Contract General Skills Statistics in Scotland

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£450	-	625 26.47%	153
Finance	2	Up 1 place+1	£465	-2.10%	542 22.96%	142
Public Sector	10	Down 4 places-4	£465	+3.33%	289 12.24%	29
Analytical Skills	16	Down 3 places-3	£440	-3.29%	229 9.70%	43
Banking	20	Down 2 places-2	£450	-10.00%	211 8.94%	15
Organisational Skills	40	Up 47 places+47	£425	+9.67%	119 5.04%	13
Legal	64	Up 22 places+22	£625	+25.00%	78 3.30%	17
Telecoms	73	Up 15 places+15	£300	-9.09%	68 2.88%	33
Investment Banking	93	Down 24 places-24	£479	-8.80%	47 1.99%	2
Documentation Skills	95	Down 28 places-28	£419	-20.23%	45 1.91%	2
Influencing Skills	99	Down 7 places-7	£525	+15.63%	41 1.74%	14
Manufacturing	102	Down 14 places-14	£475	+32.12%	38 1.61%	58
Marketing	105	No change0	£56	-80.43%	34 1.44%	24
Retail	114	Down 12 places-12	£155	-68.93%	25 1.06%	32
Inclusion and Diversity	115	Down 27 places-27	£416	+41.61%	24 1.02%	88
Back Office	117	No change0	£500	+17.64%	22 0.93%	10
Presentation Skills	117	Down 11 places-11	£488	+5.97%	22 0.93%	6
Front Office	124	Down 24 places-24	£450	-10.00%	15 0.64%	2
Retail Banking	125	Down 32 places-32	£447	-10.70%	14 0.59%
Local Government	127	Down 19 places-19	£600	+20.00%	12 0.51%	1
Aerospace	127	Down 18 places-18	£367	+465.00%	12 0.51%	72
Billing	127	Down 7 places-7	£525	+118.75%	12 0.51%	2
Financial Institution	128	Down 19 places-19	£419	-22.13%	11 0.47%	11
Advertising	128	New entry-	£550	-	11 0.47%	2
Publishing	129	Down 13 places-13	£275	-4.34%	10 0.42%
Aviation	130	New entry-	£525	-	9 0.38%	4
Law	131	Down 16 places-16	£480	-38.06%	8 0.34%	38
Pharmaceutical	132	Down 12 places-12	£515	-6.36%	7 0.30%	7
Electronics	132	Down 25 places-25	£538	+280.53%	7 0.30%	103
Police	132	New entry-	£450	-	7 0.30%
Military	132	Down 17 places-17	£554	+691.01%	7 0.30%	24
Games	134	New entry-	£240	-	5 0.21%	4
Corporate Banking	134	Down 23 places-23	£410	+2.50%	5 0.21%
Private Banking	134	New entry-	£417	-	5 0.21%	3
General Ledger	135	Down 16 places-16	£555	-11.20%	4 0.17%
Retail Finance	136	New entry-	£402	-	3 0.13%
Prime Brokerage	136	New entry-	-	-	3 0.13%