General Skills Statistics in Staffordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 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%	205 17.36%	71
Manufacturing	7	Up 4 places+4	£35,000	-36.36%	105 8.89%	38
Public Sector	11	Up 38 places+38	£37,500	+7.14%	73 6.18%	9
Finance	13	Up 5 places+5	£50,000	+1.80%	69 5.84%	26
Marketing	20	Up 3 places+3	£50,000	+25.00%	52 4.40%	5
Analytical Skills	30	Down -9 places-9	£45,000	-2.70%	39 3.30%	26
Retail	38	Down -32 places-32	£35,000	-17.64%	30 2.54%	14
Automotive	42	Up 21 places+21	£48,750	+21.87%	26 2.20%	4
Organisational Skills	45	Up 19 places+19	£28,500	-36.66%	23 1.95%	16
Electronics	47	Up 8 places+8	£47,500	+18.75%	21 1.78%	8
Telecoms	51	Up 16 places+16	£65,000	+132.14%	17 1.44%	5
Swedish Language	56	New entry-	-	-	12 1.02%
Local Government	57	Up 10 places+10	£65,000	+85.71%	11 0.93%	9
Inclusion and Diversity	59	Down -13 places-13	£30,750	-25.90%	9 0.76%	4
Pharmaceutical	60	Up 9 places+9	£57,500	-	8 0.68%	1
Advertising	60	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	-	8 0.68%	1
Military	61	Up 7 places+7	-	-	7 0.59%	1
Presentation Skills	62	Up 5 places+5	£72,500	+7.40%	6 0.51%	5
Aerospace	62	Up 6 places+6	£40,000	-5.88%	6 0.51%	1
Legal	63	Down -12 places-12	£37,750	-26.93%	5 0.42%	1
Documentation Skills	64	No change0	£56,250	+9.33%	4 0.34%	2
Law	64	Down -2 places-2	£36,000	-7.09%	4 0.34%
Agriculture	65	Up 1 place+1	£60,000	-	3 0.25%	2
Games	65	Down -2 places-2	-	-	3 0.25%	3
Influencing Skills	66	Down -1 place-1	£54,186	+5.32%	2 0.17%	3
Billing	66	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.17%	1
German Language	67	New entry-	-	-	1 0.085%
Health Technology	67	New entry-	£50,000	-	1 0.085%
Multimedia	67	New entry-	£30,500	-	1 0.085%	1
Police	67	Down -21 places-21	£50,871	-5.24%	1 0.085%