Contract General Skills Statistics in Berkshire

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 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%	475 25.96%	120
Analytical Skills	13	No change0	£500	+0.80%	211 11.53%	43
Aerospace	16	Up 72 places+72	£575	+24.12%	196 10.71%	39
Finance	22	Down -7 places-7	£550	-	158 8.63%	79
Telecoms	29	Down -15 places-15	£481	+1.31%	123 6.72%	18
Public Sector	57	Down -30 places-30	£500	-	66 3.61%	17
Manufacturing	64	Up 10 places+10	£575	-	57 3.11%	32
Influencing Skills	67	Up 15 places+15	£565	+4.14%	54 2.95%	4
Organisational Skills	69	Up 4 places+4	£400	-3.03%	52 2.84%	21
Retail	70	Down -5 places-5	£725	+38.09%	50 2.73%	24
Documentation Skills	77	Down -8 places-8	£550	+20.87%	42 2.30%	5
Billing	95	Down -17 places-17	£398	-11.66%	24 1.31%	2
Legal	95	Down -21 places-21	£545	+9.00%	24 1.31%	23
Electronics	98	Down -6 places-6	£480	+116.94%	21 1.15%	15
Police	100	Down -4 places-4	£488	-	19 1.04%
Local Government	101	Down -17 places-17	£575	+9.52%	18 0.98%	5
Presentation Skills	106	Down -28 places-28	£500	-13.04%	13 0.71%	11
Pharmaceutical	107	Down -17 places-17	£373	-3.24%	12 0.66%	3
Marketing	107	Down -29 places-29	£465	+3.33%	12 0.66%	27
Law	109	Down -23 places-23	£531	-1.20%	10 0.55%	16
General Ledger	109	Down -17 places-17	£545	-15.89%	10 0.55%	1
Games	110	New entry-	-	-	9 0.49%	2
Military	110	Down -18 places-18	-	-	9 0.49%	2
Advertising	112	Down -18 places-18	£543	+141.11%	7 0.38%
Automotive	113	Down -24 places-24	£610	+2.52%	6 0.33%	2
Publishing	113	Down -19 places-19	£460	+31.42%	6 0.33%
Aviation	114	Down -18 places-18	£575	-	5 0.27%	2
Banking	114	Down -21 places-21	£490	+12.00%	5 0.27%	2
Agriculture	116	Down -21 places-21	£48	-	3 0.16%	3
Back Office	116	Down -22 places-22	£453	-	3 0.16%
Inclusion and Diversity	117	Down -28 places-28	-	-	2 0.11%	18