Economics Job Trends in Leicestershire

Economics
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Economics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 49 -
Rank change year-on-year -24 - -
Permanent jobs citing Economics 5 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.31% 0.25% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.30% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £30,950 - -
25th Percentile £32,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £33,500 £40,000 -
% change year-on-year -16.25% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

Economics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,194 330 668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 74.81% 83.54% 83.19%
Number of salaries quoted 729 197 312
10th Percentile £33,002 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £59,063
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £41,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +21.95% -8.89% -14.29%

Economics
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Economics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Economics job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Economics
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Economics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Economics

Economics
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Economics in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 17 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Economics in Leicestershire

Economics
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Economics within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 17 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hinckley - 2 £47,500 - 1
Leicester -32 1 £31,500 - 2
Economics
East Midlands

Economics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
3 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Advertising
4 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (40.00%) Marketing
4 2 (40.00%) Retail
5 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Workflow
3 3 (60.00%) Mathematics
3 3 (60.00%) Project Management
4 2 (40.00%) AI
4 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (40.00%) Change Management
4 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (40.00%) ERP
4 2 (40.00%) Predictive Analytics
4 2 (40.00%) Predictive Modelling
4 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (40.00%) Six Sigma
4 2 (40.00%) Statistics
4 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) SYSPRO