Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£474	-5.20%	187 19.87%	147
Finance	2	Up 1 place+1	£500	-4.76%	149 15.83%	100
Banking	7	Up 22 places+22	£500	-12.58%	108 11.48%	11
Public Sector	13	Up 1 place+1	£525	+3.90%	86 9.14%	50
Analytical Skills	17	Down -13 places-13	£450	-7.69%	80 8.50%	58
Investment Banking	24	Up 21 places+21	-	-	60 6.38%	4
Legal	45	Down -22 places-22	£500	-20.00%	32 3.40%	27
Local Government	53	Down -5 places-5	£525	-2.32%	24 2.55%	15
Telecoms	55	Down -26 places-26	£538	+4.87%	22 2.34%	14
Organisational Skills	55	Down -22 places-22	£300	+53.84%	22 2.34%	10
Documentation Skills	63	Down -14 places-14	£500	-16.66%	14 1.49%	3
Law	65	Down -19 places-19	£550	+15.78%	12 1.28%	23
Manufacturing	68	Down -27 places-27	£550	+10.00%	9 0.96%	26
Influencing Skills	68	Down -25 places-25	£450	-21.73%	9 0.96%	9
Marketing	69	Down -29 places-29	£780	+188.88%	8 0.85%	49
Presentation Skills	69	Down -29 places-29	£550	-2.00%	8 0.85%	15
Games	70	Down -22 places-22	-	-	7 0.74%	1
Retail	70	Down -31 places-31	£600	+14.28%	7 0.74%	28
Military	73	Down -26 places-26	-	-	4 0.43%	3
Automotive	74	Down -25 places-25	-	-	3 0.32%	10
Publishing	74	New entry-	£486	-	3 0.32%	3
Social Housing	75	New entry-	£313	-	2 0.21%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	75	Down -33 places-33	-	-	2 0.21%	16
General Ledger	75	Down -26 places-26	£450	-14.28%	2 0.21%
German Language	76	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Billing	76	Down -27 places-27	£475	-	1 0.11%	5
Financial Institution	76	Down -29 places-29	£525	-12.50%	1 0.11%	1
Back Office	76	Down -31 places-31	£600	+17.07%	1 0.11%	7