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%	199
Finance	2	Up 3 places+3	£523	+4.50%	150 17.08%	208
Public Sector	10	Down 1 place-1	£525	+10.52%	88 10.02%	84
Banking	14	Up 5 places+5	£484	-7.85%	77 8.77%	15
Analytical Skills	25	Down 14 places-14	£400	-20.00%	51 5.81%	88
Legal	40	Down 1 place-1	£513	-2.38%	33 3.76%	75
Investment Banking	43	Up 8 places+8	£500	-	30 3.42%	5
Local Government	44	Up 27 places+27	£525	-12.50%	29 3.30%	9
Organisational Skills	51	Down 3 places-3	£308	+2.50%	22 2.51%	29
Manufacturing	54	Up 2 places+2	£550	+7.31%	19 2.16%	42
Marketing	55	Up 6 places+6	£720	+42.22%	18 2.05%	66
Retail	56	Up 13 places+13	£575	+27.77%	17 1.94%	68
Influencing Skills	62	Up 4 places+4	£525	+7.69%	11 1.25%	28
Inclusion and Diversity	62	Up 1 place+1	£550	+32.53%	11 1.25%	62
Law	62	Up 4 places+4	£560	+1.81%	11 1.25%	36
Telecoms	63	Down 11 places-11	£406	+15.65%	10 1.14%	26
Military	65	Up 4 places+4	£675	+8.00%	8 0.91%	2
Documentation Skills	68	Down 1 place-1	£419	-28.72%	5 0.57%	8
Pharmaceutical	69	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	15
Presentation Skills	69	Down 17 places-17	£525	+13.51%	4 0.46%	16
Spanish Language	69	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	1
Automotive	70	Up 3 places+3	-	-	3 0.34%	10
Publishing	70	Up 3 places+3	-	-	3 0.34%	3
Front Office	71	New entry-	-	-	2 0.23%	5
Back Office	71	Up 2 places+2	£155	-78.57%	2 0.23%	21
Billing	72	Up 1 place+1	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	13
General Ledger	72	Up 1 place+1	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	1
Electronics	72	Down 3 places-3	-	-	1 0.11%	7
French Language	72	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
German Language	72	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	2