Contract General Skills Statistics in the South East

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 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	-	1,307 22.84%	1,314
Finance	9	Down -1 place-1	£503	-3.82%	647 11.31%	913
Analytical Skills	11	Down -1 place-1	£500	-4.94%	568 9.92%	532
Public Sector	19	Down -5 places-5	£500	-7.32%	440 7.69%	209
Telecoms	76	Down -64 places-64	£463	-7.50%	160 2.80%	127
Aerospace	79	Up 45 places+45	£675	+31.32%	152 2.66%	106
Documentation Skills	82	Up 41 places+41	£478	+12.50%	148 2.59%	37
Organisational Skills	84	Down -24 places-24	£450	+38.46%	138 2.41%	178
Manufacturing	94	Down -53 places-53	£500	-13.97%	121 2.11%	174
Retail	100	Down -21 places-21	£375	-28.57%	115 2.01%	244
Legal	106	Down -30 places-30	£525	+5.00%	106 1.85%	175
Marketing	117	Down -74 places-74	£513	-6.81%	94 1.64%	433
Military	134	Down -1 place-1	£560	-13.84%	77 1.35%	59
Influencing Skills	141	Down -11 places-11	£600	-1.63%	69 1.21%	93
Inclusion and Diversity	153	Down -50 places-50	£381	-24.87%	57 1.00%	161
Billing	154	Down -47 places-47	£469	-5.25%	56 0.98%	49
Banking	167	Down -37 places-37	£500	-13.04%	43 0.75%	81
Law	169	Down -47 places-47	£500	-0.09%	41 0.72%	122
Presentation Skills	170	Down -55 places-55	£613	+32.00%	40 0.70%	81
Electronics	174	Down -97 places-97	£327	-47.68%	36 0.63%	136
Pharmaceutical	187	Down -40 places-40	£475	+123.52%	23 0.40%	31
Automotive	188	Down -63 places-63	£513	+9.33%	22 0.38%	79
General Ledger	188	Down -35 places-35	£585	-	22 0.38%	8
Police	189	Down -42 places-42	£250	-	21 0.37%	6
Advertising	192	Down -43 places-43	£513	+2.50%	18 0.31%	99
Aviation	195	Down -50 places-50	£725	+61.11%	15 0.26%	48
Local Government	196	Down -67 places-67	£500	+11.11%	14 0.24%	59
Financial Institution	199	New entry-	£505	-	11 0.19%	22
Back Office	199	Down -50 places-50	£650	+85.71%	11 0.19%	28