Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 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	+2.42%	156 17.85%	237
Finance	2	Up 3 places+3	£520	+4.00%	150 17.16%	209
Public Sector	11	Down 2 places-2	£525	+10.52%	89 10.18%	89
Banking	15	Up 5 places+5	£484	-7.85%	78 8.92%	14
Analytical Skills	23	Down 12 places-12	£400	-20.00%	52 5.95%	98
Legal	40	Down 3 places-3	£525	-	32 3.66%	82
Investment Banking	42	Up 7 places+7	£500	-	30 3.43%	5
Local Government	43	Up 26 places+26	£525	-12.50%	29 3.32%	9
Organisational Skills	48	No change0	£308	-5.38%	24 2.75%	34
Manufacturing	53	Up 1 place+1	£550	+7.31%	19 2.17%	74
Marketing	53	Up 6 places+6	£720	+42.22%	19 2.17%	78
Retail	55	Up 11 places+11	£575	+26.02%	17 1.95%	70
Inclusion and Diversity	60	Up 1 place+1	£550	+32.53%	12 1.37%	66
Law	61	Up 3 places+3	£560	+1.81%	11 1.26%	34
Influencing Skills	62	Up 2 places+2	£538	+10.25%	10 1.14%	26
Telecoms	62	Down 12 places-12	£406	+15.65%	10 1.14%	29
Military	64	Up 3 places+3	£675	+8.00%	8 0.92%	4
Documentation Skills	67	Down 2 places-2	£419	-28.72%	5 0.57%	8
Spanish Language	68	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	1
Presentation Skills	68	Down 18 places-18	£525	+13.51%	4 0.46%	20
Pharmaceutical	68	New entry-	-	-	4 0.46%	19
Automotive	69	Up 2 places+2	-	-	3 0.34%	15
Publishing	69	Up 2 places+2	-	-	3 0.34%	3
Front Office	70	New entry-	-	-	2 0.23%	5
Back Office	70	Up 1 place+1	£155	-78.57%	2 0.23%	22
French Language	71	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	1
German Language	71	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.11%	2
Billing	71	No change0	£350	-11.94%	1 0.11%	10
General Ledger	71	No change0	£475	-17.39%	1 0.11%	1
Electronics	71	Down 4 places-4	-	-	1 0.11%	22