General Skills Statistics in the UK excluding London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 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	-	11,734 17.20%	4,197
Finance	7	Down -4 places-4	£55,000	-	6,473 9.49%	2,676
Analytical Skills	28	Down -20 places-20	£48,445	-3.11%	3,093 4.53%	1,530
Marketing	32	Down -5 places-5	£45,000	+12.50%	2,689 3.94%	1,002
Manufacturing	33	Down -20 places-20	£45,000	-	2,668 3.91%	910
Public Sector	43	Up 46 places+46	£57,946	+5.35%	2,322 3.40%	770
Retail	54	Down -29 places-29	£50,000	+25.00%	1,975 2.89%	843
Inclusion and Diversity	77	Down -62 places-62	£50,000	-	1,368 2.01%	551
Legal	79	Down -5 places-5	£53,085	+6.17%	1,358 1.99%	521
Organisational Skills	80	Up 30 places+30	£37,500	+10.29%	1,346 1.97%	694
Telecoms	85	Up 44 places+44	£41,000	+24.24%	1,226 1.80%	474
Law	90	Down -54 places-54	£52,500	+10.52%	1,190 1.74%	287
Games	96	Up 100 places+100	£45,000	+12.50%	1,129 1.65%	176
Electronics	108	Down -73 places-73	£54,000	-1.81%	1,025 1.50%	360
Aerospace	125	Up 119 places+119	£55,000	+0.37%	935 1.37%	342
Automotive	159	Up 88 places+88	£50,000	-	753 1.10%	268
Influencing Skills	193	Up 45 places+45	£63,076	+5.73%	627 0.92%	284
Banking	218	Down -169 places-169	£55,000	-4.25%	537 0.79%	265
Local Government	261	Up 63 places+63	£50,000	+12.35%	437 0.64%	184
Pharmaceutical	271	Up 49 places+49	£55,000	+46.66%	417 0.61%	120
Presentation Skills	280	Down -144 places-144	£47,500	-8.65%	400 0.59%	320
Advertising	286	Down -47 places-47	£40,000	-11.11%	388 0.57%	124
Military	303	Down -23 places-23	£42,500	-5.55%	352 0.52%	153
Documentation Skills	307	Up 80 places+80	£47,500	-	345 0.51%	131
Aviation	364	Up 59 places+59	£65,000	+27.45%	255 0.37%	86
Back Office	380	Up 52 places+52	£42,500	-29.16%	236 0.35%	47
Multimedia	399	Up 116 places+116	£30,500	-18.34%	213 0.31%	495
Billing	408	Down -4 places-4	£35,000	-11.11%	201 0.29%	116
Health Technology	467	Up 10 places+10	£60,000	-7.69%	135 0.20%	33
Social Housing	487	Up 31 places+31	£55,000	+29.41%	115 0.17%	39
French Language	499	Down -10 places-10	£35,000	-	103 0.15%	30
Agriculture	516	Down -21 places-21	£43,500	-8.42%	86 0.13%	22
German Language	517	Down -48 places-48	£35,000	+7.69%	85 0.12%	54
Fire and Rescue	524	Up 1 place+1	£55,000	+36.82%	78 0.11%	43
Digital Healthcare	528	Down -7 places-7	£60,000	-7.69%	74 0.11%	18
Financial Institution	530	Down -146 places-146	£62,500	-10.71%	72 0.11%	55
Legal Technology	532	Down -42 places-42	£85,000	+54.54%	70 0.10%	26
Digital Health	538	Down -16 places-16	£52,500	-17.64%	64 0.094%	30
Spanish Language	540	Down -22 places-22	£60,000	+130.76%	62 0.091%	21
Publishing	541	Down -62 places-62	£52,500	+23.52%	61 0.089%	30
General Ledger	544	Down -40 places-40	£60,000	-25.00%	58 0.085%	36
Tech for Good	544	Down -89 places-89	£55,000	-8.33%	58 0.085%	17
Police	547	Down -86 places-86	£55,000	+2.44%	55 0.081%	48
Portuguese Language	549	Down -16 places-16	£60,000	+71.42%	53 0.078%	10
Wearables	551	Down -27 places-27	£60,000	-7.69%	51 0.075%	18
Swedish Language	556	Down -29 places-29	£50,000	+17.64%	46 0.067%	10
Welsh Language	557	Down -40 places-40	£50,000	+35.60%	45 0.066%	13
Brand Awareness	566	Down -68 places-68	£34,500	+15.00%	36 0.053%	29
iGaming	567	Down -36 places-36	£36,500	-18.88%	35 0.051%	12
Italian Language	568	Down -40 places-40	£54,808	+56.59%	34 0.050%	12