General Skills Statistics in the South East

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£42,500	+6.25%	3,337 15.78%	1,853
Finance	4	Up 1 place+1	£62,500	+8.69%	2,173 10.28%	1,074
Manufacturing	13	Up 8 places+8	£50,000	+11.11%	1,462 6.91%	815
Analytical Skills	22	Down 12 places-12	£50,000	+11.11%	1,158 5.48%	758
Aerospace	26	Up 176 places+176	£60,000	+45.45%	1,063 5.03%	554
Marketing	27	Down 12 places-12	£40,500	+8.00%	1,060 5.01%	549
Electronics	34	Up 48 places+48	£50,000	+16.27%	880 4.16%	716
Organisational Skills	37	Up 35 places+35	£34,362	-14.09%	791 3.74%	244
Retail	42	Down 11 places-11	£42,500	+13.33%	739 3.49%	275
Inclusion and Diversity	58	Down 23 places-23	£56,000	+12.00%	582 2.75%	349
Public Sector	64	Up 43 places+43	£60,000	+17.64%	540 2.55%	304
Telecoms	83	Up 19 places+19	£45,001	+25.00%	428 2.02%	222
Legal	92	Down 13 places-13	£56,000	-0.44%	393 1.86%	265
Aviation	102	Up 80 places+80	£60,000	+9.09%	342 1.62%	138
Influencing Skills	120	Down 14 places-14	£65,000	+8.96%	282 1.33%	121
Automotive	121	Up 61 places+61	£50,000	-	281 1.33%	185
Presentation Skills	145	Down 2 places-2	£52,500	+23.52%	245 1.16%	200
Military	148	Up 67 places+67	£55,000	+10.00%	240 1.14%	162
Games	156	Up 40 places+40	£60,000	+33.33%	230 1.09%	154
Pharmaceutical	180	Up 36 places+36	£52,500	-4.54%	194 0.92%	83
Law	188	Down 125 places-125	£55,000	+29.76%	186 0.88%	293
Local Government	189	Up 35 places+35	£43,447	-6.06%	185 0.87%	49
Advertising	221	Down 27 places-27	£42,500	-5.55%	144 0.68%	31
Banking	239	Down 149 places-149	£55,000	-25.42%	121 0.57%	76
Documentation Skills	262	Down 61 places-61	£50,000	-3.84%	97 0.46%	69
Billing	289	Down 88 places-88	£32,500	-35.00%	69 0.33%	37
Health Technology	295	Down 40 places-40	£85,000	+70.00%	63 0.30%	17
French Language	306	Down 96 places-96	£43,750	+25.00%	52 0.25%	26
Italian Language	312	Down 39 places-39	£54,808	+18.94%	46 0.22%	9
Avionics	316	Down 46 places-46	£52,000	-2.80%	42 0.20%	71
Brand Awareness	320	Down 75 places-75	£50,000	+42.85%	38 0.18%	14
Japanese Language	322	Down 47 places-47	£57,149	+24.02%	36 0.17%	9
Back Office	323	Down 72 places-72	£60,000	-14.28%	35 0.17%	52
Aeronautics	324	Down 73 places-73	£35,750	-	34 0.16%	40
German Language	324	Down 68 places-68	£37,500	+1.35%	34 0.16%	40
Publishing	325	Down 60 places-60	£42,500	-17.47%	33 0.16%	58
Social Housing	329	Down 60 places-60	£45,000	+5.88%	29 0.14%	7
Fire and Rescue	330	Down 55 places-55	£55,000	+46.66%	28 0.13%	7
Digital Healthcare	332	Down 58 places-58	£90,000	+20.00%	26 0.12%	2
Police	332	Down 68 places-68	£62,192	+73.45%	26 0.12%	23
Agriculture	338	Down 76 places-76	£46,250	+23.82%	20 0.095%	33
Spanish Language	338	Down 69 places-69	£37,500	+2.04%	20 0.095%	19
Legal Technology	342	Down 72 places-72	£67,500	-28.94%	16 0.076%	14
General Ledger	345	Down 79 places-79	£60,000	-4.00%	13 0.062%	9
Mandarin Language	345	Down 70 places-70	£35,000	+9.37%	13 0.062%	6
Portuguese Language	345	Down 70 places-70	-	-	13 0.062%	3