Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 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	£470	+2.17%	154 17.52%	103
Finance	2	Up 3 places+3	£520	+4.00%	151 17.18%	66
Public Sector	12	Down -3 places-3	£525	+10.52%	88 10.01%	39
Banking	18	Up 1 place+1	£484	-7.85%	77 8.76%	1
Analytical Skills	28	Down -18 places-18	£400	-20.00%	51 5.80%	36
Legal	43	Down -6 places-6	£500	-4.76%	32 3.64%	31
Investment Banking	45	Up 4 places+4	£500	-	30 3.41%
Local Government	46	Up 23 places+23	£525	-12.50%	29 3.30%	6
Organisational Skills	53	Down -7 places-7	£308	+2.50%	22 2.50%	19
Manufacturing	56	Down -3 places-3	£550	+4.76%	19 2.16%	24
Marketing	57	Up 2 places+2	£720	+42.22%	18 2.05%	28
Retail	58	Up 9 places+9	£575	+27.77%	17 1.93%	29
Law	63	Up 1 place+1	£560	+1.81%	12 1.37%	10
Influencing Skills	64	Up 1 place+1	£525	+5.00%	11 1.25%	12
Inclusion and Diversity	64	Down -3 places-3	£550	+32.53%	11 1.25%	13
Telecoms	65	Down -15 places-15	£406	+15.65%	10 1.14%	8
Military	67	No change0	£675	+8.00%	8 0.91%	1
Documentation Skills	70	Down -5 places-5	£419	-28.72%	5 0.57%	3
Spanish Language	71	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%
Presentation Skills	71	Down -21 places-21	£525	+13.51%	4 0.46%	8
Pharmaceutical	71	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	6
Automotive	72	Down -1 place-1	-	-	3 0.34%	2
Publishing	72	Down -1 place-1	-	-	3 0.34%
Front Office	73	New entry-	-	-	2 0.23%
Back Office	73	Down -2 places-2	£155	-78.57%	2 0.23%	15
French Language	74	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
German Language	74	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	1
Billing	74	Down -3 places-3	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	6
General Ledger	74	Down -3 places-3	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	1
Electronics	74	Down -7 places-7	-	-	1 0.11%	5