Contract General Skills Statistics in the Thames Valley

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Sep 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	+5.26%	685 22.18%	1,077
Analytical Skills	13	Down -2 places-2	£488	-2.50%	317 10.26%	458
Finance	15	Down -7 places-7	£525	-0.47%	297 9.61%	722
Public Sector	19	Up 21 places+21	£513	+0.98%	257 8.32%	108
Aerospace	39	Up 59 places+59	£575	+20.67%	161 5.21%	205
Telecoms	47	Down -30 places-30	£500	+11.11%	140 4.53%	135
Retail	64	Up 4 places+4	£606	+10.22%	97 3.14%	207
Documentation Skills	72	Up 14 places+14	£500	+14.28%	83 2.69%	44
Organisational Skills	74	Down -12 places-12	£400	-	81 2.62%	163
Influencing Skills	81	Up 17 places+17	£565	+10.24%	72 2.33%	114
Manufacturing	90	Down -28 places-28	£563	-2.17%	63 2.04%	294
Marketing	114	Down -32 places-32	£375	-25.37%	39 1.26%	302
Military	115	Down -10 places-10	£530	-18.46%	38 1.23%	18
Local Government	115	Down -19 places-19	£663	+65.62%	38 1.23%	30
Legal	116	Down -37 places-37	£560	+9.26%	37 1.20%	198
Police	126	Down -18 places-18	£430	-4.44%	27 0.87%	12
Automotive	128	Down -36 places-36	£403	-10.44%	25 0.81%	115
Billing	131	Down -39 places-39	£444	+24.12%	22 0.71%	44
Law	134	Down -44 places-44	£525	+4.89%	19 0.62%	170
Inclusion and Diversity	135	Down -38 places-38	-	-	18 0.58%	233
Aviation	135	Down -24 places-24	£560	-30.00%	18 0.58%	24
Pharmaceutical	136	Down -30 places-30	£475	+23.37%	17 0.55%	78
Electronics	140	Down -38 places-38	-	-	13 0.42%	176
Presentation Skills	140	Down -47 places-47	£500	-14.89%	13 0.42%	126
Games	142	Down -45 places-45	-	-	11 0.36%	36
Banking	143	Down -40 places-40	£600	+41.17%	10 0.32%	40