General Skills Statistics in Tyne and Wear

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 3 places+3	£48,500	+7.77%	233 15.29%	107
Finance	8	Down -5 places-5	£48,750	-12.55%	161 10.56%	62
Public Sector	9	Up 34 places+34	£57,946	-3.42%	130 8.53%	69
Analytical Skills	31	Down -11 places-11	£48,445	+25.82%	71 4.66%	29
Marketing	54	Down -25 places-25	£35,000	-30.00%	36 2.36%	24
Law	55	Down -26 places-26	£47,500	+18.75%	35 2.30%	10
Inclusion and Diversity	58	Down -16 places-16	£57,500	+134.02%	32 2.10%	14
Legal	59	Down -15 places-15	£57,500	+30.77%	31 2.03%	17
Manufacturing	62	Down -36 places-36	£38,750	-24.39%	28 1.84%	14
Games	65	Down -34 places-34	£55,000	-	25 1.64%	7
Multimedia	68	New entry-	£30,500	-	22 1.44%	10
Organisational Skills	69	Down -23 places-23	£50,000	+25.00%	21 1.38%	5
Electronics	69	Down -22 places-22	£56,500	+2.72%	21 1.38%	3
Telecoms	72	Down -24 places-24	£47,500	+48.43%	18 1.18%	4
Advertising	75	Down -43 places-43	£40,000	-29.20%	15 0.98%	2
Banking	78	Down -42 places-42	£42,500	+70.00%	12 0.79%	3
Influencing Skills	78	New entry-	£63,076	-	12 0.79%	7
Retail	81	Down -47 places-47	£37,500	-16.66%	9 0.59%	8
Military	81	Down -31 places-31	-	-	9 0.59%	3
Presentation Skills	83	Down -37 places-37	£34,500	-	7 0.46%	7
Documentation Skills	84	Down -34 places-34	£45,000	+42.85%	6 0.39%
Local Government	85	Down -36 places-36	-	-	5 0.33%	2
Tech for Good	85	New entry-	£52,500	-	5 0.33%	2
Financial Institution	86	Down -35 places-35	£66,250	-	4 0.26%	4
Aerospace	86	Down -35 places-35	£50,000	+38.88%	4 0.26%	9
Wearables	88	New entry-	£60,000	-	2 0.13%
Digital Health	88	New entry-	£60,000	-	2 0.13%
Publishing	88	New entry-	£31,500	-	2 0.13%