Professional services
The professional service sector offers specialist support to their customers. Examples of the work within this sector include Law, Finance, Marketing, Consulting, Management and Planning.
Facts and figures
The professional service employees deliver specialist services to their customers. Many employees within the sector have completed specific degrees, training or hold licenses (for example Lawyers and Architects) to allow them to work in their chosen industry.
Career progression
There are a wide range of entry level jobs across the professional services sector these include:
- Cleaners and Domestics - £9.30 – Level 1
- Reprographic assistant - £8.94 – Level 1
- Warehouse Worker - £10.33 – Level 1
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With experience you can progress within professional services taking on more responsibility with higher earning potential:
- Book-keepers, Payroll Managers and Wages Clerks - £12.08 – Level 2
- Admin Assistant - £11.39 – Level 2
- Legal Secretaries - £11.07 – Level 3
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More advanced careers in professional services relate to management or more specialised roles.
- Solicitors - £23.59 – Level 6
- Chartered and Certified Accountants - £20.50 – Level 6
- Legal Associate Professionals - £13.22 – Level 6
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Top skills requested by employers
Skills for professional services jobs can be split between ‘general’ skills and ‘specialist’ skill. General are transferrable between sectors and sought by most employers, whilst specialist skills are more focused on the sector.
- Communications
- Management
- Sales
- Customer service
- Planning
- Finance
- Marketing
- Agile methodology
- Auditing
- Business development
Green professional services
Many professional services companies are working to become more sustainable and develop more sustainable products. There are green elements featured in many roles including:
- Sustainability business specialist
- Financial adviser
- Investment and commercial banking professional