Contract General Skills Statistics in Berkshire

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 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%	466 25.65%	570
Analytical Skills	12	Down -2 places-2	£500	-	215 11.83%	276
Aerospace	17	Up 70 places+70	£575	+24.12%	170 9.36%	118
Finance	18	Down -3 places-3	£550	-	157 8.64%	428
Telecoms	26	Down -15 places-15	£493	+9.44%	126 6.93%	79
Public Sector	50	Down -16 places-16	£500	-4.76%	71 3.91%	88
Retail	64	Down -1 place-1	£725	+33.64%	53 2.92%	148
Influencing Skills	65	Up 18 places+18	£565	+4.14%	52 2.86%	57
Organisational Skills	67	Up 5 places+5	£400	-	50 2.75%	72
Manufacturing	73	No change0	£575	-	43 2.37%	148
Documentation Skills	78	Down -4 places-4	£550	+23.59%	38 2.09%	20
Billing	90	Down -13 places-13	£425	+18.05%	26 1.43%	31
Police	96	Down -4 places-4	£500	-	20 1.10%	7
Legal	97	Down -26 places-26	£575	+13.58%	19 1.05%	149
Local Government	98	Down -16 places-16	£575	+15.00%	18 0.99%	21
Electronics	103	Down -13 places-13	-	-	13 0.72%	87
Presentation Skills	104	Down -26 places-26	£500	-13.04%	12 0.66%	76
Pharmaceutical	104	Down -15 places-15	£361	-6.16%	12 0.66%	41
Marketing	104	Down -26 places-26	£465	+16.25%	12 0.66%	232
Law	105	Down -26 places-26	£490	-2.09%	11 0.61%	94
General Ledger	106	Down -14 places-14	£545	-27.23%	10 0.55%	8
Military	107	Down -18 places-18	-	-	9 0.50%	18
Games	108	New entry-	-	-	8 0.44%	36
Advertising	109	Down -14 places-14	£543	-	7 0.39%	11
Automotive	110	Down -23 places-23	£610	+3.38%	6 0.33%	35
Publishing	110	Down -18 places-18	£460	+31.42%	6 0.33%	11
Aviation	111	Down -16 places-16	£575	-	5 0.28%	6
Banking	111	Down -18 places-18	£490	+12.00%	5 0.28%	39
Back Office	113	Down -20 places-20	£453	-	3 0.17%	10
Inclusion and Diversity	114	Down -26 places-26	-	-	2 0.11%	81
Agriculture	114	Down -20 places-20	-	-	2 0.11%	17