General Skills Statistics in Scotland

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	+1	£40,000	-21.39%	707 23.32%	257
Finance	2	-1	£42,000	-30.00%	567 18.70%	200
Analytical Skills	23	-16	£40,000	-38.46%	209 6.89%	83
Retail	44	+11	£34,000	-20.00%	126 4.16%	69
Games	52	+16	£25,684	-53.30%	108 3.56%	51
Marketing	53	+45	£43,750	-18.60%	106 3.50%	66
Telecoms	57	+22	£31,500	-38.53%	96 3.17%	39
Public Sector	66	+43	£42,000	-25.71%	81 2.67%	48
Inclusion and Diversity	77	-54	£25,600	-53.45%	69 2.28%	55
Organisational Skills	77	+4	£30,000	-49.25%	69 2.28%	25
Electronics	81	-1	£54,750	-0.45%	65 2.14%	33
Legal	82	-28	£35,000	-22.22%	64 2.11%	34
Multimedia	85	+49	£30,500	-53.07%	61 2.01%	52
Manufacturing	86	-60	£37,500	-25.00%	60 1.98%	67
Banking	91	-78	£77,000	+6.95%	53 1.75%	37
Law	102	-19	£35,000	-37.77%	42 1.39%	14
Back Office	107	+28	-	-	37 1.22%	8
Financial Institution	112	+6	£76,000	+40.74%	32 1.06%	14
Billing	112	+12	£34,000	-	32 1.06%	3
Advertising	114	+14	£34,000	-40.86%	30 0.99%	2
Influencing Skills	117	-29	£90,000	+28.57%	27 0.89%	19
Presentation Skills	126	-12	£43,750	-15.28%	18 0.59%	19
Local Government	128	+6	£50,000	+0.66%	16 0.53%	8
Front Office	129	+5	-	-	15 0.49%	2
Aerospace	130	-4	£60,000	+3.38%	14 0.46%	38
Automotive	130	-6	£40,000	-31.07%	14 0.46%	9
Documentation Skills	131	+8	£35,000	-	13 0.43%	15
Tech for Good	131	-11	£60,000	-14.28%	13 0.43%	2
General Ledger	133	-	£42,000	-	11 0.36%	1
Fire and Rescue	134	-	£22,129	-	10 0.33%	4
Spanish Language	136	+2	£43,000	+79.16%	8 0.26%	2
Pharmaceutical	137	-22	£35,000	-30.00%	7 0.23%	6
Danish Language	138	-	£35,000	-	6 0.20%	2
Norwegian Language	138	-	£35,000	-	6 0.20%	2
Swedish Language	138	0	£35,000	+45.83%	6 0.20%	2
Police	138	-	£30,000	-	6 0.20%
Private Banking	139	-	£77,500	-	5 0.16%
Military	139	-19	£55,498	-14.61%	5 0.16%	8