Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 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%	151 16.78%	336
Social Skills	2	Down -1 place-1	£470	+4.44%	145 16.11%	387
Public Sector	14	Down -6 places-6	£525	+10.52%	86 9.56%	110
Banking	16	Up 9 places+9	£469	-6.15%	80 8.89%	37
Analytical Skills	27	Down -18 places-18	£400	-20.00%	52 5.78%	169
Legal	41	Down -4 places-4	£481	-8.33%	33 3.67%	121
Investment Banking	43	Up 7 places+7	-	-	31 3.44%	8
Local Government	46	Up 23 places+23	£525	-12.50%	28 3.11%	21
Organisational Skills	51	Down -5 places-5	£308	+19.88%	22 2.44%	67
Marketing	55	Up 1 place+1	£720	+55.67%	18 2.00%	108
Retail	56	Up 9 places+9	£600	+33.33%	17 1.89%	106
Manufacturing	56	Down -3 places-3	£550	+4.76%	17 1.89%	116
Influencing Skills	61	Up 2 places+2	£513	+2.50%	12 1.33%	44
Law	61	Up 2 places+2	£560	+1.81%	12 1.33%	76
Inclusion and Diversity	63	Down -3 places-3	£550	+32.53%	10 1.11%	109
Telecoms	64	Down -18 places-18	£413	+36.36%	9 1.00%	36
Military	66	No change0	£675	+8.00%	7 0.78%	8
Documentation Skills	68	Down -4 places-4	£419	-23.86%	5 0.56%	9
Spanish Language	69	New entry-	-	-	4 0.44%
Presentation Skills	69	Down -18 places-18	£525	+12.90%	4 0.44%	39
Pharmaceutical	69	New entry-	-	-	4 0.44%	22
Publishing	69	No change0	£400	-	4 0.44%	4
Automotive	70	Down -1 place-1	-	-	3 0.33%	31
Front Office	71	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%	6
Back Office	71	Down -2 places-2	£155	-78.57%	2 0.22%	6
French Language	72	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
German Language	72	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	2
Billing	72	Down -3 places-3	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	19
General Ledger	72	Down -3 places-3	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	3
Electronics	72	Down -7 places-7	-	-	1 0.11%	24