 places-5	£55,000	+61.76%	18 0.39%	1
Agriculture	142	Up 4 places+4	£41,250	+3.12%	13 0.28%	3
Brand Awareness	142	Up 4 places+4	£50,000	+17.64%	13 0.28%	2
Police	142	Up 5 places+5	£39,590	+53.24%	13 0.28%
Advertising	143	Down 22 places-22	£34,000	-	12 0.26%	1
Social Housing	149	New entry-	£24,495	-	6 0.13%
Tech for Good	150	Down 9 places-9	£60,000	-14.28%	5 0.11%	2
Private Banking	150	Down 15 places-15	-	-	5 0.11%	1
Health Technology	150	Down 2 places-2	-	-	5 0.11%
Front Office	150	Down 11 places-11	£95,000	-	5 0.11%