Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£475	+2.70%	158 18.00%	116
Finance	2	Up 4 places+4	£525	+5.00%	155 17.65%	55
Public Sector	11	Down 3 places-3	£525	+10.52%	91 10.36%	36
Banking	16	No change0	£484	-7.85%	75 8.54%	2
Analytical Skills	26	Down 14 places-14	£400	-20.00%	53 6.04%	39
Legal	45	Down 7 places-7	£525	-	32 3.64%	32
Investment Banking	47	Down 1 place-1	£500	-	30 3.42%
Local Government	48	Up 21 places+21	£525	-12.50%	29 3.30%	6
Organisational Skills	53	Down 6 places-6	£308	-5.38%	24 2.73%	13
Marketing	58	Up 1 place+1	£720	+42.22%	19 2.16%	21
Manufacturing	58	Down 4 places-4	£550	+7.31%	19 2.16%	37
Retail	59	Up 7 places+7	£550	+20.54%	18 2.05%	25
Telecoms	63	Down 12 places-12	£471	+34.16%	14 1.59%	17
Inclusion and Diversity	65	Down 4 places-4	£550	+32.53%	12 1.37%	17
Law	66	Down 2 places-2	£560	+1.81%	11 1.25%	10
Influencing Skills	67	Down 3 places-3	£538	+10.25%	10 1.14%	13
Military	68	Down 1 place-1	£725	+16.00%	9 1.03%	2
Documentation Skills	72	Down 7 places-7	£419	-28.72%	5 0.57%	5
Spanish Language	73	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	1
Presentation Skills	73	Down 23 places-23	£525	+13.51%	4 0.46%	10
Pharmaceutical	73	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	9
Automotive	74	Down 3 places-3	-	-	3 0.34%	7
Publishing	74	Down 3 places-3	-	-	3 0.34%
Front Office	75	New entry-	-	-	2 0.23%
Back Office	75	Down 4 places-4	£155	-78.57%	2 0.23%	10
French Language	76	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
German Language	76	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%
Billing	76	Down 5 places-5	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	4
Aviation	76	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.11%	2
General Ledger	76	Down 5 places-5	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	1
Electronics	76	Down 9 places-9	-	-	1 0.11%	10