General Skills Statistics in Cardiff

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 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	£55,000	+22.22%	147 14.70%	143
Finance	5	Down -3 places-3	£70,000	+43.58%	104 10.40%	122
Public Sector	23	No change0	£52,500	-12.50%	60 6.00%	34
Retail	29	Down -17 places-17	£52,500	+5.00%	47 4.70%	28
Marketing	35	Down -24 places-24	£40,000	-20.00%	37 3.70%	46
Analytical Skills	37	Down -23 places-23	£50,000	+66.66%	35 3.50%	75
Inclusion and Diversity	47	Down -19 places-19	£74,654	+7.59%	25 2.50%	52
Law	50	New entry-	£35,000	-	22 2.20%	25
Legal	52	Down -26 places-26	£72,500	+38.09%	20 2.00%	28
Banking	55	Down -24 places-24	£54,000	+303.59%	17 1.70%	38
Organisational Skills	55	Down -28 places-28	£29,000	+3.57%	17 1.70%	22
Advertising	57	Down -24 places-24	£37,500	+29.31%	15 1.50%	5
Welsh Language	58	Down -30 places-30	£36,961	-2.97%	14 1.40%	26
Influencing Skills	60	Down -28 places-28	£66,750	+2.69%	12 1.20%	18
Telecoms	60	Down -33 places-33	£42,500	+54.54%	12 1.20%	10
Games	61	Down -30 places-30	£50,000	+108.33%	11 1.10%	8
Digital Health	62	Down -30 places-30	-	-	10 1.00%	1
Billing	64	New entry-	£32,500	-	8 0.80%	7
Local Government	64	Down -34 places-34	£50,000	-	8 0.80%	11
Presentation Skills	65	Down -33 places-33	£35,500	-	7 0.70%	14
Documentation Skills	67	New entry-	£35,000	-	5 0.50%	2
Brand Awareness	68	New entry-	-	-	4 0.40%
Pharmaceutical	68	New entry-	£28,000	-	4 0.40%	5
Humanities	69	New entry-	-	-	3 0.30%	1
Agriculture	70	New entry-	£71,250	-	2 0.20%
Automotive	70	Down -37 places-37	£50,000	-25.92%	2 0.20%
Manufacturing	70	Down -36 places-36	£47,500	-	2 0.20%	14
Military	70	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.20%	3
German Language	71	New entry-	-	-	1 0.10%	1
Police	71	Down -37 places-37	-	-	1 0.10%
Electronics	71	Down -38 places-38	-	-	1 0.10%	6