General Skills Statistics in Wakefield

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Manufacturing	1	Up 10 places+10	£52,500	+5.00%	31 22.46%	10
Social Skills	3	Up 2 places+2	£43,000	-14.00%	21 15.22%	7
Analytical Skills	10	Down 4 places-4	£42,500	-	11 7.97%	3
Electronics	13	New entry-	£34,500	-	8 5.80%	7
Aviation	13	New entry-	-	-	8 5.80%
Organisational Skills	16	New entry-	£37,739	-	5 3.62%	2
Local Government	17	New entry-	£56,500	-	4 2.90%
Public Sector	17	Down 4 places-4	£51,865	+29.66%	4 2.90%
Finance	18	Down 4 places-4	£42,500	-15.00%	3 2.17%	4
Banking	19	New entry-	£42,500	-	2 1.45%
Legal	19	New entry-	£60,000	-	2 1.45%	3
Advertising	19	Down 4 places-4	£60,000	-	2 1.45%	1
Retail	20	Down 9 places-9	-	-	1 0.72%	7
Billing	20	New entry-	£51,500	-	1 0.72%
Marketing	20	Down 6 places-6	£37,500	+11.94%	1 0.72%	8
Telecoms	20	New entry-	£51,500	-	1 0.72%
Law	20	Down 9 places-9	£45,000	+8.43%	1 0.72%	2
Brand Awareness	20	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.72%
Military	20	New entry-	£34,500	-	1 0.72%	1
Inclusion and Diversity	20	Down 6 places-6	£37,977	+26.69%	1 0.72%	1