General Skills Statistics in County Down

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 6 places+6	£40,040	-	182 55.66%	5
Legal	3	New entry-	£40,000	-	121 37.00%	1
Analytical Skills	8	New entry-	£57,500	-	80 24.46%
Law	12	New entry-	-	-	68 20.80%
Finance	14	Down 12 places-12	£8,500	-74.12%	66 20.18%	4
Games	21	Down 14 places-14	-	-	58 17.74%
Marketing	22	New entry-	-	-	55 16.82%
Presentation Skills	23	New entry-	-	-	54 16.51%
Legal Technology	35	New entry-	-	-	30 9.17%
Organisational Skills	44	New entry-	-	-	20 6.12%	1
Publishing	51	New entry-	-	-	10 3.06%
Retail	53	Down 50 places-50	£27,500	-16.28%	8 2.45%	2
Telecoms	57	Down 51 places-51	£8,500	-	3 0.92%
Banking	57	Down 50 places-50	£27,500	-	3 0.92%
Public Sector	58	New entry-	£70,000	-	2 0.61%
Influencing Skills	59	Down 52 places-52	£57,500	-	1 0.31%
Pharmaceutical	59	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 0.31%	2
Aerospace	59	Down 53 places-53	£40,000	-	1 0.31%	2
Manufacturing	59	Down 53 places-53	£40,000	-	1 0.31%	2