General Skills Statistics in Northern Ireland

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 1 place+1	£30,000	-45.45%	320 34.08%	60
Finance	4	Down -1 place-1	£40,000	-27.27%	132 14.06%	50
Analytical Skills	31	Down -25 places-25	£40,000	-27.27%	49 5.22%	23
Organisational Skills	34	No change0	£24,500	-	43 4.58%	9
Legal	44	Down -21 places-21	-	-	30 3.19%	3
Marketing	48	Down -33 places-33	£45,000	+9.09%	26 2.77%	4
Advertising	51	Down -18 places-18	£45,000	-10.00%	23 2.45%	1
French Language	54	New entry-	-	-	20 2.13%	1
Retail	54	Down -33 places-33	£37,500	-6.25%	20 2.13%	10
Documentation Skills	56	New entry-	-	-	18 1.92%	2
Public Sector	58	Down -40 places-40	£62,500	-10.71%	16 1.70%	7
Inclusion and Diversity	60	Down -40 places-40	£40,000	-32.69%	14 1.49%	10
Manufacturing	61	Down -45 places-45	£45,000	+50.00%	13 1.38%	9
Presentation Skills	63	Down -40 places-40	-	-	11 1.17%	4
Financial Institution	63	Down -29 places-29	£45,000	-18.18%	11 1.17%	2
Pharmaceutical	66	Down -34 places-34	-	-	8 0.85%	1
Telecoms	66	Down -34 places-34	£35,000	-39.13%	8 0.85%	2
Law	66	Down -39 places-39	£41,000	-18.00%	8 0.85%
Games	66	Down -32 places-32	£32,000	-68.00%	8 0.85%	1
Billing	67	Down -33 places-33	£32,500	+38.27%	7 0.75%	1
Swedish Language	68	New entry-	-	-	6 0.64%
Environmental Health	69	New entry-	-	-	5 0.53%
Banking	69	Down -57 places-57	£90,000	-	5 0.53%
Police	70	New entry-	-	-	4 0.43%
Wearables	70	New entry-	£70,000	-	4 0.43%
Tech for Good	70	Down -38 places-38	£70,000	-26.31%	4 0.43%
Aerospace	70	Down -36 places-36	£65,000	-	4 0.43%	2
Influencing Skills	71	Down -39 places-39	£57,500	-	3 0.32%	1
Aeronautics	71	New entry-	-	-	3 0.32%
Automotive	71	New entry-	-	-	3 0.32%