General Skills Statistics in Cardiff

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Jul 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%	137 17.50%	40
Finance	10	Down -1 place-1	£65,000	+33.33%	67 8.56%	43
Public Sector	18	Down -2 places-2	£65,000	+13.04%	52 6.64%	11
Analytical Skills	32	Down -19 places-19	£63,750	+15.90%	27 3.45%	11
Local Government	37	Down -11 places-11	£46,467	-	22 2.81%	3
Retail	38	Down -26 places-26	£52,500	+5.00%	21 2.68%	9
Welsh Language	38	Down -13 places-13	£36,961	-2.97%	21 2.68%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	39	Down -17 places-17	£72,500	+20.83%	20 2.55%	6
Marketing	42	Down -32 places-32	£40,000	-20.00%	17 2.17%	7
Games	47	Down -22 places-22	£50,000	+150.00%	12 1.53%	3
Organisational Skills	48	Down -22 places-22	-	-	11 1.40%	2
Legal	49	Down -30 places-30	£72,500	+26.08%	10 1.28%	2
Law	50	New entry-	£35,000	-	9 1.15%	1
Advertising	50	Down -22 places-22	£30,000	+3.44%	9 1.15%	2
Banking	51	Down -25 places-25	£80,000	+497.91%	8 1.02%	8
Telecoms	53	Down -30 places-30	£37,500	+36.36%	6 0.77%	10
Billing	54	New entry-	£32,500	-	5 0.64%	3
Influencing Skills	55	Down -27 places-27	£57,500	-11.53%	4 0.51%
Pharmaceutical	56	Down -26 places-26	£28,000	-56.92%	3 0.38%	3
Manufacturing	56	New entry-	£90,000	-	3 0.38%	11
Military	57	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.26%	4
General Ledger	57	New entry-	£90,000	-	2 0.26%
Documentation Skills	57	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.26%	3
Agriculture	57	New entry-	£71,250	-	2 0.26%
Automotive	57	Down -28 places-28	£50,000	-25.92%	2 0.26%	2
Multimedia	58	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.13%	4
Police	58	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%	3
Presentation Skills	58	Down -30 places-30	-	-	1 0.13%	4
Aviation	58	Down -28 places-28	-	-	1 0.13%	3
Financial Institution	58	New entry-	£80,000	-	1 0.13%