General Skills Statistics in South Wales

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£40,000	-20.00%	313 27.75%	90
Finance	20	Down -17 places-17	£47,500	-5.37%	67 5.94%	44
Analytical Skills	22	Up 9 places+9	£52,835	-3.93%	65 5.76%	31
Public Sector	23	Down -8 places-8	£53,000	-12.21%	64 5.67%	27
Inclusion and Diversity	25	Up 14 places+14	£57,625	-3.95%	61 5.41%	18
Manufacturing	26	Up 4 places+4	£40,000	-17.94%	58 5.14%	14
Marketing	41	Down -6 places-6	£40,000	-33.33%	40 3.55%	16
Banking	49	Down -30 places-30	£52,544	+123.55%	31 2.75%	1
Retail	51	Down -26 places-26	£43,750	-13.27%	29 2.57%	14
Local Government	57	Down -12 places-12	£67,586	-	23 2.04%	2
Organisational Skills	57	New entry-	£40,500	-	23 2.04%	13
Welsh Language	60	Down -23 places-23	£50,000	+31.25%	20 1.77%	7
Electronics	62	Down -25 places-25	£40,000	-30.43%	18 1.60%	4
Legal	64	Down -28 places-28	£55,000	-	16 1.42%	6
Games	66	Down -29 places-29	£21,620	+8.10%	14 1.24%	3
Law	68	New entry-	£42,500	-	12 1.06%	3
Telecoms	70	Down -35 places-35	£30,250	-22.92%	10 0.89%	7
Billing	71	New entry-	£21,620	-	9 0.80%	2
Police	71	Down -23 places-23	£50,000	-	9 0.80%	1
Presentation Skills	71	Down -28 places-28	£53,171	-29.10%	9 0.80%	4
Aerospace	73	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 0.62%	8
Automotive	73	New entry-	£50,000	-	7 0.62%	4
Aviation	73	Down -27 places-27	£57,500	+4.54%	7 0.62%	2
Influencing Skills	74	Down -28 places-28	£67,250	-1.82%	6 0.53%	1
Back Office	77	New entry-	-	-	3 0.27%	2
Multimedia	77	New entry-	£31,000	-	3 0.27%	12
Tech for Good	77	New entry-	£70,000	-	3 0.27%
Pharmaceutical	78	Down -30 places-30	£30,750	-52.69%	2 0.18%
Military	78	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.18%	5
General Ledger	78	New entry-	£90,000	-	2 0.18%
Digital Health	78	New entry-	£70,000	-	2 0.18%	1