General Skills Statistics in Leicester

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	Up 8 places+8	£55,000	+22.22%	177 20.05%	48
Finance	7	Down -1 place-1	£62,500	+19.04%	102 11.55%	31
Manufacturing	13	Down -2 places-2	£57,500	+27.77%	64 7.25%	12
Retail	19	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	-7.69%	50 5.66%	22
Analytical Skills	22	Down -15 places-15	£45,483	-6.22%	47 5.32%	22
Marketing	24	Down -3 places-3	£65,000	+23.80%	43 4.87%	12
Organisational Skills	35	Down -7 places-7	£42,500	-12.37%	28 3.17%	11
Inclusion and Diversity	41	Down -20 places-20	£48,250	-	22 2.49%	9
Electronics	46	Down -16 places-16	£75,000	-	17 1.93%	1
Legal	47	Down -18 places-18	£55,000	-	16 1.81%	2
Public Sector	47	Down -21 places-21	£45,000	-	16 1.81%	8
Presentation Skills	48	Down -18 places-18	£37,500	-	15 1.70%
Automotive	51	Down -20 places-20	£38,500	-14.44%	12 1.36%	8
Telecoms	57	Down -26 places-26	£57,500	-28.12%	6 0.68%	2
Law	58	Down -42 places-42	£55,000	+13.40%	5 0.57%	3
Banking	58	Down -28 places-28	-	-	5 0.57%	3
Back Office	60	New entry-	£40,000	-	3 0.34%
Aerospace	60	New entry-	£38,500	-	3 0.34%	1
Fire and Rescue	60	New entry-	£35,000	-	3 0.34%	1
Influencing Skills	60	New entry-	-	-	3 0.34%	5
Brand Awareness	61	New entry-	-	-	2 0.23%
Pharmaceutical	61	New entry-	£59,000	-	2 0.23%	2
Advertising	61	New entry-	£57,500	-	2 0.23%	2
Games	61	New entry-	-	-	2 0.23%	1
Multimedia	61	New entry-	£32,000	-	2 0.23%	10
Documentation Skills	61	Down -33 places-33	£60,000	+41.17%	2 0.23%	1
Local Government	61	New entry-	£48,387	-	2 0.23%	6