General Skills Statistics in the South West

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	2	Down 1 place-1	£44,285	+7.68%	1,598 13.93%	702
Finance	5	Down 2 places-2	£50,000	-	1,146 9.99%	425
Manufacturing	14	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	-	747 6.51%	390
Analytical Skills	15	Down 5 places-5	£46,743	+3.87%	701 6.11%	310
Public Sector	27	Up 14 places+14	£63,000	+20.00%	545 4.75%	167
Aerospace	29	Up 76 places+76	£52,500	+13.51%	516 4.50%	326
Retail	47	Up 4 places+4	£45,383	+59.23%	365 3.18%	107
Electronics	50	Up 8 places+8	£50,000	-	330 2.88%	261
Organisational Skills	54	Up 32 places+32	£34,000	+4.61%	311 2.71%	83
Inclusion and Diversity	58	Down 20 places-20	£40,968	+43.74%	305 2.66%	155
Marketing	75	Down 47 places-47	£40,000	-5.88%	252 2.20%	99
Legal	87	Down 8 places-8	£40,000	+6.66%	227 1.98%	92
Military	105	Up 13 places+13	£60,000	+33.33%	178 1.55%	92
Telecoms	116	Down 50 places-50	£42,500	-15.00%	156 1.36%	47
Law	125	Down 62 places-62	£40,000	-17.52%	142 1.24%	90
Influencing Skills	126	Up 11 places+11	£69,056	-7.43%	141 1.23%	55
Automotive	151	Down 4 places-4	£55,000	+37.50%	110 0.96%	69
Presentation Skills	160	Down 31 places-31	£47,500	+11.76%	99 0.86%	61
Advertising	171	Down 65 places-65	£38,500	+37.50%	88 0.77%	33
Games	171	Down 18 places-18	£34,500	-41.27%	88 0.77%	19
Documentation Skills	174	Down 14 places-14	£45,000	-18.18%	85 0.74%	19
Local Government	185	Down 62 places-62	£55,000	-26.66%	74 0.65%	22
Pharmaceutical	190	Down 24 places-24	£48,500	-39.37%	69 0.60%	44
Aviation	193	Down 32 places-32	£80,000	+88.23%	66 0.58%	40
Banking	208	Down 114 places-114	£55,000	+119.23%	51 0.44%	57
Avionics	220	Down 50 places-50	£52,000	-	39 0.34%	33
Agriculture	238	Down 69 places-69	£27,000	-60.00%	21 0.18%	2
German Language	238	Down 66 places-66	£34,500	-1.42%	21 0.18%	6
Health Technology	240	Down 65 places-65	£37,500	-50.00%	19 0.17%	8
Fire and Rescue	242	Down 75 places-75	£55,000	-24.18%	17 0.15%	5
French Language	243	Down 77 places-77	£31,000	-11.42%	16 0.14%	14
Digital Health	243	New entry-	£48,750	-	16 0.14%	7
Billing	243	Down 86 places-86	£30,000	-19.88%	16 0.14%	11
General Ledger	247	New entry-	£44,000	-	12 0.10%	4
Dutch Language	248	Down 75 places-75	£28,250	-2.58%	11 0.096%	1
Aeronautics	249	Down 85 places-85	-	-	10 0.087%	10
Swedish Language	249	New entry-	-	-	10 0.087%
Police	249	Down 91 places-91	£44,353	+0.37%	10 0.087%	13