Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£475	-	163 19.29%	219
Finance	2	Up 2 places+2	£523	+1.95%	155 18.34%	164
Public Sector	10	Down 2 places-2	£525	+10.52%	94 11.12%	89
Banking	19	Down 2 places-2	£473	-10.00%	68 8.05%	14
Analytical Skills	23	Down 11 places-11	£413	-17.50%	58 6.86%	85
Legal	43	Down 4 places-4	£525	-	33 3.91%	42
Local Government	47	Up 20 places+20	£525	-12.50%	29 3.43%	12
Organisational Skills	51	Down 2 places-2	£341	-9.60%	25 2.96%	20
Investment Banking	52	Down 8 places-8	£500	-	24 2.84%	5
Marketing	57	Up 4 places+4	£765	+65.40%	19 2.25%	41
Manufacturing	59	Down 5 places-5	£488	-7.14%	17 2.01%	52
Retail	59	Up 8 places+8	£575	+26.02%	17 2.01%	34
Telecoms	62	Down 6 places-6	£530	+50.88%	14 1.66%	23
Inclusion and Diversity	63	No change0	£550	+32.53%	13 1.54%	130
Law	65	Down 2 places-2	£560	+1.81%	11 1.30%	23
Presentation Skills	66	Down 15 places-15	£525	+13.51%	10 1.18%	23
Influencing Skills	66	No change0	£550	+15.78%	10 1.18%	27
Military	68	No change0	£725	+16.00%	8 0.95%	8
Spanish Language	72	New entry-	-	-	4 0.47%	2
Documentation Skills	72	Down 6 places-6	£425	-27.65%	4 0.47%	11
Pharmaceutical	72	New entry-	-	-	4 0.47%	10
Publishing	73	Down 1 place-1	-	-	3 0.36%
Front Office	74	New entry-	-	-	2 0.24%	1
Back Office	74	Down 4 places-4	£155	-74.11%	2 0.24%	10
Automotive	74	Down 2 places-2	-	-	2 0.24%	14
Billing	74	Down 2 places-2	£350	-11.94%	2 0.24%	4
Electronics	75	Down 7 places-7	-	-	1 0.12%	19
Private Banking	75	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
French Language	75	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%	1
German Language	75	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.12%	1
Aviation	75	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.12%	1
General Ledger	75	Down 3 places-3	£475	-17.39%	1 0.12%	2