Contract General Skills Statistics in the South West

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	3	No change0	£525	+13.51%	742 19.83%	1,209
Public Sector	11	Down -5 places-5	£533	-3.18%	363 9.70%	302
Finance	12	Down -5 places-5	£525	-4.54%	352 9.41%	938
Analytical Skills	25	Down -13 places-13	£480	-8.57%	231 6.17%	571
Aerospace	36	Up 25 places+25	£500	-9.09%	170 4.54%	324
Military	49	Up 13 places+13	£538	-4.44%	125 3.34%	112
Organisational Skills	56	Up 9 places+9	£275	+3.77%	111 2.97%	185
Manufacturing	56	Down -13 places-13	£363	-34.09%	111 2.97%	378
Retail	101	Down -11 places-11	£428	+35.71%	53 1.42%	194
Documentation Skills	103	Down -16 places-16	£550	+29.41%	51 1.36%	39
Avionics	105	New entry-	£500	-	49 1.31%	27
Telecoms	106	Down -64 places-64	£494	-5.90%	48 1.28%	84
Legal	107	Down -30 places-30	£550	+166.34%	46 1.23%	231
Banking	108	Down -25 places-25	£500	-4.76%	45 1.20%	152
Influencing Skills	115	Down -26 places-26	£550	+4.76%	38 1.02%	104
Local Government	116	Down -33 places-33	£625	+56.25%	37 0.99%	50
Marketing	117	Down -66 places-66	£325	-41.00%	36 0.96%	278
Aviation	122	Down -18 places-18	£500	-4.76%	31 0.83%	49
Electronics	124	Down -53 places-53	-	-	29 0.78%	166
Inclusion and Diversity	126	Down -19 places-19	£475	-20.83%	27 0.72%	408
General Ledger	132	Down -14 places-14	£600	+26.31%	21 0.56%	4
Back Office	133	Down -18 places-18	£278	-65.39%	20 0.53%	13
Publishing	134	Down -15 places-15	£425	-35.84%	19 0.51%	23
Presentation Skills	137	Down -31 places-31	£425	-29.16%	16 0.43%	100
Advertising	137	Down -18 places-18	£618	-	16 0.43%	53
Law	138	Down -35 places-35	£350	-48.52%	15 0.40%	309
Police	138	Down -25 places-25	£525	-10.63%	15 0.40%	25
Pharmaceutical	140	Down -24 places-24	£334	-55.50%	13 0.35%	36
Billing	143	Down -37 places-37	£500	+17.64%	10 0.27%	17