Contract General Skills Statistics in the South East

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 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	-	1,264 21.45%	1,418
Finance	9	Down -1 place-1	£503	-2.30%	658 11.16%	1,003
Analytical Skills	10	No change0	£484	-10.32%	568 9.64%	586
Public Sector	17	No change0	£500	-7.62%	434 7.36%	248
Aerospace	63	Up 61 places+61	£653	+26.69%	178 3.02%	118
Telecoms	72	Down -58 places-58	£458	-6.15%	158 2.68%	160
Documentation Skills	74	Up 49 places+49	£475	+8.57%	153 2.60%	50
Manufacturing	82	Down -38 places-38	£500	-13.04%	140 2.38%	195
Organisational Skills	86	Down -31 places-31	£450	+44.00%	129 2.19%	188
Retail	91	Down -5 places-5	£398	-20.50%	119 2.02%	292
Legal	101	Down -22 places-22	£518	+3.50%	107 1.82%	173
Marketing	117	Down -68 places-68	£475	+2.70%	87 1.48%	390
Military	124	Up 11 places+11	£560	-13.17%	79 1.34%	58
Influencing Skills	137	Down -5 places-5	£593	-2.78%	64 1.09%	67
Inclusion and Diversity	143	Down -40 places-40	£400	-21.18%	58 0.98%	195
Billing	149	Down -41 places-41	£469	+0.21%	52 0.88%	62
Law	153	Down -30 places-30	£485	-3.09%	48 0.81%	105
Banking	161	Down -29 places-29	£505	-12.17%	40 0.68%	88
Presentation Skills	164	Down -43 places-43	£613	+28.27%	37 0.63%	83
Electronics	169	Down -84 places-84	£254	-59.36%	32 0.54%	150
Automotive	176	Down -49 places-49	£513	+10.81%	25 0.42%	85
Police	178	Down -29 places-29	£250	-	23 0.39%	8
General Ledger	178	Down -25 places-25	£585	-	23 0.39%	10
Pharmaceutical	179	Down -30 places-30	£475	+105.40%	22 0.37%	38
Aviation	181	Down -36 places-36	£700	+55.55%	20 0.34%	43
Local Government	182	Down -49 places-49	£525	+16.66%	19 0.32%	59
Advertising	183	Down -32 places-32	£513	+2.50%	18 0.31%	63
Back Office	185	Down -34 places-34	£650	+85.71%	16 0.27%	42
Financial Institution	190	Down -35 places-35	£505	-	11 0.19%	17