General Skills Statistics in Sunderland

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	2	Up 2 places+2	£27,000	-43.15%	31 16.67%	5
Retail	10	Up 7 places+7	£27,000	-	16 8.60%	1
Manufacturing	11	Down 2 places-2	£26,100	-13.71%	15 8.06%	5
Games	11	Down 4 places-4	£50,000	-9.09%	15 8.06%	2
Analytical Skills	17	Down 14 places-14	£55,000	+34.14%	9 4.84%	2
Finance	19	Down 11 places-11	£35,000	-39.13%	7 3.76%	3
Legal	21	New entry-	£30,000	-	5 2.69%
Organisational Skills	22	Down 5 places-5	£27,693	+16.31%	4 2.15%	2
Electronics	23	Down 6 places-6	-	-	3 1.61%	1
Public Sector	24	Down 10 places-10	£35,000	-30.46%	2 1.08%	1
Influencing Skills	24	Down 8 places-8	-	-	2 1.08%
German Language	24	New entry-	-	-	2 1.08%
Law	24	New entry-	£30,000	-	2 1.08%	2
Advertising	24	Down 14 places-14	£47,500	-9.52%	2 1.08%
Social Housing	25	New entry-	£77,500	-	1 0.54%
Inclusion and Diversity	25	New entry-	£26,000	-	1 0.54%	1
Marketing	25	Down 15 places-15	£32,500	-	1 0.54%	2
Avionics	25	New entry-	-	-	1 0.54%
Telecoms	25	New entry-	-	-	1 0.54%
Military	25	New entry-	-	-	1 0.54%