Contract General & Transferable Skills Statistics in Southampton

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Data Centre	15	Up 3 places+3	£127	-71.13%	12 7.02%	4
Management Information System	16	Up 2 places+2	£563	-13.46%	11 6.43%
Analytical Mindset	16	Up 4 places+4	£127	-60.92%	11 6.43%	1
BYOD	17	New entry-	£563	-	10 5.85%
Product Ownership	20	New entry-	£438	-	7 4.09%	4
Replication	22	New entry-	£630	-	5 2.92%	1
Driving Licence	22	Down -5 places-5	£200	+14.28%	5 2.92%	4
Self-Motivation	23	Down -3 places-3	£535	-20.74%	4 2.34%	5
Genomics	24	New entry-	-	-	3 1.75%
Security Posture	24	New entry-	£483	-	3 1.75%
VHDL	24	New entry-	£718	-	3 1.75%	2
Marketing Technology	24	New entry-	£450	-	3 1.75%
FPGA	24	Down -5 places-5	£718	+1204.54%	3 1.75%	6
Onboarding	25	Down -6 places-6	£180	-30.76%	2 1.17%	2
Cloud Native	25	New entry-	£483	-	2 1.17%	1
Verilog	25	New entry-	-	-	2 1.17%	2
Legacy Systems	25	New entry-	-	-	2 1.17%	2
Robotics	25	New entry-	-	-	2 1.17%	2
NHS	25	New entry-	£250	-	2 1.17%	4
Cyber Threat	26	New entry-	£675	-	1 0.58%	1
Cyber Defence	26	New entry-	£675	-	1 0.58%
FMCG	26	Down -6 places-6	£500	-	1 0.58%	1
Embedded Systems	26	Down -10 places-10	£718	+51.05%	1 0.58%	4
CAN bus	26	New entry-	-	-	1 0.58%
CCTV	26	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.58%	2
Client/Server	26	New entry-	-	-	1 0.58%	1
Housing Association	26	New entry-	-	-	1 0.58%
Algorithms	26	Down -10 places-10	£718	+51.05%	1 0.58%	2
Life Science	26	New entry-	-	-	1 0.58%
EPoS	26	Down -7 places-7	£165	-49.23%	1 0.58%