Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Sep 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%	153 16.61%	370
Social Skills	2	Down -1 place-1	£470	+5.52%	152 16.50%	443
Public Sector	13	Down -6 places-6	£525	+10.52%	86 9.34%	120
Banking	14	Up 15 places+15	£498	-0.50%	85 9.23%	39
Analytical Skills	26	Down -17 places-17	£450	-10.00%	56 6.08%	197
Legal	44	Down -11 places-11	£481	-8.33%	33 3.58%	119
Investment Banking	45	Up 4 places+4	-	-	32 3.47%	10
Local Government	47	Up 17 places+17	£525	-12.50%	30 3.26%	26
Organisational Skills	54	Down -11 places-11	£341	+75.00%	23 2.50%	74
Marketing	58	Down -6 places-6	£720	+66.95%	19 2.06%	110
Retail	60	No change0	£600	+33.33%	17 1.85%	102
Manufacturing	63	Down -13 places-13	£550	+4.76%	14 1.52%	102
Law	64	Down -6 places-6	£545	-0.95%	13 1.41%	79
Influencing Skills	67	Down -9 places-9	£475	-7.31%	10 1.09%	44
Inclusion and Diversity	67	Down -12 places-12	£550	+32.53%	10 1.09%	160
Telecoms	68	Down -25 places-25	£413	+47.98%	9 0.98%	44
Military	70	Down -8 places-8	£675	+8.00%	7 0.76%	9
Documentation Skills	72	Down -13 places-13	£419	-23.86%	5 0.54%	11
Publishing	73	New entry-	£400	-	4 0.43%	4
Presentation Skills	73	Down -28 places-28	£525	+12.90%	4 0.43%	43
Spanish Language	73	New entry-	-	-	4 0.43%	2
Automotive	74	Down -10 places-10	-	-	3 0.33%	34
Front Office	75	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%	6
Back Office	75	Down -11 places-11	£155	-78.57%	2 0.22%	5
General Ledger	75	Down -11 places-11	£450	-21.73%	2 0.22%	4
Electronics	76	Down -15 places-15	-	-	1 0.11%	23
French Language	76	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	4
Billing	76	Down -12 places-12	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	19
Pharmaceutical	76	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	23