General Skills Statistics in Staffordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Oct 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	+3.44%	198 16.82%	105
Manufacturing	2	Up 4 places+4	£37,500	-31.81%	136 11.55%	68
Finance	11	Up 7 places+7	£50,000	+11.11%	78 6.63%	36
Analytical Skills	17	Down 2 places-2	£45,000	-12.19%	65 5.52%	29
Public Sector	19	Up 36 places+36	£35,000	-	61 5.18%	8
Marketing	22	No change0	£47,000	+38.23%	51 4.33%	7
Retail	25	Down 21 places-21	£35,000	-17.64%	47 3.99%	22
Electronics	28	Up 25 places+25	£51,250	+28.12%	44 3.74%	41
Organisational Skills	35	Up 23 places+23	£30,500	+17.30%	37 3.14%	21
Telecoms	46	Up 22 places+22	£65,000	+30.00%	24 2.04%	8
Games	46	Up 19 places+19	-	-	24 2.04%	18
Automotive	47	Up 20 places+20	£50,000	+25.00%	23 1.95%	10
Inclusion and Diversity	54	Down 9 places-9	£30,750	+20.58%	16 1.36%	8
Pharmaceutical	54	Up 18 places+18	£55,000	-	16 1.36%	3
Aerospace	59	Up 12 places+12	£40,000	-5.88%	11 0.93%	6
Local Government	59	Up 6 places+6	£65,000	+85.71%	11 0.93%	3
Swedish Language	60	New entry-	-	-	10 0.85%
Legal	62	Up 3 places+3	£37,500	-27.72%	8 0.68%	6
Advertising	63	Up 5 places+5	£50,000	-	7 0.59%	4
Presentation Skills	64	Up 6 places+6	£72,500	+7.40%	6 0.51%	3
Influencing Skills	64	Up 4 places+4	£58,750	+19.89%	6 0.51%	4
Agriculture	64	Up 4 places+4	£27,000	-	6 0.51%	7
Documentation Skills	65	New entry-	£56,250	-	5 0.42%	8
Military	66	Up 3 places+3	-	-	4 0.34%	12
Aviation	67	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.25%	2
Billing	67	Up 5 places+5	£51,250	-14.58%	3 0.25%	1
Law	67	Down 3 places-3	£47,500	-	3 0.25%	1