General Skills Statistics in Northern Ireland

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	1	No change0	£30,000	-45.45%	284 30.77%	53
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£40,000	-27.27%	138 14.95%	58
Organisational Skills	31	Up 2 places+2	£32,500	+25.00%	39 4.23%	12
Analytical Skills	37	Down -30 places-30	£53,750	-2.27%	32 3.47%	24
Legal	41	Down -22 places-22	-	-	28 3.03%	10
Marketing	42	Down -23 places-23	£45,000	+50.00%	27 2.93%	9
Advertising	43	Down -11 places-11	£45,000	-27.41%	26 2.82%	4
Documentation Skills	50	New entry-	-	-	19 2.06%	3
Public Sector	51	Down -35 places-35	£70,000	+7.69%	18 1.95%	14
Inclusion and Diversity	53	Down -32 places-32	£40,000	-51.69%	16 1.73%	5
French Language	53	New entry-	-	-	16 1.73%
Financial Institution	56	Down -23 places-23	£36,250	-47.46%	13 1.41%	3
Retail	59	Down -37 places-37	£37,500	-6.25%	10 1.08%	7
Manufacturing	60	Down -45 places-45	£45,000	+5.88%	9 0.98%	11
Games	61	Down -27 places-27	£32,000	-	8 0.87%
Pharmaceutical	63	Down -30 places-30	-	-	6 0.65%	1
Influencing Skills	63	Down -32 places-32	£57,500	-30.55%	6 0.65%	2
Telecoms	63	Down -30 places-30	£35,000	-39.13%	6 0.65%	1
Banking	64	Down -46 places-46	£90,000	-	5 0.54%	7
Billing	64	Down -29 places-29	£32,500	+38.27%	5 0.54%
Presentation Skills	64	Down -35 places-35	-	-	5 0.54%	7
Police	66	New entry-	-	-	3 0.33%
Aerospace	67	Down -34 places-34	£65,000	-	2 0.22%	3
Law	67	Down -39 places-39	£39,750	-20.50%	2 0.22%	6
Swedish Language	67	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%
Multimedia	68	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.11%	5
Tech for Good	68	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.11%
Aeronautics	68	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%
Automotive	68	Down -33 places-33	-	-	1 0.11%
Italian Language	68	New entry-	£27,000	-	1 0.11%	1