Contract General Skills Statistics in the Thames Valley

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	3	Down -2 places-2	£500	-	667 20.35%	445
Analytical Skills	12	Down -3 places-3	£488	-2.50%	324 9.88%	156
Finance	16	Down -9 places-9	£525	-4.54%	309 9.43%	237
Public Sector	17	Up 13 places+13	£500	-11.11%	304 9.27%	54
Aerospace	40	Up 60 places+60	£650	+44.44%	165 5.03%	64
Telecoms	52	Down -40 places-40	£465	-5.96%	138 4.21%	67
Retail	76	Down -5 places-5	£588	+11.90%	95 2.90%	81
Documentation Skills	81	Up 13 places+13	£500	+14.28%	86 2.62%	12
Organisational Skills	93	Down -39 places-39	£400	-	70 2.14%	90
Influencing Skills	100	Down -3 places-3	£567	+8.00%	63 1.92%	30
Manufacturing	102	Down -55 places-55	£513	-21.15%	61 1.86%	110
Legal	124	Down -45 places-45	£525	+0.71%	39 1.19%	53
Marketing	125	Down -61 places-61	£250	-61.53%	38 1.16%	83
Police	132	Down -27 places-27	£250	-28.57%	31 0.95%	5
Military	132	Down -32 places-32	£615	-5.39%	31 0.95%	12
Local Government	133	Down -38 places-38	£725	+117.00%	30 0.92%	23
Billing	138	Down -48 places-48	£444	+26.78%	25 0.76%	14
Automotive	139	Down -49 places-49	£468	+3.88%	24 0.73%	39
Inclusion and Diversity	143	Down -61 places-61	-	-	20 0.61%	48
Law	143	Down -48 places-48	£475	-5.09%	20 0.61%	16
Pharmaceutical	145	Down -40 places-40	£469	-11.55%	18 0.55%	23
Aviation	147	Down -37 places-37	£560	-	16 0.49%	7
Presentation Skills	149	Down -49 places-49	£400	-17.94%	14 0.43%	37
Banking	151	Down -54 places-54	£575	+13.30%	12 0.37%	9
Games	153	Down -59 places-59	-	-	10 0.31%	21