Contract General Skills Statistics in the South East

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 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	-	1,268 21.52%	1,314
Finance	9	Down -2 places-2	£503	-2.87%	655 11.11%	937
Analytical Skills	11	Down -2 places-2	£491	-6.82%	565 9.59%	541
Public Sector	19	Down -2 places-2	£500	-6.71%	430 7.30%	198
Aerospace	66	Up 52 places+52	£653	+26.69%	182 3.09%	116
Telecoms	78	Down -65 places-65	£453	-7.69%	155 2.63%	161
Documentation Skills	79	Up 37 places+37	£481	+10.00%	154 2.61%	48
Manufacturing	88	Down -48 places-48	£500	-11.50%	141 2.39%	190
Organisational Skills	98	Down -51 places-51	£450	+38.46%	124 2.10%	198
Retail	102	Down -24 places-24	£425	-15.00%	117 1.99%	272
Legal	110	Down -36 places-36	£513	+2.50%	108 1.83%	176
Marketing	131	Down -86 places-86	£475	-1.29%	84 1.43%	387
Military	135	Down -6 places-6	£560	-13.17%	80 1.36%	56
Influencing Skills	152	Down -28 places-28	£600	-2.63%	63 1.07%	66
Inclusion and Diversity	158	Down -61 places-61	£394	-22.41%	57 0.97%	201
Billing	165	Down -63 places-63	£469	+0.21%	50 0.85%	65
Law	167	Down -50 places-50	£485	-3.09%	48 0.81%	106
Banking	175	Down -50 places-50	£520	-9.56%	40 0.68%	100
Presentation Skills	179	Down -65 places-65	£600	+25.65%	36 0.61%	80
Electronics	182	Down -104 places-104	£254	-59.36%	33 0.56%	136
Automotive	189	Down -70 places-70	£513	+12.32%	26 0.44%	74
Police	192	Down -52 places-52	£250	+25.00%	23 0.39%	7
Pharmaceutical	194	Down -51 places-51	£475	+90.00%	21 0.36%	34
General Ledger	194	Down -48 places-48	£578	-	21 0.36%	13
Aviation	195	Down -57 places-57	£700	+55.55%	20 0.34%	36
Local Government	196	Down -69 places-69	£525	+16.66%	19 0.32%	49
Back Office	197	Down -53 places-53	£650	+85.71%	18 0.31%	34
Advertising	197	Down -53 places-53	£513	+2.50%	18 0.31%	57
Financial Institution	204	Down -56 places-56	£505	-	11 0.19%	23