Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 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	£473	+5.00%	150 16.85%	389
Finance	1	Up 4 places+4	£525	+5.00%	150 16.85%	348
Public Sector	11	Down -1 place-1	£525	+10.52%	89 10.00%	144
Banking	15	Up 9 places+9	£475	-9.52%	78 8.76%	34
Analytical Skills	25	Down -13 places-13	£400	-20.00%	51 5.73%	164
Legal	40	No change0	£500	-4.76%	32 3.60%	115
Investment Banking	42	Up 12 places+12	£500	-	30 3.37%	9
Local Government	46	Up 26 places+26	£525	-12.50%	26 2.92%	28
Organisational Skills	50	Down -2 places-2	£308	+2.50%	22 2.47%	73
Marketing	54	Up 7 places+7	£720	+42.22%	18 2.02%	117
Manufacturing	55	No change0	£550	+4.76%	17 1.91%	107
Retail	56	Up 13 places+13	£625	+38.88%	16 1.80%	104
Law	60	Up 7 places+7	£560	+1.81%	12 1.35%	72
Influencing Skills	61	Up 6 places+6	£525	+5.00%	11 1.24%	45
Inclusion and Diversity	62	Up 1 place+1	£550	+30.95%	10 1.12%	159
Telecoms	62	Down -13 places-13	£406	+15.65%	10 1.12%	37
Military	64	Up 6 places+6	£675	+8.00%	8 0.90%	7
Documentation Skills	67	No change0	£419	-28.72%	5 0.56%	9
Spanish Language	68	New entry-	-	-	4 0.45%
Presentation Skills	68	Down -15 places-15	£525	+13.20%	4 0.45%	42
Pharmaceutical	68	New entry-	-	-	4 0.45%	20
Automotive	69	Up 4 places+4	-	-	3 0.34%	29
Publishing	69	Up 4 places+4	-	-	3 0.34%	5
Front Office	70	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%	6
Back Office	70	Up 3 places+3	£155	-78.57%	2 0.22%	8
French Language	71	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
German Language	71	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	3
Billing	71	Up 2 places+2	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	20
General Ledger	71	Up 2 places+2	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	2
Electronics	71	Down -2 places-2	-	-	1 0.11%	23