Contract General Skills Statistics in Berkshire

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 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	£535	+1.90%	439 23.23%	250
Analytical Skills	8	Up 3 places+3	£500	-4.76%	232 12.28%	104
Finance	20	Down -11 places-11	£575	-8.00%	165 8.73%	156
Aerospace	23	Up 69 places+69	£600	+33.33%	152 8.04%	58
Telecoms	28	Down -22 places-22	£473	-5.50%	134 7.09%	56
Public Sector	41	Down -13 places-13	£500	-13.04%	91 4.81%	24
Retail	67	No change0	£725	+33.64%	54 2.86%	42
Influencing Skills	77	Up 10 places+10	£583	-2.10%	44 2.33%	23
Organisational Skills	86	Down -24 places-24	£400	-	35 1.85%	48
Documentation Skills	88	Down -8 places-8	£568	+42.00%	33 1.75%	4
Manufacturing	91	Down -42 places-42	£575	-11.53%	30 1.59%	58
Legal	96	Down -27 places-27	£575	+12.19%	25 1.32%	39
Police	99	Down -8 places-8	£500	-	22 1.16%	1
Billing	99	Down -25 places-25	£431	+23.21%	22 1.16%	8
Law	107	Down -27 places-27	£480	-4.09%	14 0.74%	25
Local Government	110	Down -28 places-28	£713	+35.71%	11 0.58%	19
Marketing	111	Down -52 places-52	£475	-26.92%	10 0.53%	54
Electronics	111	Down -43 places-43	-	-	10 0.53%	27
Advertising	111	New entry-	£391	-	10 0.53%	6
Military	112	Down -27 places-27	-	-	9 0.48%	5
Presentation Skills	113	Down -32 places-32	£483	-22.64%	8 0.42%	33
Games	113	Down -19 places-19	-	-	8 0.42%	1
Pharmaceutical	114	Down -27 places-27	£475	+23.37%	7 0.37%	18
General Ledger	114	Down -20 places-20	£558	-34.41%	7 0.37%	1
Publishing	115	Down -25 places-25	£460	+31.42%	6 0.32%	4
Aviation	117	Down -23 places-23	£575	-	4 0.21%	4