Contract General & Transferable Skills Statistics in Birmingham

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Management Information System	38	Down 5 places-5	£625	+13.63%	38 4.48%	34
Onboarding	45	Up 6 places+6	£580	+10.47%	31 3.65%	18
Data Centre	49	Up 3 places+3	£693	+71.11%	27 3.18%	10
Data Protection Act	52	Down 5 places-5	£450	-2.70%	24 2.83%	4
Cloud Native	57	Down 1 place-1	£508	-4.87%	19 2.24%	11
Virtual Team	60	Up 5 places+5	£413	-1.31%	16 1.88%	3
Product Ownership	61	Up 3 places+3	£475	-20.83%	15 1.77%	13
Data Structures	61	Up 9 places+9	£650	+36.55%	15 1.77%	5
Enterprise Software	62	Up 8 places+8	£500	-	14 1.65%	11
Mobile App	63	Up 3 places+3	£575	+37.31%	13 1.53%	8
Distributed Systems	65	Down 15 places-15	£475	-9.52%	11 1.30%	4
Web Conferencing	66	New entry-	-	-	10 1.18%	1
Podcast	66	New entry-	-	-	10 1.18%	1
Public Cloud	67	Down 10 places-10	£450	-15.09%	9 1.06%	4
Self-Motivation	68	Down 23 places-23	£640	+42.22%	8 0.94%	21
Security Operations Centre	69	Up 1 place+1	£540	-6.08%	7 0.82%	4
Hybrid Cloud	69	Down 1 place-1	£450	-27.65%	7 0.82%	6
Driving Licence	69	Down 22 places-22	£155	-26.89%	7 0.82%	19
Legacy Systems	69	Down 11 places-11	£650	+13.04%	7 0.82%	4
iPhone	70	New entry-	-	-	6 0.71%
Security Posture	71	Down 15 places-15	£588	+18.98%	5 0.59%	8
CMDB	71	No change0	£600	+33.33%	5 0.59%	3
EPoS	71	Down 5 places-5	£155	-4.69%	5 0.59%
Credit Risk	71	New entry-	£830	-	5 0.59%	1
Distributed Architecture	72	New entry-	£473	-	4 0.47%
AI Agents	72	New entry-	£520	-	4 0.47%	10
Social Media	72	New entry-	-	-	4 0.47%	3
Blog	72	New entry-	£400	-	4 0.47%	1
Cyber Threat	72	New entry-	£625	-	4 0.47%	7
Video Conferencing	73	Down 6 places-6	£250	-	3 0.35%	4
Operational Technology	73	Down 3 places-3	£425	-	3 0.35%	7
Analytical Mindset	73	Down 3 places-3	£445	-19.09%	3 0.35%	4
Private Cloud	73	New entry-	£700	-	3 0.35%	1
Mainframe	73	Down 2 places-2	£475	+19.49%	3 0.35%
FMCG	74	Down 5 places-5	-	-	2 0.24%	2
IVR	74	Down 4 places-4	£450	+30.43%	2 0.24%
Acoustics	74	New entry-	£250	-	2 0.24%	1
Digital Wallet	74	New entry-	£625	-	2 0.24%
IoT	74	Down 4 places-4	-	-	2 0.24%	9
Enterprise Storage	74	New entry-	£625	-	2 0.24%
Distributed Computing	75	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.12%
Cyber Defence	75	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%	3
Fixed Income	75	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
Smart Meter	75	New entry-	£300	-	1 0.12%
e-Learning	75	Down 4 places-4	£475	+14.45%	1 0.12%	1
Equities	75	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
PKI	75	Down 24 places-24	£625	+56.25%	1 0.12%	2
Derivative	75	Down 5 places-5	-	-	1 0.12%	1
SCADA	75	Down 4 places-4	-	-	1 0.12%	2
Chip and PIN	75	New entry-	£133	-	1 0.12%