Contract General Skills Statistics in Central London

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
Finance	1	No change0	£600	-	721 30.45%	839
Social Skills	2	No change0	£563	+7.14%	586 24.75%	634
Banking	11	Down 2 places-2	£600	-0.82%	321 13.56%	175
Analytical Skills	22	Down 11 places-11	£550	-	228 9.63%	336
Public Sector	29	Up 3 places+3	£525	-	184 7.77%	111
Retail	71	No change0	£568	+3.18%	86 3.63%	140
Influencing Skills	79	Up 5 places+5	£600	-7.69%	77 3.25%	56
Front Office	80	Down 22 places-22	£725	+7.40%	76 3.21%	46
Investment Banking	83	Down 20 places-20	£696	+3.14%	72 3.04%	29
Marketing	85	Down 18 places-18	£455	-7.61%	70 2.96%	254
Legal	95	Down 31 places-31	£560	-2.60%	57 2.41%	208
Law	102	Down 7 places-7	£593	+0.85%	50 2.11%	281
Documentation Skills	109	Down 19 places-19	£538	+13.15%	43 1.82%	20
Telecoms	111	Down 18 places-18	£523	+4.50%	41 1.73%	56
Organisational Skills	111	Down 28 places-28	£475	-11.62%	41 1.73%	40
Military	112	Up 8 places+8	£575	-	40 1.69%	13
Inclusion and Diversity	114	Down 53 places-53	£575	-8.00%	38 1.60%	143
Financial Institution	117	Down 45 places-45	£600	-18.72%	35 1.48%	60
Back Office	119	Down 21 places-21	£675	+1.50%	33 1.39%	30
Local Government	126	Down 8 places-8	£600	+41.17%	26 1.10%	8
Manufacturing	130	Down 21 places-21	£571	-12.11%	22 0.93%	67
General Ledger	131	Down 17 places-17	£738	+5.35%	21 0.89%	13
Retail Banking	132	Down 27 places-27	£525	-2.77%	20 0.84%	9
Presentation Skills	135	Down 52 places-52	£638	+27.50%	17 0.72%	69
Pharmaceutical	139	Down 24 places-24	£525	-2.77%	13 0.55%	28
Advertising	139	Down 20 places-20	£433	-15.19%	13 0.55%	24
Billing	139	Down 32 places-32	£575	+21.05%	13 0.55%	21
Police	142	Down 23 places-23	£455	-17.27%	10 0.42%
Corporate Banking	144	Down 29 places-29	-	-	8 0.34%	2
Automotive	145	Down 23 places-23	£588	+193.75%	7 0.30%	15
Publishing	145	Down 26 places-26	£529	+5.32%	7 0.30%	29