General Skills Statistics in West Sussex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 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	£47,500	+5.55%	140 22.01%	50
Finance	8	Up 3 places+3	£60,000	+0.84%	55 8.65%	29
Aerospace	26	New entry-	£56,465	-	28 4.40%	7
Legal	27	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	+50.00%	27 4.25%	3
Analytical Skills	27	Down -11 places-11	£53,233	-9.39%	27 4.25%	12
Aviation	31	No change0	£93,343	+83.02%	23 3.62%	5
Law	35	Down -11 places-11	£62,500	+19.04%	19 2.99%	8
Manufacturing	35	Down -16 places-16	£57,500	+9.52%	19 2.99%
Marketing	38	Down -16 places-16	£35,000	+7.69%	16 2.52%	8
Games	39	New entry-	£35,000	-	15 2.36%	4
Retail	40	Down -26 places-26	£31,500	-42.31%	14 2.20%	4
Agriculture	41	New entry-	£40,000	-	13 2.04%
Inclusion and Diversity	41	Down -22 places-22	£60,000	+14.28%	13 2.04%	3
Electronics	42	Down -20 places-20	£47,500	+26.66%	12 1.89%	3
Telecoms	42	Down -16 places-16	£55,000	+22.22%	12 1.89%	8
Organisational Skills	44	Down -20 places-20	£39,000	+27.86%	10 1.57%	4
Billing	45	Down -13 places-13	£70,000	-	9 1.42%	3
Automotive	45	New entry-	-	-	9 1.42%	3
Presentation Skills	46	New entry-	£47,500	-	8 1.26%	1
Pharmaceutical	48	Down -26 places-26	£75,000	-	6 0.94%
Multimedia	50	New entry-	£30,000	-	4 0.63%	6
Public Sector	50	New entry-	£60,000	-	4 0.63%	10
German Language	51	New entry-	£32,000	-	3 0.47%
Health Technology	52	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.31%
Influencing Skills	52	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	-	2 0.31%	1
Tech for Good	52	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.31%
Local Government	53	New entry-	£50,000	-	1 0.16%	3
Digital Healthcare	53	New entry-	£82,500	-	1 0.16%
Music Industry	53	New entry-	£32,000	-	1 0.16%
Advertising	53	Down -30 places-30	£57,500	-14.81%	1 0.16%
Social Housing	53	New entry-	-	-	1 0.16%