General Skills Statistics in the UK excluding London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£42,500	-	11,511 17.42%	4,207
Finance	7	Down -4 places-4	£55,000	-	6,240 9.45%	2,496
Analytical Skills	27	Down -19 places-19	£48,500	-3.00%	3,034 4.59%	1,522
Marketing	31	Up 1 place+1	£42,500	+6.25%	2,650 4.01%	1,003
Manufacturing	35	Down -21 places-21	£45,000	-	2,534 3.84%	921
Public Sector	44	Up 45 places+45	£58,598	+6.54%	2,181 3.30%	832
Retail	53	Down -28 places-28	£50,000	+23.15%	1,872 2.83%	836
Inclusion and Diversity	71	Down -58 places-58	£50,101	-0.04%	1,408 2.13%	590
Organisational Skills	81	Up 28 places+28	£37,500	+7.14%	1,272 1.93%	693
Legal	82	Down -9 places-9	£55,000	+10.00%	1,257 1.90%	555
Telecoms	85	Up 43 places+43	£40,000	+23.07%	1,236 1.87%	465
Law	95	Down -60 places-60	£52,500	+8.24%	1,144 1.73%	297
Electronics	110	Down -69 places-69	£54,375	-1.13%	994 1.50%	385
Games	116	Up 80 places+80	£45,000	+10.42%	953 1.44%	219
Aerospace	135	Up 106 places+106	£55,000	+0.37%	871 1.32%	347
Automotive	158	Up 81 places+81	£50,000	-0.10%	725 1.10%	277
Influencing Skills	195	Up 34 places+34	£63,076	+5.12%	594 0.90%	261
Banking	213	Down -165 places-165	£55,000	-5.98%	539 0.82%	255
Pharmaceutical	244	Up 41 places+41	£55,000	+46.66%	461 0.70%	119
Local Government	257	Up 50 places+50	£50,000	+11.85%	420 0.64%	192
Advertising	282	Down -42 places-42	£40,000	-12.56%	371 0.56%	128
Presentation Skills	288	Down -154 places-154	£50,000	-4.76%	364 0.55%	272
Military	304	Down -16 places-16	£42,500	-20.00%	336 0.51%	162
Documentation Skills	311	Up 68 places+68	£47,500	-	324 0.49%	146
Back Office	362	Up 65 places+65	£42,500	-29.62%	242 0.37%	49
Multimedia	366	Up 132 places+132	£30,500	-15.27%	238 0.36%	361
Aviation	366	Up 47 places+47	£60,000	+15.38%	238 0.36%	86
Billing	391	Up 13 places+13	£35,000	-11.11%	209 0.32%	142
Health Technology	468	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	-7.69%	127 0.19%	33
Social Housing	482	Up 16 places+16	£55,000	+29.41%	113 0.17%	48
French Language	485	Down -14 places-14	£39,000	+15.55%	110 0.17%	34
German Language	507	Down -55 places-55	£35,000	-	88 0.13%	36
Digital Healthcare	508	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	-7.69%	87 0.13%	18
Agriculture	514	Down -28 places-28	£43,500	-8.42%	81 0.12%	27
Fire and Rescue	523	Down -16 places-16	£55,000	+36.82%	72 0.11%	32
Digital Health	525	Down -20 places-20	£53,750	-10.41%	70 0.11%	28
Financial Institution	528	Down -158 places-158	£57,500	-20.68%	67 0.10%	45
Spanish Language	534	Down -33 places-33	£60,000	+130.76%	61 0.092%	20
Publishing	536	Down -75 places-75	£55,000	+29.41%	59 0.089%	41
Police	537	Down -101 places-101	£55,000	+2.44%	58 0.088%	42
Tech for Good	537	Down -105 places-105	£55,000	-8.33%	58 0.088%	24
Portuguese Language	543	Down -28 places-28	£60,000	+71.42%	52 0.079%	8
General Ledger	546	Down -58 places-58	£60,000	-20.00%	49 0.074%	32
Wearables	546	Down -39 places-39	£60,000	-9.43%	49 0.074%	15
Welsh Language	550	Down -51 places-51	£50,000	+35.60%	45 0.068%	9
Investment Banking	560	Down -174 places-174	£50,000	-41.17%	35 0.053%	30
iGaming	560	Down -47 places-47	£36,500	-18.88%	35 0.053%	15
Swedish Language	562	Down -53 places-53	£50,000	+17.64%	33 0.050%	24
Mandarin Language	564	Down -68 places-68	£40,000	-27.27%	31 0.047%	17
Brand Awareness	564	Down -78 places-78	£34,500	+2.22%	31 0.047%	21