Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Apr 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	-5.00%	187 20.66%	130
Finance	2	Up 2 places+2	£500	-4.76%	143 15.80%	92
Banking	7	Up 23 places+23	£515	-11.16%	101 11.16%	7
Public Sector	13	Down -1 place-1	£514	+2.74%	87 9.61%	40
Analytical Skills	17	Down -14 places-14	£450	-5.26%	75 8.29%	61
Investment Banking	25	Up 21 places+21	-	-	56 6.19%	2
Legal	45	Down -26 places-26	£525	-22.56%	34 3.76%	22
Local Government	55	Down -6 places-6	£525	-	24 2.65%	7
Organisational Skills	56	Down -19 places-19	£300	+53.84%	23 2.54%	17
Telecoms	58	Down -31 places-31	£550	+7.31%	21 2.32%	13
Law	65	Down -17 places-17	£588	+23.68%	14 1.55%	14
Documentation Skills	66	Down -15 places-15	£500	-16.66%	13 1.44%	6
Manufacturing	71	Down -29 places-29	£550	+12.82%	8 0.88%	27
Presentation Skills	71	Down -29 places-29	£550	-2.00%	8 0.88%	11
Games	72	Down -22 places-22	-	-	7 0.77%	3
Influencing Skills	72	Down -27 places-27	£450	-29.57%	7 0.77%	12
Retail	73	Down -32 places-32	£625	+19.04%	6 0.66%	30
Marketing	74	Down -31 places-31	£780	+190.23%	5 0.55%	30
Back Office	76	Down -29 places-29	£600	+17.07%	3 0.33%	2
Publishing	76	New entry-	£486	-	3 0.33%	2
Military	76	Down -27 places-27	-	-	3 0.33%	4
Inclusion and Diversity	76	Down -28 places-28	-	-	3 0.33%	16
Financial Institution	77	Down -27 places-27	£709	+18.08%	2 0.22%	1
Automotive	77	Down -26 places-26	-	-	2 0.22%	11
Social Housing	77	New entry-	£313	-	2 0.22%	1
General Ledger	77	Down -27 places-27	£450	-14.28%	2 0.22%