General Skills Statistics in Northern Ireland

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Apr 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%	327 33.68%	88
Finance	4	Down -2 places-2	£40,000	-27.27%	136 14.01%	69
Analytical Skills	29	Down -22 places-22	£47,500	-13.63%	52 5.36%	31
Organisational Skills	37	Down -1 place-1	£24,500	-	42 4.33%	17
Legal	49	Down -27 places-27	-	-	29 2.99%	6
Marketing	50	Down -32 places-32	£45,000	+50.00%	28 2.88%	14
Advertising	53	Down -19 places-19	£45,000	-27.41%	24 2.47%	2
Public Sector	58	Down -41 places-41	£63,750	-8.92%	19 1.96%	14
Documentation Skills	58	New entry-	-	-	19 1.96%	3
French Language	59	New entry-	-	-	18 1.85%
Retail	61	Down -37 places-37	£37,500	-6.25%	16 1.65%	9
Inclusion and Diversity	62	Down -38 places-38	£40,000	-	15 1.54%	17
Financial Institution	64	Down -29 places-29	£36,250	-47.46%	13 1.34%	4
Manufacturing	65	Down -49 places-49	£45,000	+5.88%	12 1.24%	17
Presentation Skills	66	Down -40 places-40	-	-	11 1.13%	4
Telecoms	69	Down -34 places-34	£35,000	-39.13%	8 0.82%	2
Law	69	Down -39 places-39	£41,000	-18.00%	8 0.82%	2
Games	69	Down -32 places-32	£32,000	-68.00%	8 0.82%	5
Billing	70	Down -33 places-33	£32,500	+38.27%	7 0.72%	3
Pharmaceutical	70	Down -35 places-35	-	-	7 0.72%	2
Influencing Skills	71	Down -37 places-37	£57,500	-	6 0.62%	1
Banking	72	Down -56 places-56	£90,000	-	5 0.51%	4
Environmental Health	72	New entry-	-	-	5 0.51%
Swedish Language	73	New entry-	-	-	4 0.41%
Police	73	New entry-	-	-	4 0.41%
Tech for Good	73	Down -37 places-37	£70,000	-22.22%	4 0.41%	2
Aerospace	73	Down -36 places-36	£65,000	-	4 0.41%	3
Wearables	74	New entry-	£70,000	-	3 0.31%	1
Aeronautics	74	New entry-	-	-	3 0.31%
Automotive	74	New entry-	-	-	3 0.31%	1