General Skills Statistics in Staffordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Aug 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	+6.66%	209 17.96%	70
Manufacturing	9	Up 1 place+1	£35,000	-41.66%	94 8.08%	32
Public Sector	15	Up 29 places+29	£38,750	+10.71%	70 6.01%	17
Finance	17	No change0	£55,000	+4.76%	66 5.67%	35
Marketing	23	Up 1 place+1	£50,000	+25.00%	53 4.55%	8
Analytical Skills	35	Down -13 places-13	£45,000	-2.70%	36 3.09%	19
Retail	40	Down -33 places-33	£37,000	-12.94%	31 2.66%	17
Automotive	46	Up 12 places+12	£47,500	+18.75%	25 2.15%	4
Organisational Skills	51	Up 9 places+9	£28,500	-	20 1.72%	21
Electronics	54	Up 2 places+2	£47,500	-19.14%	17 1.46%	7
Telecoms	57	Up 5 places+5	£65,000	+132.14%	14 1.20%	5
Swedish Language	59	New entry-	-	-	12 1.03%
Local Government	60	Up 2 places+2	£65,000	+85.71%	11 0.95%	4
Inclusion and Diversity	63	Down -22 places-22	£30,750	-25.90%	8 0.69%	11
Pharmaceutical	63	Up 1 place+1	£57,500	-	8 0.69%	1
Advertising	63	Up 1 place+1	£50,000	-	8 0.69%	3
Military	64	Down -1 place-1	-	-	7 0.60%
Presentation Skills	65	Down -3 places-3	£72,500	+7.40%	6 0.52%	3
Aerospace	65	Down -2 places-2	£40,000	-5.88%	6 0.52%	2
Documentation Skills	67	Down -8 places-8	£56,250	+9.33%	4 0.34%	1
Law	67	Down -10 places-10	£36,000	-7.09%	4 0.34%	1
Legal	67	Down -21 places-21	£37,750	-26.93%	4 0.34%	3
Agriculture	68	Down -7 places-7	£60,000	-	3 0.26%	2
Influencing Skills	69	Down -9 places-9	£54,186	+5.32%	2 0.17%	8
Billing	69	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.17%	2
Games	69	Down -10 places-10	-	-	2 0.17%	5