General Skills Statistics in Northern Ireland

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 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%	281 30.44%	52
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£40,000	-27.27%	133 14.41%	64
Organisational Skills	37	Down -5 places-5	£28,500	+9.61%	36 3.90%	11
Analytical Skills	39	Down -33 places-33	£56,250	+2.27%	34 3.68%	23
Marketing	44	Down -29 places-29	£45,000	+50.00%	29 3.14%	6
Legal	47	Down -28 places-28	-	-	26 2.82%	8
Advertising	47	Down -16 places-16	£45,000	-27.41%	26 2.82%	4
Public Sector	51	Down -37 places-37	£67,500	+3.84%	21 2.28%	16
Documentation Skills	53	New entry-	-	-	19 2.06%	5
Inclusion and Diversity	56	Down -35 places-35	£40,000	-	16 1.73%	6
French Language	56	New entry-	-	-	16 1.73%
Financial Institution	59	Down -27 places-27	£36,250	-47.46%	13 1.41%	3
Retail	59	Down -38 places-38	£37,500	-6.25%	13 1.41%	8
Manufacturing	62	Down -48 places-48	£45,000	+5.88%	10 1.08%	9
Games	64	Down -31 places-31	£32,000	-	8 0.87%
Presentation Skills	65	Down -40 places-40	-	-	7 0.76%	4
Pharmaceutical	65	Down -33 places-33	-	-	7 0.76%	2
Influencing Skills	66	Down -35 places-35	£57,500	-	6 0.65%	1
Telecoms	66	Down -34 places-34	£35,000	-39.13%	6 0.65%
Banking	67	Down -52 places-52	£90,000	-	5 0.54%	2
Billing	67	Down -33 places-33	£32,500	+38.27%	5 0.54%
Police	68	New entry-	-	-	4 0.43%
Aerospace	69	Down -35 places-35	£65,000	-	3 0.33%	4
Wearables	70	New entry-	£70,000	-	2 0.22%	2
Tech for Good	70	New entry-	£70,000	-	2 0.22%
Aeronautics	70	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%
Automotive	70	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%
Swedish Language	70	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%
Front Office	71	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Law	71	Down -44 places-44	£41,000	-18.00%	1 0.11%	5
Italian Language	71	New entry-	£27,000	-	1 0.11%
Multimedia	71	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.11%	3