General Skills Statistics in Leicester

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 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%	135 20.77%	30
Finance	16	Down -8 places-8	£62,500	+28.86%	45 6.92%	26
Marketing	19	Up 5 places+5	£46,500	+9.41%	39 6.00%	6
Analytical Skills	24	Down -18 places-18	£55,000	+13.40%	33 5.08%	13
Retail	26	Down -8 places-8	£67,500	+33.66%	31 4.77%	14
Manufacturing	35	Down -17 places-17	£45,000	-	22 3.38%	8
Electronics	36	New entry-	£75,000	-	21 3.23%	1
Law	44	Down -39 places-39	£42,500	-12.37%	13 2.00%	2
Aerospace	47	Down -19 places-19	£90,000	+164.70%	10 1.54%	1
Telecoms	48	New entry-	£42,500	-	9 1.38%	1
Military	48	Down -21 places-21	£42,500	-	9 1.38%	1
Public Sector	48	Down -25 places-25	£50,000	-	9 1.38%	2
Documentation Skills	50	Down -23 places-23	£55,000	+25.71%	7 1.08%
Multimedia	51	New entry-	£32,500	-	6 0.92%	11
Inclusion and Diversity	51	Down -34 places-34	£45,000	-	6 0.92%	6
Automotive	53	Down -27 places-27	£30,000	-33.33%	4 0.62%
Fire and Rescue	54	New entry-	£35,000	-	3 0.46%
Presentation Skills	54	Down -29 places-29	£37,500	-	3 0.46%	3
Influencing Skills	54	Down -26 places-26	-	-	3 0.46%	1
Legal	55	Down -28 places-28	£61,500	-	2 0.31%	7
Local Government	55	New entry-	£53,262	-	2 0.31%
Advertising	56	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.15%
Games	56	New entry-	£75,000	-	1 0.15%
General Ledger	56	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%	1