Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Oct 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%	150 16.59%	382
Social Skills	2	Down -1 place-1	£470	+4.44%	144 15.93%	435
Public Sector	13	Down -5 places-5	£525	+10.52%	88 9.73%	147
Banking	17	Up 5 places+5	£473	-5.50%	77 8.52%	38
Analytical Skills	28	Down -19 places-19	£425	-15.00%	53 5.86%	178
Legal	45	Down -14 places-14	£481	-8.33%	33 3.65%	137
Investment Banking	49	Down -5 places-5	-	-	29 3.21%	9
Local Government	50	Up 13 places+13	£525	-12.50%	28 3.10%	25
Organisational Skills	54	Down -14 places-14	£341	+33.04%	23 2.54%	71
Marketing	59	Down -10 places-10	£720	+55.67%	18 1.99%	116
Manufacturing	59	Down -12 places-12	£550	+4.76%	18 1.99%	110
Retail	61	Down -2 places-2	£625	+38.88%	16 1.77%	106
Influencing Skills	65	Down -8 places-8	£513	+2.50%	12 1.33%	47
Law	65	Down -8 places-8	£560	+1.81%	12 1.33%	85
Inclusion and Diversity	67	Down -13 places-13	£550	+32.53%	10 1.11%	179
Telecoms	68	Down -29 places-29	£413	+36.36%	9 1.00%	38
Military	70	Down -10 places-10	£675	+8.00%	7 0.77%	8
Documentation Skills	72	Down -14 places-14	£419	-23.86%	5 0.55%	10
Spanish Language	73	New entry-	-	-	4 0.44%
Presentation Skills	73	Down -28 places-28	£525	+12.90%	4 0.44%	46
Pharmaceutical	73	New entry-	-	-	4 0.44%	22
Publishing	73	Down -10 places-10	£400	-	4 0.44%	5
Automotive	74	Down -11 places-11	-	-	3 0.33%	32
Front Office	75	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%	6
Back Office	75	Down -12 places-12	£155	-78.57%	2 0.22%	6
French Language	76	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
German Language	76	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	3
Billing	76	Down -13 places-13	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	18
General Ledger	76	Down -13 places-13	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	4
Electronics	76	Down -17 places-17	-	-	1 0.11%	23