Contract General Skills Statistics in the Midlands

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£470	+5.14%	1,067 22.00%	1,866
Finance	7	Down -1 place-1	£500	+6.60%	606 12.49%	1,263
Public Sector	13	Up 9 places+9	£490	+3.15%	515 10.62%	392
Analytical Skills	19	Down -9 places-9	£470	+4.33%	397 8.19%	790
Manufacturing	50	Up 14 places+14	£500	-4.76%	172 3.55%	740
Retail	60	Up 35 places+35	£550	+29.41%	152 3.13%	438
Organisational Skills	63	Up 12 places+12	£389	+21.88%	148 3.05%	320
Banking	70	Down -30 places-30	£515	+15.68%	139 2.87%	147
Automotive	75	Up 6 places+6	£425	-	129 2.66%	247
Legal	89	Down -11 places-11	£500	+2.88%	109 2.25%	388
Inclusion and Diversity	94	Down -12 places-12	£425	+1.19%	104 2.14%	543
Local Government	107	Up 30 places+30	£513	+28.12%	82 1.69%	79
Influencing Skills	116	Down -16 places-16	£575	+25.68%	73 1.51%	204
Marketing	127	Down -22 places-22	£625	+38.88%	62 1.28%	381
Documentation Skills	134	Down -41 places-41	£488	+5.40%	55 1.13%	59
Presentation Skills	151	Down -60 places-60	£450	-14.28%	38 0.78%	174
Law	153	Down -44 places-44	£525	-7.89%	36 0.74%	221
Investment Banking	153	Down -21 places-21	£875	+75.00%	36 0.74%	18
Police	154	Down -18 places-18	£488	-17.02%	35 0.72%	20
Telecoms	159	Down -67 places-67	£473	+24.34%	30 0.62%	145
Billing	162	Down -22 places-22	£500	-39.39%	27 0.56%	49
Aerospace	162	Down -40 places-40	£538	+17.23%	27 0.56%	176
General Ledger	167	Down -31 places-31	£516	-6.25%	22 0.45%	10
Electronics	171	Down -31 places-31	£343	+24.54%	18 0.37%	216
Military	172	Down -36 places-36	£675	+22.72%	17 0.35%	68
Publishing	178	Down -39 places-39	£402	+14.85%	11 0.23%	14
Games	181	Down -67 places-67	-	-	8 0.16%	97