General Skills Statistics in South London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£36,000	-28.00%	99 14.49%	68
Finance	4	Down -2 places-2	£80,000	-3.03%	74 10.83%	49
Analytical Skills	31	Down -9 places-9	£42,500	-22.72%	22 3.22%	22
Marketing	33	Down -19 places-19	£40,000	-47.10%	20 2.93%	19
Local Government	34	Up 17 places+17	£32,787	-9.73%	19 2.78%	9
Electronics	35	Up 19 places+19	-	-	18 2.64%	1
Manufacturing	36	Up 13 places+13	£35,771	-22.23%	17 2.49%	6
Games	36	New entry-	£60,000	-	17 2.49%	1
Public Sector	36	Down -23 places-23	£100,000	-	17 2.49%	11
Legal	37	Down -7 places-7	£35,000	-42.62%	16 2.34%	10
Retail	37	Up 7 places+7	£65,000	-14.04%	16 2.34%	20
Inclusion and Diversity	42	Down -27 places-27	-	-	11 1.61%	4
Law	43	Down -3 places-3	£47,500	-	10 1.46%	5
French Language	44	Down -1 place-1	£50,000	-	9 1.32%
Spanish Language	44	New entry-	£50,000	-	9 1.32%
Aerospace	44	Up 8 places+8	£38,021	-47.55%	9 1.32%	1
Organisational Skills	44	Down -7 places-7	£36,542	-26.91%	9 1.32%	17
Telecoms	45	Up 8 places+8	£70,000	-12.50%	8 1.17%	4
Presentation Skills	45	Up 2 places+2	-	-	8 1.17%	5
Front Office	47	New entry-	£92,500	-	6 0.88%	6
Banking	47	Down -10 places-10	£71,500	-1.37%	6 0.88%	5
Investment Banking	48	Up 6 places+6	£85,000	-	5 0.73%	1
Retail Finance	49	New entry-	£65,000	-	4 0.59%
General Ledger	49	New entry-	£65,000	-	4 0.59%	1
Italian Language	50	New entry-	£55,000	-	3 0.44%
Military	50	No change0	£50,000	-37.50%	3 0.44%
Multimedia	50	New entry-	£30,000	-	3 0.44%	11
Pharmaceutical	51	Up 2 places+2	£62,500	-21.87%	2 0.29%
Automotive	51	New entry-	£39,500	-	2 0.29%	2
Advertising	51	Down -14 places-14	£85,000	+13.33%	2 0.29%	2
Influencing Skills	51	New entry-	£64,500	-	2 0.29%	7
Corporate Banking	52	New entry-	£58,000	-	1 0.15%
Documentation Skills	52	Up 2 places+2	£42,500	-46.87%	1 0.15%	3