Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 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	+3.01%	152 17.31%	203
Finance	2	Up 3 places+3	£523	+4.50%	150 17.08%	205
Public Sector	12	Down -2 places-2	£525	+10.52%	88 10.02%	90
Banking	17	Up 6 places+6	£484	-7.85%	77 8.77%	23
Analytical Skills	26	Down -15 places-15	£400	-20.00%	51 5.81%	86
Legal	41	Down -2 places-2	£500	-4.76%	32 3.64%	72
Investment Banking	43	Up 10 places+10	£500	-	30 3.42%	5
Local Government	44	Up 27 places+27	£525	-12.50%	29 3.30%	9
Organisational Skills	51	Down -4 places-4	£308	+2.50%	22 2.51%	25
Marketing	55	Up 5 places+5	£720	+42.22%	18 2.05%	67
Manufacturing	56	Down -2 places-2	£550	+4.76%	17 1.94%	46
Retail	58	Up 10 places+10	£600	+33.33%	15 1.71%	67
Law	61	Up 5 places+5	£560	+1.81%	12 1.37%	38
Influencing Skills	62	Up 4 places+4	£525	+5.00%	11 1.25%	30
Inclusion and Diversity	63	Down -1 place-1	£550	+32.53%	10 1.14%	75
Telecoms	63	Down -12 places-12	£406	+15.65%	10 1.14%	23
Military	65	Up 3 places+3	£675	+8.00%	8 0.91%	1
Documentation Skills	68	Down -2 places-2	£419	-28.72%	5 0.57%	7
Spanish Language	69	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	1
Presentation Skills	69	Down -17 places-17	£525	+13.20%	4 0.46%	21
Pharmaceutical	69	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	13
Automotive	70	Up 2 places+2	-	-	3 0.34%	10
Publishing	70	Up 2 places+2	-	-	3 0.34%	3
Front Office	71	New entry-	-	-	2 0.23%	5
Back Office	71	Up 1 place+1	£155	-78.57%	2 0.23%	22
French Language	72	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	2
German Language	72	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	1
Billing	72	No change0	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	12
General Ledger	72	No change0	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	1
Electronics	72	Down -4 places-4	-	-	1 0.11%	4