General Skills Statistics in West Sussex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 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%	141 22.17%	43
Finance	10	Up 3 places+3	£60,000	-	51 8.02%	34
Aerospace	25	New entry-	£56,465	-	29 4.56%	7
Analytical Skills	26	Down -11 places-11	£50,000	-20.00%	28 4.40%	11
Legal	29	Down -13 places-13	£60,000	+140.00%	25 3.93%	4
Aviation	31	Down -1 place-1	£93,343	+83.02%	23 3.62%	3
Marketing	35	Down -11 places-11	£32,500	-	19 2.99%	7
Manufacturing	35	Down -9 places-9	£57,500	-	19 2.99%	2
Law	37	Down -12 places-12	£62,500	-3.84%	17 2.67%	10
Games	38	New entry-	£35,000	-	16 2.52%	4
Telecoms	39	Down -13 places-13	£55,000	+22.22%	15 2.36%	10
Electronics	40	Down -24 places-24	£44,750	+19.33%	14 2.20%	4
Agriculture	41	New entry-	£40,000	-	13 2.04%
Retail	44	Down -30 places-30	£27,500	-50.00%	10 1.57%	4
Organisational Skills	44	Down -25 places-25	£39,000	+33.43%	10 1.57%	2
Billing	45	Down -13 places-13	£70,000	-	9 1.42%	5
Automotive	45	New entry-	-	-	9 1.42%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	45	Down -21 places-21	£70,000	+40.00%	9 1.42%	4
Presentation Skills	46	New entry-	£47,500	-	8 1.26%	1
Pharmaceutical	48	Down -20 places-20	£75,000	-	6 0.94%
Multimedia	50	New entry-	£30,000	-	4 0.63%	5
Public Sector	50	New entry-	£60,000	-	4 0.63%	14
Health Technology	52	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.31%
Music Industry	52	New entry-	£32,000	-	2 0.31%
German Language	52	New entry-	£34,750	-	2 0.31%
Influencing Skills	52	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	-	2 0.31%	1
Tech for Good	52	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.31%
Local Government	53	New entry-	£50,000	-	1 0.16%	2
Digital Healthcare	53	New entry-	£82,500	-	1 0.16%
Advertising	53	Down -29 places-29	£57,500	-11.53%	1 0.16%
Social Housing	53	New entry-	-	-	1 0.16%