Contract General Skills Statistics in the South East

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 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	-	1,305 22.75%	1,341
Finance	9	Down -1 place-1	£503	-3.82%	648 11.30%	923
Analytical Skills	11	Down -1 place-1	£500	-4.94%	568 9.90%	539
Public Sector	19	Down -4 places-4	£500	-7.62%	444 7.74%	206
Telecoms	71	Down -58 places-58	£466	-6.80%	160 2.79%	136
Aerospace	74	Up 51 places+51	£675	+31.32%	156 2.72%	97
Documentation Skills	77	Up 46 places+46	£478	+12.50%	148 2.58%	37
Organisational Skills	82	Down -23 places-23	£450	+38.46%	137 2.39%	177
Manufacturing	90	Down -48 places-48	£500	-14.89%	123 2.14%	182
Retail	96	Down -17 places-17	£375	-28.57%	115 2.00%	248
Legal	103	Down -26 places-26	£525	+5.00%	107 1.87%	190
Marketing	115	Down -70 places-70	£525	-4.54%	93 1.62%	438
Military	130	Up 4 places+4	£560	-13.84%	78 1.36%	60
Influencing Skills	139	Down -8 places-8	£600	-1.63%	69 1.20%	85
Inclusion and Diversity	152	Down -48 places-48	£388	-23.64%	56 0.98%	173
Billing	153	Down -45 places-45	£469	-5.25%	55 0.96%	49
Banking	165	Down -34 places-34	£500	-13.04%	43 0.75%	82
Law	167	Down -44 places-44	£500	-0.09%	41 0.71%	124
Presentation Skills	168	Down -52 places-52	£613	+32.00%	40 0.70%	83
Electronics	173	Down -95 places-95	£400	-36.00%	35 0.61%	132
Pharmaceutical	185	Down -38 places-38	£475	+123.52%	23 0.40%	30
General Ledger	186	Down -32 places-32	£585	-	22 0.38%	8
Police	187	Down -39 places-39	£250	-	21 0.37%	6
Automotive	187	Down -62 places-62	£500	+8.10%	21 0.37%	84
Advertising	190	Down -40 places-40	£513	+2.50%	18 0.31%	89
Aviation	192	Down -46 places-46	£725	+61.11%	16 0.28%	47
Local Government	194	Down -64 places-64	£500	+11.11%	14 0.24%	60
Financial Institution	197	New entry-	£505	-	11 0.19%	22
Back Office	197	Down -47 places-47	£650	+85.71%	11 0.19%	30