General Skills Statistics in Leicester

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	2	Up 1 place+1	£55,000	+83.33%	134 20.43%	29
Finance	18	Down -10 places-10	£62,500	+28.86%	46 7.01%	27
Marketing	22	Up 2 places+2	£46,500	+9.41%	39 5.95%	6
Analytical Skills	27	Down -20 places-20	£55,000	+13.40%	33 5.03%	14
Retail	29	Down -9 places-9	£67,500	+37.75%	31 4.73%	14
Electronics	37	New entry-	£75,000	-	22 3.35%	1
Manufacturing	37	Down -19 places-19	£45,000	-	22 3.35%	8
Law	47	Down -41 places-41	£42,500	-12.37%	12 1.83%	1
Aerospace	49	Down -20 places-20	£90,000	+164.70%	10 1.52%	1
Public Sector	50	Down -26 places-26	£50,000	-	9 1.37%	2
Telecoms	51	New entry-	£42,500	-	8 1.22%	2
Military	51	Down -23 places-23	£42,500	-	8 1.22%	1
Documentation Skills	52	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	+25.71%	7 1.07%
Inclusion and Diversity	53	Down -35 places-35	£45,000	-	6 0.91%	6
Multimedia	54	New entry-	£32,500	-	5 0.76%	11
Automotive	55	Down -28 places-28	£30,000	-33.33%	4 0.61%
Fire and Rescue	56	New entry-	£35,000	-	3 0.46%
Influencing Skills	56	Down -27 places-27	-	-	3 0.46%	1
Legal	57	Down -30 places-30	£61,500	-	2 0.30%	6
Presentation Skills	57	Down -31 places-31	£49,500	-	2 0.30%	3
Local Government	57	New entry-	£53,262	-	2 0.30%
Advertising	58	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.15%
Games	58	New entry-	£75,000	-	1 0.15%
General Ledger	58	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%	1