General Skills Statistics in Northern Ireland

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£30,000	-45.45%	283 30.43%	58
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£40,000	-27.27%	146 15.70%	65
Organisational Skills	30	Down -1 place-1	£32,500	+25.00%	41 4.41%	15
Analytical Skills	34	Down -27 places-27	£46,250	-15.90%	37 3.98%	28
Legal	41	Down -24 places-24	-	-	30 3.23%	11
Marketing	42	Down -24 places-24	£45,000	+50.00%	29 3.12%	9
Advertising	45	Down -18 places-18	£45,000	-26.53%	26 2.80%	4
Documentation Skills	52	New entry-	-	-	19 2.04%	3
Public Sector	53	Down -39 places-39	£70,000	+21.73%	18 1.94%	14
Inclusion and Diversity	55	Down -37 places-37	£40,000	-47.43%	16 1.72%	6
French Language	57	New entry-	-	-	14 1.51%	1
Financial Institution	58	Down -28 places-28	£36,250	-47.46%	13 1.40%	3
Retail	62	Down -46 places-46	£37,500	+2.94%	9 0.97%	9
Manufacturing	62	Down -49 places-49	£45,000	+5.88%	9 0.97%	5
Games	63	Down -32 places-32	£32,000	-	8 0.86%
Presentation Skills	65	Down -37 places-37	-	-	6 0.65%	5
Influencing Skills	65	Down -37 places-37	£57,500	-30.55%	6 0.65%	2
Banking	66	Down -47 places-47	£90,000	+58.58%	5 0.54%	7
Billing	66	Down -34 places-34	£32,500	+38.27%	5 0.54%
Telecoms	66	Down -36 places-36	-	-	5 0.54%	5
Pharmaceutical	67	Down -37 places-37	-	-	4 0.43%	3
Law	67	Down -41 places-41	£38,500	-23.00%	4 0.43%	6
Police	69	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%
Multimedia	70	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.11%	4
Tech for Good	70	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.11%
Aerospace	70	Down -41 places-41	£65,000	-	1 0.11%	4
Italian Language	70	New entry-	£27,000	-	1 0.11%