Contract General Skills Statistics in the Thames Valley

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Jun 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	-	599 19.79%	452
Analytical Skills	15	Down -6 places-6	£484	-3.39%	276 9.12%	188
Public Sector	16	Up 13 places+13	£500	-13.04%	274 9.05%	72
Finance	19	Down -12 places-12	£500	-9.09%	247 8.16%	222
Aerospace	42	Up 54 places+54	£675	+22.72%	133 4.39%	42
Telecoms	53	Down -46 places-46	£450	-8.90%	109 3.60%	80
Retail	72	Down -5 places-5	£600	+20.00%	77 2.54%	100
Documentation Skills	78	Up 8 places+8	£575	+35.29%	69 2.28%	24
Organisational Skills	89	Down -38 places-38	£400	-	55 1.82%	67
Manufacturing	96	Down -52 places-52	£481	-25.96%	48 1.59%	77
Legal	103	Down -31 places-31	£500	-17.69%	41 1.35%	67
Influencing Skills	105	Down -12 places-12	£593	+12.95%	39 1.29%	28
Marketing	108	Down -52 places-52	£250	-61.53%	36 1.19%	117
Military	114	Down -22 places-22	£403	-38.07%	30 0.99%	7
Law	121	Down -36 places-36	£500	-0.09%	23 0.76%	39
Automotive	124	Down -44 places-44	£540	+20.00%	20 0.66%	25
Police	124	Down -26 places-26	£250	-	20 0.66%	8
Banking	124	Down -35 places-35	£540	-16.92%	20 0.66%	9
Billing	124	Down -39 places-39	£463	+32.14%	20 0.66%	9
Local Government	127	Down -35 places-35	£675	+22.72%	17 0.56%	13
Inclusion and Diversity	127	Down -51 places-51	-	-	17 0.56%	61
Presentation Skills	130	Down -45 places-45	£483	-1.27%	14 0.46%	33
Aviation	131	Down -30 places-30	£560	+24.44%	13 0.43%	5
Pharmaceutical	132	Down -29 places-29	£475	-	12 0.40%	17
Advertising	134	Down -33 places-33	£320	-	10 0.33%	13
Health Technology	136	New entry-	£625	-	8 0.26%	4