Contract General Skills Statistics in the South East

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 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	-	1,292 22.26%	1,176
Finance	9	Down -1 place-1	£503	-3.82%	649 11.18%	876
Analytical Skills	11	Down -1 place-1	£495	-5.84%	572 9.86%	483
Public Sector	19	Down -3 places-3	£500	-6.97%	445 7.67%	184
Aerospace	73	Up 44 places+44	£675	+31.32%	166 2.86%	93
Telecoms	76	Down -63 places-63	£466	-5.66%	161 2.77%	120
Documentation Skills	82	Up 36 places+36	£478	+12.50%	149 2.57%	37
Manufacturing	91	Down -49 places-49	£513	-11.82%	133 2.29%	168
Organisational Skills	93	Down -37 places-37	£450	+38.46%	130 2.24%	166
Retail	102	Down -25 places-25	£394	-23.17%	115 1.98%	241
Legal	111	Down -38 places-38	£518	+3.50%	106 1.83%	154
Marketing	121	Down -74 places-74	£513	+6.49%	93 1.60%	358
Military	134	Down -6 places-6	£560	-13.84%	79 1.36%	50
Influencing Skills	144	Down -19 places-19	£600	-1.63%	69 1.19%	73
Inclusion and Diversity	156	Down -59 places-59	£388	-23.64%	56 0.97%	171
Billing	158	Down -54 places-54	£469	-2.29%	54 0.93%	48
Law	169	Down -52 places-52	£500	-0.09%	43 0.74%	101
Banking	170	Down -46 places-46	£500	-13.04%	42 0.72%	80
Presentation Skills	172	Down -60 places-60	£613	+28.27%	40 0.69%	76
Electronics	174	Down -96 places-96	£400	-36.00%	38 0.65%	125
Pharmaceutical	189	Down -48 places-48	£475	+123.52%	23 0.40%	22
Automotive	190	Down -70 places-70	£513	+10.81%	22 0.38%	87
General Ledger	190	Down -42 places-42	£585	-	22 0.38%	7
Police	190	Down -48 places-48	£250	-	22 0.38%	6
Advertising	194	Down -50 places-50	£513	+2.50%	18 0.31%	57
Aviation	195	Down -56 places-56	£725	+61.11%	17 0.29%	38
Local Government	197	Down -73 places-73	£513	+13.88%	15 0.26%	49
Back Office	198	Down -54 places-54	£650	+85.71%	14 0.24%	28
Financial Institution	201	New entry-	£505	-	11 0.19%	21