General Skills Statistics in South Wales

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£42,250	-15.50%	295 25.88%	81
Public Sector	18	No change0	£53,171	-14.92%	75 6.58%	20
Finance	19	Down -16 places-16	£47,500	-5.84%	73 6.40%	55
Analytical Skills	23	Up 5 places+5	£55,000	-	61 5.35%	34
Inclusion and Diversity	28	Up 9 places+9	£53,000	-16.94%	54 4.74%	19
Manufacturing	29	Down -1 place-1	£40,000	-17.94%	53 4.65%	14
Marketing	38	Down -6 places-6	£40,000	-33.33%	41 3.60%	17
Retail	47	Down -26 places-26	£52,500	+3.96%	30 2.63%	12
Local Government	54	Down -10 places-10	£67,586	-	23 2.02%
Organisational Skills	54	New entry-	£40,500	-	23 2.02%	9
Welsh Language	57	Down -20 places-20	£50,000	+31.25%	20 1.75%	11
Electronics	59	Down -24 places-24	£40,000	-33.33%	18 1.58%	5
Games	60	Down -29 places-29	£21,620	-1.72%	17 1.49%	4
Banking	60	Down -44 places-44	£52,544	+123.55%	17 1.49%
Legal	61	Down -25 places-25	£53,171	-11.38%	16 1.40%	8
Law	64	New entry-	£42,500	-	13 1.14%	8
Telecoms	66	Down -34 places-34	£32,500	-17.19%	11 0.96%	13
Billing	66	New entry-	£21,620	-	11 0.96%	3
Police	68	Down -21 places-21	£50,000	-	9 0.79%	1
Automotive	69	New entry-	£50,000	-	8 0.70%	3
Presentation Skills	69	Down -28 places-28	£53,171	-29.10%	8 0.70%	6
Aerospace	70	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 0.61%	9
Influencing Skills	71	Down -27 places-27	£67,250	-2.88%	6 0.53%	6
Aviation	71	Down -26 places-26	£57,500	+4.54%	6 0.53%	4
Advertising	73	Down -27 places-27	£39,500	-	4 0.35%	2
Back Office	75	Down -28 places-28	-	-	2 0.18%
Military	75	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.18%	7
Multimedia	75	New entry-	£32,000	-	2 0.18%	21
General Ledger	75	New entry-	£90,000	-	2 0.18%