General Skills Statistics in West Sussex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	+16.66%	142 22.29%	54
Finance	7	Up 4 places+4	£60,000	+0.84%	55 8.63%	31
Aerospace	26	New entry-	£56,465	-	28 4.40%	7
Legal	27	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	+50.00%	27 4.24%	7
Analytical Skills	27	Down -11 places-11	£53,233	-9.39%	27 4.24%	14
Aviation	31	No change0	£93,343	+83.02%	23 3.61%	5
Law	35	Down -11 places-11	£62,500	+19.04%	19 2.98%	11
Manufacturing	35	Down -16 places-16	£57,500	+9.52%	19 2.98%	1
Marketing	38	Down -16 places-16	£35,000	+7.69%	16 2.51%	11
Games	39	New entry-	£35,000	-	15 2.35%	4
Retail	40	Down -26 places-26	£31,500	-42.31%	14 2.20%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	41	Down -22 places-22	£60,000	+14.28%	13 2.04%	4
Agriculture	41	New entry-	£40,000	-	13 2.04%
Electronics	42	Down -20 places-20	£47,500	+26.66%	12 1.88%	3
Telecoms	42	Down -17 places-17	£55,000	+22.22%	12 1.88%	9
Organisational Skills	44	Down -20 places-20	£39,000	+27.86%	10 1.57%	4
Billing	45	Down -13 places-13	£70,000	-	9 1.41%	3
Automotive	45	New entry-	-	-	9 1.41%	3
Presentation Skills	46	New entry-	£47,500	-	8 1.26%	1
Pharmaceutical	48	Down -26 places-26	£75,000	-	6 0.94%
Multimedia	50	New entry-	£30,000	-	4 0.63%	7
Public Sector	50	New entry-	£60,000	-	4 0.63%	8
Influencing Skills	51	Down -17 places-17	£70,000	-	3 0.47%	1
German Language	51	New entry-	£32,000	-	3 0.47%
Tech for Good	52	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.31%
Health Technology	52	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.31%
Local Government	53	New entry-	£50,000	-	1 0.16%	3
Digital Healthcare	53	New entry-	£82,500	-	1 0.16%
Music Industry	53	New entry-	£32,000	-	1 0.16%
Advertising	53	Down -30 places-30	£57,500	-14.81%	1 0.16%	1
Social Housing	53	New entry-	-	-	1 0.16%