General Skills Statistics in Northern Ireland

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 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%	325 33.71%	97
Finance	4	Down -2 places-2	£40,000	-27.27%	135 14.00%	75
Analytical Skills	29	Down -22 places-22	£40,000	-27.27%	50 5.19%	33
Organisational Skills	35	Up 2 places+2	£24,500	-	42 4.36%	19
Legal	47	Down -24 places-24	-	-	29 3.01%	8
Marketing	48	Down -29 places-29	£45,000	+50.00%	28 2.90%	17
Advertising	51	Down -16 places-16	£45,000	-27.41%	24 2.49%	2
Documentation Skills	56	New entry-	-	-	19 1.97%	3
Public Sector	57	Down -39 places-39	£62,500	-10.71%	18 1.87%	15
French Language	57	New entry-	-	-	18 1.87%
Retail	59	Down -34 places-34	£37,500	-6.25%	16 1.66%	11
Inclusion and Diversity	60	Down -36 places-36	£40,000	-32.69%	15 1.56%	20
Financial Institution	62	Down -26 places-26	£36,250	-47.46%	13 1.35%	4
Manufacturing	63	Down -46 places-46	£45,000	+5.88%	12 1.24%	18
Presentation Skills	64	Down -38 places-38	-	-	11 1.14%	4
Telecoms	67	Down -31 places-31	£35,000	-39.13%	8 0.83%	3
Law	67	Down -36 places-36	£41,000	-18.00%	8 0.83%	4
Games	67	Down -29 places-29	£32,000	-68.00%	8 0.83%	5
Pharmaceutical	68	Down -32 places-32	-	-	7 0.73%	1
Billing	68	Down -30 places-30	£32,500	+38.27%	7 0.73%	3
Environmental Health	70	New entry-	-	-	5 0.52%
Banking	70	Down -54 places-54	£90,000	-	5 0.52%	4
Police	71	New entry-	-	-	4 0.41%
Influencing Skills	71	Down -36 places-36	£63,750	-	4 0.41%	1
Aerospace	71	Down -33 places-33	£65,000	-	4 0.41%	4
Tech for Good	71	Down -34 places-34	£70,000	-22.22%	4 0.41%	2
Swedish Language	71	New entry-	-	-	4 0.41%
Wearables	72	New entry-	£70,000	-	3 0.31%	1
Automotive	72	New entry-	-	-	3 0.31%	1
Aeronautics	72	New entry-	-	-	3 0.31%