General Skills Statistics in West Sussex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£47,500	+5.55%	140 22.19%	46
Finance	10	Up 3 places+3	£60,750	+1.25%	50 7.92%	34
Aerospace	22	New entry-	£56,465	-	29 4.60%	7
Analytical Skills	24	Down -9 places-9	£50,000	-20.00%	27 4.28%	11
Legal	26	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	+140.00%	25 3.96%	4
Aviation	28	Up 2 places+2	£93,343	+83.02%	23 3.65%	3
Manufacturing	33	Down -6 places-6	£57,500	-	18 2.85%	3
Marketing	34	Down -10 places-10	£30,000	-7.69%	17 2.69%	7
Law	34	Down -9 places-9	£62,500	-3.84%	17 2.69%	10
Games	35	New entry-	£35,000	-	16 2.54%	4
Telecoms	36	Down -11 places-11	£55,000	+22.22%	15 2.38%	10
Electronics	37	Down -21 places-21	£44,750	+19.33%	14 2.22%	5
Agriculture	38	New entry-	£40,000	-	13 2.06%
Retail	41	Down -27 places-27	£27,500	-50.00%	10 1.58%	5
Organisational Skills	41	Down -22 places-22	£39,000	+33.43%	10 1.58%	2
Billing	42	Down -10 places-10	£70,000	-	9 1.43%	4
Automotive	42	New entry-	-	-	9 1.43%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	42	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	+40.00%	9 1.43%	4
Presentation Skills	43	New entry-	£47,500	-	8 1.27%	1
Pharmaceutical	45	Down -16 places-16	£75,000	-	6 0.95%
Multimedia	47	New entry-	£30,000	-	4 0.63%	3
Public Sector	47	New entry-	£60,000	-	4 0.63%	13
Health Technology	49	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.32%
Music Industry	49	New entry-	£32,000	-	2 0.32%
German Language	49	New entry-	£34,750	-	2 0.32%
Influencing Skills	49	Down -15 places-15	£70,000	-	2 0.32%	1
Tech for Good	49	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.32%
Local Government	50	New entry-	£50,000	-	1 0.16%	2
Digital Healthcare	50	New entry-	£82,500	-	1 0.16%
Advertising	50	Down -26 places-26	£57,500	-11.53%	1 0.16%
Social Housing	50	New entry-	-	-	1 0.16%