General Skills Statistics in Cardiff

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 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%	115 23.28%	35
Finance	9	Down -7 places-7	£52,500	+7.69%	46 9.31%	21
Public Sector	15	Down -3 places-3	£65,000	+2.76%	35 7.09%	7
Analytical Skills	19	Down -4 places-4	£55,000	-8.33%	27 5.47%	11
Local Government	25	Up 1 place+1	£67,586	-	21 4.25%	2
Welsh Language	34	Down -11 places-11	-	-	12 2.43%
Retail	35	Down -17 places-17	£52,500	-4.54%	11 2.23%	2
Marketing	37	Down -15 places-15	£40,000	-33.33%	9 1.82%	7
Inclusion and Diversity	37	Down -14 places-14	£71,289	+18.81%	9 1.82%	5
Organisational Skills	41	Down -13 places-13	£25,400	-21.84%	5 1.01%	5
Legal	41	Down -24 places-24	£65,000	+13.04%	5 1.01%	1
Games	41	Down -15 places-15	£24,000	+20.00%	5 1.01%	2
Billing	42	New entry-	£72,500	-	4 0.81%	2
Presentation Skills	42	Down -16 places-16	-	-	4 0.81%	2
Law	42	New entry-	£55,000	-	4 0.81%
Banking	43	Down -19 places-19	£80,000	+90.47%	3 0.61%	1
Police	43	New entry-	-	-	3 0.61%
Tech for Good	43	New entry-	£70,000	-	3 0.61%
Multimedia	44	New entry-	£30,750	-	2 0.40%	5
General Ledger	44	New entry-	£90,000	-	2 0.40%
Influencing Skills	44	New entry-	£70,000	-	2 0.40%	2
Pharmaceutical	44	Down -16 places-16	£30,750	-52.69%	2 0.40%	1
Digital Health	44	New entry-	£70,000	-	2 0.40%
Manufacturing	44	Down -17 places-17	£90,000	+76.90%	2 0.40%	2
Military	44	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.40%	2
Aviation	45	Down -17 places-17	-	-	1 0.20%
Financial Institution	45	New entry-	£80,000	-	1 0.20%