Contract General Skills Statistics in the South East

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 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	-	1,285 22.08%	1,157
Finance	9	Down -1 place-1	£503	-2.87%	652 11.20%	849
Analytical Skills	11	Down -1 place-1	£496	-6.02%	574 9.86%	463
Public Sector	19	Down -3 places-3	£500	-7.23%	437 7.51%	182
Aerospace	70	Up 45 places+45	£653	+26.94%	167 2.87%	86
Telecoms	74	Down -61 places-61	£465	-5.87%	160 2.75%	117
Documentation Skills	81	Up 36 places+36	£475	+11.76%	150 2.58%	35
Manufacturing	89	Down -48 places-48	£500	-13.97%	132 2.27%	169
Organisational Skills	90	Down -39 places-39	£450	+38.46%	131 2.25%	172
Retail	101	Down -27 places-27	£394	-23.17%	115 1.98%	256
Legal	108	Down -37 places-37	£525	+5.00%	105 1.80%	142
Marketing	118	Down -74 places-74	£500	+3.89%	92 1.58%	341
Military	129	Down -3 places-3	£560	-13.84%	79 1.36%	50
Influencing Skills	139	Down -16 places-16	£600	-1.63%	69 1.19%	72
Inclusion and Diversity	150	Down -55 places-55	£388	-23.64%	56 0.96%	172
Billing	153	Down -51 places-51	£469	-2.29%	53 0.91%	48
Law	161	Down -46 places-46	£493	-1.59%	45 0.77%	98
Banking	166	Down -44 places-44	£500	-13.04%	40 0.69%	74
Presentation Skills	167	Down -57 places-57	£600	+25.65%	39 0.67%	73
Electronics	168	Down -92 places-92	£327	-47.68%	38 0.65%	123
Pharmaceutical	183	Down -43 places-43	£475	+105.40%	23 0.40%	25
Police	183	Down -43 places-43	£250	-	23 0.40%	7
Automotive	184	Down -66 places-66	£513	+10.81%	22 0.38%	78
General Ledger	184	Down -38 places-38	£585	-	22 0.38%	7
Aviation	188	Down -51 places-51	£700	+55.55%	18 0.31%	37
Advertising	188	Down -46 places-46	£513	+2.50%	18 0.31%	69
Local Government	191	Down -69 places-69	£519	+15.27%	15 0.26%	45
Back Office	192	Down -50 places-50	£650	+85.71%	14 0.24%	29
Financial Institution	195	New entry-	£505	-	11 0.19%	18