General Skills Statistics in the South West

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£44,000	+6.66%	1,562 14.12%	537
Finance	5	Down 3 places-3	£51,500	+3.00%	1,115 10.08%	279
Manufacturing	14	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	-	693 6.26%	259
Analytical Skills	17	Down 7 places-7	£47,000	+4.44%	661 5.97%	198
Public Sector	26	Up 10 places+10	£62,750	+22.43%	532 4.81%	133
Aerospace	38	Up 75 places+75	£52,500	+5.00%	394 3.56%	228
Retail	43	No change0	£45,383	+53.83%	360 3.25%	59
Organisational Skills	49	Up 39 places+39	£35,000	+16.66%	310 2.80%	59
Electronics	55	Down 3 places-3	£50,000	-	290 2.62%	158
Inclusion and Diversity	62	Down 18 places-18	£40,000	+32.23%	273 2.47%	124
Marketing	67	Down 41 places-41	£42,500	-	249 2.25%	66
Legal	74	Down 3 places-3	£40,000	+6.66%	231 2.09%	61
Telecoms	104	Down 44 places-44	£42,500	-15.00%	154 1.39%	55
Military	110	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	+41.17%	146 1.32%	54
Law	112	Down 53 places-53	£40,000	-17.52%	144 1.30%	54
Influencing Skills	114	Up 15 places+15	£68,056	-8.77%	141 1.27%	33
Automotive	130	Up 18 places+18	£55,000	+46.66%	117 1.06%	42
Games	147	No change0	£40,000	-30.43%	98 0.89%	6
Presentation Skills	153	Down 29 places-29	£43,500	-6.13%	91 0.82%	31
Local Government	157	Down 45 places-45	£55,000	-26.66%	87 0.79%	20
Advertising	157	Down 52 places-52	£38,500	+37.50%	87 0.79%	23
Documentation Skills	159	Down 3 places-3	£45,000	-18.18%	85 0.77%	15
Aviation	178	Down 19 places-19	£80,000	+88.23%	65 0.59%	24
Pharmaceutical	183	Down 23 places-23	£50,000	-37.50%	60 0.54%	21
Banking	200	Down 89 places-89	£55,000	+119.23%	43 0.39%	25
Avionics	207	Down 44 places-44	£52,000	-	36 0.33%	27
Digital Health	220	New entry-	£45,000	-	23 0.21%
Health Technology	221	Down 52 places-52	£45,000	-40.00%	22 0.20%	3
Agriculture	224	Down 61 places-61	£27,000	-60.00%	19 0.17%	1
Fire and Rescue	226	Down 65 places-65	£55,000	-24.18%	17 0.15%	2
Billing	230	Down 77 places-77	£30,000	+9.51%	13 0.12%	4
General Ledger	231	New entry-	£44,000	-	12 0.11%	4
German Language	232	Down 66 places-66	£33,750	-3.57%	11 0.099%	3
Tech for Good	232	Down 71 places-71	£60,000	-4.00%	11 0.099%	2
Dutch Language	233	Down 65 places-65	£33,750	+16.37%	10 0.090%	2
Swedish Language	233	New entry-	-	-	10 0.090%
Publishing	233	Down 70 places-70	£62,500	-	10 0.090%	6