General Skills Statistics in Northern Ireland

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 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%	285 30.94%	50
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£40,000	-27.27%	137 14.88%	58
Organisational Skills	35	Down -1 place-1	£32,500	+25.00%	37 4.02%	10
Analytical Skills	38	Down -31 places-31	£55,000	-	34 3.69%	24
Marketing	44	Down -24 places-24	£45,000	+50.00%	28 3.04%	8
Legal	46	Down -25 places-25	-	-	26 2.82%	10
Advertising	46	Down -13 places-13	£45,000	-27.41%	26 2.82%	3
Public Sector	51	Down -35 places-35	£70,000	+7.69%	20 2.17%	14
Documentation Skills	52	New entry-	-	-	19 2.06%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	55	Down -32 places-32	£40,000	-	16 1.74%	4
French Language	55	New entry-	-	-	16 1.74%
Financial Institution	58	Down -24 places-24	£36,250	-47.46%	13 1.41%	3
Retail	60	Down -37 places-37	£37,500	-6.25%	11 1.19%	7
Manufacturing	61	Down -46 places-46	£45,000	+5.88%	10 1.09%	14
Games	63	Down -28 places-28	£32,000	-	8 0.87%
Pharmaceutical	64	Down -30 places-30	-	-	7 0.76%	1
Presentation Skills	64	Down -35 places-35	-	-	7 0.76%	8
Influencing Skills	65	Down -32 places-32	£57,500	-	6 0.65%	2
Telecoms	65	Down -30 places-30	£35,000	-39.13%	6 0.65%
Banking	66	Down -47 places-47	£90,000	-	5 0.54%	5
Billing	66	Down -30 places-30	£32,500	+38.27%	5 0.54%
Police	68	New entry-	-	-	3 0.33%
Swedish Language	69	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%
Aerospace	69	Down -33 places-33	£65,000	-	2 0.22%	3
Italian Language	70	New entry-	£27,000	-	1 0.11%
Multimedia	70	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.11%	5
Tech for Good	70	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.11%
Aeronautics	70	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%
Automotive	70	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%
Law	70	Down -41 places-41	£41,000	-18.00%	1 0.11%	6