General Skills Statistics in Northern Ireland

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Apr 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%	318 33.09%	94
Finance	4	Down -2 places-2	£40,000	-27.27%	129 13.42%	68
Analytical Skills	28	Down -21 places-21	£47,500	-13.63%	46 4.79%	34
Organisational Skills	33	Up 2 places+2	£28,500	-	41 4.27%	20
Legal	45	Down -24 places-24	-	-	28 2.91%	8
Marketing	45	Down -28 places-28	£45,000	+50.00%	28 2.91%	18
Advertising	48	Down -15 places-15	£45,000	-27.41%	25 2.60%	2
Documentation Skills	54	New entry-	-	-	19 1.98%	3
Public Sector	55	Down -39 places-39	£65,000	-7.14%	18 1.87%	12
French Language	56	New entry-	-	-	17 1.77%
Inclusion and Diversity	58	Down -35 places-35	£40,000	-	15 1.56%	20
Retail	59	Down -36 places-36	£37,500	-6.25%	14 1.46%	8
Financial Institution	60	Down -26 places-26	£36,250	-47.46%	13 1.35%	5
Manufacturing	61	Down -46 places-46	£45,000	+5.88%	12 1.25%	15
Law	65	Down -36 places-36	£41,000	-18.00%	8 0.83%	2
Games	65	Down -29 places-29	£32,000	-68.00%	8 0.83%	6
Pharmaceutical	66	Down -32 places-32	-	-	7 0.73%	2
Presentation Skills	66	Down -40 places-40	-	-	7 0.73%	5
Telecoms	66	Down -32 places-32	£35,000	-39.13%	7 0.73%	3
Influencing Skills	67	Down -34 places-34	£57,500	-	6 0.62%	3
Billing	68	Down -32 places-32	£32,500	+38.27%	5 0.52%	3
Environmental Health	68	New entry-	-	-	5 0.52%
Banking	68	Down -52 places-52	£90,000	-	5 0.52%	5
Police	69	New entry-	-	-	4 0.42%
Tech for Good	69	Down -34 places-34	£70,000	-22.22%	4 0.42%	2
Aerospace	70	Down -34 places-34	£65,000	-	3 0.31%	3
Swedish Language	70	New entry-	-	-	3 0.31%
Wearables	71	New entry-	£70,000	-	2 0.21%	1
Aeronautics	71	New entry-	-	-	2 0.21%
Automotive	71	New entry-	-	-	2 0.21%	1