Contract General Skills Statistics in Reading

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	3	Down -2 places-2	£550	+2.61%	278 25.32%	295
Aerospace	9	Up 51 places+51	£575	+24.12%	144 13.11%	80
Analytical Skills	12	Down -3 places-3	£550	+2.32%	118 10.75%	134
Finance	19	Down -7 places-7	£575	-3.76%	91 8.29%	187
Telecoms	27	Down -20 places-20	£500	-4.76%	73 6.65%	49
Influencing Skills	54	Up 11 places+11	£633	-	38 3.46%	38
Public Sector	63	Down -23 places-23	£600	+10.34%	29 2.64%	35
Manufacturing	68	Down -9 places-9	£575	+43.75%	24 2.19%	40
Organisational Skills	69	Down -14 places-14	£400	+37.93%	23 2.09%	36
Retail	71	Down -11 places-11	£600	+23.07%	21 1.91%	54
Police	74	Down -11 places-11	£700	-	18 1.64%
Legal	75	Down -22 places-22	£565	+2.96%	17 1.55%	49
Documentation Skills	80	Down -25 places-25	£550	-	12 1.09%	10
Billing	84	Down -29 places-29	£362	+0.76%	8 0.73%	11
Electronics	84	Down -20 places-20	-	-	8 0.73%	42
Military	84	Down -18 places-18	-	-	8 0.73%
Local Government	86	Down -23 places-23	£638	+15.90%	6 0.55%	3
Marketing	86	Down -34 places-34	£407	-9.55%	6 0.55%	100
Presentation Skills	87	Down -26 places-26	£465	-19.13%	5 0.46%	44
Banking	88	Down -22 places-22	£505	-0.49%	4 0.36%	8
Aviation	88	New entry-	£575	-	4 0.36%	4
Automotive	88	New entry-	-	-	4 0.36%	20
Advertising	88	New entry-	£621	-	4 0.36%	6
Games	88	New entry-	-	-	4 0.36%	12
General Ledger	89	New entry-	£540	-	3 0.27%	4
Inclusion and Diversity	90	Down -30 places-30	-	-	2 0.18%	46
Pharmaceutical	90	Down -26 places-26	£350	+45.83%	2 0.18%	17
Publishing	90	Down -28 places-28	£490	+40.00%	2 0.18%	3