General Skills Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 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	-5.55%	1,425 15.68%	299
Finance	7	Down 3 places-3	£52,679	-1.88%	865 9.52%	121
Manufacturing	10	Up 2 places+2	£45,000	-	808 8.89%	178
Public Sector	19	Up 14 places+14	£55,000	-12.69%	456 5.02%	55
Analytical Skills	20	Down 10 places-10	£46,401	-7.19%	453 4.98%	102
Marketing	33	Up 2 places+2	£45,000	+28.57%	365 4.02%	36
Organisational Skills	38	Up 56 places+56	£35,500	+9.23%	322 3.54%	42
Retail	39	Down 24 places-24	£45,000	-5.26%	313 3.44%	65
Legal	46	Up 20 places+20	£50,000	+11.11%	254 2.79%	42
Automotive	65	Up 64 places+64	£50,000	+2.56%	195 2.15%	42
Inclusion and Diversity	68	Down 36 places-36	£59,250	+10.23%	190 2.09%	26
Telecoms	77	Down 10 places-10	£40,000	+45.45%	170 1.87%	35
Electronics	79	Up 44 places+44	£42,500	-10.52%	167 1.84%	74
Law	88	Down 31 places-31	£65,000	+23.80%	153 1.68%	13
Aerospace	99	Up 47 places+47	£47,500	+18.75%	137 1.51%	42
Games	108	Up 40 places+40	£42,000	+27.27%	119 1.31%	5
Influencing Skills	116	Up 20 places+20	£59,250	-7.05%	108 1.19%	18
Presentation Skills	135	Down 17 places-17	£43,750	-35.18%	88 0.97%	17
Banking	161	Down 40 places-40	£65,000	-16.18%	59 0.65%	12
Pharmaceutical	168	Down 13 places-13	£53,750	+34.37%	52 0.57%	21
Military	171	Down 27 places-27	£40,000	-5.88%	49 0.54%	19
Documentation Skills	172	Down 39 places-39	£52,500	-	48 0.53%	16
Local Government	173	Down 51 places-51	£40,000	-5.88%	47 0.52%	5
Agriculture	178	Down 16 places-16	£45,000	-18.18%	42 0.46%	9
Social Housing	179	Down 17 places-17	£57,500	+10.36%	41 0.45%	2
Advertising	179	Down 35 places-35	£55,000	+10.00%	41 0.45%	12
Back Office	183	Down 45 places-45	£35,000	-17.64%	37 0.41%	18
Billing	187	Down 28 places-28	£46,250	+8.82%	33 0.36%	4
Fire and Rescue	201	Down 53 places-53	£51,356	+14.12%	19 0.21%	1
Swedish Language	201	New entry-	£65,000	-	19 0.21%
Digital Healthcare	203	New entry-	£35,000	-	17 0.19%	1
Publishing	204	Down 37 places-37	£48,500	-3.00%	16 0.18%	3
Legal Technology	206	Down 37 places-37	£42,750	-22.27%	14 0.15%	4
General Ledger	206	Down 47 places-47	£55,000	-33.33%	14 0.15%
Aviation	208	New entry-	£45,000	-	12 0.13%	2
Brand Awareness	209	Down 40 places-40	£30,000	+7.14%	11 0.12%