General Skills Statistics in West Sussex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 May 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%	140 22.22%	43
Finance	10	No change0	£60,750	+1.25%	50 7.94%	33
Aerospace	23	New entry-	£56,465	-	28 4.44%	8
Analytical Skills	24	Down -10 places-10	£50,000	-20.00%	27 4.29%	11
Legal	25	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	+140.00%	25 3.97%	4
Aviation	28	Up 1 place+1	£93,343	+83.02%	21 3.33%	6
Manufacturing	30	Down -3 places-3	£57,500	-	18 2.86%	3
Marketing	30	Down -9 places-9	£30,000	-7.69%	18 2.86%	8
Telecoms	31	Down -7 places-7	£85,000	+88.88%	17 2.70%	12
Law	31	Down -7 places-7	£62,500	-3.84%	17 2.70%	11
Games	31	New entry-	£35,000	-	17 2.70%	4
Electronics	34	Down -22 places-22	£44,750	+19.33%	14 2.22%	5
Agriculture	35	New entry-	£40,000	-	13 2.06%
Organisational Skills	38	Down -20 places-20	£39,000	+33.43%	10 1.59%	2
Retail	38	Down -25 places-25	£27,500	-50.00%	10 1.59%	5
Automotive	39	New entry-	-	-	9 1.43%	4
Inclusion and Diversity	39	Down -16 places-16	£70,000	+40.00%	9 1.43%	4
Billing	39	Down -8 places-8	£70,000	-	9 1.43%	4
Presentation Skills	40	New entry-	£47,500	-	8 1.27%	2
Pharmaceutical	42	Down -13 places-13	£75,000	-	6 0.95%
Public Sector	44	Down -12 places-12	£60,000	-	4 0.63%	15
Multimedia	44	New entry-	£30,000	-	4 0.63%	3
Influencing Skills	46	Down -13 places-13	£70,000	-	2 0.32%	1
Tech for Good	46	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.32%
Health Technology	46	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.32%
Music Industry	46	New entry-	£32,000	-	2 0.32%
Advertising	47	Down -24 places-24	£57,500	-11.53%	1 0.16%
Social Housing	47	New entry-	-	-	1 0.16%
German Language	47	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.16%
Local Government	47	New entry-	£50,000	-	1 0.16%	2
Digital Healthcare	47	New entry-	£82,500	-	1 0.16%