General Skills Statistics in Cardiff

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	3	Down 2 places-2	£63,500	+27.00%	134 12.95%	76
Finance	5	Down 3 places-3	£60,000	+20.00%	117 11.30%	78
Public Sector	11	Up 17 places+17	£52,222	-19.65%	82 7.92%	25
Retail	26	Down 13 places-13	£45,000	-10.00%	52 5.02%	24
Analytical Skills	33	Down 19 places-19	£50,000	+24.65%	41 3.96%	34
Marketing	36	Down 25 places-25	£40,000	-20.00%	37 3.57%	28
Inclusion and Diversity	49	Down 17 places-17	£74,654	+7.59%	22 2.13%	28
Law	50	Down 13 places-13	£35,000	-36.36%	21 2.03%	15
Banking	53	Down 16 places-16	£57,000	+127.20%	18 1.74%	31
Legal	54	Down 25 places-25	£65,000	+23.80%	17 1.64%	17
Influencing Skills	55	Down 20 places-20	£70,750	-23.51%	16 1.55%	4
Organisational Skills	58	Down 29 places-29	£29,000	+3.57%	13 1.26%	6
Advertising	59	Down 22 places-22	£37,500	+29.31%	12 1.16%	2
Telecoms	60	Down 24 places-24	£42,500	-20.93%	11 1.06%	8
Digital Health	61	Down 28 places-28	-	-	10 0.97%
Welsh Language	62	Down 26 places-26	£36,961	-7.85%	9 0.87%	7
Presentation Skills	63	Down 28 places-28	£35,500	-	8 0.77%	9
Games	63	Down 30 places-30	£50,000	+108.33%	8 0.77%	3
Billing	65	Down 28 places-28	£32,500	-	6 0.58%	2
Documentation Skills	67	New entry-	£35,000	-	4 0.39%	1
Pharmaceutical	67	Down 31 places-31	£28,000	-8.94%	4 0.39%	2
TTP	67	Down 32 places-32	£76,000	-	4 0.39%
Military	67	New entry-	-	-	4 0.39%	1
Brand Awareness	67	New entry-	-	-	4 0.39%	1
Humanities	68	New entry-	-	-	3 0.29%
Local Government	69	Down 32 places-32	£50,000	-	2 0.19%	8
Police	69	Down 33 places-33	-	-	2 0.19%
Agriculture	69	New entry-	£71,250	-	2 0.19%
Data Sovereignty	69	New entry-	£74,830	-	2 0.19%
Manufacturing	69	Down 33 places-33	£47,500	-	2 0.19%	27
German Language	70	New entry-	-	-	1 0.097%
Retail Finance	70	New entry-	£60,000	-	1 0.097%
Electronics	70	Down 34 places-34	-	-	1 0.097%	17