General Skills Statistics in Cardiff

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 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	£45,000	+18.12%	120 21.54%	36
Finance	13	Down -11 places-11	£65,000	+18.18%	45 8.08%	18
Public Sector	14	No change0	£69,385	+9.69%	44 7.90%	9
Analytical Skills	30	Down -14 places-14	£57,500	-4.16%	25 4.49%	10
Local Government	32	Down -6 places-6	£67,586	-	23 4.13%
Welsh Language	41	Down -18 places-18	-	-	14 2.51%	6
Inclusion and Diversity	42	Down -19 places-19	£71,289	+11.71%	13 2.33%	6
Retail	43	Down -28 places-28	£72,500	+16.00%	12 2.15%	7
Marketing	44	Down -21 places-21	£40,000	-33.33%	11 1.97%	9
Organisational Skills	44	New entry-	£25,400	-	11 1.97%	4
Games	47	Down -21 places-21	£50,000	+177.77%	8 1.44%	2
Legal	49	Down -31 places-31	£72,500	+20.83%	6 1.08%	4
Law	50	New entry-	£22,500	-	5 0.90%	5
Billing	50	New entry-	£32,500	-	5 0.90%	2
Influencing Skills	51	Down -23 places-23	£66,000	-3.48%	4 0.72%	1
Banking	51	Down -26 places-26	£80,000	+497.91%	4 0.72%
Police	52	New entry-	-	-	3 0.54%
Advertising	52	Down -24 places-24	-	-	3 0.54%	2
Presentation Skills	53	Down -26 places-26	-	-	2 0.36%	4
Telecoms	53	Down -32 places-32	£32,500	+18.18%	2 0.36%	8
Automotive	53	New entry-	£50,000	-	2 0.36%
Manufacturing	53	Down -24 places-24	£90,000	+40.07%	2 0.36%	4
Military	53	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.36%	2
General Ledger	53	New entry-	£90,000	-	2 0.36%
Documentation Skills	54	New entry-	£55,000	-	1 0.18%	1
Aviation	54	Down -25 places-25	-	-	1 0.18%	1
Tech for Good	54	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.18%
Financial Institution	54	New entry-	£80,000	-	1 0.18%
Multimedia	54	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.18%	7