Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 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	£475	+2.70%	156 17.89%	235
Finance	2	Up 2 places+2	£520	+4.00%	150 17.20%	208
Public Sector	11	Down 3 places-3	£525	+10.52%	89 10.21%	90
Banking	17	Up 2 places+2	£484	-7.85%	77 8.83%	16
Analytical Skills	25	Down 14 places-14	£400	-20.00%	52 5.96%	102
Legal	42	Down 4 places-4	£525	-	32 3.67%	80
Investment Banking	44	Up 5 places+5	£500	-	30 3.44%	7
Local Government	45	Up 24 places+24	£525	-12.50%	29 3.33%	9
Organisational Skills	50	Down 2 places-2	£308	-5.38%	24 2.75%	31
Manufacturing	55	Down 1 place-1	£550	+7.31%	19 2.18%	77
Marketing	55	Up 4 places+4	£720	+42.22%	19 2.18%	77
Retail	57	Up 9 places+9	£575	+26.02%	17 1.95%	71
Inclusion and Diversity	62	Down 1 place-1	£550	+32.53%	12 1.38%	70
Law	63	Up 1 place+1	£560	+1.81%	11 1.26%	36
Influencing Skills	64	No change0	£538	+10.25%	10 1.15%	26
Telecoms	64	Down 13 places-13	£406	+15.65%	10 1.15%	26
Military	66	Up 1 place+1	£675	+8.00%	8 0.92%	4
Documentation Skills	69	Down 4 places-4	£419	-28.72%	5 0.57%	11
Spanish Language	70	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	2
Presentation Skills	70	Down 20 places-20	£525	+13.51%	4 0.46%	24
Pharmaceutical	70	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	20
Automotive	71	No change0	-	-	3 0.34%	16
Publishing	71	No change0	-	-	3 0.34%	3
Front Office	72	New entry-	-	-	2 0.23%	5
Back Office	72	Down 1 place-1	£155	-78.57%	2 0.23%	21
French Language	73	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	2
German Language	73	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	1
Billing	73	Down 2 places-2	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	11
General Ledger	73	Down 2 places-2	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	1
Electronics	73	Down 6 places-6	-	-	1 0.11%	22