General Skills Statistics in the UK excluding London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£42,500	-	12,471 17.17%	4,191
Finance	6	Down -3 places-3	£55,000	-	6,939 9.56%	2,865
Analytical Skills	28	Down -20 places-20	£48,000	-0.63%	3,335 4.59%	1,672
Manufacturing	31	Down -15 places-15	£47,500	+5.55%	2,972 4.09%	975
Marketing	35	Down -15 places-15	£42,500	+6.25%	2,815 3.88%	874
Public Sector	42	Up 39 places+39	£56,653	+4.91%	2,487 3.42%	818
Retail	57	Down -32 places-32	£47,500	+18.75%	2,062 2.84%	838
Legal	72	Down -5 places-5	£51,000	+6.25%	1,637 2.25%	579
Organisational Skills	82	Up 32 places+32	£37,500	+10.29%	1,427 1.97%	740
Inclusion and Diversity	83	Down -64 places-64	£52,500	+5.00%	1,413 1.95%	512
Law	86	Down -51 places-51	£50,000	+5.26%	1,361 1.87%	355
Games	93	Up 116 places+116	£50,000	+25.00%	1,270 1.75%	185
Telecoms	96	Up 29 places+29	£41,500	+18.57%	1,222 1.68%	480
Electronics	114	Down -81 places-81	£55,000	-	1,108 1.53%	338
Aerospace	118	Up 126 places+126	£55,000	+4.76%	1,067 1.47%	393
Automotive	170	Up 80 places+80	£47,500	-5.00%	802 1.10%	267
Influencing Skills	199	Up 47 places+47	£63,076	+5.73%	699 0.96%	346
Banking	249	Down -193 places-193	£55,000	+7.93%	523 0.72%	274
Presentation Skills	262	Down -104 places-104	£47,500	-5.00%	503 0.69%	329
Local Government	274	Up 32 places+32	£50,000	+3.42%	459 0.63%	158
Pharmaceutical	278	Up 35 places+35	£50,000	+25.00%	442 0.61%	131
Advertising	292	Down -55 places-55	£42,500	-	415 0.57%	117
Military	312	Down -34 places-34	£42,500	-5.55%	375 0.52%	177
Documentation Skills	318	Up 47 places+47	£48,000	+1.05%	369 0.51%	150
Aviation	367	Up 40 places+40	£65,000	+25.00%	284 0.39%	79
Billing	436	Down -53 places-53	£37,500	-6.25%	198 0.27%	122
Back Office	439	Down -18 places-18	£40,000	-27.27%	195 0.27%	55
Health Technology	479	Up 11 places+11	£60,000	-	148 0.20%	38
Multimedia	488	Up 38 places+38	£30,500	-12.85%	139 0.19%	301
Fire and Rescue	510	Up 23 places+23	£55,000	+22.22%	117 0.16%	35
Social Housing	511	Up 14 places+14	£55,000	+29.41%	116 0.16%	17
Agriculture	530	Down -35 places-35	£45,000	-12.19%	97 0.13%	26
French Language	531	Down -33 places-33	£35,000	+3.70%	96 0.13%	27
German Language	542	Down -75 places-75	£35,000	+16.66%	85 0.12%	46
Legal Technology	543	Down -45 places-45	£62,500	+15.74%	84 0.12%	51
Financial Institution	549	Down -145 places-145	£70,000	+1.44%	78 0.11%	61
Digital Healthcare	555	Down -21 places-21	£60,000	-7.69%	72 0.099%	17
Digital Health	557	Down -60 places-60	£52,500	-12.50%	70 0.096%	31
Publishing	562	Down -73 places-73	£50,000	+14.28%	65 0.090%	42
Wearables	563	Down -27 places-27	£60,000	-7.69%	64 0.088%	23
Spanish Language	566	Down -36 places-36	£58,750	+86.50%	61 0.084%	17
Swedish Language	568	Down -26 places-26	£50,000	+17.64%	59 0.081%	1
General Ledger	571	Down -65 places-65	£60,000	-25.00%	56 0.077%	24
Police	571	Down -107 places-107	£55,000	+27.82%	56 0.077%	41
Tech for Good	572	Down -106 places-106	£55,000	-8.33%	55 0.076%	13
Portuguese Language	578	Down -32 places-32	£60,000	+71.42%	49 0.068%	6
Brand Awareness	580	Down -90 places-90	£35,925	+34.38%	47 0.065%	20
Welsh Language	581	Down -49 places-49	£38,236	+2.86%	46 0.063%	12
Italian Language	584	Down -43 places-43	£54,808	+56.59%	43 0.059%	14
Front Office	588	Down -85 places-85	£80,000	+10.34%	39 0.054%	25