Contract General Skills Statistics in the South East

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 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	-	1,307 22.93%	1,306
Finance	9	Down -1 place-1	£503	-3.82%	644 11.30%	920
Analytical Skills	11	Down -1 place-1	£500	-4.94%	562 9.86%	519
Public Sector	19	Down -4 places-4	£500	-7.23%	443 7.77%	202
Telecoms	76	Down -64 places-64	£463	-7.50%	160 2.81%	122
Aerospace	82	Up 48 places+48	£675	+31.32%	151 2.65%	108
Documentation Skills	84	Up 45 places+45	£481	+13.23%	145 2.54%	39
Organisational Skills	88	Down -22 places-22	£450	+38.46%	136 2.39%	175
Manufacturing	96	Down -51 places-51	£500	-13.97%	118 2.07%	186
Retail	98	Down -13 places-13	£394	-25.00%	115 2.02%	229
Legal	106	Down -24 places-24	£525	+5.00%	106 1.86%	177
Marketing	116	Down -69 places-69	£513	-6.81%	94 1.65%	385
Military	132	Up 7 places+7	£560	-13.84%	77 1.35%	40
Influencing Skills	140	Down -4 places-4	£600	-1.63%	69 1.21%	77
Billing	153	Down -40 places-40	£469	-5.25%	56 0.98%	56
Inclusion and Diversity	154	Down -45 places-45	£375	-26.10%	55 0.96%	187
Banking	165	Down -29 places-29	£500	-13.04%	44 0.77%	72
Law	166	Down -38 places-38	£500	-0.09%	43 0.75%	123
Presentation Skills	169	Down -48 places-48	£613	+32.00%	40 0.70%	81
Electronics	173	Down -90 places-90	£327	-47.68%	36 0.63%	127
Pharmaceutical	186	Down -33 places-33	£475	+123.52%	23 0.40%	34
Automotive	187	Down -55 places-55	£513	+7.89%	22 0.39%	80
General Ledger	187	Down -28 places-28	£585	-	22 0.39%	10
Police	188	Down -35 places-35	£250	-	21 0.37%	7
Advertising	191	Down -36 places-36	£513	+2.50%	18 0.32%	68
Aviation	194	Down -43 places-43	£725	+61.11%	15 0.26%	50
Local Government	195	Down -60 places-60	£500	+11.11%	14 0.25%	55
Financial Institution	198	New entry-	£505	-	11 0.19%	19
Back Office	198	Down -43 places-43	£650	+85.71%	11 0.19%	28