Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 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	£475	-	164 18.96%	251
Finance	2	Up 2 places+2	£525	+5.00%	155 17.92%	224
Public Sector	11	Down 4 places-4	£525	+10.52%	91 10.52%	91
Banking	17	No change0	£484	-5.60%	72 8.32%	17
Analytical Skills	24	Down 13 places-13	£413	-17.50%	56 6.47%	115
Legal	43	Down 8 places-8	£525	-	33 3.82%	79
Local Government	46	Up 18 places+18	£525	-12.50%	29 3.35%	12
Investment Banking	48	Down 5 places-5	£500	-	27 3.12%	8
Organisational Skills	50	Down 5 places-5	£308	-12.14%	25 2.89%	30
Manufacturing	57	Down 6 places-6	£550	+7.31%	18 2.08%	69
Marketing	57	No change0	£765	+65.40%	18 2.08%	76
Retail	58	Up 5 places+5	£575	+26.02%	17 1.97%	63
Telecoms	61	Down 11 places-11	£471	+34.16%	14 1.62%	33
Inclusion and Diversity	62	Down 4 places-4	£550	+32.53%	13 1.50%	67
Law	64	Down 4 places-4	£560	+1.81%	11 1.27%	37
Influencing Skills	66	Down 4 places-4	£550	+15.78%	9 1.04%	29
Military	67	Down 3 places-3	£725	+16.00%	8 0.92%	6
Presentation Skills	70	Down 23 places-23	£525	+13.51%	5 0.58%	27
Documentation Skills	70	Down 8 places-8	£419	-28.72%	5 0.58%	10
Pharmaceutical	71	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	21
Spanish Language	71	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	2
Publishing	72	Down 4 places-4	-	-	3 0.35%	2
Front Office	73	New entry-	-	-	2 0.23%	6
Back Office	73	Down 7 places-7	£155	-74.11%	2 0.23%	21
Automotive	73	Down 5 places-5	-	-	2 0.23%	17
Billing	73	Down 5 places-5	£350	-11.94%	2 0.23%	7
Aviation	74	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.12%	5
General Ledger	74	Down 6 places-6	£475	-17.39%	1 0.12%	1
Electronics	74	Down 10 places-10	-	-	1 0.12%	25
Private Banking	74	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%	1
French Language	74	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%	2
German Language	74	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.12%	1