General Skills Statistics in Northern Ireland

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£43,750	+16.66%	567 31.71%	323
Games	6	New entry-	-	-	341 19.07%	16
Legal	8	Up 27 places+27	£40,000	-	321 17.95%	81
Analytical Skills	12	Up 3 places+3	£42,500	-19.04%	232 12.98%	175
Finance	14	Down 8 places-8	£38,500	-26.66%	218 12.19%	316
Law	17	Up 16 places+16	£38,500	-11.49%	211 11.80%	72
Presentation Skills	32	Up 15 places+15	£47,500	-	152 8.50%	14
Marketing	33	Up 12 places+12	£45,000	+50.00%	151 8.45%	59
Legal Technology	61	New entry-	£42,500	-	86 4.81%	1
Organisational Skills	76	Down 38 places-38	£45,000	+60.71%	62 3.47%	34
Inclusion and Diversity	85	Down 43 places-43	£74,830	-	53 2.96%	85
Retail	88	Down 60 places-60	£28,000	-14.76%	50 2.80%	41
Manufacturing	91	Down 58 places-58	£38,500	-	47 2.63%	135
Aerospace	95	Down 57 places-57	£50,000	-44.44%	43 2.40%	22
Public Sector	100	Down 60 places-60	£70,000	+44.32%	37 2.07%	47
Publishing	111	Down 59 places-59	-	-	26 1.45%	6
Pharmaceutical	119	Down 70 places-70	£55,000	-	18 1.01%	13
Electronics	120	Down 68 places-68	-	-	17 0.95%	58
Telecoms	125	Down 81 places-81	£8,500	-75.71%	12 0.67%	23