Contract General Skills Statistics in Berkshire

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Oct 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	£550	+10.00%	471 26.17%	515
Analytical Skills	13	Up 1 place+1	£500	-	213 11.83%	245
Aerospace	16	Up 73 places+73	£575	+24.12%	182 10.11%	95
Finance	21	Down -5 places-5	£550	-	157 8.72%	412
Telecoms	27	Down -15 places-15	£489	+5.67%	124 6.89%	78
Public Sector	52	Down -22 places-22	£500	-4.76%	66 3.67%	76
Influencing Skills	63	Up 22 places+22	£565	+4.14%	53 2.94%	52
Organisational Skills	65	Up 10 places+10	£400	-	51 2.83%	67
Retail	66	No change0	£725	+33.64%	50 2.78%	139
Manufacturing	68	Up 8 places+8	£575	-	48 2.67%	138
Documentation Skills	76	No change0	£559	+25.61%	40 2.22%	16
Billing	89	Down -8 places-8	£398	-6.47%	25 1.39%	27
Legal	92	Down -17 places-17	£565	+11.60%	22 1.22%	133
Police	95	Up 1 place+1	£488	-	19 1.06%	3
Local Government	96	Down -12 places-12	£575	+15.00%	18 1.00%	15
Electronics	99	Down -7 places-7	£480	+116.94%	15 0.83%	75
Presentation Skills	101	Down -22 places-22	£500	-13.04%	13 0.72%	72
Pharmaceutical	102	Down -11 places-11	£373	-3.24%	12 0.67%	43
Marketing	102	Down -22 places-22	£465	+9.41%	12 0.67%	231
Law	104	Down -18 places-18	£525	-	10 0.56%	96
General Ledger	104	Down -11 places-11	£545	-15.89%	10 0.56%	5
Games	105	New entry-	-	-	9 0.50%	30
Military	106	Down -14 places-14	-	-	8 0.44%	11
Advertising	107	Down -11 places-11	£543	-	7 0.39%	9
Automotive	108	Down -18 places-18	£610	+2.52%	6 0.33%	32
Publishing	108	Down -13 places-13	£460	+31.42%	6 0.33%	11
Aviation	109	Down -12 places-12	£575	-	5 0.28%	6
Banking	109	Down -14 places-14	£490	+12.00%	5 0.28%	36
Back Office	111	Down -16 places-16	£453	-	3 0.17%	7
Agriculture	111	Down -15 places-15	£48	-	3 0.17%	11