Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Nov 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	-	163 19.22%	181
Finance	2	Up 2 places+2	£523	-0.47%	155 18.28%	128
Public Sector	10	Down 3 places-3	£525	+10.52%	94 11.08%	73
Banking	18	Down 3 places-3	£473	-10.00%	68 8.02%	12
Analytical Skills	22	Down 11 places-11	£413	-17.50%	58 6.84%	68
Legal	44	Down 7 places-7	£525	+1.20%	33 3.89%	34
Local Government	48	Up 15 places+15	£525	-12.50%	29 3.42%	10
Organisational Skills	52	Down 7 places-7	£341	-9.60%	25 2.95%	17
Investment Banking	53	Down 12 places-12	£500	-	24 2.83%	1
Marketing	59	Down 2 places-2	£765	+65.40%	18 2.12%	31
Manufacturing	60	Down 10 places-10	£488	-7.14%	17 2.00%	45
Retail	60	Up 3 places+3	£575	+26.02%	17 2.00%	32
Telecoms	63	Down 11 places-11	£530	+50.88%	14 1.65%	17
Inclusion and Diversity	64	Down 4 places-4	£550	+30.95%	13 1.53%	78
Law	66	Down 7 places-7	£560	+1.81%	11 1.30%	17
Presentation Skills	67	Down 20 places-20	£525	+13.51%	10 1.18%	19
Influencing Skills	67	Down 5 places-5	£550	+15.78%	10 1.18%	25
Military	69	Down 5 places-5	£725	+16.00%	8 0.94%	8
Pharmaceutical	73	New entry-	-	-	4 0.47%	12
Documentation Skills	73	Down 11 places-11	£425	-27.65%	4 0.47%	6
Spanish Language	73	New entry-	-	-	4 0.47%
Publishing	74	Down 6 places-6	-	-	3 0.35%
Front Office	75	New entry-	-	-	2 0.24%
Back Office	75	Down 9 places-9	£155	-74.11%	2 0.24%	10
Automotive	75	Down 7 places-7	-	-	2 0.24%	10
Billing	75	Down 7 places-7	£350	-11.94%	2 0.24%	4
General Ledger	76	Down 8 places-8	£475	-17.39%	1 0.12%
Electronics	76	Down 12 places-12	-	-	1 0.12%	14
Aviation	76	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.12%	1
Private Banking	76	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
French Language	76	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
German Language	76	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.12%	1