General Skills Statistics in Staffordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 8 places+8	£40,000	+3.22%	205 18.19%	36
Manufacturing	8	Up 2 places+2	£36,750	-38.75%	86 7.63%	15
Public Sector	14	Up 35 places+35	£40,000	+14.28%	67 5.95%	14
Finance	16	Up 2 places+2	£55,000	+3.77%	64 5.68%	23
Marketing	22	Up 4 places+4	£50,000	+25.00%	53 4.70%	8
Analytical Skills	38	Down -14 places-14	£45,000	-5.26%	31 2.75%	10
Retail	43	Down -36 places-36	£39,750	-15.77%	25 2.22%	3
Automotive	43	Up 20 places+20	£48,750	+39.28%	25 2.22%	4
Organisational Skills	50	Up 16 places+16	£28,500	-	18 1.60%	7
Electronics	50	Up 15 places+15	£47,500	-38.70%	18 1.60%	5
Telecoms	54	Up 15 places+15	£60,000	+114.28%	14 1.24%	4
Swedish Language	56	New entry-	-	-	12 1.06%
Local Government	57	Up 12 places+12	£65,000	+85.71%	11 0.98%	1
Inclusion and Diversity	60	Down -13 places-13	£30,750	-25.90%	8 0.71%
Pharmaceutical	60	New entry-	£57,500	-	8 0.71%	1
Advertising	60	Up 11 places+11	£50,000	-	8 0.71%
Military	61	Up 9 places+9	-	-	7 0.62%	1
Legal	62	Down -9 places-9	£37,500	-27.41%	6 0.53%	3
Influencing Skills	63	Up 3 places+3	£54,186	+5.32%	5 0.44%	4
Aerospace	63	Up 7 places+7	£40,000	-5.88%	5 0.44%	6
Presentation Skills	64	Up 5 places+5	£72,500	+7.40%	4 0.35%	3
Documentation Skills	64	Up 2 places+2	£56,250	+9.33%	4 0.35%
Law	64	Down -1 place-1	£36,000	-7.09%	4 0.35%
Agriculture	65	Up 3 places+3	£60,000	-	3 0.27%	1
Games	66	No change0	-	-	2 0.18%
Police	67	Down -22 places-22	£50,871	-5.24%	1 0.089%	1
Multimedia	67	New entry-	£30,500	-	1 0.089%	2
Billing	67	New entry-	£55,000	-	1 0.089%	1
Health Technology	67	New entry-	£50,000	-	1 0.089%