Contract General Skills Statistics in Berkshire

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Aug 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	£525	+4.89%	439 22.64%	278
Analytical Skills	10	No change0	£500	-4.76%	226 11.66%	85
Finance	19	Down -9 places-9	£550	-10.20%	168 8.66%	147
Aerospace	24	Up 70 places+70	£630	+40.00%	157 8.10%	40
Telecoms	29	Down -23 places-23	£460	-8.00%	137 7.07%	68
Public Sector	40	Down -12 places-12	£500	-14.19%	102 5.26%	25
Retail	71	No change0	£725	+33.64%	55 2.84%	65
Influencing Skills	85	Up 3 places+3	£565	-5.04%	41 2.11%	23
Documentation Skills	93	Down -9 places-9	£568	+42.00%	33 1.70%	4
Organisational Skills	94	Down -31 places-31	£400	-	32 1.65%	58
Manufacturing	97	Down -47 places-47	£575	-11.53%	29 1.50%	59
Legal	101	Down -29 places-29	£575	+13.58%	25 1.29%	38
Billing	103	Down -27 places-27	£438	+25.00%	23 1.19%	8
Police	105	Down -12 places-12	£493	-	21 1.08%
Military	111	Down -24 places-24	-	-	15 0.77%	8
Marketing	112	Down -55 places-55	£407	-37.38%	14 0.72%	70
Law	112	Down -30 places-30	£465	-7.09%	14 0.72%	16
Local Government	114	Down -30 places-30	£675	+28.57%	12 0.62%	16
Presentation Skills	115	Down -27 places-27	£400	-27.27%	11 0.57%	29
Pharmaceutical	116	Down -27 places-27	£413	+7.14%	10 0.52%	14
Advertising	116	New entry-	£320	-	10 0.52%	9
Games	118	Down -22 places-22	-	-	8 0.41%	10
Publishing	119	Down -28 places-28	£460	+31.42%	7 0.36%	5
Electronics	120	Down -52 places-52	-	-	6 0.31%	31
General Ledger	120	Down -24 places-24	£540	-36.47%	6 0.31%	2
Aviation	122	Down -26 places-26	£575	-	4 0.21%
Banking	122	Down -29 places-29	£523	+10.58%	4 0.21%	1