General Skills Statistics in Wales

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Games	2	Up 45 places+45	£39,500	+57.45%	406 11.82%	7
Social Skills	4	Down 2 places-2	£45,000	+22.44%	396 11.53%	118
Finance	8	Down 5 places-5	£60,000	+24.68%	356 10.36%	75
Public Sector	13	Up 28 places+28	£55,000	-12.00%	263 7.65%	30
Analytical Skills	18	Down 2 places-2	£45,000	-6.48%	229 6.66%	39
Retail	22	Down 7 places-7	£43,500	-3.33%	204 5.94%	22
Marketing	29	Down 15 places-15	£40,000	+49.62%	180 5.24%	8
Manufacturing	35	Down 8 places-8	£50,000	+25.00%	167 4.86%	71
Inclusion and Diversity	50	Up 4 places+4	£55,000	+4.63%	110 3.20%	16
Organisational Skills	62	Down 8 places-8	£29,000	-19.44%	89 2.59%	26
Legal	74	Down 25 places-25	£53,171	+1.27%	74 2.15%	8
Telecoms	77	Down 42 places-42	£30,000	+3.44%	69 2.01%	13
Aerospace	86	Down 28 places-28	£44,250	-31.92%	58 1.69%	21
Electronics	97	Down 48 places-48	£50,000	-18.36%	47 1.37%	40
Banking	99	Down 62 places-62	£62,000	+147.13%	45 1.31%	3
Police	102	Down 32 places-32	£50,949	-	42 1.22%	10
Influencing Skills	112	Down 46 places-46	£75,000	-8.27%	32 0.93%	15
Local Government	113	Down 43 places-43	£50,871	-	31 0.90%	7
Law	118	Down 52 places-52	£35,000	-24.32%	26 0.76%	1
Pharmaceutical	119	Down 48 places-48	£30,000	-4.76%	25 0.73%	6
Advertising	120	Down 51 places-51	£45,000	+64.23%	24 0.70%	4
Presentation Skills	124	Down 60 places-60	£35,500	-29.00%	20 0.58%	8
Aviation	126	Down 63 places-63	£58,750	+2.17%	18 0.52%	3
Automotive	127	Down 67 places-67	£43,500	-33.07%	17 0.49%	8
Documentation Skills	128	Down 58 places-58	£50,000	+4.16%	16 0.47%	3
Back Office	128	Down 58 places-58	-	-	16 0.47%
Military	128	New entry-	£25,269	-	16 0.47%	11
Billing	131	Down 60 places-60	£32,500	-	13 0.38%	2
Welsh Language	131	Down 61 places-61	£36,961	-7.85%	13 0.38%	10
Digital Health	134	Down 65 places-65	-	-	10 0.29%