Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 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%	186 20.69%	135
Finance	2	Up 2 places+2	£500	-4.76%	142 15.80%	95
Banking	7	Up 24 places+24	£515	-11.16%	98 10.90%	8
Public Sector	12	No change0	£514	+2.80%	87 9.68%	36
Analytical Skills	15	Down -12 places-12	£450	-5.26%	75 8.34%	60
Investment Banking	21	Up 26 places+26	-	-	56 6.23%	2
Legal	40	Down -19 places-19	£550	-18.87%	33 3.67%	18
Local Government	49	Up 1 place+1	£525	-	24 2.67%	9
Organisational Skills	50	Down -10 places-10	£300	-13.73%	23 2.56%	16
Telecoms	52	Down -23 places-23	£550	+7.31%	21 2.34%	10
Law	59	Down -10 places-10	£588	+23.68%	14 1.56%	11
Documentation Skills	60	Down -8 places-8	£500	-16.66%	13 1.45%	6
Presentation Skills	65	Down -23 places-23	£550	+13.40%	8 0.89%	14
Manufacturing	65	Down -22 places-22	£550	+12.82%	8 0.89%	26
Retail	66	Down -24 places-24	£600	+14.28%	7 0.78%	28
Games	66	Down -16 places-16	-	-	7 0.78%	3
Influencing Skills	67	Down -21 places-21	£450	-29.57%	6 0.67%	11
Marketing	68	Down -24 places-24	£780	+190.23%	5 0.56%	31
Inclusion and Diversity	70	Down -21 places-21	-	-	3 0.33%	16
Back Office	70	Down -22 places-22	£600	+17.07%	3 0.33%	2
Publishing	70	New entry-	£486	-	3 0.33%	1
Military	70	Down -20 places-20	-	-	3 0.33%	3
Social Housing	71	New entry-	£313	-	2 0.22%	2
General Ledger	71	Down -20 places-20	£450	-14.28%	2 0.22%
Financial Institution	71	Down -20 places-20	£709	+18.08%	2 0.22%	1
Automotive	71	Down -19 places-19	-	-	2 0.22%	10