General Skills Statistics in the UK excluding London

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Oct 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%	13,150 14.66%	3,451
Finance	5	Down 2 places-2	£56,000	+9.80%	9,123 10.17%	1,629
Manufacturing	15	Up 2 places+2	£50,000	+11.11%	5,853 6.52%	1,722
Analytical Skills	23	Down 14 places-14	£47,500	+5.55%	4,699 5.24%	1,151
Marketing	34	Down 18 places-18	£42,500	+11.84%	3,537 3.94%	567
Retail	36	Down 17 places-17	£43,500	+24.28%	3,338 3.72%	608
Public Sector	37	Up 33 places+33	£60,000	+20.00%	3,334 3.72%	621
Organisational Skills	45	Up 61 places+61	£33,500	-	2,730 3.04%	498
Aerospace	50	Up 223 places+223	£55,000	+29.41%	2,461 2.74%	833
Electronics	51	Down 9 places-9	£50,000	-1.96%	2,442 2.72%	1,251
Inclusion and Diversity	52	Down 22 places-22	£50,000	+13.58%	2,384 2.66%	484
Legal	59	Up 31 places+31	£48,500	+2.10%	2,234 2.49%	352
Games	82	Up 157 places+157	£50,000	+31.57%	1,770 1.97%	89
Law	87	Down 28 places-28	£50,000	+11.11%	1,626 1.81%	288
Telecoms	88	Up 28 places+28	£42,000	+7.69%	1,593 1.78%	419
Automotive	132	Up 116 places+116	£50,000	+2.62%	1,136 1.27%	269
Influencing Skills	162	Up 53 places+53	£65,000	+8.96%	988 1.10%	231
Presentation Skills	163	Up 55 places+55	£47,500	-	984 1.10%	209
Military	211	Up 96 places+96	£50,000	+17.64%	767 0.86%	252
Banking	232	Down 115 places-115	£55,000	+37.50%	689 0.77%	142
Pharmaceutical	238	Up 82 places+82	£52,500	+31.25%	670 0.75%	142
Local Government	250	Up 48 places+48	£45,000	+5.88%	620 0.69%	112
Advertising	264	Down 22 places-22	£40,000	+9.58%	590 0.66%	106
Aviation	270	Up 123 places+123	£60,000	+41.17%	566 0.63%	133
Documentation Skills	330	Down 9 places-9	£50,000	+11.11%	426 0.47%	104
Billing	438	Down 97 places-97	£34,000	-13.65%	272 0.30%	55
Back Office	497	Down 96 places-96	£52,000	+4.00%	197 0.22%	245
Social Housing	526	Down 3 places-3	£50,000	+17.64%	167 0.19%	22
Fire and Rescue	532	Down 24 places-24	£51,878	+15.28%	161 0.18%	15
Brand Awareness	536	Down 52 places-52	£50,000	+66.66%	157 0.18%	26
Legal Technology	541	Down 53 places-53	£55,000	-4.34%	152 0.17%	14
Publishing	548	Down 58 places-58	£48,500	-5.82%	145 0.16%	27
Agriculture	550	Down 67 places-67	£45,000	-18.18%	143 0.16%	28
Health Technology	551	Down 59 places-59	£60,000	-11.11%	142 0.16%	27
German Language	553	Down 105 places-105	£35,000	-	140 0.16%	16
Police	562	Down 73 places-73	£50,000	+32.45%	130 0.14%	24
French Language	572	Down 151 places-151	£36,250	+3.57%	120 0.13%	24
Avionics	573	Down 68 places-68	£60,000	+24.63%	119 0.13%	88
Financial Institution	587	Down 168 places-168	£62,500	-3.84%	105 0.12%	37
Digital Healthcare	599	Down 57 places-57	£60,000	-7.69%	93 0.10%	6
General Ledger	605	Down 91 places-91	£58,000	-27.50%	87 0.097%	22
Italian Language	606	Down 71 places-71	£31,000	-23.92%	86 0.096%	3
Digital Health	618	Down 116 places-116	£50,000	-16.66%	74 0.083%	15
Tech for Good	620	Down 108 places-108	£65,000	+8.33%	72 0.080%	11
Spanish Language	623	Down 118 places-118	£45,000	+40.62%	69 0.077%	7
Wearables	624	Down 83 places-83	£75,000	+15.38%	68 0.076%	10
Swedish Language	633	Down 163 places-163	£65,000	+62.50%	59 0.066%	10
Aeronautics	643	Down 111 places-111	£40,914	-	49 0.055%	21
Dutch Language	644	Down 294 places-294	£29,000	-12.12%	48 0.054%	11
Japanese Language	646	Down 99 places-99	£54,808	+27.34%	46 0.051%	4