Contract General Skills Statistics in Edinburgh

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Finance	1	Up 2 places+2	£525	+5.00%	196 30.25%	130
Social Skills	2	Down 1 place-1	£450	-	158 24.38%	99
Public Sector	5	Down 1 place-1	£475	+2.70%	118 18.21%	32
Analytical Skills	24	Down 12 places-12	£451	-11.95%	55 8.49%	27
Banking	24	Down 17 places-17	£550	+4.76%	55 8.49%	11
Influencing Skills	44	Up 10 places+10	£513	-0.09%	29 4.48%	14
Organisational Skills	45	Up 12 places+12	£225	+30.35%	28 4.32%	5
Documentation Skills	61	Down 30 places-30	£406	-22.61%	12 1.85%	2
Manufacturing	62	Down 5 places-5	£475	-	11 1.70%	16
Retail Banking	63	Down 20 places-20	-	-	10 1.54%
Presentation Skills	63	Down 5 places-5	£297	-33.02%	10 1.54%	9
Legal	64	Down 15 places-15	£600	+20.00%	9 1.39%	8
Local Government	65	Down 1 place-1	£650	-	8 1.23%	1
Retail	65	Down 13 places-13	£155	-68.93%	8 1.23%	9
Telecoms	68	Down 8 places-8	£233	+5.68%	5 0.77%	4
Corporate Banking	69	Down 8 places-8	-	-	4 0.62%
Marketing	69	Down 12 places-12	-	-	4 0.62%	13
Investment Banking	69	Down 11 places-11	-	-	4 0.62%
Financial Institution	69	Down 10 places-10	£420	-26.95%	4 0.62%	2
Aerospace	69	Down 11 places-11	£367	+465.00%	4 0.62%	42
Law	70	Down 8 places-8	£588	-	3 0.46%	9
Publishing	70	Down 7 places-7	£275	-4.34%	3 0.46%
Multimedia	71	New entry-	£400	-	2 0.31%	3
Billing	71	New entry-	£420	-	2 0.31%	1
Front Office	71	New entry-	£450	-	2 0.31%
Automotive	71	Down 8 places-8	£233	-	2 0.31%	4
Military	72	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%	4
German Language	72	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
Social Housing	72	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.15%
Police	72	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.15%
General Ledger	72	Down 7 places-7	-	-	1 0.15%	2
Inclusion and Diversity	72	Down 14 places-14	-	-	1 0.15%	70
Electronics	72	Down 14 places-14	-	-	1 0.15%	32
Tech for Good	72	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.15%	4