Contract General Skills Statistics in South Wales

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	2	Down -1 place-1	£450	+37.15%	85 18.05%	81
Finance	5	Up 4 places+4	£530	+14.28%	53 11.25%	78
Public Sector	11	Down -3 places-3	£475	+5.43%	38 8.07%	25
Analytical Skills	20	Down -4 places-4	£530	+28.48%	26 5.52%	36
Legal	34	Down -3 places-3	£450	+69.81%	12 2.55%	12
Manufacturing	35	Down -2 places-2	£550	+378.26%	11 2.34%	17
Welsh Language	35	Down -5 places-5	£100	-69.95%	11 2.34%	9
Military	38	New entry-	£700	-	8 1.70%	3
Organisational Skills	38	Down -11 places-11	-	-	8 1.70%	11
Aerospace	42	New entry-	-	-	4 0.85%	6
Banking	42	Down -10 places-10	£500	+1.01%	4 0.85%	9
Influencing Skills	42	Down -8 places-8	£448	-20.08%	4 0.85%	3
Law	43	New entry-	£560	-	3 0.64%	3
Marketing	43	Down -10 places-10	£400	+46.78%	3 0.64%	21
Retail	44	Down -11 places-11	-	-	2 0.42%	15
Documentation Skills	44	Down -13 places-13	£419	+28.84%	2 0.42%	2
Inclusion and Diversity	44	Down -12 places-12	£700	+111.37%	2 0.42%	15
Aviation	44	New entry-	-	-	2 0.42%	5
Digital Health	44	Down -9 places-9	-	-	2 0.42%
Pharmaceutical	45	Down -15 places-15	-	-	1 0.21%	2
Back Office	45	New entry-	-	-	1 0.21%	1
Electronics	45	Down -9 places-9	-	-	1 0.21%	4
Telecoms	45	Down -10 places-10	£500	+76.99%	1 0.21%	22
Automotive	45	Down -9 places-9	-	-	1 0.21%	2
Billing	45	Down -9 places-9	£475	-13.63%	1 0.21%	5
Humanities	45	New entry-	-	-	1 0.21%
Social Science	45	New entry-	-	-	1 0.21%
Presentation Skills	45	Down -17 places-17	-	-	1 0.21%	11