General Skills Statistics in South London

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	Up 1 place+1	£40,000	-33.33%	219 32.35%	33
Inclusion and Diversity	8	Down -4 places-4	-	-	139 20.53%	3
Banking	9	No change0	£58,000	-20.00%	138 20.38%	1
Finance	17	Down -16 places-16	£90,000	+24.13%	63 9.31%	20
Electronics	32	New entry-	-	-	29 4.28%
Marketing	34	Up 1 place+1	£40,000	-34.69%	27 3.99%	5
Local Government	42	Up 25 places+25	£64,500	+49.70%	19 2.81%	6
Manufacturing	45	Down -28 places-28	£35,000	-36.36%	16 2.36%	2
Games	46	New entry-	-	-	15 2.22%	3
Public Sector	49	Down -17 places-17	£55,200	-11.68%	12 1.77%	8
Analytical Skills	49	Down -44 places-44	£43,525	-17.09%	12 1.77%	15
Retail	49	Up 25 places+25	£70,000	+14.28%	12 1.77%	7
Presentation Skills	50	Up 25 places+25	-	-	11 1.62%
French Language	52	Down -37 places-37	£50,000	-	9 1.33%
Spanish Language	52	New entry-	£50,000	-	9 1.33%
Legal	52	Up 1 place+1	£35,000	-7.02%	9 1.33%	2
Organisational Skills	52	Up 13 places+13	£36,542	-11.94%	9 1.33%	7
Multimedia	54	New entry-	£30,750	-	7 1.03%	4
Police	56	New entry-	£70,000	-	5 0.74%
Investment Banking	57	New entry-	-	-	4 0.59%
Pharmaceutical	58	New entry-	-	-	3 0.44%
Italian Language	58	New entry-	£55,000	-	3 0.44%
Aerospace	58	Up 19 places+19	£36,542	-43.78%	3 0.44%	2
Law	58	Down -15 places-15	£40,000	-6.62%	3 0.44%	2
Military	59	New entry-	£50,000	-	2 0.30%	2
Influencing Skills	59	Up 19 places+19	£77,500	+29.69%	2 0.30%
Documentation Skills	59	New entry-	£38,500	-	2 0.30%	1
Financial Institution	60	Down -57 places-57	£105,000	+27.27%	1 0.15%
Telecoms	60	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%	1
Advertising	60	Up 4 places+4	-	-	1 0.15%	1
Corporate Banking	60	New entry-	£58,000	-	1 0.15%