General Skills Statistics in Cardiff

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Sep 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%	155 15.70%	110
Finance	5	Down -3 places-3	£70,000	+43.58%	103 10.44%	88
Public Sector	26	Down -6 places-6	£52,500	-22.22%	58 5.88%	24
Retail	37	Down -27 places-27	£52,500	+5.00%	38 3.85%	22
Analytical Skills	40	Down -28 places-28	£52,500	+75.00%	35 3.55%	46
Marketing	42	Down -35 places-35	£40,000	-20.00%	33 3.34%	30
Inclusion and Diversity	54	Down -30 places-30	£74,654	+15.39%	20 2.03%	29
Legal	54	Down -32 places-32	£72,500	+38.09%	20 2.03%	20
Organisational Skills	57	Down -33 places-33	£29,000	+3.57%	17 1.72%	14
Law	57	New entry-	£35,000	-	17 1.72%	13
Welsh Language	59	Down -34 places-34	£36,961	-2.97%	15 1.52%	14
Advertising	60	Down -30 places-30	£37,500	+29.31%	14 1.42%	2
Banking	61	Down -33 places-33	£67,000	+400.75%	13 1.32%	41
Telecoms	62	Down -38 places-38	£42,500	+54.54%	12 1.22%	6
Games	63	Down -35 places-35	£50,000	+177.77%	11 1.11%	5
Local Government	65	Down -38 places-38	£50,000	-	9 0.91%	2
Influencing Skills	65	Down -36 places-36	£66,375	+2.11%	9 0.91%	15
Digital Health	65	Down -36 places-36	-	-	9 0.91%
Billing	67	New entry-	£32,500	-	7 0.71%	5
Presentation Skills	68	Down -39 places-39	£35,500	-	6 0.61%	9
Documentation Skills	69	New entry-	£35,000	-	5 0.51%
Brand Awareness	70	New entry-	-	-	4 0.41%
Pharmaceutical	70	New entry-	£28,000	-	4 0.41%
Humanities	71	New entry-	-	-	3 0.30%	2
Manufacturing	71	Down -40 places-40	£90,000	-	3 0.30%	17
General Ledger	72	New entry-	£90,000	-	2 0.20%
Agriculture	72	New entry-	£71,250	-	2 0.20%
Automotive	72	Down -42 places-42	£50,000	-25.92%	2 0.20%	1
Military	72	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.20%
German Language	73	New entry-	-	-	1 0.10%
Police	73	New entry-	-	-	1 0.10%
Financial Institution	73	Down -42 places-42	£80,000	-	1 0.10%	3
Electronics	73	Down -43 places-43	-	-	1 0.10%	10