Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Finance	1	Up 4 places+4	£525	+5.00%	152 16.54%	372
Social Skills	2	Down -1 place-1	£470	+4.44%	147 16.00%	443
Public Sector	13	Down -6 places-6	£525	+10.52%	89 9.68%	142
Banking	16	Up 9 places+9	£475	-5.00%	80 8.71%	39
Analytical Skills	28	Down -20 places-20	£425	-15.00%	53 5.77%	184
Legal	45	Down -12 places-12	£481	-8.33%	33 3.59%	130
Investment Banking	49	Down -3 places-3	-	-	29 3.16%	11
Local Government	50	Up 14 places+14	£525	-12.50%	28 3.05%	31
Organisational Skills	55	Down -15 places-15	£341	+33.04%	23 2.50%	67
Marketing	60	Down -9 places-9	£720	+55.67%	18 1.96%	117
Retail	62	Down -2 places-2	£625	+38.88%	16 1.74%	99
Manufacturing	62	Down -14 places-14	£550	+4.76%	16 1.74%	104
Influencing Skills	66	Down -8 places-8	£513	+2.50%	12 1.31%	45
Law	66	Down -8 places-8	£560	+1.81%	12 1.31%	86
Inclusion and Diversity	68	Down -13 places-13	£550	+32.53%	10 1.09%	182
Telecoms	69	Down -28 places-28	£413	+36.36%	9 0.98%	43
Military	71	Down -9 places-9	£675	+8.00%	7 0.76%	8
Documentation Skills	73	Down -14 places-14	£419	-23.86%	5 0.54%	9
Spanish Language	74	New entry-	-	-	4 0.44%
Presentation Skills	74	Down -28 places-28	£525	+12.90%	4 0.44%	48
Publishing	74	New entry-	£400	-	4 0.44%	4
Automotive	75	Down -11 places-11	-	-	3 0.33%	31
Pharmaceutical	76	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%	25
Front Office	76	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%	6
Back Office	76	Down -12 places-12	£155	-78.57%	2 0.22%	4
French Language	77	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	3
German Language	77	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	5
Billing	77	Down -13 places-13	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	21
General Ledger	77	Down -13 places-13	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	4
Electronics	77	Down -17 places-17	-	-	1 0.11%	27