Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Nov 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	-	158 18.65%	142
Finance	2	Up 3 places+3	£525	-	154 18.18%	105
Public Sector	9	Down 1 place-1	£525	+10.52%	96 11.33%	46
Banking	16	Down 1 place-1	£500	-4.76%	67 7.91%	7
Analytical Skills	20	Down 9 places-9	£450	-10.00%	57 6.73%	64
Legal	41	Down 9 places-9	£525	+2.43%	32 3.78%	21
Local Government	47	Up 15 places+15	£525	-12.50%	26 3.07%	5
Organisational Skills	48	Down 4 places-4	£341	-9.60%	25 2.95%	17
Investment Banking	53	Down 14 places-14	£500	-	20 2.36%
Retail	55	Up 7 places+7	£550	+20.54%	18 2.13%	22
Telecoms	56	Down 5 places-5	£500	+42.34%	17 2.01%	15
Manufacturing	56	Down 7 places-7	£488	-7.14%	17 2.01%	40
Marketing	56	No change0	£765	+65.40%	17 2.01%	33
Inclusion and Diversity	60	No change0	£550	+29.41%	13 1.53%	25
Law	62	Down 4 places-4	£560	+1.81%	11 1.30%	12
Presentation Skills	63	Down 17 places-17	£525	+13.51%	10 1.18%	17
Influencing Skills	63	Down 2 places-2	£588	+23.68%	10 1.18%	17
Military	64	Down 1 place-1	£725	+16.00%	9 1.06%	5
Spanish Language	69	New entry-	-	-	4 0.47%
Documentation Skills	69	Down 8 places-8	£425	-27.65%	4 0.47%	4
Pharmaceutical	69	New entry-	-	-	4 0.47%	8
Publishing	69	Down 2 places-2	-	-	4 0.47%
Billing	70	Down 3 places-3	£325	-18.23%	3 0.35%	3
Front Office	71	New entry-	-	-	2 0.24%
Back Office	71	Down 6 places-6	£155	-74.11%	2 0.24%	10
Automotive	71	Down 4 places-4	-	-	2 0.24%	11
French Language	72	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
German Language	72	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.12%
Aviation	72	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.12%	1
General Ledger	72	Down 5 places-5	£475	-17.39%	1 0.12%	1
Electronics	72	Down 9 places-9	-	-	1 0.12%	12
Private Banking	72	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%