Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Apr 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%	178 19.45%	162
Finance	2	Up 4 places+4	£500	-4.76%	144 15.74%	116
Banking	7	Up 22 places+22	£511	-10.75%	102 11.15%	11
Public Sector	14	Up 1 place+1	£525	+4.89%	86 9.40%	49
Analytical Skills	19	Down -16 places-16	£450	-5.26%	76 8.31%	69
Investment Banking	28	Up 20 places+20	-	-	56 6.12%	5
Legal	45	Down -22 places-22	£500	-24.69%	34 3.72%	19
Organisational Skills	57	Down -19 places-19	£300	+53.84%	22 2.40%	11
Local Government	57	Down -5 places-5	£525	-2.32%	22 2.40%	9
Telecoms	58	Down -30 places-30	£550	+7.31%	21 2.30%	17
Documentation Skills	66	Down -13 places-13	£500	-16.66%	13 1.42%	5
Law	66	Down -16 places-16	£550	+15.78%	13 1.42%	20
Manufacturing	70	Down -25 places-25	£550	+10.00%	9 0.98%	25
Presentation Skills	71	Down -27 places-27	£550	-2.00%	8 0.87%	14
Influencing Skills	71	Down -25 places-25	£450	-25.00%	8 0.87%	15
Retail	72	Down -29 places-29	£600	+14.28%	7 0.77%	26
Games	72	Down -20 places-20	-	-	7 0.77%	3
Marketing	73	Down -29 places-29	£780	+188.88%	6 0.66%	37
Military	75	Down -24 places-24	-	-	4 0.44%	5
Automotive	76	Down -23 places-23	-	-	3 0.33%	9
Publishing	76	New entry-	£486	-	3 0.33%	4
Social Housing	77	New entry-	£313	-	2 0.22%	1
Inclusion and Diversity	77	Down -28 places-28	-	-	2 0.22%	28
General Ledger	77	Down -24 places-24	£450	-14.28%	2 0.22%	1
German Language	78	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	3
Billing	78	Down -25 places-25	£475	-	1 0.11%	3
Financial Institution	78	Down -27 places-27	£525	-12.50%	1 0.11%	1
Back Office	78	Down -29 places-29	£600	+17.07%	1 0.11%	7