General Skills Statistics in Staffordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 5 places+5	£38,500	+6.20%	210 17.74%	125
Manufacturing	3	Up 2 places+2	£35,500	-35.45%	128 10.81%	63
Finance	14	Up 2 places+2	£51,250	+13.88%	76 6.42%	42
Analytical Skills	18	Down -2 places-2	£45,000	-12.19%	60 5.07%	43
Public Sector	18	Up 34 places+34	£35,000	-	60 5.07%	11
Marketing	19	Up 3 places+3	£47,000	+38.23%	51 4.31%	14
Retail	25	Down -21 places-21	£35,000	-17.64%	44 3.72%	22
Electronics	32	Up 20 places+20	£47,500	+18.75%	37 3.13%	27
Organisational Skills	37	Up 23 places+23	£30,000	-15.49%	30 2.53%	29
Automotive	40	Up 25 places+25	£47,500	+18.75%	27 2.28%	12
Games	43	Up 20 places+20	-	-	24 2.03%	16
Telecoms	47	Up 19 places+19	£65,000	+30.00%	20 1.69%	12
Pharmaceutical	53	Up 17 places+17	£57,500	-	14 1.18%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	53	Down -9 places-9	£30,750	+20.58%	14 1.18%	12
Local Government	55	Up 9 places+9	£65,000	+85.71%	12 1.01%	6
Swedish Language	55	New entry-	-	-	12 1.01%
Aerospace	58	Up 11 places+11	£40,000	-5.88%	9 0.76%	3
Legal	59	Up 1 place+1	£37,500	-27.41%	8 0.68%	8
Advertising	60	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	-	7 0.59%	5
Presentation Skills	61	Up 7 places+7	£72,500	+7.40%	6 0.51%	7
Agriculture	61	Up 5 places+5	£36,000	-	6 0.51%	4
Documentation Skills	62	Up 8 places+8	£56,250	+9.33%	5 0.42%	7
Military	63	Up 5 places+5	-	-	4 0.34%	3
Influencing Skills	63	Up 2 places+2	£58,750	+14.19%	4 0.34%	8
Law	64	Down -2 places-2	£47,500	-	3 0.25%	3
Billing	64	Up 6 places+6	£51,250	-14.58%	3 0.25%	5