Contract General Skills Statistics in Manchester

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 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	£510	+2.82%	497 24.01%	304
Finance	4	Down 2 places-2	£491	+9.11%	344 16.62%	205
Public Sector	19	Down 12 places-12	£573	+28.65%	195 9.42%	85
Analytical Skills	22	Down 5 places-5	£440	-1.56%	164 7.92%	118
Banking	32	Up 15 places+15	£500	+25.00%	125 6.04%	28
Manufacturing	50	Down 3 places-3	£600	+18.51%	90 4.35%	96
Retail	63	Down 5 places-5	£550	+4.76%	69 3.33%	35
Legal	71	Down 2 places-2	£525	+9.66%	59 2.85%	46
Organisational Skills	78	Down 9 places-9	£516	+14.61%	52 2.51%	41
Influencing Skills	89	Down 31 places-31	£631	+27.52%	41 1.98%	30
Military	91	Down 16 places-16	£550	-12.00%	39 1.88%	11
Law	101	Down 23 places-23	£375	-	29 1.40%	55
Documentation Skills	102	Down 49 places-49	£492	-10.54%	28 1.35%	15
Marketing	106	Down 34 places-34	£481	+4.00%	24 1.16%	58
Local Government	112	Down 34 places-34	£470	+4.44%	18 0.87%	24
Electronics	116	Down 40 places-40	-	-	14 0.68%	53
Aerospace	116	Down 38 places-38	£725	+11.53%	14 0.68%	44
Games	116	Down 39 places-39	£500	+8.10%	14 0.68%	20
Billing	117	Down 32 places-32	£625	-16.66%	13 0.63%	5
Presentation Skills	118	Down 36 places-36	£575	+12.19%	12 0.58%	19
iGaming	122	New entry-	£450	-	8 0.39%	7
General Ledger	123	New entry-	-	-	7 0.34%	1
Pharmaceutical	123	Down 47 places-47	£488	-35.00%	7 0.34%	8
Telecoms	123	Down 59 places-59	£400	+128.57%	7 0.34%	26
Police	123	New entry-	£650	-	7 0.34%
Investment Banking	124	Down 38 places-38	£680	-	6 0.29%	2
Inclusion and Diversity	124	Down 53 places-53	£520	+30.00%	6 0.29%	70
Avionics	124	New entry-	-	-	6 0.29%	5
Retail Banking	125	Down 40 places-40	£600	+21.21%	5 0.24%
Legal Technology	126	New entry-	£700	-	4 0.19%	6
Advertising	126	New entry-	£525	-	4 0.19%	5
Aviation	127	Down 45 places-45	-	-	3 0.14%	7
Italian Language	127	Down 41 places-41	-	-	3 0.14%
Financial Institution	127	Down 42 places-42	£444	-27.49%	3 0.14%	1
Automotive	127	Down 43 places-43	-	-	3 0.14%	13
Digital Health	128	Down 41 places-41	£463	-	2 0.097%	1
Corporate Banking	128	Down 42 places-42	-	-	2 0.097%
Japanese Language	128	New entry-	-	-	2 0.097%