General Skills Statistics in Cardiff

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	2	Down -1 place-1	£48,750	+27.97%	118 22.18%	33
Finance	11	Down -9 places-9	£65,000	+23.80%	43 8.08%	21
Public Sector	11	Up 3 places+3	£69,385	+9.69%	43 8.08%	14
Analytical Skills	23	Down -5 places-5	£57,500	-4.16%	25 4.70%	11
Local Government	25	Up 1 place+1	£67,586	-	23 4.32%	3
Welsh Language	34	Down -11 places-11	-	-	14 2.63%	2
Marketing	36	Down -12 places-12	£42,500	-29.16%	12 2.26%	6
Inclusion and Diversity	36	Down -11 places-11	£71,289	+18.81%	12 2.26%	5
Retail	38	Down -21 places-21	£55,000	-8.33%	10 1.88%	8
Organisational Skills	39	New entry-	£25,400	-	9 1.69%	2
Games	41	Down -15 places-15	£50,000	+177.77%	7 1.32%	2
Law	44	New entry-	£22,500	-	4 0.75%	2
Legal	44	Down -27 places-27	£72,500	+31.81%	4 0.75%	3
Billing	44	New entry-	£52,500	-	4 0.75%	2
Influencing Skills	44	Down -15 places-15	£66,000	+20.00%	4 0.75%	1
Advertising	45	Down -16 places-16	-	-	3 0.56%	1
Banking	45	Down -22 places-22	£80,000	+188.91%	3 0.56%	1
Police	45	New entry-	-	-	3 0.56%
Automotive	46	New entry-	£50,000	-	2 0.38%
Manufacturing	46	Down -17 places-17	£90,000	+40.07%	2 0.38%	3
Military	46	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.38%	2
General Ledger	46	New entry-	£90,000	-	2 0.38%
Presentation Skills	46	Down -19 places-19	-	-	2 0.38%	5
Digital Health	47	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.19%	2
Financial Institution	47	New entry-	£80,000	-	1 0.19%
Telecoms	47	Down -25 places-25	£32,500	+18.18%	1 0.19%	7
Multimedia	47	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.19%	7
Documentation Skills	47	New entry-	£55,000	-	1 0.19%	1
Aviation	47	Down -18 places-18	-	-	1 0.19%	1
Tech for Good	47	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.19%