Contract General Skills Statistics in Berkshire

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 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	£500	-	403 22.40%	244
Analytical Skills	10	Down -3 places-3	£450	-18.18%	181 10.06%	65
Finance	19	Down -9 places-9	£590	-1.66%	145 8.06%	133
Telecoms	26	Down -21 places-21	£450	-6.25%	111 6.17%	36
Public Sector	32	Down -5 places-5	£425	-32.00%	100 5.56%	33
Aerospace	37	Up 52 places+52	£630	+0.80%	89 4.95%	20
Retail	79	Down -18 places-18	£631	+17.44%	35 1.95%	50
Documentation Skills	82	Down -7 places-7	£500	+25.00%	32 1.78%	14
Organisational Skills	86	Down -30 places-30	£447	+8.24%	28 1.56%	40
Legal	86	Down -39 places-39	£525	-14.63%	28 1.56%	13
Influencing Skills	91	Down -10 places-10	£635	-	23 1.28%	13
Military	91	Down -12 places-12	£403	-38.07%	23 1.28%	4
Manufacturing	93	Down -55 places-55	£575	-11.53%	21 1.17%	19
Billing	96	Down -35 places-35	£475	+35.71%	18 1.00%	8
Marketing	98	Down -59 places-59	£413	-36.53%	16 0.89%	51
Law	101	Down -29 places-29	£434	-13.33%	13 0.72%	9
Advertising	104	New entry-	£320	-	10 0.56%	6
Pharmaceutical	105	Down -21 places-21	£475	+105.40%	9 0.50%	4
General Ledger	105	Down -17 places-17	£595	-	9 0.50%	4
Police	107	Down -21 places-21	£485	-	7 0.39%	1
Presentation Skills	107	Down -40 places-40	£400	-16.23%	7 0.39%	22
Inclusion and Diversity	110	Down -44 places-44	-	-	4 0.22%	19
Automotive	111	Down -32 places-32	£400	-29.20%	3 0.17%	6
Local Government	112	Down -29 places-29	£140	-68.88%	2 0.11%	7
Agriculture	112	Down -26 places-26	-	-	2 0.11%	7
Banking	112	Down -25 places-25	£540	+68.75%	2 0.11%	10
Publishing	112	Down -29 places-29	£450	+28.57%	2 0.11%	3