General Skills Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£47,500	-3.32%	3,145 21.36%	1,402
Finance	9	Down -4 places-4	£60,000	-	1,321 8.97%	968
Inclusion and Diversity	20	Up 7 places+7	£52,500	+5.00%	854 5.80%	198
Analytical Skills	25	Down -5 places-5	£50,000	-8.25%	762 5.17%	579
Marketing	33	Down -2 places-2	£42,500	-7.60%	649 4.41%	406
Banking	34	Up 164 places+164	£75,000	+7.14%	634 4.31%	94
Telecoms	60	Up 6 places+6	£45,000	+42.85%	397 2.70%	163
Manufacturing	61	Down -55 places-55	£55,000	-8.33%	376 2.55%	195
Retail	69	Down -24 places-24	£45,000	-	342 2.32%	285
Public Sector	72	Down -7 places-7	£60,000	+4.34%	334 2.27%	228
Organisational Skills	78	Up 26 places+26	£39,000	-2.50%	305 2.07%	201
Electronics	92	Down -51 places-51	£52,500	-4.54%	275 1.87%	147
Legal	97	Down -39 places-39	£67,500	+28.57%	259 1.76%	182
Aerospace	98	Up 60 places+60	£60,000	-	256 1.74%	112
Automotive	145	Up 56 places+56	£47,500	-13.63%	165 1.12%	81
Law	156	Down -135 places-135	£65,000	+15.55%	153 1.04%	104
Pharmaceutical	161	Up 33 places+33	£55,000	+10.00%	142 0.96%	39
Influencing Skills	167	Up 22 places+22	£70,000	+16.66%	133 0.90%	61
Games	167	Up 42 places+42	£50,000	+38.88%	133 0.90%	43
Aviation	179	Up 37 places+37	£60,000	+4.34%	119 0.81%	40
Presentation Skills	198	Down -31 places-31	£50,000	-16.66%	94 0.64%	84
Documentation Skills	212	Up 41 places+41	£48,000	-26.15%	79 0.54%	46
Military	215	Down -31 places-31	£53,750	-4.44%	76 0.52%	57
Local Government	230	Down -11 places-11	£50,000	-	61 0.41%	62
Advertising	242	Down -77 places-77	£33,000	-34.00%	49 0.33%	64
Health Technology	254	Down -2 places-2	£65,000	-13.33%	37 0.25%	18
French Language	258	Up 10 places+10	£35,000	-	33 0.22%	31
Agriculture	260	Up 7 places+7	£50,000	+21.21%	31 0.21%	9
Billing	261	Down -8 places-8	£60,000	+84.61%	30 0.20%	64
Social Housing	263	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	-18.73%	28 0.19%	26
Multimedia	264	Up 2 places+2	£31,250	-27.32%	27 0.18%	82
Tech for Good	266	Down -13 places-13	£60,000	-11.11%	25 0.17%	3
German Language	266	Down -6 places-6	£35,000	-43.77%	25 0.17%	28
Back Office	269	Down -18 places-18	£30,000	-14.89%	22 0.15%	43
Aeronautics	271	Down -8 places-8	£51,500	-1.90%	20 0.14%	2
Publishing	272	Down -27 places-27	£45,000	-1.63%	19 0.13%	20
Fire and Rescue	279	Down -14 places-14	£60,000	+49.26%	12 0.082%	7
Japanese Language	279	New entry-	£132,943	-	12 0.082%	6