General Skills Statistics in Leicester

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	2	Up 2 places+2	£55,000	+71.87%	140 22.69%	27
Finance	20	Down -8 places-8	£60,609	+24.96%	42 6.81%	25
Analytical Skills	21	Down -14 places-14	£52,500	+8.24%	38 6.16%	14
Marketing	24	Up 2 places+2	£35,000	-17.64%	35 5.67%	9
Retail	26	Down -1 place-1	£57,500	+11.11%	31 5.02%	14
Manufacturing	35	Down -11 places-11	£45,000	+20.00%	21 3.40%	4
Electronics	36	New entry-	£80,000	-	20 3.24%	1
Law	42	Down -37 places-37	£42,500	-12.37%	14 2.27%
Aerospace	45	Down -15 places-15	£90,000	+164.70%	11 1.78%	1
Telecoms	47	Down -17 places-17	£42,500	-	9 1.46%	2
Military	47	Down -18 places-18	£42,500	-	9 1.46%	3
Public Sector	47	Down -18 places-18	£50,000	-	9 1.46%	3
Documentation Skills	49	Down -20 places-20	£55,000	+25.71%	7 1.13%	1
Multimedia	50	New entry-	£32,500	-	6 0.97%	8
Inclusion and Diversity	51	Down -27 places-27	£45,000	-	5 0.81%	3
Automotive	52	Down -24 places-24	£30,000	-33.33%	4 0.65%	1
Organisational Skills	52	Down -25 places-25	£26,500	-41.75%	4 0.65%	3
Presentation Skills	52	Down -25 places-25	£37,500	-	4 0.65%	2
Influencing Skills	52	Down -22 places-22	£74,600	-	4 0.65%	1
Fire and Rescue	53	New entry-	£35,000	-	3 0.49%
Local Government	54	New entry-	£53,262	-	2 0.32%
Back Office	55	New entry-	£47,500	-	1 0.16%	1
Legal	55	Down -26 places-26	-	-	1 0.16%	4
Advertising	55	Down -25 places-25	£70,000	+115.38%	1 0.16%
Games	55	New entry-	£75,000	-	1 0.16%
General Ledger	55	New entry-	£52,500	-	1 0.16%	1