Contract General Skills Statistics in the South East

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 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	-	1,294 22.24%	1,371
Finance	9	Down -1 place-1	£503	-3.82%	648 11.14%	1,129
Analytical Skills	10	No change0	£495	-5.89%	576 9.90%	603
Public Sector	18	Down -2 places-2	£500	-6.97%	442 7.60%	216
Aerospace	74	Up 41 places+41	£653	+26.94%	167 2.87%	112
Telecoms	78	Down -65 places-65	£465	-5.87%	160 2.75%	139
Documentation Skills	84	Up 32 places+32	£478	+12.50%	149 2.56%	40
Manufacturing	91	Down -48 places-48	£500	-13.97%	132 2.27%	187
Organisational Skills	92	Down -37 places-37	£450	+38.46%	131 2.25%	174
Retail	103	Down -28 places-28	£394	-23.17%	114 1.96%	292
Legal	110	Down -38 places-38	£525	+5.00%	105 1.80%	180
Marketing	121	Down -74 places-74	£500	+3.89%	93 1.60%	439
Military	133	Down -7 places-7	£560	-13.84%	79 1.36%	53
Influencing Skills	143	Down -20 places-20	£600	-1.63%	69 1.19%	95
Inclusion and Diversity	154	Down -59 places-59	£394	-22.41%	57 0.98%	240
Billing	155	Down -53 places-53	£469	-2.29%	55 0.95%	56
Law	165	Down -50 places-50	£493	-1.59%	45 0.77%	209
Banking	169	Down -47 places-47	£500	-13.04%	41 0.70%	150
Presentation Skills	170	Down -60 places-60	£613	+28.27%	40 0.69%	99
Electronics	172	Down -96 places-96	£327	-47.68%	38 0.65%	128
Pharmaceutical	187	Down -48 places-48	£475	+123.52%	23 0.40%	32
Police	187	Down -47 places-47	£250	-	23 0.40%	6
Automotive	188	Down -70 places-70	£513	+10.81%	22 0.38%	91
General Ledger	188	Down -42 places-42	£585	-	22 0.38%	9
Aviation	192	Down -55 places-55	£700	+55.55%	18 0.31%	38
Advertising	192	Down -50 places-50	£513	+2.50%	18 0.31%	70
Local Government	195	Down -73 places-73	£519	+15.27%	15 0.26%	46
Back Office	196	Down -54 places-54	£650	+85.71%	14 0.24%	34
Financial Institution	199	New entry-	£505	-	11 0.19%	35