Contract General Skills Statistics in Reading

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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	3	Down 2 places-2	£550	+4.76%	351 29.40%	115
Aerospace	5	Up 58 places+58	£575	+24.12%	238 19.93%	48
Analytical Skills	19	Down 1 place-1	£500	-4.76%	131 10.97%	34
Finance	25	Down 11 places-11	£550	-4.34%	94 7.87%	57
Telecoms	36	Down 21 places-21	£500	-5.88%	69 5.78%	5
Manufacturing	44	Up 20 places+20	£575	+102.64%	54 4.52%	26
Influencing Skills	51	Up 16 places+16	£565	+3.66%	46 3.85%	9
Organisational Skills	58	Down 3 places-3	£400	-15.78%	39 3.27%	20
Public Sector	65	Down 42 places-42	£575	+15.00%	32 2.68%	17
Retail	70	Down 10 places-10	£600	+33.33%	27 2.26%	9
Documentation Skills	75	Down 15 places-15	£550	+23.59%	22 1.84%	3
Legal	78	Down 19 places-19	£545	+20.77%	19 1.59%	14
Police	82	New entry-	-	-	15 1.26%
Presentation Skills	86	Down 21 places-21	£520	+11.82%	11 0.92%	13
Billing	88	Down 26 places-26	£362	-12.36%	9 0.75%	1
Marketing	88	Down 33 places-33	£451	+6.17%	9 0.75%	28
Electronics	88	Down 19 places-19	-	-	9 0.75%	16
Military	88	Down 18 places-18	-	-	9 0.75%	1
TTP	89	Down 20 places-20	£600	+9.09%	8 0.67%
Automotive	89	New entry-	-	-	8 0.67%	12
Local Government	90	Down 23 places-23	£600	+9.09%	7 0.59%	1
Games	91	New entry-	-	-	6 0.50%	7
General Ledger	92	Down 23 places-23	£540	-14.99%	5 0.42%	3
Inclusion and Diversity	92	Down 28 places-28	-	-	5 0.42%	8
Banking	93	Down 23 places-23	£505	-0.49%	4 0.34%	1
Aviation	94	New entry-	-	-	3 0.25%	2
Advertising	94	Down 25 places-25	£543	-	3 0.25%	4
Avionics	94	New entry-	-	-	3 0.25%	4
German Language	95	Down 25 places-25	£488	-	2 0.17%	2
Publishing	95	Down 26 places-26	£490	-	2 0.17%
Multimedia	96	New entry-	£400	-	1 0.084%	3
Social Science	96	New entry-	-	-	1 0.084%
Wearables	96	New entry-	-	-	1 0.084%
Spanish Language	96	Down 26 places-26	£475	-	1 0.084%
Back Office	96	Down 27 places-27	£750	-	1 0.084%	6
Law	96	Down 28 places-28	£250	-52.38%	1 0.084%	20