General Skills Statistics in Northern Ireland

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£35,000	-36.36%	281 30.09%	179
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£40,000	-27.27%	143 15.31%	133
Organisational Skills	30	Down -1 place-1	£32,500	+25.00%	43 4.60%	26
Analytical Skills	32	Down -25 places-25	£46,250	-15.90%	40 4.28%	80
Games	38	Down -7 places-7	£32,000	-	34 3.64%	11
Legal	42	Down -25 places-25	-	-	30 3.21%	29
Marketing	42	Down -21 places-21	£45,000	+50.00%	30 3.21%	22
Advertising	46	Down -20 places-20	£45,000	-33.33%	26 2.78%	2
Public Sector	49	Down -36 places-36	£70,000	+21.73%	23 2.46%	30
Documentation Skills	52	New entry-	-	-	20 2.14%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	55	Down -35 places-35	£40,000	-47.43%	17 1.82%	39
French Language	58	New entry-	-	-	14 1.50%	3
Financial Institution	59	Down -30 places-30	£36,250	-47.46%	13 1.39%	4
Retail	60	Down -46 places-46	£37,500	+14.15%	12 1.28%	27
Law	64	Down -37 places-37	£38,500	-51.11%	8 0.86%	29
Manufacturing	65	Down -58 places-58	£45,000	+5.88%	7 0.75%	27
Banking	66	Down -46 places-46	£90,000	+282.91%	6 0.64%	17
Presentation Skills	66	Down -38 places-38	-	-	6 0.64%	12
Influencing Skills	66	Down -38 places-38	£57,500	-30.55%	6 0.64%	3
Billing	67	Down -36 places-36	£32,500	+38.27%	5 0.54%	6
Telecoms	67	Down -38 places-38	-	-	5 0.54%	14
Multimedia	71	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.11%	8
Pharmaceutical	71	Down -41 places-41	-	-	1 0.11%	4
Aerospace	71	Down -48 places-48	£65,000	-	1 0.11%	14
Italian Language	71	New entry-	£27,000	-	1 0.11%	1