General Skills Statistics in West Sussex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£39,000	-13.33%	143 22.24%	41
Finance	10	Up 2 places+2	£61,500	+2.50%	51 7.93%	26
Aerospace	27	New entry-	£56,465	-	27 4.20%	4
Analytical Skills	27	Down -13 places-13	£50,000	-20.00%	27 4.20%	13
Legal	29	Down -13 places-13	£60,000	+140.00%	25 3.89%	6
Aviation	33	Down -3 places-3	£93,343	+83.02%	20 3.11%	4
Marketing	33	Down -11 places-11	£30,000	-7.69%	20 3.11%	8
Law	34	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	-7.69%	19 2.95%	10
Telecoms	35	Down -10 places-10	£70,000	+55.55%	18 2.80%	12
Games	35	New entry-	£47,500	-	18 2.80%	4
Manufacturing	36	Down -6 places-6	£57,500	-	17 2.64%	1
Electronics	38	Down -25 places-25	£42,000	+12.00%	15 2.33%	3
Agriculture	40	New entry-	£40,000	-	13 2.02%
Organisational Skills	43	Down -26 places-26	£39,000	+33.43%	10 1.56%	4
Inclusion and Diversity	43	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	+33.33%	10 1.56%	6
Retail	43	Down -29 places-29	£27,500	-50.00%	10 1.56%	5
Billing	44	Down -12 places-12	£70,000	-	9 1.40%	4
Automotive	44	New entry-	-	-	9 1.40%	4
Presentation Skills	45	New entry-	£47,500	-	8 1.24%	2
Pharmaceutical	47	Down -15 places-15	£75,000	-	6 0.93%
Multimedia	49	New entry-	£30,000	-	4 0.62%	7
Public Sector	50	Down -17 places-17	£60,000	-	3 0.47%	8
Influencing Skills	51	Down -17 places-17	£70,000	-	2 0.31%
Tech for Good	51	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.31%
Local Government	51	New entry-	£45,000	-	2 0.31%	1
Health Technology	51	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.31%
Music Industry	51	New entry-	£32,000	-	2 0.31%
Military	51	Down -23 places-23	£15,600	-58.40%	2 0.31%	4
Social Housing	51	New entry-	£40,000	-	2 0.31%
Digital Healthcare	52	New entry-	£82,500	-	1 0.16%
Advertising	52	Down -28 places-28	£57,500	-11.53%	1 0.16%
Fire and Rescue	52	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 0.16%
German Language	52	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.16%