General Skills Statistics in Northern Ireland

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 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%	325 34.00%	117
Finance	4	Down -2 places-2	£40,000	-27.27%	135 14.12%	85
Analytical Skills	27	Down -21 places-21	£40,000	-27.27%	51 5.33%	39
Organisational Skills	34	Up 1 place+1	£24,500	-	42 4.39%	18
Legal	46	Down -23 places-23	-	-	30 3.14%	12
Marketing	49	Down -31 places-31	£45,000	+50.00%	27 2.82%	18
Advertising	51	Down -18 places-18	£45,000	-27.41%	24 2.51%	2
Documentation Skills	56	New entry-	-	-	19 1.99%	3
French Language	57	New entry-	-	-	18 1.88%
Public Sector	58	Down -41 places-41	£62,500	-10.71%	17 1.78%	15
Retail	58	Down -35 places-35	£37,500	-6.25%	17 1.78%	11
Inclusion and Diversity	60	Down -38 places-38	£40,000	-32.69%	15 1.57%	19
Financial Institution	63	Down -29 places-29	£45,000	-34.78%	12 1.26%	6
Manufacturing	63	Down -47 places-47	£45,000	-18.18%	12 1.26%	18
Presentation Skills	64	Down -39 places-39	-	-	11 1.15%	3
Telecoms	67	Down -33 places-33	£35,000	-39.13%	8 0.84%	3
Law	67	Down -38 places-38	£41,000	-18.00%	8 0.84%	4
Games	67	Down -31 places-31	£32,000	-68.00%	8 0.84%	5
Pharmaceutical	68	Down -34 places-34	-	-	7 0.73%	1
Billing	68	Down -32 places-32	£32,500	+38.27%	7 0.73%	4
Environmental Health	70	New entry-	-	-	5 0.52%
Banking	70	Down -56 places-56	£90,000	-	5 0.52%	7
Police	71	New entry-	-	-	4 0.42%
Influencing Skills	71	Down -38 places-38	£63,750	-	4 0.42%	2
Wearables	71	New entry-	£70,000	-	4 0.42%
Tech for Good	71	Down -37 places-37	£70,000	-26.31%	4 0.42%	2
Aerospace	71	Down -35 places-35	£65,000	-	4 0.42%	4
Swedish Language	71	New entry-	-	-	4 0.42%
Aeronautics	72	New entry-	-	-	3 0.31%
Automotive	72	New entry-	-	-	3 0.31%	2