Contract General Skills Statistics in Berkshire

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	3	Down -2 places-2	£494	-1.39%	434 23.75%	219
Analytical Skills	9	Down -2 places-2	£450	-20.63%	206 11.28%	84
Finance	22	Down -12 places-12	£590	-1.66%	146 7.99%	120
Telecoms	30	Down -25 places-25	£450	-7.69%	110 6.02%	41
Public Sector	32	Down -9 places-9	£425	-32.00%	104 5.69%	31
Aerospace	41	Up 46 places+46	£630	+0.80%	90 4.93%	9
Documentation Skills	75	Down -1 place-1	£481	+20.31%	42 2.30%	9
Retail	82	Down -28 places-28	£625	+2.04%	35 1.92%	38
Organisational Skills	86	Down -31 places-31	£463	+12.18%	31 1.70%	32
Legal	86	Down -45 places-45	£575	-5.34%	31 1.70%	21
Influencing Skills	93	Down -13 places-13	£618	-	24 1.31%	9
Military	95	Down -20 places-20	£403	-38.07%	22 1.20%	1
Manufacturing	98	Down -65 places-65	£575	-11.53%	19 1.04%	18
Billing	99	Down -42 places-42	£475	+35.71%	18 0.99%	10
Marketing	101	Down -67 places-67	£413	-36.53%	16 0.88%	72
Law	104	Down -35 places-35	£434	-13.33%	13 0.71%	8
Advertising	106	New entry-	£320	-	11 0.60%	3
Pharmaceutical	107	Down -25 places-25	£475	+105.40%	10 0.55%	7
General Ledger	107	Down -21 places-21	£600	-	10 0.55%	5
Presentation Skills	109	Down -44 places-44	£488	+2.09%	8 0.44%	18
Police	110	Down -26 places-26	£485	-	7 0.38%
Automotive	111	Down -33 places-33	£575	+0.87%	6 0.33%	11
Inclusion and Diversity	113	Down -47 places-47	-	-	4 0.22%	29
Local Government	115	Down -33 places-33	£140	-68.88%	2 0.11%	12
Banking	115	Down -31 places-31	£540	+2.85%	2 0.11%	11
Publishing	115	Down -34 places-34	£450	+28.57%	2 0.11%	2