General Skills Statistics in Northern Ireland

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 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%	290 31.05%	62
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£40,000	-27.27%	131 14.03%	48
Organisational Skills	32	No change0	£28,500	-	43 4.60%	10
Analytical Skills	36	Down -30 places-30	£47,500	-13.63%	38 4.07%	15
Marketing	45	Down -31 places-31	£45,000	+50.00%	28 3.00%	7
Legal	46	Down -28 places-28	-	-	27 2.89%	10
Advertising	48	Down -18 places-18	£45,000	-27.41%	25 2.68%	3
Documentation Skills	54	New entry-	-	-	19 2.03%	5
Public Sector	55	Down -42 places-42	£65,000	-7.14%	18 1.93%	15
French Language	57	New entry-	-	-	16 1.71%
Inclusion and Diversity	58	Down -38 places-38	£40,000	-	15 1.61%	11
Financial Institution	60	Down -29 places-29	£36,250	-47.46%	13 1.39%	3
Retail	60	Down -40 places-40	£37,500	-6.25%	13 1.39%	6
Manufacturing	62	Down -50 places-50	£45,000	+5.88%	11 1.18%	7
Law	65	Down -39 places-39	£41,000	-18.00%	8 0.86%	4
Games	65	Down -32 places-32	£32,000	-	8 0.86%	1
Pharmaceutical	66	Down -35 places-35	-	-	7 0.75%	3
Presentation Skills	66	Down -42 places-42	-	-	7 0.75%	3
Telecoms	67	Down -36 places-36	£35,000	-39.13%	6 0.64%
Influencing Skills	67	Down -37 places-37	£57,500	-	6 0.64%	1
Banking	68	Down -54 places-54	£90,000	-	5 0.54%	1
Billing	68	Down -35 places-35	£32,500	+38.27%	5 0.54%
Police	69	New entry-	-	-	4 0.43%
Tech for Good	69	Down -37 places-37	£70,000	-22.22%	4 0.43%
Aerospace	70	Down -37 places-37	£65,000	-	3 0.32%	3
Automotive	71	New entry-	-	-	2 0.21%
Swedish Language	71	New entry-	-	-	2 0.21%
Wearables	71	New entry-	£70,000	-	2 0.21%	1
Aeronautics	71	New entry-	-	-	2 0.21%