Contract General Skills Statistics in the South East

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 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	-	1,291 22.50%	1,312
Finance	9	Down -1 place-1	£503	-3.82%	645 11.24%	927
Analytical Skills	10	No change0	£498	-5.64%	570 9.94%	512
Public Sector	17	Down -1 place-1	£500	-6.71%	448 7.81%	195
Telecoms	74	Down -61 places-61	£466	-5.85%	160 2.79%	122
Aerospace	76	Up 45 places+45	£675	+31.32%	158 2.75%	114
Documentation Skills	80	Up 41 places+41	£478	+14.17%	150 2.61%	37
Organisational Skills	89	Down -29 places-29	£450	+38.46%	134 2.34%	169
Manufacturing	94	Down -49 places-49	£500	-14.89%	123 2.14%	178
Retail	100	Down -21 places-21	£375	-28.57%	115 2.00%	237
Legal	106	Down -29 places-29	£525	+5.00%	107 1.87%	149
Marketing	115	Down -66 places-66	£525	-	93 1.62%	402
Military	128	Up 3 places+3	£560	-13.84%	78 1.36%	62
Influencing Skills	137	Down -9 places-9	£600	-1.63%	68 1.19%	85
Inclusion and Diversity	150	Down -48 places-48	£388	-23.64%	55 0.96%	190
Billing	151	Down -46 places-46	£469	-5.25%	54 0.94%	51
Banking	162	Down -35 places-35	£500	-13.04%	43 0.75%	94
Law	164	Down -44 places-44	£500	-0.09%	41 0.71%	106
Presentation Skills	165	Down -51 places-51	£613	+32.00%	40 0.70%	77
Electronics	170	Down -89 places-89	£400	-36.00%	35 0.61%	130
Pharmaceutical	182	Down -38 places-38	£475	+123.52%	23 0.40%	27
Automotive	183	Down -60 places-60	£513	+10.81%	22 0.38%	78
General Ledger	183	Down -32 places-32	£585	-	22 0.38%	8
Police	184	Down -39 places-39	£250	-	21 0.37%	6
Advertising	187	Down -40 places-40	£513	+2.50%	18 0.31%	93
Aviation	189	Down -47 places-47	£725	+61.11%	16 0.28%	45
Local Government	191	Down -64 places-64	£500	+11.11%	14 0.24%	53
Financial Institution	194	New entry-	£505	-	11 0.19%	23
Back Office	194	Down -47 places-47	£650	+85.71%	11 0.19%	30