General Skills Statistics in Staffordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 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	+7.14%	210 17.83%	124
Manufacturing	2	Up 4 places+4	£35,500	-35.45%	128 10.87%	62
Finance	13	Up 3 places+3	£51,250	+13.88%	76 6.45%	47
Analytical Skills	18	Down -4 places-4	£45,000	-12.19%	62 5.26%	41
Public Sector	19	Up 31 places+31	£35,000	-	59 5.01%	10
Marketing	21	No change0	£47,000	+38.23%	50 4.24%	13
Retail	26	Down -22 places-22	£35,000	-17.64%	44 3.74%	20
Electronics	30	Up 19 places+19	£47,500	+18.75%	39 3.31%	28
Organisational Skills	37	Up 20 places+20	£30,000	+15.38%	32 2.72%	29
Automotive	42	Up 21 places+21	£48,750	+21.87%	26 2.21%	12
Games	44	Up 17 places+17	-	-	24 2.04%	15
Telecoms	45	Up 19 places+19	£65,000	+30.00%	23 1.95%	13
Inclusion and Diversity	53	Down -12 places-12	£30,750	+20.58%	15 1.27%	14
Pharmaceutical	54	Up 14 places+14	£57,500	-	14 1.19%	3
Local Government	56	Up 6 places+6	£65,000	+85.71%	12 1.02%	6
Swedish Language	57	New entry-	-	-	11 0.93%
Aerospace	59	Up 8 places+8	£40,000	-5.88%	9 0.76%	5
Legal	60	Up 1 place+1	£37,500	-27.72%	8 0.68%	8
Advertising	61	Up 3 places+3	£50,000	-	7 0.59%	4
Presentation Skills	62	Up 4 places+4	£72,500	+7.40%	6 0.51%	6
Influencing Skills	62	Up 2 places+2	£58,750	+19.89%	6 0.51%	7
Documentation Skills	63	New entry-	£56,250	-	5 0.42%	8
Agriculture	63	Up 1 place+1	£27,000	-	5 0.42%	4
Military	64	Up 2 places+2	-	-	4 0.34%	3
Billing	65	Up 3 places+3	£51,250	-14.58%	3 0.25%	5
Law	65	Down -4 places-4	£47,500	-7.31%	3 0.25%	4