Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 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	£473	+5.00%	151 17.16%	356
Finance	1	Up 4 places+4	£525	+5.00%	151 17.16%	319
Public Sector	10	No change0	£525	+10.52%	88 10.00%	131
Banking	13	Up 9 places+9	£475	-9.52%	78 8.86%	29
Analytical Skills	23	Down -12 places-12	£400	-20.00%	51 5.80%	157
Legal	38	Up 1 place+1	£500	-4.76%	32 3.64%	111
Investment Banking	40	Up 13 places+13	£500	-	30 3.41%	5
Local Government	44	Up 27 places+27	£525	-12.50%	26 2.95%	24
Organisational Skills	48	Down -1 place-1	£308	+2.50%	22 2.50%	70
Marketing	52	Up 8 places+8	£720	+42.22%	18 2.05%	110
Manufacturing	53	Up 1 place+1	£550	+4.76%	17 1.93%	102
Retail	55	Up 13 places+13	£600	+33.33%	15 1.70%	95
Law	58	Up 8 places+8	£560	+1.81%	12 1.36%	63
Influencing Skills	59	Up 7 places+7	£525	+5.00%	11 1.25%	45
Inclusion and Diversity	60	Up 2 places+2	£550	+30.95%	10 1.14%	133
Telecoms	60	Down -12 places-12	£406	+15.65%	10 1.14%	38
Military	62	Up 7 places+7	£675	+8.00%	8 0.91%	5
Documentation Skills	65	Up 1 place+1	£419	-28.72%	5 0.57%	8
Spanish Language	66	New entry-	-	-	4 0.45%
Presentation Skills	66	Down -14 places-14	£525	+13.20%	4 0.45%	37
Pharmaceutical	66	New entry-	-	-	4 0.45%	18
Automotive	67	Up 5 places+5	-	-	3 0.34%	23
Publishing	67	Up 5 places+5	-	-	3 0.34%	6
Front Office	68	New entry-	-	-	2 0.23%	6
Back Office	68	Up 4 places+4	£155	-78.57%	2 0.23%	10
French Language	69	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
German Language	69	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	2
Billing	69	Up 3 places+3	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	21
General Ledger	69	Up 3 places+3	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	1
Electronics	69	Down -1 place-1	-	-	1 0.11%	19