General Skills Statistics in Cardiff

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 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	£52,500	+37.81%	117 21.95%	34
Finance	10	Down -8 places-8	£65,000	+23.80%	43 8.07%	20
Public Sector	11	Up 4 places+4	£69,385	+9.69%	42 7.88%	11
Analytical Skills	21	Down -3 places-3	£57,500	-4.16%	24 4.50%	12
Local Government	22	Up 5 places+5	£67,586	-	23 4.32%	2
Welsh Language	31	Down -7 places-7	-	-	14 2.63%	2
Marketing	33	Down -9 places-9	£42,500	-29.16%	12 2.25%	7
Inclusion and Diversity	33	Down -9 places-9	£71,289	+11.71%	12 2.25%	5
Retail	34	Down -16 places-16	£57,500	-4.16%	11 2.06%	8
Organisational Skills	35	New entry-	£25,400	-	10 1.88%	2
Games	38	Down -11 places-11	£50,000	+177.77%	7 1.31%	2
Legal	40	Down -23 places-23	£72,500	+26.08%	5 0.94%	4
Billing	41	New entry-	£52,500	-	4 0.75%	2
Influencing Skills	41	Down -12 places-12	£66,000	-3.48%	4 0.75%	1
Law	41	New entry-	£22,500	-	4 0.75%	3
Banking	42	Down -18 places-18	£80,000	+188.91%	3 0.56%	1
Police	42	New entry-	-	-	3 0.56%
Advertising	42	Down -13 places-13	-	-	3 0.56%	1
General Ledger	43	New entry-	£90,000	-	2 0.38%
Automotive	43	New entry-	£50,000	-	2 0.38%
Manufacturing	43	Down -13 places-13	£90,000	+40.07%	2 0.38%	3
Military	43	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.38%	2
Multimedia	44	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.19%	7
Presentation Skills	44	Down -16 places-16	-	-	1 0.19%	3
Documentation Skills	44	New entry-	£55,000	-	1 0.19%	1
Aviation	44	Down -14 places-14	-	-	1 0.19%	1
Tech for Good	44	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.19%
Financial Institution	44	New entry-	£80,000	-	1 0.19%
Telecoms	44	Down -21 places-21	£32,500	+18.18%	1 0.19%	7