General Skills Statistics in the Thames Valley

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£42,500	+2.40%	1,249 16.03%	245
Finance	5	Down 2 places-2	£65,000	+13.04%	813 10.44%	121
Manufacturing	12	Up 3 places+3	£53,250	+2.89%	609 7.82%	115
Analytical Skills	20	Down 10 places-10	£47,500	-13.63%	422 5.42%	65
Marketing	21	Down 8 places-8	£45,000	+5.88%	419 5.38%	45
Retail	28	Down 6 places-6	£50,000	+17.64%	346 4.44%	44
Electronics	33	Up 15 places+15	£50,000	+11.11%	322 4.13%	93
Organisational Skills	36	Up 26 places+26	£33,000	-21.42%	295 3.79%	42
Aerospace	46	Up 117 places+117	£60,000	+18.22%	250 3.21%	87
Inclusion and Diversity	56	Down 1 place-1	£62,500	+72.41%	207 2.66%	31
Public Sector	70	Up 39 places+39	£75,000	+30.43%	176 2.26%	25
Telecoms	73	Up 42 places+42	£52,500	+15.11%	169 2.17%	35
Legal	79	Down 10 places-10	£60,000	-	155 1.99%	26
Automotive	84	Up 69 places+69	£55,000	-	149 1.91%	36
Pharmaceutical	98	Up 61 places+61	£77,500	+34.78%	122 1.57%	10
Influencing Skills	101	Down 44 places-44	£57,000	+14.00%	119 1.53%	11
Presentation Skills	118	Down 23 places-23	£50,000	+17.80%	99 1.27%	16
Games	133	Up 16 places+16	£50,000	-11.50%	83 1.07%	11
Law	135	Down 109 places-109	£60,000	+14.28%	81 1.04%	17
Local Government	158	Up 22 places+22	£52,500	+2.90%	57 0.73%	3
Health Technology	164	Up 13 places+13	£85,000	+41.66%	51 0.65%	7
Advertising	171	Up 5 places+5	£33,500	-4.28%	44 0.56%	6
Banking	171	Down 7 places-7	£45,500	-32.08%	44 0.56%	8
Documentation Skills	177	No change0	£45,500	-4.21%	38 0.49%	11
Military	180	Up 2 places+2	£52,500	+101.92%	35 0.45%	8
Digital Healthcare	189	No change0	£90,000	-	26 0.33%
Back Office	190	Down 19 places-19	£60,000	-33.33%	25 0.32%	14
Billing	190	Down 33 places-33	£31,000	-38.00%	25 0.32%	13
Aviation	194	Down 9 places-9	£127,185	-	21 0.27%	7
Fire and Rescue	197	New entry-	£42,500	-	18 0.23%	1
Agriculture	201	Down 15 places-15	£33,615	-10.00%	14 0.18%	1
Publishing	203	Down 21 places-21	£37,500	+25.00%	12 0.15%	2
Digital Health	204	Down 17 places-17	£90,000	-28.00%	11 0.14%	2
Social Housing	205	New entry-	£32,256	-	10 0.13%
Mandarin Language	205	Down 17 places-17	£35,000	+9.37%	10 0.13%	1
Brand Awareness	205	Down 31 places-31	£50,000	+94.51%	10 0.13%	2
Multimedia	205	Down 26 places-26	£41,500	+11.10%	10 0.13%	12