General Skills Statistics in Somerset

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£40,000	+6.66%	264 23.10%	80
Manufacturing	4	Up 9 places+9	£43,000	+62.26%	147 12.86%	34
Analytical Skills	10	Down 3 places-3	£35,000	-20.00%	116 10.15%	27
Finance	13	Up 3 places+3	£43,000	-21.46%	94 8.22%	20
Inclusion and Diversity	34	Up 6 places+6	£57,500	+59.49%	51 4.46%	5
Retail	35	Down 7 places-7	£40,000	+159.35%	50 4.37%	7
Aerospace	39	Up 17 places+17	£45,000	-	45 3.94%	21
Public Sector	41	Up 4 places+4	£45,000	-	42 3.67%	9
Electronics	43	Up 13 places+13	£52,000	+22.35%	39 3.41%	19
Influencing Skills	48	Up 5 places+5	£60,500	-13.57%	34 2.97%	8
Organisational Skills	49	Down 2 places-2	£32,000	+1.58%	33 2.89%	6
Advertising	57	Down 29 places-29	£38,500	+45.28%	25 2.19%	3
Legal	63	Down 16 places-16	£26,227	-30.06%	19 1.66%	4
Digital Health	66	New entry-	£45,000	-	16 1.40%
Marketing	66	Down 47 places-47	£50,000	+85.18%	16 1.40%	7
Automotive	66	New entry-	£47,500	-	16 1.40%	2
Games	66	Down 15 places-15	£26,227	-	16 1.40%
Avionics	67	New entry-	£52,000	-	15 1.31%	8
Military	69	Down 13 places-13	-	-	13 1.14%	4
Local Government	69	Down 16 places-16	£70,000	+47.36%	13 1.14%
Law	71	Down 23 places-23	£32,500	+18.18%	11 0.96%	2
Swedish Language	72	New entry-	-	-	10 0.87%
Documentation Skills	72	Down 16 places-16	£43,000	-	10 0.87%
Aviation	72	New entry-	-	-	10 0.87%	3
Health Technology	72	New entry-	£45,000	-	10 0.87%	2
Presentation Skills	73	Down 19 places-19	£52,500	+103.74%	9 0.79%	2
Telecoms	75	Down 20 places-20	£51,250	+45.39%	7 0.61%	2
Aeronautics	77	New entry-	-	-	5 0.44%	2
Pharmaceutical	77	Down 21 places-21	£33,750	-	5 0.44%	5
Publishing	77	Down 25 places-25	£75,000	-	5 0.44%	1
Banking	79	Down 23 places-23	£95,000	+35.71%	3 0.26%	2
Public Speaking	80	New entry-	£37,500	-	2 0.18%
Data Sovereignty	80	New entry-	-	-	2 0.18%
Retail Banking	80	New entry-	-	-	2 0.18%
Corporate Banking	80	New entry-	-	-	2 0.18%