Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Oct 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	-	162 19.24%	102
Finance	2	Up 2 places+2	£520	+1.46%	153 18.17%	65
Public Sector	9	Down 1 place-1	£525	+10.52%	94 11.16%	30
Banking	17	No change0	£469	-10.61%	67 7.96%	6
Analytical Skills	22	Down 10 places-10	£413	-17.50%	58 6.89%	36
Legal	42	Down 3 places-3	£525	-	33 3.92%	25
Local Government	46	Up 21 places+21	£525	-12.50%	29 3.44%	3
Organisational Skills	50	Down 1 place-1	£341	-9.60%	25 2.97%	9
Investment Banking	51	Down 7 places-7	£500	-	24 2.85%
Marketing	56	Up 5 places+5	£765	+65.40%	19 2.26%	19
Retail	58	Up 9 places+9	£575	+26.02%	17 2.02%	24
Manufacturing	58	Down 4 places-4	£488	-7.14%	17 2.02%	36
Telecoms	61	Down 5 places-5	£530	+50.88%	14 1.66%	14
Inclusion and Diversity	62	Up 1 place+1	£550	+32.53%	13 1.54%	12
Law	64	Down 1 place-1	£560	+1.81%	11 1.31%	7
Presentation Skills	65	Down 14 places-14	£525	+13.51%	10 1.19%	8
Influencing Skills	65	Up 1 place+1	£550	+15.78%	10 1.19%	11
Military	67	Up 1 place+1	£725	+16.00%	8 0.95%	5
Spanish Language	71	New entry-	-	-	4 0.48%
Documentation Skills	71	Down 5 places-5	£425	-27.65%	4 0.48%	3
Pharmaceutical	71	New entry-	-	-	4 0.48%	9
Publishing	72	No change0	-	-	3 0.36%
Billing	73	Down 1 place-1	£350	-11.94%	2 0.24%	1
Front Office	73	New entry-	-	-	2 0.24%
Back Office	73	Down 3 places-3	£155	-74.11%	2 0.24%	10
Automotive	73	Down 1 place-1	-	-	2 0.24%	9
Private Banking	74	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
French Language	74	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
German Language	74	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.12%
Aviation	74	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.12%	1
General Ledger	74	Down 2 places-2	£475	-17.39%	1 0.12%
Electronics	74	Down 6 places-6	-	-	1 0.12%	15