General Skills Statistics in West Sussex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 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%	141 22.10%	50
Finance	9	Up 1 place+1	£60,750	+1.25%	52 8.15%	40
Aerospace	27	New entry-	£56,465	-	28 4.39%	10
Analytical Skills	28	Down -14 places-14	£50,000	-20.00%	27 4.23%	15
Legal	30	Down -15 places-15	£60,000	+140.00%	25 3.92%	4
Aviation	33	Down -4 places-4	£93,343	+83.02%	21 3.29%	8
Marketing	35	Down -14 places-14	£30,000	-7.69%	18 2.82%	7
Telecoms	35	Down -11 places-11	£70,000	+55.55%	18 2.82%	12
Manufacturing	35	Down -8 places-8	£57,500	-	18 2.82%	5
Law	36	Down -12 places-12	£62,500	-3.84%	17 2.66%	9
Games	36	New entry-	£35,000	-	17 2.66%	3
Electronics	39	Down -28 places-28	£44,750	+19.33%	14 2.19%	6
Agriculture	40	New entry-	£40,000	-	13 2.04%	1
Organisational Skills	43	Down -26 places-26	£39,000	+33.43%	10 1.57%	2
Retail	43	Down -30 places-30	£27,500	-50.00%	10 1.57%	8
Inclusion and Diversity	44	Down -21 places-21	£70,000	+40.00%	9 1.41%	5
Billing	44	Down -13 places-13	£70,000	-	9 1.41%	3
Automotive	44	New entry-	-	-	9 1.41%	6
Presentation Skills	45	New entry-	£47,500	-	8 1.25%	3
Pharmaceutical	47	Down -18 places-18	£75,000	-	6 0.94%
Public Sector	49	Down -17 places-17	£60,000	-	4 0.63%	15
Multimedia	49	New entry-	£30,000	-	4 0.63%	7
Social Housing	51	New entry-	£40,000	-	2 0.31%	1
Influencing Skills	51	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	-	2 0.31%	1
Tech for Good	51	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.31%
Local Government	51	New entry-	£45,000	-	2 0.31%	2
Health Technology	51	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.31%	1
Music Industry	51	New entry-	£32,000	-	2 0.31%
Fire and Rescue	52	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 0.16%
German Language	52	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.16%
Digital Healthcare	52	New entry-	£82,500	-	1 0.16%
Advertising	52	Down -29 places-29	£57,500	-11.53%	1 0.16%