General Skills Statistics in South Wales

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	2	Down 1 place-1	£45,000	+1.49%	285 12.83%	91
Finance	5	Down 2 places-2	£70,000	+40.00%	207 9.32%	32
Games	6	Up 28 places+28	£50,000	+99.30%	202 9.10%	4
Retail	16	Up 1 place+1	£52,500	+5.00%	150 6.75%	15
Public Sector	20	Up 11 places+11	£52,222	-16.44%	137 6.17%	26
Analytical Skills	28	Down 14 places-14	£47,500	-5.20%	113 5.09%	26
Marketing	35	Down 25 places-25	£40,000	+33.33%	86 3.87%	7
Manufacturing	42	Down 20 places-20	£50,000	+25.00%	72 3.24%	45
Organisational Skills	52	Down 8 places-8	£28,696	-20.28%	55 2.48%	18
Inclusion and Diversity	55	Down 5 places-5	£53,000	-11.66%	51 2.30%	12
Telecoms	60	Down 24 places-24	£32,500	-7.14%	46 2.07%	8
Aerospace	62	Down 14 places-14	£45,000	-30.76%	43 1.94%	18
Legal	65	Down 23 places-23	£53,000	+7.07%	40 1.80%	5
Electronics	68	Down 26 places-26	£50,000	-19.35%	37 1.67%	25
Police	74	Down 15 places-15	£50,871	-	31 1.40%	6
Law	79	Down 22 places-22	£32,000	-14.66%	26 1.17%
Advertising	80	Down 22 places-22	£45,000	+64.23%	25 1.13%	4
Influencing Skills	80	Down 24 places-24	£75,000	+2.20%	25 1.13%	12
Banking	85	Down 58 places-58	£54,000	+115.25%	20 0.90%
Aviation	87	Down 34 places-34	£58,750	-4.08%	18 0.81%	3
Presentation Skills	95	Down 40 places-40	£35,500	-43.20%	10 0.45%	3
Documentation Skills	95	New entry-	£50,000	-	10 0.45%	4
Digital Health	95	Down 37 places-37	-	-	10 0.45%
Brand Awareness	96	Down 36 places-36	£55,000	+15.78%	9 0.41%	1
Local Government	96	Down 37 places-37	£50,871	-	9 0.41%	9
Social Housing	96	New entry-	£60,000	-	9 0.41%
Welsh Language	96	Down 37 places-37	£36,961	-7.85%	9 0.41%	5
Pharmaceutical	97	New entry-	£28,000	-	8 0.36%	5
Billing	97	New entry-	£32,500	-	8 0.36%	1
Military	98	New entry-	£21,539	-	7 0.32%	5
German Language	98	New entry-	£35,000	-	7 0.32%
Agriculture	98	New entry-	£30,000	-	7 0.32%	2
TTP	98	Down 38 places-38	£76,000	+83.13%	7 0.32%