Contract General Skills Statistics in the South East

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 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	-	1,284 22.35%	1,216
Finance	10	Down -2 places-2	£503	-3.82%	647 11.26%	883
Analytical Skills	11	Down -1 place-1	£497	-6.97%	568 9.89%	508
Public Sector	19	Down -3 places-3	£500	-6.19%	446 7.76%	181
Aerospace	76	Up 46 places+46	£675	+31.32%	162 2.82%	93
Telecoms	78	Down -65 places-65	£465	-6.06%	159 2.77%	111
Documentation Skills	82	Up 42 places+42	£478	+12.50%	151 2.63%	37
Organisational Skills	90	Down -32 places-32	£450	+38.46%	132 2.30%	168
Manufacturing	93	Down -49 places-49	£500	-14.89%	126 2.19%	178
Retail	102	Down -22 places-22	£394	-25.00%	114 1.98%	229
Legal	108	Down -31 places-31	£525	+5.00%	107 1.86%	144
Marketing	121	Down -72 places-72	£525	-	92 1.60%	385
Military	135	Down -2 places-2	£560	-13.84%	78 1.36%	50
Influencing Skills	145	Down -15 places-15	£600	-1.63%	67 1.17%	75
Inclusion and Diversity	155	Down -52 places-52	£388	-23.64%	55 0.96%	187
Billing	156	Down -49 places-49	£469	-5.25%	54 0.94%	51
Banking	168	Down -39 places-39	£500	-13.04%	42 0.73%	78
Law	169	Down -47 places-47	£500	-0.09%	41 0.71%	100
Presentation Skills	170	Down -55 places-55	£613	+28.27%	40 0.70%	75
Electronics	173	Down -91 places-91	£400	-36.00%	37 0.64%	119
Pharmaceutical	187	Down -41 places-41	£475	+123.52%	23 0.40%	29
Automotive	188	Down -63 places-63	£513	+10.81%	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%	7
Advertising	192	Down -43 places-43	£513	+2.50%	18 0.31%	88
Aviation	194	Down -50 places-50	£725	+61.11%	16 0.28%	43
Local Government	195	Down -66 places-66	£513	+13.88%	15 0.26%	50
Financial Institution	199	New entry-	£505	-	11 0.19%	22
Back Office	199	Down -50 places-50	£650	+85.71%	11 0.19%	33