General Skills Statistics in Cardiff

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£40,000	+5.00%	123 23.93%	27
Finance	12	Down -10 places-10	£51,250	+7.89%	45 8.75%	17
Public Sector	17	Down -8 places-8	£65,000	+2.76%	36 7.00%	13
Analytical Skills	23	Down -8 places-8	£55,000	-8.33%	27 5.25%	10
Local Government	27	Down -2 places-2	£67,586	-	23 4.47%	2
Welsh Language	36	Down -14 places-14	-	-	14 2.72%	1
Marketing	40	Down -18 places-18	£40,000	-33.33%	10 1.95%	5
Inclusion and Diversity	41	Down -18 places-18	£71,289	+18.81%	9 1.75%	5
Retail	41	Down -25 places-25	£52,500	-12.50%	9 1.75%	2
Organisational Skills	42	New entry-	£25,400	-	8 1.56%	4
Legal	45	Down -28 places-28	£65,000	+13.04%	5 0.97%	1
Presentation Skills	46	Down -20 places-20	-	-	4 0.78%	1
Law	46	New entry-	£55,000	-	4 0.78%	1
Games	46	Down -20 places-20	£24,000	+20.00%	4 0.78%	1
Billing	46	New entry-	£72,500	-	4 0.78%	1
Police	47	New entry-	-	-	3 0.58%
Influencing Skills	47	New entry-	£68,000	-	3 0.58%	1
Tech for Good	47	New entry-	£70,000	-	3 0.58%
Banking	47	Down -23 places-23	£80,000	+90.47%	3 0.58%
General Ledger	48	New entry-	£90,000	-	2 0.39%
Pharmaceutical	48	Down -20 places-20	£30,750	-52.69%	2 0.39%
Digital Health	48	New entry-	£70,000	-	2 0.39%
Manufacturing	48	Down -20 places-20	£90,000	+40.07%	2 0.39%	6
Military	48	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.39%	3
Multimedia	48	New entry-	£30,750	-	2 0.39%	4
Aviation	49	Down -21 places-21	-	-	1 0.19%	1
Financial Institution	49	New entry-	£80,000	-	1 0.19%