General Skills Statistics in the South West

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Nov 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%	1,608 14.26%	603
Finance	6	Down 4 places-4	£50,000	-	1,109 9.83%	329
Manufacturing	14	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	-	734 6.51%	271
Analytical Skills	16	Down 6 places-6	£46,743	+3.87%	681 6.04%	229
Public Sector	26	Up 14 places+14	£63,000	+20.00%	540 4.79%	156
Aerospace	36	Up 78 places+78	£52,500	+16.66%	452 4.01%	236
Retail	46	Up 3 places+3	£45,383	+53.83%	360 3.19%	65
Organisational Skills	52	Up 43 places+43	£35,000	+11.11%	319 2.83%	70
Electronics	53	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	-	316 2.80%	162
Inclusion and Diversity	65	Down 20 places-20	£40,968	+31.09%	282 2.50%	121
Marketing	74	Down 45 places-45	£39,000	-8.23%	252 2.23%	63
Legal	82	Down 5 places-5	£40,000	+10.34%	227 2.01%	71
Military	108	Up 6 places+6	£60,000	+33.33%	163 1.45%	76
Telecoms	114	Down 47 places-47	£42,500	-15.00%	156 1.38%	59
Law	120	Down 58 places-58	£40,000	-17.52%	144 1.28%	46
Influencing Skills	121	Up 17 places+17	£67,056	-10.11%	140 1.24%	44
Automotive	139	Up 14 places+14	£55,000	+37.50%	115 1.02%	37
Games	157	Down 3 places-3	£38,738	-32.63%	94 0.83%	9
Presentation Skills	162	Down 32 places-32	£47,500	+8.57%	89 0.79%	43
Documentation Skills	164	Down 2 places-2	£45,000	-18.18%	87 0.77%	11
Advertising	164	Down 52 places-52	£38,500	+37.50%	87 0.77%	24
Local Government	169	Down 47 places-47	£55,000	-26.66%	82 0.73%	15
Pharmaceutical	184	Down 16 places-16	£48,500	-39.37%	67 0.59%	19
Aviation	185	Down 21 places-21	£80,000	+88.23%	66 0.59%	25
Banking	209	Down 91 places-91	£55,000	+119.23%	42 0.37%	26
Avionics	213	Down 42 places-42	£52,000	-	38 0.34%	32
Health Technology	229	Down 52 places-52	£40,000	-46.66%	22 0.20%	4
Agriculture	231	Down 60 places-60	£27,000	-60.00%	20 0.18%	2
Digital Health	233	New entry-	£45,000	-	18 0.16%	1
Fire and Rescue	234	Down 65 places-65	£55,000	-24.18%	17 0.15%	3
Billing	236	Down 77 places-77	£30,000	-19.88%	15 0.13%	6
General Ledger	239	New entry-	£44,000	-	12 0.11%	5
German Language	240	Down 66 places-66	£33,750	-3.57%	11 0.098%	3