General Skills Statistics in West Sussex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 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	+5.55%	170 17.51%	129
Finance	3	Up 6 places+6	£68,000	+14.28%	139 14.32%	68
Aerospace	12	New entry-	£44,250	-	83 8.55%	63
Manufacturing	16	Up 22 places+22	£42,500	-10.52%	66 6.80%	34
Telecoms	20	Up 10 places+10	£55,000	+86.44%	57 5.87%	16
Marketing	21	Up 1 place+1	£40,000	+29.03%	56 5.77%	31
Analytical Skills	24	Down 7 places-7	£51,500	-1.90%	52 5.36%	51
Electronics	29	Down 3 places-3	£37,500	-21.05%	45 4.63%	51
Retail	31	Up 2 places+2	£37,750	+3.42%	42 4.33%	19
Aviation	33	Up 7 places+7	£43,500	-3.76%	39 4.02%	19
Games	48	Down 7 places-7	£60,000	+71.42%	23 2.37%	15
Legal	55	Down 24 places-24	£65,000	+8.33%	16 1.65%	14
Public Sector	57	Down 15 places-15	£65,000	-	14 1.44%	22
Organisational Skills	57	Down 38 places-38	£31,690	+3.90%	14 1.44%	15
Military	59	Down 16 places-16	£15,600	-	12 1.24%	4
Inclusion and Diversity	60	Down 30 places-30	£32,500	-45.83%	11 1.13%	22
Presentation Skills	62	Down 22 places-22	£67,500	+50.00%	9 0.93%	9
Law	64	Down 21 places-21	£15,600	-63.29%	7 0.72%	5
Legal Technology	65	New entry-	£85,000	-	6 0.62%
Banking	65	Down 22 places-22	£85,000	+13.33%	6 0.62%	6
Advertising	66	Down 38 places-38	£67,500	+17.39%	5 0.51%	4
Influencing Skills	66	Down 28 places-28	£90,000	+1.12%	5 0.51%	6
Avionics	67	Down 24 places-24	£85,343	+88.81%	4 0.41%	2
French Language	67	Down 24 places-24	-	-	4 0.41%
Back Office	68	New entry-	£39,000	-	3 0.31%
Automotive	69	New entry-	£36,500	-	2 0.21%	10
Social Housing	69	New entry-	£43,750	-	2 0.21%
Music Industry	69	New entry-	£32,000	-	2 0.21%
Pharmaceutical	70	Down 31 places-31	£45,000	-18.18%	1 0.10%	2
Fire and Rescue	70	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 0.10%
Documentation Skills	70	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.10%	5
Local Government	70	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 0.10%	4
Billing	70	Down 30 places-30	-	-	1 0.10%	6