General Skills Statistics in Cardiff

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 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	£42,500	+2.29%	123 21.62%	37
Finance	12	Down -9 places-9	£65,000	+26.82%	47 8.26%	21
Public Sector	13	Down -1 place-1	£70,000	+10.67%	45 7.91%	8
Analytical Skills	27	Down -12 places-12	£57,500	-4.16%	25 4.39%	10
Local Government	29	Down -4 places-4	£67,586	-	23 4.04%
Welsh Language	38	Down -15 places-15	-	-	14 2.46%	6
Inclusion and Diversity	38	Down -17 places-17	£71,289	+5.41%	14 2.46%	7
Organisational Skills	40	New entry-	£25,400	-	12 2.11%	7
Retail	41	Down -26 places-26	£72,500	+45.00%	11 1.93%	7
Marketing	41	Down -24 places-24	£40,000	-27.27%	11 1.93%	8
Legal	45	Down -27 places-27	£72,500	+20.83%	7 1.23%	4
Games	45	Down -20 places-20	£50,000	+177.77%	7 1.23%	2
Billing	46	New entry-	£32,500	-	6 1.05%	1
Law	46	New entry-	£28,750	-	6 1.05%	5
Banking	48	Down -24 places-24	£80,000	+497.91%	4 0.70%	3
Influencing Skills	48	Down -22 places-22	£66,000	+1.53%	4 0.70%	2
Advertising	48	Down -21 places-21	-	-	4 0.70%
Telecoms	49	Down -29 places-29	£32,500	+18.18%	3 0.53%	7
General Ledger	50	New entry-	£90,000	-	2 0.35%
Police	50	New entry-	-	-	2 0.35%
Presentation Skills	50	Down -24 places-24	-	-	2 0.35%	2
Automotive	50	New entry-	£50,000	-	2 0.35%
Manufacturing	50	New entry-	£90,000	-	2 0.35%	4
Military	50	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.35%	1
Multimedia	51	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.18%	5
Documentation Skills	51	New entry-	£55,000	-	1 0.18%	1
Aviation	51	Down -23 places-23	-	-	1 0.18%
Financial Institution	51	New entry-	£80,000	-	1 0.18%	1