Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£474	+0.05%	184 19.85%	168
Finance	2	Up 3 places+3	£500	-4.76%	146 15.75%	110
Banking	7	Up 22 places+22	£500	-12.58%	103 11.11%	10
Public Sector	13	Up 1 place+1	£525	+2.94%	87 9.39%	48
Analytical Skills	18	Down -15 places-15	£450	-5.26%	77 8.31%	65
Investment Banking	26	Up 20 places+20	-	-	56 6.04%	4
Legal	44	Down -20 places-20	£500	-20.00%	33 3.56%	24
Telecoms	55	Down -26 places-26	£538	+4.87%	22 2.37%	15
Organisational Skills	55	Down -21 places-21	£300	+53.84%	22 2.37%	13
Local Government	56	Down -7 places-7	£525	-2.32%	21 2.27%	14
Documentation Skills	63	Down -13 places-13	£500	-16.66%	14 1.51%	4
Law	65	Down -18 places-18	£550	+15.78%	12 1.29%	24
Manufacturing	68	Down -26 places-26	£550	+10.00%	9 0.97%	21
Marketing	69	Down -28 places-28	£780	+188.88%	8 0.86%	47
Presentation Skills	69	Down -28 places-28	£550	-2.00%	8 0.86%	16
Influencing Skills	69	Down -25 places-25	£450	-21.73%	8 0.86%	10
Games	70	Down -21 places-21	-	-	7 0.76%	1
Retail	70	Down -30 places-30	£600	+14.28%	7 0.76%	26
Military	73	Down -25 places-25	-	-	4 0.43%	3
Automotive	74	Down -24 places-24	-	-	3 0.32%	9
Publishing	74	New entry-	£486	-	3 0.32%	3
Social Housing	75	New entry-	£313	-	2 0.22%	4
Inclusion and Diversity	75	Down -32 places-32	-	-	2 0.22%	13
General Ledger	75	Down -25 places-25	£450	-14.28%	2 0.22%
Financial Institution	76	Down -28 places-28	£525	-12.50%	1 0.11%	1
Back Office	76	Down -30 places-30	£600	+17.07%	1 0.11%	7
German Language	76	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Billing	76	Down -26 places-26	£475	-	1 0.11%	6