Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 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	£470	+2.17%	153 17.43%	101
Finance	2	Up 3 places+3	£523	+4.50%	150 17.08%	64
Public Sector	10	Down -1 place-1	£525	+10.52%	88 10.02%	38
Banking	14	Up 5 places+5	£484	-7.85%	77 8.77%	1
Analytical Skills	25	Down -14 places-14	£400	-20.00%	51 5.81%	34
Legal	40	Down -1 place-1	£513	-2.38%	33 3.76%	31
Investment Banking	43	Up 8 places+8	£500	-	30 3.42%
Local Government	44	Up 27 places+27	£525	-12.50%	29 3.30%	6
Organisational Skills	51	Down -3 places-3	£308	+2.50%	22 2.51%	18
Manufacturing	54	Up 2 places+2	£550	+7.31%	19 2.16%	24
Marketing	55	Up 6 places+6	£720	+42.22%	18 2.05%	26
Retail	56	Up 13 places+13	£575	+27.77%	17 1.94%	28
Influencing Skills	62	Up 4 places+4	£525	+7.69%	11 1.25%	12
Inclusion and Diversity	62	Up 1 place+1	£550	+32.53%	11 1.25%	14
Law	62	Up 4 places+4	£560	+1.81%	11 1.25%	10
Telecoms	63	Down -11 places-11	£406	+15.65%	10 1.14%	7
Military	65	Up 4 places+4	£675	+8.00%	8 0.91%	1
Documentation Skills	68	Down -1 place-1	£419	-28.72%	5 0.57%	3
Pharmaceutical	69	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	6
Presentation Skills	69	Down -17 places-17	£525	+13.51%	4 0.46%	7
Spanish Language	69	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%
Automotive	70	Up 3 places+3	-	-	3 0.34%	2
Publishing	70	Up 3 places+3	-	-	3 0.34%
Front Office	71	New entry-	-	-	2 0.23%
Back Office	71	Up 2 places+2	£155	-78.57%	2 0.23%	14
Billing	72	Up 1 place+1	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	6
General Ledger	72	Up 1 place+1	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	1
Electronics	72	Down -3 places-3	-	-	1 0.11%	5
French Language	72	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%
German Language	72	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	1