General Skills Statistics in Somerset

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£40,000	-22.80%	264 33.21%	62
Manufacturing	4	Up 21 places+21	£28,000	-55.20%	142 17.86%	15
Finance	17	Down -12 places-12	£85,000	+58.87%	61 7.67%	50
Automotive	38	New entry-	£65,000	-	33 4.15%	2
Advertising	42	Down -5 places-5	£26,500	-52.88%	29 3.65%	7
Analytical Skills	43	Down -9 places-9	£65,000	+18.18%	28 3.52%	30
Organisational Skills	47	Down -13 places-13	£91,436	+190.27%	24 3.02%	7
Retail	49	Down -32 places-32	£40,000	-30.43%	22 2.77%	10
Banking	50	Down -11 places-11	-	-	21 2.64%
Law	51	Down -12 places-12	£32,884	+5.02%	20 2.52%	5
Inclusion and Diversity	52	Down -28 places-28	£32,500	-23.52%	19 2.39%	5
Public Sector	53	Down -15 places-15	£45,000	-10.00%	18 2.26%	7
Marketing	54	Down -26 places-26	£30,000	-33.33%	17 2.14%	13
Legal	58	Down -21 places-21	£91,436	+17.98%	13 1.64%	13
Local Government	58	Down -21 places-21	£42,500	-2.11%	13 1.64%	5
Aerospace	61	Down -22 places-22	£65,000	-5.45%	10 1.26%	7
Back Office	62	New entry-	-	-	9 1.13%
Electronics	62	Down -26 places-26	£34,000	-39.55%	9 1.13%	4
Aeronautics	64	New entry-	£65,000	-	7 0.88%
Publishing	66	Down -26 places-26	£65,000	+52.94%	5 0.63%	4
Military	66	New entry-	£47,500	-	5 0.63%	2
Avionics	67	New entry-	£47,500	-	4 0.50%	1
Police	67	Down -40 places-40	£51,748	-7.79%	4 0.50%
Aviation	67	New entry-	£47,500	-	4 0.50%	1
Telecoms	69	Down -35 places-35	£59,000	+31.11%	2 0.25%	8
Humanities	69	New entry-	-	-	2 0.25%
Social Science	69	New entry-	-	-	2 0.25%
Health Technology	69	Down -31 places-31	£60,000	+20.00%	2 0.25%	5
Games	70	New entry-	£27,500	-	1 0.13%	1
Fire and Rescue	70	Down -33 places-33	£54,498	+2.72%	1 0.13%
Presentation Skills	70	New entry-	£25,768	-	1 0.13%	4
Documentation Skills	70	Down -34 places-34	£95,000	+201.58%	1 0.13%	3
French Language	70	New entry-	£72,500	-	1 0.13%	1