General Skills Statistics in Cardiff

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	3	Down 2 places-2	£55,395	+10.79%	135 13.16%	36
Finance	5	Down 3 places-3	£66,750	+33.50%	115 11.21%	17
Public Sector	14	Up 14 places+14	£52,361	-12.73%	86 8.38%	14
Retail	27	Down 14 places-14	£48,750	-2.50%	54 5.26%	6
Analytical Skills	34	Down 20 places-20	£50,000	+72.41%	39 3.80%	12
Marketing	36	Down 27 places-27	£40,000	-20.00%	36 3.51%	2
Inclusion and Diversity	45	Down 17 places-17	£74,654	+3.53%	25 2.44%
Law	47	New entry-	£35,000	-	23 2.24%
Legal	51	Down 22 places-22	£65,000	+23.80%	19 1.85%
Banking	52	Down 18 places-18	£54,000	+180.76%	18 1.75%	1
Influencing Skills	56	Down 24 places-24	£71,500	-12.55%	14 1.36%	5
Advertising	56	Down 22 places-22	£37,500	+29.31%	14 1.36%	1
Organisational Skills	57	Down 30 places-30	£29,000	+3.57%	13 1.27%	2
Telecoms	58	Down 25 places-25	£42,500	+54.54%	12 1.17%	2
Digital Health	60	Down 27 places-27	-	-	10 0.97%
Games	60	Down 30 places-30	£50,000	+108.33%	10 0.97%
Presentation Skills	62	Down 28 places-28	£35,500	-	8 0.78%	3
Welsh Language	63	Down 29 places-29	£36,961	-7.85%	7 0.68%	4
Billing	64	Down 29 places-29	£32,500	-	6 0.58%	1
Documentation Skills	65	New entry-	£35,000	-	5 0.49%	3
Pharmaceutical	66	New entry-	£28,000	-	4 0.39%	1
TTP	66	Down 31 places-31	£76,000	-	4 0.39%
Brand Awareness	66	New entry-	-	-	4 0.39%	1
Humanities	67	New entry-	-	-	3 0.29%
Military	67	New entry-	-	-	3 0.29%	1
Police	68	Down 34 places-34	-	-	2 0.19%
Agriculture	68	New entry-	£71,250	-	2 0.19%
Data Sovereignty	68	New entry-	£74,830	-	2 0.19%
Manufacturing	68	Down 34 places-34	£47,500	-	2 0.19%	3
Local Government	68	Down 33 places-33	£50,000	-	2 0.19%	5
Electronics	69	Down 35 places-35	-	-	1 0.098%	1
Automotive	69	Down 35 places-35	£50,000	-25.92%	1 0.098%
German Language	69	New entry-	-	-	1 0.098%