General Skills Statistics in West Sussex

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£49,500	+10.00%	174 17.43%	129
Finance	3	Up 5 places+5	£68,000	+13.33%	145 14.53%	66
Aerospace	11	New entry-	£44,250	-	94 9.42%	78
Manufacturing	15	Up 23 places+23	£42,500	-10.52%	72 7.21%	37
Marketing	21	Up 3 places+3	£40,000	+26.98%	59 5.91%	31
Telecoms	22	Up 8 places+8	£55,000	+86.44%	58 5.81%	15
Analytical Skills	26	Down 7 places-7	£51,500	-1.90%	54 5.41%	49
Retail	28	Up 5 places+5	£37,750	+3.42%	50 5.01%	18
Electronics	29	Down 3 places-3	£37,250	-21.57%	48 4.81%	54
Aviation	33	Up 7 places+7	£43,500	-3.76%	40 4.01%	23
Games	49	Down 8 places-8	£60,000	+71.42%	23 2.30%	15
Legal	55	Down 22 places-22	£65,000	-3.70%	17 1.70%	15
Organisational Skills	55	Down 34 places-34	£31,690	+2.22%	17 1.70%	18
Public Sector	57	Down 15 places-15	£65,000	-	15 1.50%	20
Military	59	Down 16 places-16	£15,600	-	13 1.30%	6
Inclusion and Diversity	60	Down 30 places-30	£32,500	-45.83%	12 1.20%	33
Presentation Skills	63	Down 23 places-23	£67,500	+50.00%	9 0.90%	9
Banking	64	Down 21 places-21	£85,000	+13.33%	8 0.80%	5
Law	65	Down 22 places-22	£15,600	-63.29%	7 0.70%	6
Legal Technology	66	New entry-	£85,000	-	6 0.60%
Advertising	67	Down 36 places-36	£67,500	+17.39%	5 0.50%	3
Influencing Skills	67	Down 29 places-29	£90,000	+1.12%	5 0.50%	5
Avionics	67	Down 24 places-24	£85,343	+88.81%	5 0.50%	6
French Language	68	Down 25 places-25	-	-	4 0.40%
Back Office	69	New entry-	£39,000	-	3 0.30%
Social Housing	69	New entry-	£42,500	-	3 0.30%
Automotive	70	New entry-	£36,500	-	2 0.20%	8
TTP	70	New entry-	£65,000	-	2 0.20%	1
Data Sovereignty	70	New entry-	£130,000	-	2 0.20%
Fire and Rescue	71	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 0.10%
Documentation Skills	71	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.10%	3
Aeronautics	71	New entry-	-	-	1 0.10%	2
Local Government	71	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 0.10%	5
Billing	71	Down 31 places-31	-	-	1 0.10%	5
Music Industry	71	New entry-	£32,000	-	1 0.10%
Pharmaceutical	71	Down 32 places-32	£45,000	-18.18%	1 0.10%	2