Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 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	+1.89%	154 17.50%	205
Finance	2	Up 3 places+3	£523	+4.50%	150 17.05%	200
Public Sector	11	Down -1 place-1	£525	+10.52%	88 10.00%	89
Banking	16	Up 4 places+4	£484	-7.85%	77 8.75%	22
Analytical Skills	25	Down -14 places-14	£400	-20.00%	51 5.80%	88
Legal	40	Down -3 places-3	£500	-4.76%	32 3.64%	72
Investment Banking	42	Up 7 places+7	£500	-	30 3.41%	4
Local Government	43	Up 27 places+27	£525	-12.50%	29 3.30%	7
Organisational Skills	50	Down -4 places-4	£308	+2.50%	22 2.50%	28
Marketing	54	Up 5 places+5	£720	+42.22%	18 2.05%	66
Manufacturing	55	Down -2 places-2	£550	+4.76%	17 1.93%	44
Retail	56	Up 11 places+11	£575	+27.77%	16 1.82%	64
Law	60	Up 4 places+4	£560	+1.81%	12 1.36%	35
Influencing Skills	61	Up 4 places+4	£525	+5.00%	11 1.25%	32
Inclusion and Diversity	62	Down -1 place-1	£550	+32.53%	10 1.14%	73
Telecoms	62	Down -12 places-12	£406	+15.65%	10 1.14%	20
Military	64	Up 3 places+3	£675	+8.00%	8 0.91%	1
Documentation Skills	67	Down -2 places-2	£419	-28.72%	5 0.57%	7
Spanish Language	68	New entry-	-	-	4 0.45%	1
Presentation Skills	68	Down -18 places-18	£525	+13.51%	4 0.45%	19
Pharmaceutical	68	New entry-	-	-	4 0.45%	13
Automotive	69	Up 2 places+2	-	-	3 0.34%	10
Publishing	69	Up 2 places+2	-	-	3 0.34%	2
Front Office	70	New entry-	-	-	2 0.23%	5
Back Office	70	Up 1 place+1	£155	-78.57%	2 0.23%	22
French Language	71	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	2
German Language	71	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	2
Billing	71	No change0	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	11
General Ledger	71	No change0	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	1
Electronics	71	Down -4 places-4	-	-	1 0.11%	3