Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Finance	1	Up 4 places+4	£525	+5.00%	151 16.78%	335
Social Skills	2	Down -1 place-1	£473	+5.00%	150 16.67%	366
Public Sector	12	Down -3 places-3	£525	+10.52%	89 9.89%	120
Banking	16	Up 6 places+6	£475	-9.52%	78 8.67%	33
Analytical Skills	26	Down -14 places-14	£400	-20.00%	52 5.78%	163
Legal	41	Down -5 places-5	£481	-8.33%	33 3.67%	116
Investment Banking	44	Up 5 places+5	£500	-	30 3.33%	9
Local Government	47	Up 21 places+21	£525	-12.50%	27 3.00%	25
Organisational Skills	52	Down -9 places-9	£308	+2.50%	22 2.44%	66
Marketing	56	No change0	£720	+42.22%	18 2.00%	112
Manufacturing	57	Down -6 places-6	£550	+4.76%	17 1.89%	106
Retail	58	Up 6 places+6	£625	+38.88%	16 1.78%	105
Influencing Skills	62	No change0	£513	+2.50%	12 1.33%	49
Law	62	No change0	£560	+1.81%	12 1.33%	69
Inclusion and Diversity	64	Down -6 places-6	£550	+30.95%	10 1.11%	105
Telecoms	64	Down -20 places-20	£406	+15.65%	10 1.11%	42
Military	66	Down -1 place-1	£675	+8.00%	8 0.89%	6
Documentation Skills	69	Down -7 places-7	£419	-28.72%	5 0.56%	11
Spanish Language	70	New entry-	-	-	4 0.44%
Presentation Skills	70	Down -21 places-21	£525	+13.20%	4 0.44%	40
Pharmaceutical	70	New entry-	-	-	4 0.44%	19
Automotive	71	Down -3 places-3	-	-	3 0.33%	28
Publishing	71	Down -3 places-3	-	-	3 0.33%	6
Front Office	72	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%	6
Back Office	72	Down -4 places-4	£155	-78.57%	2 0.22%	6
French Language	73	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
German Language	73	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	2
Billing	73	Down -5 places-5	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	18
General Ledger	73	Down -5 places-5	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	2
Electronics	73	Down -9 places-9	-	-	1 0.11%	25