Contract General Skills Statistics in the South East

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 May 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	-	1,259 21.48%	1,299
Finance	9	Down -1 place-1	£500	-2.84%	654 11.16%	926
Analytical Skills	10	No change0	£486	-9.53%	565 9.64%	538
Public Sector	19	Down -2 places-2	£500	-6.19%	429 7.32%	198
Aerospace	68	Up 50 places+50	£653	+26.69%	179 3.05%	115
Telecoms	81	Down -67 places-67	£453	-7.07%	155 2.64%	159
Documentation Skills	82	Up 34 places+34	£475	+8.57%	153 2.61%	44
Manufacturing	90	Down -48 places-48	£500	-13.04%	139 2.37%	191
Organisational Skills	99	Down -50 places-50	£450	+38.46%	125 2.13%	194
Retail	105	Down -25 places-25	£423	-15.50%	117 2.00%	271
Legal	114	Down -40 places-40	£518	+3.50%	107 1.83%	177
Marketing	135	Down -89 places-89	£475	-1.29%	82 1.40%	392
Military	137	Down -9 places-9	£560	-13.17%	80 1.37%	57
Influencing Skills	152	Down -27 places-27	£597	-2.21%	64 1.09%	62
Inclusion and Diversity	159	Down -63 places-63	£394	-22.41%	57 0.97%	190
Billing	164	Down -63 places-63	£469	+0.21%	52 0.89%	63
Law	168	Down -51 places-51	£485	-3.09%	48 0.82%	100
Banking	175	Down -50 places-50	£500	-13.04%	41 0.70%	94
Presentation Skills	181	Down -67 places-67	£613	+28.27%	35 0.60%	78
Electronics	185	Down -107 places-107	£254	-59.36%	31 0.53%	147
Automotive	190	Down -70 places-70	£513	+10.81%	26 0.44%	78
Police	193	Down -53 places-53	£250	+25.00%	23 0.39%	7
General Ledger	194	Down -48 places-48	£575	-	22 0.38%	12
Pharmaceutical	195	Down -52 places-52	£475	+90.00%	21 0.36%	36
Aviation	196	Down -58 places-58	£700	+55.55%	20 0.34%	37
Local Government	197	Down -69 places-69	£525	+16.66%	19 0.32%	47
Advertising	198	Down -54 places-54	£513	+2.50%	18 0.31%	57
Back Office	200	Down -56 places-56	£650	+85.71%	16 0.27%	34
Financial Institution	205	Down -57 places-57	£505	-	11 0.19%	26