Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Finance	1	Up 5 places+5	£525	+5.00%	150 16.59%	354
Social Skills	2	Down -1 place-1	£473	+5.00%	147 16.26%	394
Public Sector	11	Down -3 places-3	£525	+10.52%	88 9.73%	124
Banking	13	Up 10 places+10	£473	-5.50%	81 8.96%	36
Analytical Skills	25	Down -16 places-16	£400	-20.00%	52 5.75%	172
Legal	40	Down -5 places-5	£481	-8.33%	33 3.65%	126
Investment Banking	42	Up 6 places+6	-	-	31 3.43%	8
Local Government	46	Up 21 places+21	£525	-12.50%	27 2.99%	23
Organisational Skills	51	Down -7 places-7	£308	+19.88%	22 2.43%	71
Marketing	55	Down -1 place-1	£720	+55.67%	18 1.99%	110
Retail	56	Up 7 places+7	£600	+33.33%	17 1.88%	109
Manufacturing	56	Down -5 places-5	£550	+4.76%	17 1.88%	112
Influencing Skills	61	No change0	£513	+2.50%	12 1.33%	49
Law	61	No change0	£560	+1.81%	12 1.33%	81
Inclusion and Diversity	63	Down -5 places-5	£550	+32.53%	10 1.11%	142
Telecoms	64	Down -20 places-20	£413	+36.36%	9 1.00%	36
Military	66	Down -2 places-2	£675	+8.00%	7 0.77%	9
Documentation Skills	68	Down -7 places-7	£419	-28.72%	5 0.55%	10
Presentation Skills	69	Down -20 places-20	£525	+12.90%	4 0.44%	40
Pharmaceutical	69	New entry-	-	-	4 0.44%	21
Publishing	69	Down -2 places-2	£400	-	4 0.44%	4
Spanish Language	69	New entry-	-	-	4 0.44%
Automotive	70	Down -3 places-3	-	-	3 0.33%	30
Front Office	71	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%	6
Back Office	71	Down -4 places-4	£155	-78.57%	2 0.22%	6
Billing	72	Down -5 places-5	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	20
General Ledger	72	Down -5 places-5	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	4
Electronics	72	Down -9 places-9	-	-	1 0.11%	22
French Language	72	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
German Language	72	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	2