Contract General Skills Statistics in the Midlands

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	2	Down -1 place-1	£475	+10.46%	942 20.07%	969
Finance	6	Down -1 place-1	£514	+14.22%	641 13.66%	524
Public Sector	14	Up 8 places+8	£500	+8.10%	480 10.23%	168
Analytical Skills	23	Down -13 places-13	£463	+7.85%	386 8.22%	354
Banking	59	Down -18 places-18	£523	+24.40%	161 3.43%	30
Manufacturing	66	Up 3 places+3	£425	-19.04%	145 3.09%	382
Retail	79	Up 16 places+16	£500	+17.64%	124 2.64%	257
Automotive	81	Down -1 place-1	£359	-8.95%	122 2.60%	134
Organisational Skills	93	Down -33 places-33	£350	+7.69%	103 2.19%	222
Legal	95	Down -23 places-23	£500	+3.09%	100 2.13%	133
Inclusion and Diversity	98	Down -24 places-24	£525	+17.97%	97 2.07%	125
Local Government	98	Up 31 places+31	£525	+31.25%	97 2.07%	35
Influencing Skills	128	Down -15 places-15	£550	+2.32%	63 1.34%	70
Documentation Skills	136	Down -35 places-35	£494	+9.72%	55 1.17%	22
Marketing	138	Down -35 places-35	£625	+39.82%	53 1.13%	172
Investment Banking	142	Down -7 places-7	£875	+59.09%	49 1.04%	1
Telecoms	152	Down -62 places-62	£475	+25.82%	39 0.83%	77
Law	153	Down -56 places-56	£525	-4.54%	38 0.81%	67
Presentation Skills	156	Down -70 places-70	£500	-4.76%	35 0.75%	76
Aerospace	161	Down -42 places-42	£500	+2.56%	30 0.64%	76
Police	164	Down -29 places-29	£475	-5.00%	27 0.58%	8
Military	170	Down -37 places-37	£563	+2.27%	21 0.45%	25
Billing	171	Down -34 places-34	£488	+54.76%	20 0.43%	16
Electronics	173	Down -40 places-40	£343	+24.54%	18 0.38%	81
General Ledger	176	Down -42 places-42	£481	-25.96%	15 0.32%	6
Games	176	Down -71 places-71	-	-	15 0.32%	26
Publishing	181	Down -47 places-47	£450	+28.57%	10 0.21%	5