General Skills Statistics in Northern Ireland

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 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 30.56%	64
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£40,000	-27.27%	138 14.90%	72
Organisational Skills	31	No change0	£32,500	+25.00%	39 4.21%	12
Analytical Skills	37	Down -30 places-30	£52,500	-4.54%	33 3.56%	25
Legal	42	Down -24 places-24	-	-	28 3.02%	12
Marketing	43	Down -25 places-25	£45,000	+50.00%	27 2.92%	12
Advertising	44	Down -13 places-13	£45,000	-27.41%	26 2.81%	5
Documentation Skills	51	New entry-	-	-	19 2.05%	3
Public Sector	52	Down -37 places-37	£70,000	+16.66%	18 1.94%	17
Inclusion and Diversity	54	Down -34 places-34	£40,000	-51.69%	16 1.73%	6
French Language	56	New entry-	-	-	14 1.51%
Financial Institution	57	Down -25 places-25	£36,250	-47.46%	13 1.40%	3
Retail	60	Down -39 places-39	£37,500	-6.25%	10 1.08%	7
Manufacturing	61	Down -47 places-47	£45,000	+5.88%	9 0.97%	7
Games	62	Down -29 places-29	£32,000	-	8 0.86%
Pharmaceutical	64	Down -32 places-32	-	-	6 0.65%	2
Influencing Skills	64	Down -34 places-34	£57,500	-30.55%	6 0.65%	2
Presentation Skills	65	Down -36 places-36	-	-	5 0.54%	6
Telecoms	65	Down -33 places-33	-	-	5 0.54%	1
Banking	65	Down -48 places-48	£90,000	-	5 0.54%	6
Billing	65	Down -31 places-31	£32,500	+38.27%	5 0.54%	1
Police	67	New entry-	-	-	3 0.32%
Law	67	Down -40 places-40	£38,500	-23.00%	3 0.32%	7
Aerospace	68	Down -36 places-36	£65,000	-	2 0.22%	4
Tech for Good	69	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.11%
Aeronautics	69	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%
Automotive	69	Down -35 places-35	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Italian Language	69	New entry-	£27,000	-	1 0.11%
Multimedia	69	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.11%	5