Contract General Skills Statistics in the South East

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 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 22.86%	1,404
Finance	9	Down -1 place-1	£503	-4.05%	644 11.26%	930
Analytical Skills	11	Down -1 place-1	£500	-4.94%	562 9.83%	561
Public Sector	19	Down -4 places-4	£500	-7.32%	442 7.73%	218
Telecoms	78	Down -66 places-66	£463	-7.50%	160 2.80%	150
Aerospace	83	Up 42 places+42	£675	+31.32%	152 2.66%	105
Documentation Skills	85	Up 39 places+39	£481	+13.23%	145 2.54%	37
Organisational Skills	89	Down -28 places-28	£450	+38.46%	137 2.40%	180
Manufacturing	97	Down -55 places-55	£500	-13.97%	120 2.10%	189
Retail	100	Down -20 places-20	£394	-25.00%	115 2.01%	262
Legal	108	Down -31 places-31	£525	+5.00%	106 1.85%	196
Marketing	118	Down -74 places-74	£513	-6.81%	94 1.64%	437
Military	133	Up 1 place+1	£560	-13.84%	77 1.35%	40
Influencing Skills	140	Down -9 places-9	£600	-1.63%	69 1.21%	86
Billing	153	Down -45 places-45	£469	-5.25%	56 0.98%	58
Inclusion and Diversity	154	Down -50 places-50	£375	-26.10%	55 0.96%	189
Banking	165	Down -34 places-34	£500	-13.04%	44 0.77%	82
Law	166	Down -43 places-43	£500	-0.09%	43 0.75%	125
Presentation Skills	169	Down -53 places-53	£613	+32.00%	40 0.70%	86
Electronics	173	Down -95 places-95	£327	-47.68%	36 0.63%	133
Pharmaceutical	186	Down -38 places-38	£475	+123.52%	23 0.40%	34
Automotive	187	Down -61 places-61	£513	+9.33%	22 0.38%	80
General Ledger	187	Down -33 places-33	£585	-	22 0.38%	9
Police	188	Down -40 places-40	£250	-	21 0.37%	7
Advertising	191	Down -41 places-41	£513	+2.50%	18 0.31%	117
Aviation	194	Down -48 places-48	£725	+61.11%	15 0.26%	51
Local Government	195	Down -65 places-65	£500	+11.11%	14 0.24%	55
Financial Institution	198	New entry-	£505	-	11 0.19%	20
Back Office	198	Down -48 places-48	£650	+85.71%	11 0.19%	31