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Profile: Sector profile summary table
| Sector | No. jobs in 2019 (above / below national average) | Change in jobs 2019 -2022 (Nation) | No. businesses in 2021 | Median average salary* | Top five specialised skills** | Top soft skills** | Job postings regional breakdown** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (% with 1-4 employees) | |||||||
| Advanced manufacturing & engineering | 51,068 | -14.70% | 5,748 | £34.0k | 1. Mechanical engineering | 1. Communications | 1. Basingstoke and Deane |
| 13% above | (-5%) | -78% | 2. Machinery | 2. Management | 2. Guildford | ||
| 3. Auditing | 3. Customer service | 3. Rushmoor | |||||
| 4. Engineering design process | 4. Planning | 4. Test Valley | |||||
| 5. Electrical engineering | 5. Detail oriented | 5. Woking | |||||
| Aerospace, space & satellite | 5,863 | 3.80% | 376 | £43.3k | 1. Agile Methodology | 1. Communications | 1. Guildford |
| 18% below | (-10.4%) | -77% | 2. SQL (Programming Language) | 2. Management | 2. Basingstoke and Deane | ||
| 3. Microsoft Azure | 3. Customer service | 3. Rushmoor | |||||
| 4. Automation | 4. Problem solving | 4. Woking | |||||
| 5. C# (Programming Language) | 5. Planning | 5. Reigate and Banstead | |||||
| Construction | 52,865 | 6.00% | 13,834 | £34.7k | 1. Construction | 1. Management | 1. Guildford |
| 17% above | (+1.9%) | -86% | 2. Carpentry | 2. Communications | 2. Basingstoke and Deane | ||
| 3. Painting | 3. Planning | 3. Winchester | |||||
| 4. Civil engineering | 4. Customer service | 4. Reigate and Banstead | |||||
| 5. Plumbing | 5. Leadership | 5. Rushmoor | |||||
| Creative | 59,243 | 2.50% | 14,997 | £45.1k | 1. Marketing | 1. Communications | 1. Guildford |
| 41% above | (+1.8%) | -90% | 2. Agile methodology | 2. Management | 2. Basingstoke and Deane | ||
| 3. Javascript (Programming language) | 3. Sales | 3. Rushmoor | |||||
| 4. SQL (Programming language) | 4. Planning | 4. Reigate and Banstead | |||||
| 5. C# (Programming language) | 5. Customer service | 5. Woking | |||||
| Health & Social care | 120,068 | -0.60% | 5,011 | £25.5k | 1. Nursing | 1. Communications | 1. Guildford |
| 2% below | (+6.1%) | -46% | 2. Personal care | 2. Management | 2. Basingstoke and Deane | ||
| 3. Mental health | 3. Teaching | 3. Reigate and Banstead | |||||
| 4. Auditing | 4. Leadership | 4. Epsom and Ewell | |||||
| 5. Midwifery | 5. Customer service | 5. Winchester | |||||
| Hospitality & tourism | 96,559 | -3.90% | 8,377 | £17.6k | 1. Restaurant operation | 1. Customer service | 1. Guildford |
| 0% above | (-2.5%) | -50% | 2. Cooking | 2. Communications | 2. Elmbridge | ||
| 3. Food safety and sanitation | 3. Management | 3. Basingstoke and Deane | |||||
| 4. Food preparation | 4. Cleanliness | 4. Winchester | |||||
| 5. Stock control | 5. Enthusiasm | 5. Waverley | |||||
| IT | 73,804 | -7.10% | 12,774 | £50.9k | 1. Agile methodology | 1. Communications | 1. Guildford |
| 66% above | (+4.1%) | -87% | 2. SQL (Programming language) | 2. Management | 2. Basingstoke and Deane | ||
| 3. Javascript (Programming language) | 3. Customer service | 3. Rushmoor | |||||
| 4. Microsoft Azure | 4. Problem solving | 4. Reigate and Banstead | |||||
| 5. C# (Programming language) | 5. Leadership | 5. Woking | |||||
| Land based (incl. Animal health and welfare) | 22,146 | -3.40% | 3,925 | £22.8k | 1. Landscaping | 1. Communications | 1. Guildford |
| 40% above | (+0.7%) | -77% | 2. Mowing | 2. Management | 2. Basingstoke and Deane | ||
| 3. Gardening | 3. Coaching | 3. Winchester | |||||
| 4. Machinery | 4. Customer service | 4. Woking | |||||
| 5. Weed control | 5. Planning | 5. Test Valley | |||||
| Professional services | 94,672 | 3.30% | 22,149 | £36.0k | 1. Finance | 1. Communications | 1. Guildford |
| 7% above | (+4.7%) | -88% | 2. Accounting | 2. Sales | 2. Basingstoke and Deane | ||
| 3. Marketing | 3. Management | 3. Reigate and Banstead | |||||
| 4. Invoicing | 4. Customer service | 4. Rushmoor | |||||
| 5. Auditing | 5. Detail oriented | 5. Elmbridge |
Table XX: Sector profile summary table | Source: Lightcast | * LSIP = £30.0k; South East = £30.0k; Nation = £31.2k | ** January 2019 – December 2022
