General Skills Statistics in West Sussex

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 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	-	180 17.51%	51
Finance	2	Up 5 places+5	£68,000	+13.33%	154 14.98%	16
Aerospace	10	New entry-	£44,250	-	103 10.02%	35
Manufacturing	15	Up 21 places+21	£42,500	-19.04%	76 7.39%	29
Analytical Skills	23	Down 5 places-5	£51,500	-1.90%	60 5.84%	17
Marketing	24	Down 4 places-4	£40,000	+26.98%	59 5.74%	8
Telecoms	24	Up 4 places+4	£55,000	+83.33%	59 5.74%	7
Retail	29	No change0	£37,750	-37.08%	53 5.16%	4
Electronics	30	Down 2 places-2	£37,500	-27.11%	52 5.06%	39
Aviation	35	Up 5 places+5	£43,500	-21.48%	40 3.89%	5
Organisational Skills	51	Down 29 places-29	£31,690	+2.22%	22 2.14%	8
Games	51	Down 11 places-11	£60,000	+71.42%	22 2.14%	4
Legal	56	Down 23 places-23	£65,000	-3.70%	17 1.65%	6
Inclusion and Diversity	57	Down 32 places-32	£32,500	-45.83%	16 1.56%	8
Public Sector	58	Down 17 places-17	£65,000	-	15 1.46%	8
Military	59	Down 17 places-17	£15,600	-	14 1.36%	3
Presentation Skills	63	Down 24 places-24	£67,500	+50.00%	10 0.97%	5
Banking	63	Down 21 places-21	£85,000	+13.33%	10 0.97%
Influencing Skills	66	Down 30 places-30	£86,575	-10.74%	7 0.68%	1
Law	66	Down 24 places-24	£15,600	-63.29%	7 0.68%	1
Avionics	67	Down 24 places-24	£85,343	+54.04%	6 0.58%	2
Legal Technology	67	New entry-	£85,000	-	6 0.58%
Advertising	68	Down 37 places-37	£67,500	+17.39%	5 0.49%	3
French Language	69	Down 27 places-27	-	-	4 0.39%
Social Housing	70	New entry-	£42,500	-	3 0.29%
Back Office	70	New entry-	£39,000	-	3 0.29%	2
Automotive	71	New entry-	£36,500	-	2 0.19%	3
TTP	71	New entry-	£65,000	-	2 0.19%
Data Sovereignty	71	New entry-	£130,000	-	2 0.19%
Fire and Rescue	72	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 0.097%
Local Government	72	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 0.097%	1
Documentation Skills	72	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.097%
Aeronautics	72	New entry-	-	-	1 0.097%	1
Billing	72	Down 33 places-33	-	-	1 0.097%	1
Music Industry	72	New entry-	£32,000	-	1 0.097%
Pharmaceutical	72	Down 34 places-34	£45,000	-18.18%	1 0.097%