Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 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	£472	-0.36%	183 19.78%	133
Finance	2	Up 1 place+1	£500	-4.76%	144 15.57%	95
Banking	7	Up 23 places+23	£500	-12.58%	103 11.14%	15
Public Sector	14	No change0	£525	+4.89%	83 8.97%	48
Analytical Skills	17	Down -12 places-12	£450	-7.69%	79 8.54%	60
Investment Banking	27	Up 20 places+20	-	-	57 6.16%	4
Legal	46	Down -19 places-19	£500	-13.04%	31 3.35%	24
Local Government	53	Down -3 places-3	£525	-2.32%	24 2.59%	13
Telecoms	55	Down -24 places-24	£538	+4.87%	22 2.38%	15
Organisational Skills	56	Down -22 places-22	£300	+53.84%	21 2.27%	6
Documentation Skills	63	Down -12 places-12	£500	-16.66%	14 1.51%	3
Law	65	Down -17 places-17	£550	+15.78%	12 1.30%	23
Influencing Skills	68	Down -23 places-23	£450	-21.73%	9 0.97%	9
Manufacturing	68	Down -25 places-25	£550	+10.00%	9 0.97%	24
Presentation Skills	69	Down -27 places-27	£550	-2.00%	8 0.86%	12
Marketing	69	Down -27 places-27	£780	+188.88%	8 0.86%	52
Games	70	Down -20 places-20	-	-	7 0.76%	1
Retail	70	Down -29 places-29	£600	+14.28%	7 0.76%	26
Military	73	Down -24 places-24	-	-	4 0.43%	4
Automotive	74	Down -23 places-23	-	-	3 0.32%	10
Publishing	74	New entry-	£486	-	3 0.32%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	75	Down -31 places-31	-	-	2 0.22%	12
General Ledger	75	Down -24 places-24	£450	-14.28%	2 0.22%	1
Social Housing	75	New entry-	£313	-	2 0.22%	2
Financial Institution	76	Down -27 places-27	£525	-12.50%	1 0.11%	1
Back Office	76	Down -29 places-29	£600	+17.07%	1 0.11%	7
German Language	76	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Billing	76	Down -25 places-25	£475	-	1 0.11%	5