General Skills Statistics in Leicester

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 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	+71.87%	136 21.09%	33
Finance	22	Down -13 places-13	£63,109	+30.12%	41 6.36%	24
Marketing	23	Up 2 places+2	£35,500	-16.47%	38 5.89%	6
Analytical Skills	26	Down -20 places-20	£55,000	+13.40%	35 5.43%	14
Retail	28	Down -3 places-3	£57,500	+13.86%	33 5.12%	9
Manufacturing	38	Down -14 places-14	£45,000	+12.50%	22 3.41%	4
Electronics	40	New entry-	£80,000	-	20 3.10%	1
Law	47	Down -42 places-42	£42,500	-12.37%	13 2.02%
Aerospace	50	Down -21 places-21	£90,000	+164.70%	10 1.55%	1
Public Sector	50	Down -24 places-24	£47,500	-	10 1.55%	1
Telecoms	51	Down -22 places-22	£42,500	-	9 1.40%	1
Military	51	Down -23 places-23	£42,500	-	9 1.40%	1
Documentation Skills	53	Down -25 places-25	£55,000	+25.71%	7 1.09%
Multimedia	54	New entry-	£32,500	-	6 0.93%	6
Inclusion and Diversity	54	Down -33 places-33	£45,000	-	6 0.93%	6
Automotive	56	Down -29 places-29	£30,000	-33.33%	4 0.62%
Presentation Skills	56	Down -30 places-30	£37,500	-	4 0.62%	3
Fire and Rescue	57	New entry-	£35,000	-	3 0.47%
Influencing Skills	57	Down -28 places-28	-	-	3 0.47%	1
Organisational Skills	58	Down -32 places-32	£26,500	-41.75%	2 0.31%	4
Local Government	58	New entry-	£53,262	-	2 0.31%
Legal	59	Down -31 places-31	-	-	1 0.16%	3
Advertising	59	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.16%
Games	59	New entry-	£75,000	-	1 0.16%
General Ledger	59	New entry-	£52,500	-	1 0.16%	2