Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Finance	1	Up 5 places+5	£525	+5.00%	150 16.78%	333
Social Skills	2	Down -1 place-1	£470	+4.44%	144 16.11%	394
Public Sector	12	Down -4 places-4	£525	+10.52%	86 9.62%	111
Banking	16	Up 6 places+6	£473	-5.50%	77 8.61%	36
Analytical Skills	27	Down -18 places-18	£400	-20.00%	52 5.82%	167
Legal	41	Down -9 places-9	£481	-8.33%	33 3.69%	121
Investment Banking	45	Down -1 place-1	-	-	29 3.24%	8
Local Government	46	Up 17 places+17	£525	-12.50%	28 3.13%	25
Organisational Skills	52	Down -12 places-12	£308	+19.88%	22 2.46%	67
Manufacturing	56	Down -9 places-9	£550	+4.76%	18 2.01%	120
Marketing	56	Down -7 places-7	£720	+55.67%	18 2.01%	112
Retail	58	Up 1 place+1	£625	+38.88%	16 1.79%	105
Influencing Skills	62	Down -5 places-5	£513	+2.50%	12 1.34%	45
Law	62	Down -5 places-5	£560	+1.81%	12 1.34%	76
Inclusion and Diversity	64	Down -10 places-10	£550	+32.53%	10 1.12%	115
Telecoms	65	Down -26 places-26	£413	+36.36%	9 1.01%	35
Military	67	Down -7 places-7	£675	+8.00%	7 0.78%	7
Documentation Skills	69	Down -11 places-11	£419	-23.86%	5 0.56%	9
Presentation Skills	70	Down -25 places-25	£525	+12.90%	4 0.45%	36
Pharmaceutical	70	New entry-	-	-	4 0.45%	23
Publishing	70	Down -7 places-7	£400	-	4 0.45%	4
Spanish Language	70	New entry-	-	-	4 0.45%
Automotive	71	Down -8 places-8	-	-	3 0.34%	32
Front Office	72	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%	6
Back Office	72	Down -9 places-9	£155	-78.57%	2 0.22%	6
Billing	73	Down -10 places-10	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	15
General Ledger	73	Down -10 places-10	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	4
Electronics	73	Down -14 places-14	-	-	1 0.11%	22
French Language	73	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
German Language	73	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	2