Contract General Skills Statistics in the South East

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 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	-	1,279 21.95%	1,154
Finance	9	Down -1 place-1	£503	-2.87%	649 11.14%	836
Analytical Skills	11	Down -1 place-1	£498	-7.87%	570 9.78%	467
Public Sector	19	Down -3 places-3	£500	-7.23%	437 7.50%	174
Aerospace	72	Up 56 places+56	£653	+26.94%	168 2.88%	83
Telecoms	76	Down -62 places-62	£458	-7.28%	162 2.78%	118
Documentation Skills	83	Up 47 places+47	£475	+11.76%	149 2.56%	35
Manufacturing	91	Down -46 places-46	£500	-13.97%	134 2.30%	154
Organisational Skills	92	Down -33 places-33	£450	+44.00%	130 2.23%	173
Retail	103	Down -18 places-18	£375	-26.82%	115 1.97%	240
Legal	112	Down -31 places-31	£525	+5.00%	105 1.80%	138
Marketing	122	Down -72 places-72	£500	+3.89%	91 1.56%	335
Military	134	Up 5 places+5	£560	-13.84%	78 1.34%	47
Influencing Skills	142	Down -6 places-6	£600	-1.63%	70 1.20%	66
Inclusion and Diversity	156	Down -48 places-48	£388	-23.64%	55 0.94%	170
Billing	160	Down -47 places-47	£469	-1.26%	51 0.88%	50
Law	164	Down -36 places-36	£485	-3.09%	47 0.81%	94
Banking	172	Down -37 places-37	£500	-13.04%	39 0.67%	74
Presentation Skills	173	Down -50 places-50	£600	+25.65%	38 0.65%	74
Electronics	174	Down -86 places-86	£327	-47.68%	37 0.63%	117
Police	188	Down -35 places-35	£250	-	23 0.39%	8
Pharmaceutical	188	Down -35 places-35	£475	+105.40%	23 0.39%	24
Automotive	188	Down -57 places-57	£513	+10.81%	23 0.39%	78
General Ledger	189	Down -31 places-31	£585	-	22 0.38%	8
Aviation	193	Down -43 places-43	£700	+55.55%	18 0.31%	33
Advertising	193	Down -38 places-38	£513	+2.50%	18 0.31%	55
Local Government	196	Down -61 places-61	£519	+15.27%	15 0.26%	45
Back Office	197	Down -42 places-42	£650	+85.71%	14 0.24%	28
Financial Institution	200	Down -40 places-40	£505	-	11 0.19%	18