General Skills Statistics in the UK excluding London

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£42,500	+6.25%	13,633 14.90%	7,070
Finance	4	No change0	£56,000	+9.80%	9,301 10.16%	4,802
Manufacturing	11	Up 8 places+8	£49,500	+10.00%	6,345 6.93%	3,455
Analytical Skills	23	Down 15 places-15	£47,500	+5.55%	4,980 5.44%	2,893
Marketing	35	Down 17 places-17	£41,091	+6.72%	3,501 3.83%	1,671
Retail	36	Down 8 places-8	£43,000	+22.85%	3,486 3.81%	1,317
Public Sector	38	Up 43 places+43	£60,000	+20.00%	3,383 3.70%	1,536
Organisational Skills	45	Up 52 places+52	£33,500	-1.47%	2,889 3.16%	858
Aerospace	47	Up 185 places+185	£55,000	+22.22%	2,815 3.08%	1,703
Electronics	49	Up 27 places+27	£50,000	-	2,711 2.96%	2,549
Inclusion and Diversity	53	Down 36 places-36	£50,211	+25.52%	2,544 2.78%	1,730
Legal	65	Up 26 places+26	£48,952	-1.60%	2,216 2.42%	1,104
Games	84	Up 139 places+139	£50,000	+25.00%	1,734 1.90%	653
Telecoms	86	Up 15 places+15	£42,000	+6.46%	1,626 1.78%	707
Law	88	Down 23 places-23	£50,000	+11.11%	1,613 1.76%	1,106
Automotive	145	Up 61 places+61	£50,000	+2.62%	1,116 1.22%	707
Presentation Skills	166	Up 24 places+24	£48,000	+2.58%	1,014 1.11%	612
Influencing Skills	169	Up 33 places+33	£65,000	+8.96%	1,009 1.10%	504
Military	199	Up 84 places+84	£50,000	+11.11%	851 0.93%	596
Banking	224	Down 182 places-182	£55,000	+15.78%	744 0.81%	589
Pharmaceutical	232	Up 63 places+63	£52,500	+20.00%	717 0.78%	441
Local Government	256	Up 20 places+20	£45,000	+5.88%	629 0.69%	243
Aviation	266	Up 94 places+94	£60,000	+20.00%	591 0.65%	285
Advertising	272	Down 53 places-53	£40,000	+14.28%	576 0.63%	144
Documentation Skills	349	Down 60 places-60	£48,000	+6.66%	415 0.45%	244
Billing	432	Down 121 places-121	£33,750	-12.33%	284 0.31%	158
Back Office	507	Down 136 places-136	£60,000	+20.00%	193 0.21%	139
Social Housing	533	Down 44 places-44	£47,500	+4.64%	165 0.18%	35
Legal Technology	534	Down 69 places-69	£55,000	-15.38%	164 0.18%	71
Fire and Rescue	537	Down 62 places-62	£51,878	+15.28%	161 0.18%	36
Brand Awareness	538	Down 84 places-84	£50,000	+42.85%	160 0.17%	41
Agriculture	549	Down 98 places-98	£45,000	-18.18%	149 0.16%	82
Police	553	Down 100 places-100	£50,000	+31.57%	145 0.16%	91
German Language	554	Down 144 places-144	£35,000	-	144 0.16%	78
Publishing	556	Down 94 places-94	£48,000	-7.69%	142 0.16%	140
Avionics	558	Down 81 places-81	£60,000	+25.83%	140 0.15%	187
French Language	561	Down 177 places-177	£36,250	+3.57%	137 0.15%	73
Health Technology	563	Down 102 places-102	£65,000	+6.12%	135 0.15%	65
Financial Institution	583	Down 178 places-178	£60,000	-14.28%	114 0.12%	140
General Ledger	605	Down 120 places-120	£58,000	-27.50%	92 0.10%	30
Italian Language	607	Down 103 places-103	£31,000	-26.19%	90 0.098%	18
Digital Healthcare	612	Down 99 places-99	£60,000	-14.28%	85 0.093%	17
Spanish Language	628	Down 153 places-153	£45,000	+40.62%	69 0.075%	45
Tech for Good	630	Down 179 places-179	£65,000	-7.14%	67 0.073%	23
Wearables	631	Down 122 places-122	£75,000	+7.14%	66 0.072%	44
Digital Health	631	Down 160 places-160	£52,500	-17.64%	66 0.072%	48
Swedish Language	637	Down 202 places-202	£65,000	+62.50%	60 0.066%	26
Aeronautics	644	Down 174 places-174	£35,750	-45.00%	53 0.058%	78
Dutch Language	650	Down 238 places-238	£29,000	-11.45%	47 0.051%	20
Multimedia	650	Down 340 places-340	£39,197	+28.51%	47 0.051%	154