Contract General Skills Statistics in Birmingham

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 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 18.76%	148
Finance	2	Up 3 places+3	£525	-	152 18.05%	106
Public Sector	9	Down 1 place-1	£525	+10.52%	96 11.40%	54
Banking	17	Down 2 places-2	£500	-4.76%	67 7.96%	8
Analytical Skills	21	Down 10 places-10	£450	-10.00%	57 6.77%	60
Legal	43	Down 11 places-11	£525	+2.43%	32 3.80%	24
Local Government	49	Up 13 places+13	£525	-12.50%	26 3.09%	5
Organisational Skills	50	Down 6 places-6	£341	-9.60%	25 2.97%	19
Investment Banking	55	Down 16 places-16	£500	-	20 2.38%	2
Retail	57	Up 5 places+5	£550	+20.54%	18 2.14%	24
Telecoms	58	Down 7 places-7	£500	+42.34%	17 2.02%	17
Manufacturing	58	Down 9 places-9	£488	-7.14%	17 2.02%	38
Marketing	58	Down 2 places-2	£765	+65.40%	17 2.02%	33
Inclusion and Diversity	62	Down 2 places-2	£550	+29.41%	13 1.54%	50
Law	64	Down 6 places-6	£560	+1.81%	11 1.31%	13
Presentation Skills	65	Down 19 places-19	£525	+13.51%	10 1.19%	18
Influencing Skills	65	Down 4 places-4	£588	+23.68%	10 1.19%	18
Military	66	Down 3 places-3	£725	+16.00%	9 1.07%	6
Pharmaceutical	71	New entry-	-	-	4 0.48%	8
Publishing	71	Down 4 places-4	-	-	4 0.48%
Spanish Language	71	New entry-	-	-	4 0.48%
Documentation Skills	71	Down 10 places-10	£425	-27.65%	4 0.48%	6
Billing	72	Down 5 places-5	£325	-18.23%	3 0.36%	4
Front Office	73	New entry-	-	-	2 0.24%
Back Office	73	Down 8 places-8	£155	-74.11%	2 0.24%	10
Automotive	73	Down 6 places-6	-	-	2 0.24%	10
Aviation	74	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.12%	1
General Ledger	74	Down 7 places-7	£475	-17.39%	1 0.12%	1
Electronics	74	Down 11 places-11	-	-	1 0.12%	12
Private Banking	74	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
French Language	74	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
German Language	74	New entry-	£135	-	1 0.12%	1