Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 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 17.30%	203
Finance	2	Up 3 places+3	£523	+4.50%	150 17.18%	198
Public Sector	12	Down -3 places-3	£525	+10.52%	87 9.97%	89
Banking	17	Up 4 places+4	£484	-7.85%	77 8.82%	22
Analytical Skills	25	Down -15 places-15	£400	-20.00%	51 5.84%	87
Legal	39	Down -1 place-1	£500	-4.76%	32 3.67%	70
Investment Banking	41	Up 11 places+11	£500	-	30 3.44%	5
Local Government	45	Up 25 places+25	£525	-12.50%	26 2.98%	11
Organisational Skills	49	Down -3 places-3	£308	+2.50%	22 2.52%	25
Marketing	53	Up 6 places+6	£720	+42.22%	18 2.06%	69
Manufacturing	54	Down -1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	17 1.95%	47
Retail	56	Up 11 places+11	£600	+33.33%	15 1.72%	67
Law	59	Up 6 places+6	£560	+1.81%	12 1.37%	37
Influencing Skills	60	Up 5 places+5	£525	+5.00%	11 1.26%	30
Telecoms	61	Down -12 places-12	£406	+15.65%	10 1.15%	21
Inclusion and Diversity	61	No change0	£550	+32.53%	10 1.15%	78
Military	63	Up 4 places+4	£675	+8.00%	8 0.92%	1
Documentation Skills	66	Down -1 place-1	£419	-28.72%	5 0.57%	7
Pharmaceutical	67	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	9
Spanish Language	67	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	1
Presentation Skills	67	Down -16 places-16	£525	+13.20%	4 0.46%	23
Automotive	68	Up 3 places+3	-	-	3 0.34%	10
Publishing	68	Up 3 places+3	-	-	3 0.34%	3
Front Office	69	New entry-	-	-	2 0.23%	5
Back Office	69	Up 2 places+2	£155	-78.57%	2 0.23%	19
General Ledger	70	Up 1 place+1	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	1
Electronics	70	Down -3 places-3	-	-	1 0.11%	4
French Language	70	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	2
German Language	70	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	1
Billing	70	Up 1 place+1	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	11