General Skills Statistics in West Sussex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	2	Down -1 place-1	£57,500	+27.77%	136 21.87%	57
Finance	8	Up 1 place+1	£60,000	+1.69%	57 9.16%	28
Legal	28	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	+9.09%	27 4.34%	5
Analytical Skills	28	Down -11 places-11	£53,233	-3.21%	27 4.34%	18
Aerospace	29	New entry-	£56,465	-	26 4.18%	8
Aviation	33	Down -4 places-4	£93,343	+83.02%	22 3.54%	7
Law	35	Down -12 places-12	£62,500	+19.04%	19 3.05%	9
Manufacturing	35	Down -17 places-17	£57,500	+9.52%	19 3.05%
Games	39	New entry-	£35,000	-	15 2.41%	5
Retail	40	Down -27 places-27	£31,500	-42.31%	14 2.25%	1
Marketing	40	Down -20 places-20	£35,000	-24.32%	14 2.25%	12
Inclusion and Diversity	41	Down -24 places-24	£60,000	+14.28%	13 2.09%	4
Agriculture	41	New entry-	£40,000	-	13 2.09%
Electronics	42	Down -21 places-21	£47,500	+26.66%	12 1.93%	3
Telecoms	42	Down -18 places-18	£55,000	+22.22%	12 1.93%	5
Organisational Skills	44	Down -20 places-20	£39,000	-27.77%	10 1.61%	4
Billing	44	Down -13 places-13	£70,000	-	10 1.61%	3
Automotive	45	New entry-	-	-	9 1.45%	4
Presentation Skills	46	New entry-	£47,500	-	8 1.29%	2
Pharmaceutical	48	Down -27 places-27	£75,000	-	6 0.96%
Public Sector	49	New entry-	£60,000	-	5 0.80%	7
Multimedia	50	New entry-	£30,000	-	4 0.64%	8
German Language	51	New entry-	£32,000	-	3 0.48%
Influencing Skills	51	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	-	3 0.48%	1
Tech for Good	52	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.32%
Health Technology	52	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.32%	1
Advertising	53	Down -30 places-30	£57,500	-13.20%	1 0.16%	2
Social Housing	53	New entry-	-	-	1 0.16%
Local Government	53	New entry-	£50,000	-	1 0.16%	3
Digital Healthcare	53	New entry-	£82,500	-	1 0.16%