General Skills Statistics in Stockport

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Aerospace	1	New entry-	-	-	39 37.50%	19
Social Skills	2	Up 2 places+2	£34,125	+5.00%	37 35.58%	20
Retail	4	Up 8 places+8	£26,500	-18.46%	24 23.08%	6
Finance	6	Up 2 places+2	£62,500	+108.33%	19 18.27%	6
Organisational Skills	8	Up 6 places+6	£36,000	-20.00%	16 15.38%	2
Analytical Skills	15	Down 10 places-10	£45,000	-22.24%	9 8.65%	7
Marketing	15	No change0	£45,000	-	9 8.65%	1
Electronics	16	New entry-	£29,000	-	8 7.69%	9
Presentation Skills	16	New entry-	-	-	8 7.69%	2
Inclusion and Diversity	16	Down 5 places-5	£75,000	+114.28%	8 7.69%	9
Influencing Skills	17	New entry-	£61,250	-	7 6.73%	3
Manufacturing	18	Down 11 places-11	£46,000	+8.23%	6 5.77%	9
Advertising	21	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 2.88%
Billing	23	Down 9 places-9	£27,000	-10.00%	1 0.96%
Games	23	Down 7 places-7	-	-	1 0.96%