General Skills Statistics in West Sussex

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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	£47,500	-	184 17.61%	51
Finance	2	Up 5 places+5	£67,750	+12.91%	157 15.02%	14
Aerospace	6	Up 39 places+39	£45,000	-	117 11.20%	43
Manufacturing	14	Up 23 places+23	£42,500	-26.08%	80 7.66%	27
Analytical Skills	21	Down 1 place-1	£51,500	-1.90%	61 5.84%	14
Retail	21	Up 11 places+11	£35,500	-40.83%	61 5.84%	3
Telecoms	23	Up 8 places+8	£55,000	+59.42%	57 5.45%	6
Marketing	23	Down 3 places-3	£40,000	+24.03%	57 5.45%	9
Electronics	26	Up 7 places+7	£37,500	-27.11%	52 4.98%	36
Aviation	33	Up 8 places+8	£43,500	-21.48%	41 3.92%	6
Organisational Skills	48	Down 22 places-22	£30,880	-0.38%	25 2.39%	9
Games	51	Down 9 places-9	£60,000	+71.42%	22 2.11%	4
Inclusion and Diversity	52	Down 25 places-25	£32,500	-45.83%	21 2.01%	15
Legal	56	Down 23 places-23	£65,000	-3.70%	17 1.63%	4
Public Sector	56	Down 13 places-13	£64,375	-	17 1.63%	4
Military	57	Down 13 places-13	£15,600	-	16 1.53%	3
Banking	62	Down 18 places-18	£85,000	+13.33%	11 1.05%
Presentation Skills	63	Down 22 places-22	£67,500	+50.00%	10 0.96%	4
Influencing Skills	64	Down 26 places-26	£83,150	-14.27%	9 0.86%	2
Law	66	Down 24 places-24	£15,600	-68.00%	7 0.67%	1
Avionics	67	Down 22 places-22	£85,343	+54.04%	6 0.57%	3
Legal Technology	67	New entry-	£85,000	-	6 0.57%
Advertising	68	Down 34 places-34	£67,500	+17.39%	5 0.48%	2
French Language	69	Down 25 places-25	-	-	4 0.38%	1
Back Office	70	New entry-	£39,000	-	3 0.29%
Social Housing	70	New entry-	£42,500	-	3 0.29%
TTP	71	New entry-	£65,000	-	2 0.19%
Data Sovereignty	71	New entry-	£130,000	-	2 0.19%
Automotive	71	New entry-	£36,500	-	2 0.19%	2
Local Government	71	New entry-	£51,875	-	2 0.19%	1
Fire and Rescue	72	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 0.096%
Documentation Skills	72	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.096%
Aeronautics	72	New entry-	-	-	1 0.096%	2
Billing	72	Down 31 places-31	-	-	1 0.096%	1
Pharmaceutical	72	Down 32 places-32	£45,000	-18.18%	1 0.096%