Contract General Skills Statistics in the South East

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Apr 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	£500	-	1,306 22.97%	1,462
Finance	9	Down -1 place-1	£503	-4.05%	645 11.34%	921
Analytical Skills	11	Down -1 place-1	£500	-5.16%	562 9.88%	526
Public Sector	19	Down -4 places-4	£500	-7.40%	444 7.81%	202
Telecoms	72	Down -59 places-59	£463	-7.50%	160 2.81%	122
Aerospace	78	Up 54 places+54	£675	+31.32%	151 2.66%	107
Documentation Skills	80	Up 50 places+50	£478	+12.50%	144 2.53%	39
Organisational Skills	83	Down -17 places-17	£450	+38.46%	137 2.41%	178
Manufacturing	92	Down -49 places-49	£500	-14.89%	117 2.06%	181
Retail	94	Down -7 places-7	£394	-25.88%	115 2.02%	233
Legal	102	Down -20 places-20	£525	+5.00%	106 1.86%	168
Marketing	113	Down -66 places-66	£513	-6.81%	94 1.65%	383
Military	129	Up 11 places+11	£560	-13.84%	77 1.35%	42
Influencing Skills	137	Up 1 place+1	£600	-1.63%	69 1.21%	74
Billing	150	Down -34 places-34	£469	-6.89%	56 0.98%	54
Inclusion and Diversity	151	Down -40 places-40	£375	-26.10%	55 0.97%	340
Banking	162	Down -25 places-25	£500	-11.11%	44 0.77%	224
Law	163	Down -33 places-33	£500	-0.09%	43 0.76%	126
Presentation Skills	166	Down -45 places-45	£613	+32.00%	40 0.70%	85
Electronics	170	Down -88 places-88	£327	-47.68%	36 0.63%	129
Pharmaceutical	183	Down -28 places-28	£475	+123.52%	23 0.40%	33
Automotive	184	Down -50 places-50	£513	+7.89%	22 0.39%	79
General Ledger	184	Down -24 places-24	£585	-	22 0.39%	10
Police	185	Down -30 places-30	£250	-	21 0.37%	7
Advertising	188	Down -31 places-31	£513	+2.50%	18 0.32%	65
Aviation	191	Down -38 places-38	£725	+61.11%	15 0.26%	52
Local Government	192	Down -55 places-55	£500	+11.11%	14 0.25%	55
Financial Institution	195	New entry-	£505	-	11 0.19%	19
Back Office	196	Down -39 places-39	£650	+85.71%	10 0.18%	28