General Skills Statistics in County Down

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 1 place+1	£27,581	-	180 55.73%	8
Legal	3	New entry-	£40,000	-	122 37.77%	1
Analytical Skills	9	No change0	£61,250	-	78 24.15%	1
Law	11	Up 4 places+4	-	-	70 21.67%
Finance	13	Down 7 places-7	£8,500	-74.12%	64 19.81%	8
Games	18	New entry-	-	-	58 17.96%
Marketing	19	New entry-	-	-	55 17.03%
Presentation Skills	20	Down 4 places-4	-	-	54 16.72%
Legal Technology	30	New entry-	-	-	32 9.91%
Organisational Skills	39	Down 24 places-24	-	-	21 6.50%	3
Publishing	49	New entry-	-	-	10 3.10%
Retail	50	Down 40 places-40	£27,500	-16.28%	9 2.79%	2
Telecoms	53	Down 37 places-37	£8,500	-	3 0.93%
Banking	53	New entry-	£27,500	-	3 0.93%
Public Sector	55	Down 38 places-38	£70,000	-	1 0.31%
Pharmaceutical	55	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 0.31%	6
Aerospace	55	Down 39 places-39	£40,000	-	1 0.31%
Manufacturing	55	Down 39 places-39	£40,000	-	1 0.31%	2