Contract General Skills Statistics in Berkshire

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 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	-0.09%	439 23.92%	219
Analytical Skills	9	Down -2 places-2	£450	-19.42%	205 11.17%	83
Finance	22	Down -13 places-13	£590	-1.66%	147 8.01%	121
Telecoms	30	Down -25 places-25	£450	-8.30%	110 5.99%	43
Public Sector	32	Down -9 places-9	£425	-32.00%	104 5.67%	27
Aerospace	41	Up 49 places+49	£630	+0.80%	90 4.90%	10
Documentation Skills	77	No change0	£487	+21.65%	41 2.23%	10
Retail	83	Down -27 places-27	£625	+2.04%	35 1.91%	35
Legal	87	Down -42 places-42	£575	-6.50%	31 1.69%	19
Organisational Skills	87	Down -29 places-29	£463	+12.18%	31 1.69%	30
Influencing Skills	95	Down -12 places-12	£635	-	23 1.25%	9
Military	96	Down -17 places-17	£403	-38.07%	22 1.20%	2
Manufacturing	99	Down -62 places-62	£575	-11.53%	19 1.04%	17
Billing	102	Down -42 places-42	£475	+35.71%	16 0.87%	10
Marketing	102	Down -64 places-64	£413	-36.53%	16 0.87%	68
Law	105	Down -33 places-33	£434	-13.33%	13 0.71%	7
Advertising	107	New entry-	£320	-	11 0.60%	2
Pharmaceutical	108	Down -23 places-23	£475	+105.40%	10 0.55%	5
General Ledger	108	Down -19 places-19	£600	-	10 0.55%	5
Presentation Skills	109	Down -41 places-41	£488	+2.09%	9 0.49%	15
Police	111	Down -24 places-24	£485	-	7 0.38%
Automotive	112	Down -31 places-31	£575	+0.87%	6 0.33%	11
Inclusion and Diversity	114	Down -45 places-45	-	-	4 0.22%	29
Banking	116	Down -29 places-29	£540	+2.85%	2 0.11%	12
Publishing	116	Down -32 places-32	£450	+28.57%	2 0.11%	3
Local Government	116	Down -32 places-32	£140	-68.88%	2 0.11%	11