Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 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	£472	-0.36%	184 19.76%	143
Finance	2	Up 2 places+2	£500	-4.76%	145 15.57%	102
Banking	7	Up 24 places+24	£500	-11.26%	103 11.06%	13
Public Sector	15	No change0	£525	+4.89%	83 8.92%	48
Analytical Skills	18	Down -13 places-13	£450	-7.69%	79 8.49%	64
Investment Banking	27	Up 21 places+21	-	-	57 6.12%	4
Legal	46	Down -18 places-18	£500	-9.09%	31 3.33%	24
Local Government	52	Down -2 places-2	£525	-2.32%	25 2.69%	11
Telecoms	55	Down -25 places-25	£538	+4.87%	22 2.36%	13
Organisational Skills	56	Down -23 places-23	£300	+53.84%	21 2.26%	8
Documentation Skills	63	Down -12 places-12	£500	-16.66%	14 1.50%	3
Law	65	Down -17 places-17	£550	+15.78%	12 1.29%	22
Manufacturing	68	Down -24 places-24	£550	+12.82%	9 0.97%	26
Influencing Skills	68	Down -22 places-22	£450	-18.18%	9 0.97%	7
Marketing	69	Down -27 places-27	£780	+188.88%	8 0.86%	50
Presentation Skills	69	Down -27 places-27	£550	-2.00%	8 0.86%	11
Games	70	Down -20 places-20	-	-	7 0.75%	2
Retail	70	Down -29 places-29	£600	+14.28%	7 0.75%	24
Military	73	Down -24 places-24	-	-	4 0.43%	4
Publishing	74	New entry-	£486	-	3 0.32%	2
Automotive	74	Down -23 places-23	-	-	3 0.32%	10
Social Housing	75	New entry-	£313	-	2 0.21%	2
Inclusion and Diversity	75	Down -31 places-31	-	-	2 0.21%	13
General Ledger	75	Down -24 places-24	£450	-14.28%	2 0.21%
German Language	76	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Billing	76	Down -25 places-25	£475	-	1 0.11%	4
Financial Institution	76	Down -27 places-27	£525	-12.50%	1 0.11%	1
Back Office	76	Down -29 places-29	£600	+17.07%	1 0.11%	6