Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 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%	180 19.44%	142
Finance	2	Up 1 place+1	£500	-4.76%	144 15.55%	99
Banking	6	Up 27 places+27	£500	-9.90%	103 11.12%	11
Public Sector	12	Up 2 places+2	£525	+4.89%	81 8.75%	49
Analytical Skills	15	Down -11 places-11	£450	-7.69%	78 8.42%	56
Investment Banking	24	Up 25 places+25	-	-	57 6.16%	4
Legal	45	Down -17 places-17	£500	-9.09%	31 3.35%	26
Local Government	51	No change0	£525	-2.32%	25 2.70%	10
Telecoms	54	Down -22 places-22	£538	+4.87%	22 2.38%	13
Organisational Skills	56	Down -22 places-22	£300	+53.84%	20 2.16%	7
Documentation Skills	62	Down -10 places-10	£500	-16.66%	14 1.51%	2
Law	64	Down -15 places-15	£550	+15.78%	12 1.30%	28
Influencing Skills	67	Down -20 places-20	£450	-18.18%	9 0.97%	9
Manufacturing	67	Down -22 places-22	£550	+12.82%	9 0.97%	26
Marketing	67	Down -24 places-24	£780	+188.88%	9 0.97%	51
Presentation Skills	68	Down -25 places-25	£550	-2.00%	8 0.86%	10
Retail	69	Down -26 places-26	£600	+24.67%	7 0.76%	25
Games	69	Down -18 places-18	-	-	7 0.76%	2
Military	72	Down -22 places-22	-	-	4 0.43%	3
Automotive	73	Down -21 places-21	-	-	3 0.32%	8
Publishing	73	New entry-	£486	-	3 0.32%	2
Social Housing	74	New entry-	£313	-	2 0.22%	2
Inclusion and Diversity	74	Down -30 places-30	-	-	2 0.22%	15
General Ledger	74	Down -22 places-22	£450	-14.28%	2 0.22%
German Language	75	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
Billing	75	Down -23 places-23	£475	-	1 0.11%	4
Financial Institution	75	Down -25 places-25	£525	-12.50%	1 0.11%	1
Back Office	75	Down -27 places-27	£600	+17.07%	1 0.11%	5