General Skills Statistics in West Sussex

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£49,500	-1.00%	193 17.69%	124
Finance	2	Up 4 places+4	£67,500	+12.50%	159 14.57%	63
Aerospace	3	Up 39 places+39	£45,000	-	158 14.48%	70
Manufacturing	16	Up 20 places+20	£41,250	-28.26%	95 8.71%	50
Retail	21	Up 11 places+11	£35,500	-40.83%	75 6.87%	15
Analytical Skills	22	Down 2 places-2	£51,500	-1.90%	73 6.69%	42
Marketing	27	Down 5 places-5	£40,000	+24.03%	64 5.87%	41
Electronics	30	Up 7 places+7	£37,500	-27.11%	58 5.32%	52
Telecoms	31	No change0	£55,000	+59.42%	56 5.13%	16
Aviation	40	Down 2 places-2	£43,500	-21.48%	41 3.76%	17
Inclusion and Diversity	43	Down 16 places-16	£32,500	-45.83%	38 3.48%	33
Organisational Skills	47	Down 19 places-19	£30,440	-1.80%	34 3.12%	12
Legal	61	Down 28 places-28	£65,000	-3.70%	20 1.83%	14
Games	61	Down 19 places-19	£60,000	+71.42%	20 1.83%	20
Public Sector	63	Down 19 places-19	£63,750	-	18 1.65%	14
Military	66	Down 22 places-22	£15,600	-	15 1.37%	10
Banking	68	Down 24 places-24	£85,000	+13.33%	13 1.19%	3
Influencing Skills	68	Down 30 places-30	£83,150	-14.27%	13 1.19%	6
Presentation Skills	70	Down 29 places-29	£67,500	+50.00%	11 1.01%	11
Avionics	73	Down 28 places-28	£85,343	+54.04%	8 0.73%	10
Legal Technology	75	New entry-	£85,000	-	6 0.55%
Law	76	Down 34 places-34	£15,600	-68.00%	5 0.46%	4
Advertising	76	Down 42 places-42	£67,500	+17.39%	5 0.46%	2
French Language	76	Down 32 places-32	-	-	5 0.46%	1
Social Housing	78	New entry-	£42,500	-	3 0.28%
Back Office	78	New entry-	£39,000	-	3 0.28%
Automotive	79	New entry-	£36,500	-	2 0.18%	11
Data Sovereignty	79	New entry-	£130,000	-	2 0.18%
Billing	80	Down 39 places-39	-	-	1 0.092%	6
Pharmaceutical	80	Down 40 places-40	£45,000	-18.18%	1 0.092%	2
Documentation Skills	80	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.092%	2
Aeronautics	80	New entry-	-	-	1 0.092%	4
German Language	80	Down 38 places-38	-	-	1 0.092%	1
TTP	80	New entry-	£55,000	-	1 0.092%	1
Local Government	80	New entry-	£63,750	-	1 0.092%	4