General Skills Statistics in Staffordshire

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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	Up 6 places+6	£37,500	-	205 18.37%	70
Manufacturing	2	Up 4 places+4	£40,000	-14.89%	150 13.44%	49
Finance	9	Up 15 places+15	£45,000	-	85 7.62%	28
Analytical Skills	13	Up 3 places+3	£45,000	-14.28%	69 6.18%	17
Public Sector	19	Up 38 places+38	£35,000	-	59 5.29%	2
Organisational Skills	23	Up 32 places+32	£31,182	+6.60%	49 4.39%	13
Retail	24	Down 20 places-20	£35,000	-17.64%	47 4.21%	15
Marketing	24	Down 2 places-2	£46,000	+31.42%	47 4.21%	1
Electronics	26	Up 26 places+26	£72,500	+81.25%	45 4.03%	13
Telecoms	40	Up 22 places+22	£65,000	+44.44%	26 2.33%	3
Games	43	Up 22 places+22	-	-	23 2.06%
Automotive	47	Up 22 places+22	£50,000	+6.38%	19 1.70%	9
Pharmaceutical	49	Up 22 places+22	£55,000	-	17 1.52%	3
Aerospace	51	Up 15 places+15	£40,000	-14.89%	15 1.34%	10
Inclusion and Diversity	52	Up 3 places+3	£27,000	+5.88%	14 1.25%	9
Swedish Language	56	New entry-	-	-	10 0.90%
Legal	56	Up 6 places+6	£60,000	+84.61%	10 0.90%	4
Presentation Skills	56	Up 13 places+13	£62,500	-7.40%	10 0.90%	4
Local Government	57	Up 5 places+5	£50,000	+17.64%	9 0.81%	3
Influencing Skills	58	Up 9 places+9	£58,750	+19.89%	8 0.72%	1
Documentation Skills	58	New entry-	£60,000	-	8 0.72%	2
Aviation	60	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 0.54%	1
Advertising	60	Up 5 places+5	£50,000	-	6 0.54%	3
Agriculture	61	Up 7 places+7	£27,000	-	5 0.45%	6
Law	61	No change0	£62,500	+47.05%	5 0.45%	1