General Skills Statistics in West Sussex

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£47,500	-	189 17.83%	52
Finance	2	Up 5 places+5	£67,500	+12.50%	158 14.91%	24
Aerospace	4	Up 40 places+40	£45,000	-	126 11.89%	42
Manufacturing	13	Up 25 places+25	£42,500	-26.08%	85 8.02%	30
Retail	19	Up 14 places+14	£35,500	-40.83%	69 6.51%	7
Analytical Skills	21	No change0	£51,500	-1.90%	66 6.23%	16
Marketing	22	Up 1 place+1	£40,000	+24.03%	63 5.94%	6
Electronics	25	Up 13 places+13	£37,500	-27.11%	56 5.28%	30
Telecoms	27	Up 5 places+5	£55,000	+59.42%	54 5.09%	5
Aviation	34	Up 6 places+6	£43,500	-21.48%	41 3.87%	6
Organisational Skills	43	Down 15 places-15	£30,440	-1.80%	31 2.92%	10
Inclusion and Diversity	47	Down 19 places-19	£32,500	-45.83%	27 2.55%	12
Games	54	Down 11 places-11	£60,000	+71.42%	20 1.89%	4
Legal	56	Down 22 places-22	£65,000	-3.70%	18 1.70%	3
Public Sector	57	Down 11 places-11	£64,375	-	17 1.60%	3
Military	59	Down 14 places-14	£15,600	-	15 1.42%	4
Banking	62	Down 17 places-17	£85,000	+13.33%	12 1.13%
Presentation Skills	63	Down 21 places-21	£67,500	+50.00%	11 1.04%	4
Influencing Skills	64	Down 25 places-25	£83,150	-14.27%	10 0.94%	1
Avionics	68	Down 22 places-22	£85,343	+54.04%	6 0.57%	5
Legal Technology	68	New entry-	£85,000	-	6 0.57%
Law	68	Down 25 places-25	£15,600	-68.00%	6 0.57%	2
Advertising	69	Down 34 places-34	£67,500	+17.39%	5 0.47%	2
French Language	70	Down 25 places-25	-	-	4 0.38%	1
Back Office	71	New entry-	£39,000	-	3 0.28%
Social Housing	71	New entry-	£42,500	-	3 0.28%
TTP	72	New entry-	£65,000	-	2 0.19%
Data Sovereignty	72	New entry-	£130,000	-	2 0.19%
Automotive	72	New entry-	£36,500	-	2 0.19%	2
Billing	73	Down 31 places-31	-	-	1 0.094%	1
Pharmaceutical	73	Down 32 places-32	£45,000	-18.18%	1 0.094%
Documentation Skills	73	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.094%
Aeronautics	73	New entry-	-	-	1 0.094%	2
Local Government	73	New entry-	£63,750	-	1 0.094%	1