General Skills Statistics in West Sussex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£47,500	-	141 22.17%	40
Finance	7	Up 3 places+3	£60,000	+0.84%	55 8.65%	26
Analytical Skills	25	Down -11 places-11	£50,000	-9.09%	28 4.40%	11
Aerospace	25	New entry-	£56,465	-	28 4.40%	7
Legal	26	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	+50.00%	27 4.25%	3
Aviation	30	No change0	£93,343	+83.02%	23 3.62%	4
Law	34	Down -11 places-11	£62,500	+19.04%	19 2.99%	8
Manufacturing	34	Down -15 places-15	£57,500	+9.52%	19 2.99%
Marketing	36	Down -14 places-14	£35,000	+7.69%	17 2.67%	8
Games	38	New entry-	£35,000	-	15 2.36%	4
Retail	39	Down -27 places-27	£31,500	-42.31%	14 2.20%	4
Inclusion and Diversity	40	Down -21 places-21	£60,000	+14.28%	13 2.04%	3
Agriculture	40	New entry-	£40,000	-	13 2.04%
Electronics	40	Down -19 places-19	£47,500	+26.66%	13 2.04%	3
Telecoms	42	Down -17 places-17	£55,000	+22.22%	11 1.73%	7
Organisational Skills	43	Down -22 places-22	£39,000	+27.86%	10 1.57%	4
Billing	44	Down -13 places-13	£70,000	-	9 1.42%	3
Automotive	44	New entry-	-	-	9 1.42%	3
Presentation Skills	45	New entry-	£47,500	-	8 1.26%	1
Pharmaceutical	47	Down -25 places-25	£75,000	-	6 0.94%
Public Sector	49	New entry-	£60,000	-	4 0.63%	8
Multimedia	49	New entry-	£30,000	-	4 0.63%	6
German Language	50	New entry-	£32,000	-	3 0.47%
Influencing Skills	51	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	-	2 0.31%	1
Tech for Good	51	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.31%
Health Technology	51	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.31%
Social Housing	52	New entry-	-	-	1 0.16%
Local Government	52	New entry-	£50,000	-	1 0.16%	3
Digital Healthcare	52	New entry-	£82,500	-	1 0.16%
Music Industry	52	New entry-	£32,000	-	1 0.16%
Advertising	52	Down -29 places-29	£57,500	-14.81%	1 0.16%